Livingston, Robert Tevoit, files, 1947-1957., 10/1947-6/1957

Containers:
Box 412, Folder 11 to 14
Extent:
Scope and content:

Correspondence between Robert Tevoit Livingston, executive officer of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Columbia University, and high level University administrators. Includes correspondence with the dean of the School of Engineering. The records consist of correspondence and budgets relating to the Department of Industrial Engineering. Also, records regarding the field of industrial operations and Livingston's professional activities. Includes copies of a number of papers and pamphlets authored by Livingston. Also includes letters from Livingston regarding relations between the School of Engineering and Columbia College and the appointment of deans for Columbia College, the School of General Studies, and the School of Engineering

Topics related to the Department of Industrial Engineering include: equipment, staffing needs, appropriations, budgeting, faculty appointments, enrollment, and financial administration. The records also document conditions in the department following World War II. Includes a 1949 report regarding the department. Records related to industrial operations include correspondence (ca. 1949) regarding Livingston's tour of engineering schools in order to study their curricula and to promote industrial management and correspondence regarding operations research and labor relations. Also includes a proposal for an institute for research in industrial management at Columbia (1950) and programs, pamphlets, and correspondence (ca. 1952-1957) regarding utility management workshops which were organized by the University

Physical description:
(4 Folders)

Access and use

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