Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951
Personal name
Main title
- Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951 (bulk 1929-1941).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013118
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013118.3
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Description
- 45,000 items.
- 129 containers plus 5 oversize.
- 53 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013118
Local shelving no.
- 0570D
- Oversize 0115H
- Oversize 4:9
Biography/History note
- Economist, engineer, and labor consultant.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in 11 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1929-1947; Series 2: Subject File, 1905-1947; Series 3: General Railroad File, 1915-1948; Series 4: Canadian National Railways, 1921-1948; Series 5: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1921-1942; Series 6: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1948; Series 7: Bonneville Power Administration, 1940-1947; Series 8: Speech and Article File, 1919-1947; Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1909-1943; Series 10: Addition, 1933-1951; and Series 11: Oversize, 1923-1943.
Summary
- Correspondence, speeches, articles, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Beyer's career as an engineer and economist in industry and government. Includes material concerning the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Bonneville Power Administration, U.S National Mediation Board, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and the Canadian National Railways, the latter containing minutes of labor-management cooperative meetings. Subjects include strikes, unemployment, unions, and wages. Also includes papers of Beyer's wife, Clara M. Beyer, pertaining to her position in the U.S. Department of Labor. Correspondents include William Green, David Eli Lilienthal, Frances Perkins, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and James Tobin.
LC Subjects
- Green, William, 1870-1952--Correspondence.
- Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981--Correspondence.
- Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Tobin, James, 1918-2002--Correspondence.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Correspondence.
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
- United States. Department of Labor.
- United States. National Mediation Board.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
- Canadian National Railways.
- Tennessee Valley Authority.
- Electric utilities--Northwest, Pacific.
- Electric utilities--Tennessee River Valley.
- Industrial relations.
- Labor unions.
- Railroads--Employees--Labor unions.
- Railroads--Canada.
- Railroads--United States.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Unemployment.
- Wages.
- Economists.
- Engineers.
- Labor consultants.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Clara M. Beyer, 1955-1965.
- Transfer, U.S. Department of Labor, 1962-1988.
LCCN
- mm 78012633
Other standard no.
- MSS12633
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 4:9
- OV 1, OV 5
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0115H
- OV 2-OV 4
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
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