West Virginia and Regional History Center
Alfred A. Bolton, Papers regarding History of Management and Other Material
Bolton, Alfred A.
A&M 3735
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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)
ca. 1900-2007
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Bolton, Juanita K., 2010/05/17
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alfred A. Bolton, Papers regarding History of Management and Other Material, A&M 3735, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
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.
Separated Materials
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).
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Personnel management
Psychology, Industrial
Research, Industrial
Bolton, Alfred A.
Artifact -- Telephone relay (This might be the relay that is missing from the oversize plaque of relays that is part of this collection.)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156511ca. 1900-20071Hawthorne Studies -- Notebooks (Most of the Hawthorne notebooks in the collection are in a numbered series; the numbers are recorded to the notebook covers.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156512ca. 1900-20071Sound recordings -- Cassette tapesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156513ca. 1900-20071Hawthorne Studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156514ca. 1900-20072Hawthorne Studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156515ca. 1900-20073Hawthorne Studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156516ca. 1900-20074Hawthorne Studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156517ca. 1900-20075Other studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156518ca. 1900-20076Hawthorne and other studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156519ca. 1900-20077Hawthorne Studies -- ManuscriptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156520ca. 1900-20078Hawthorne and other studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156521ca. 1900-20079Hawthorne and other studies -- NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156522ca. 1900-200710Manuscripts -- Miscellaneous (includes Hawthorne Study research materials, photographs, and biographical information about Bolton)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156523ca. 1900-200711Scope and ContentsIncludes a manuscript by Bolton and Regina Greenwood ("Industrial Democracy – The Noble Experiment"); Bolton's high school yearbooks (1943 and 1944); framed photos; and court records from a case between two telephone/telegraph companies (Telesciences, Inc v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1981).
Manuscripts -- Miscellaneous (includes biographical information with some photographs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156524ca. 1900-200712Miscellaneous (includes draft manuscripts, books, photographs, slides, and Hawthorne Study research material)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156525ca. 1900-200713Research papers regarding Chester I. BarnardArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156526ca. 1900-200714Motion picturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156527ca. 1970s-2000s15Motion picturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156528ca. 1970s-2000s16Motion picturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156529ca. 1970s-2000s17Audio-visual material (motion pictures, photOversize)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156530ca. 1900-200718Microfilm (one reel) -- Hawthorne Studies (from Wisconsin)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156531ca. 1900-200718Plaques and certificatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156532ca. 1900-200718Audio-visual material (empty VHS cassette boxes retained for meta-data)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156533ca. 1900-200719Plaques and certificatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156534ca. 1900-200719Audio-visual material (sound recordings, motion pictures, still images)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156535ca. 1900-200720Artifacts -- Glass cutting tools (in small box)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156536ca. 1900-200721Oversize (oversize) -- Broadside for WVU student election in 1948Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156537ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Fraternity paddlesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156538ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Glass cutting toolsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156539ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Photo portrait of Alfred Bolton in U.S. Army Signal Corps uniformArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156540ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Print of Pilkington Glass (where Alfred Bolton's father and/or grandfather worked)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156541ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Telephone relays (two strips of relays)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156542ca. 1900-200722Oversize -- Framed material (4 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156543ca. 1900-200723Oversize -- Telephone relays (mounted on plaque)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156544ca. 1900-200723Oversize -- Framed material (4 items) and wooden tool (1 item)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/156545ca. 1900-2007UnboxedAddendum of 2011 December 22 (contains four audio cassette tapes of interviews with participants in the Hawthorne Studies [1983-1986]; material regarding Bolton's death and funeral [2007]; color copies of portrait photographs; business cards; cancelled passports; a fourragère [a type of military award]; and other material)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1565461976-2007, undated24