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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: H.K. Hathaway papers
Identifier/Call Number: JL011
Physical Description:
12 Linear Feet
(21 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box, and 3 map folders)
Date (inclusive): 1907-1937
Language of Material:
English
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Collection consists of reports and correspondence concerning the reorganization of various companies that consulted H.K. Hathaway,
a prominent management consultant, mainly in the East and New England, but in several cases in San Francisco. The years covered
are 1907 to 1929, with the exception of two books presented to the business school in 1937, containing scientific management
material. These papers consist of both incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining to the reports compiled by Hathaway,
and the reports themselves.
Material on machine operations and various industrial information comprise the rest of the collection. These instruction cards
and abstract management reports (that is, not pertaining to a specific company) cover the years 1922-1924, approximately.
H. King Hathaway was a consulting engineer in New York and San Francisco, associated with the Schlage Lock Company in San
Francisco, and the Tabor Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a principal follower of Frederick W.
Taylor, the "Father of Scientific Management", and there are several documents related to Taylor in this collection.
[Identification of item] H.K. Hathaway Papers, (JL011). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of H. King Hathaway to the Jackson Library of Business. Transferred to the Department of Special Collections in 1979.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
The collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business enterprises