Motion study
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
College of Health and Human Sciences records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 15
Scope and Contents
The College of Health and Human Sciences records document the historical background of the college; included are many historical documents, including 75th and 100th anniversary documents and memorabilia. Also included are annual reports, pamphlets, audio visual material; with a focus on work simplification practices or interviews involving key individuals from the college’s history, newspaper clippings, publicity, department brochures and pamphlets, newsletters and miscellaneous material. ...
Dates:
1875 - 2019
Alice Rice Cook papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 287
Scope and Contents
The Alice Rice Cook Papers contain clippings regarding Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, correspondence with Lillian Gilbreth, and correspondence and materials regarding the death of Lillian Gilbreth collected by Alice Cook.
Dates:
1943-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1971
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, addition 02
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20120615
Dates:
1910s - 1960s
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, addition 04
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20210625.1
Dates:
1912 - 2000
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates:
1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 7
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career. Types of materials in the collection include: personal correspondence between Frank and Lillian Gilbreth regarding their courtship, marriage, family, and work; correspondence between the Gilbreths...
Dates:
1869 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1971
Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering records related to the Gilbreth Library
Collection — Box 1: Series UA 177, Series 1; Series UA 177, Series 2; Series UA 177, Series 3
Identifier: UA 177
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering records related to the Gilbreth Library includes materials created or collected by the School of Industrial Engineering that documents the maintenance, management, and research interest in the Gilbreth Library collection and space that was previously housed in the School of Industrial Engineering.
Dates:
1914 - 2004
A. B. Segur and Company Motion and Time Analysis collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 299
Scope and Contents
This collection contains instructional booklets on Motion Time Analysis published by A. B. Segur and Co. It also contains company bulletins, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, a photo album of factory machinery, and company ephemera.
Dates:
1912 - 1975
The Frank and Lillian Gilbreth films collection
Collection — Box vhs, dvd
Identifier: MSP 214
Scope and Contents
The Frank and Lillian Gilbreth films collection includes a VHS cassette and duplicate DVD of two short films.
The Quest of the One Best Way: The Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth, by James Perkins and Ralph Barnes, features film footage taken by Frank Gilbreth, particularly those used in his Motion Studies and Fatigue Studies research. The film includes commentary by James Perkins and Lillian Gilbreth, who narrate various aspects of Frank and Lillian...
Dates:
1968; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2011