Alfred A. Bolton, Papers regarding History of Management and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3735
Papers of Alfred A. Bolton, a professor specializing in the field of management history. He completed a dissertation that retrospectively analyzed the historically influential Hawthorne Studies that had been conducted at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago from 1927-1932, of which he later wrote and lectured. The collection includes photocopies of original Hawthorne Studies records and related research material, copies of articles by Bolton, and videotapes related to management theory, history, and practice, among other material. There are also glass cutting tools that he inherited, or perhaps used as a journeyman glass cutter in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
No special access restriction applies.
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There are no release forms accompanying the interviews Bolton conducted, so the West Virginia and Regional History Center is unable to grant permission for the use of these materials outside of research purposes. As with other materials at the WVRHC, permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
26.25 Linear Feet (26 ft. 3 in. (20 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 6 in.); (4 unboxed items))
English
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Gift from Bolton, Juanita K., 2010/05/17
Seven record cartons and one small box containing books, primarily regarding management history and theory, were separated from the collection and given to Harold Forbes, Curator of Rare Books, for processing (2010/05/17).
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository