William L. Barton papers, 1931-1992

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Series I: Correspondence



Box 1 Folder 5 Levien & Barton, Inc. correspondence, 1975


Box 1 Folder 13 Letter from Mrs. James Parker Bazzle, 1971



Box 3 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1958


Box 3 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1958-59



Box 4 Folder 33 Correspondence, 1959-75



Box 5 Folder 23 Correspondence, 1972



Box 4 Folder 4 Nelson Rockefeller letters, 1966-69


Box 4 Folder 9 Letter, 1958 and photocopy of photograph, undated, 1958, undated

Series II: Navy



Box 2 Folder 25 Navy. Organization manuals, 1943



Box 1 Folder 26 Navy. Operation manual, 1944


Box 1 Folder 27 Navy. Organization Shipbuilding Division, 1944


Box 1 Folder 28 Army. Control Manual, 1943


Box 1 Folder 30 Navy. Payroll, Leave, and Retirement, 1943


Box 1 Folder 31 Henry E. Niles. "Approaching and Organizational Problem", 1942


Box 1 Folder 32 Lt. Colonel Ewing W. Reilley. "Organization and Operation of Management Analysis od a Depot Control Office"


Box 1 Folder 34 Navy. OP&C Division. "Staff Manual Better Utilization of Personnel Survey"


Box 1 Folder 35 Navy. Process Chart by WLB



Box 2 Folder 10 Navy. Appropriations and Structure, 1945-46



Box 3 Folder 8 Army. Orientation Handbook for Executive Consultants, 1942



Box 4 Folder 2 Navy: Harbor Defense School, 1945. Samuel H. Shapiro (Governor of Illinois) letter and photographs, 1968


Box 4 Folder 3 Navy: WLB Separation from Service, 1946 (with letters), 1946


Box 4 Folder 14 Navy: Citations; Separation; Promotion, etc., 1943-46


Box 4 Folder 26 Navy: Citaions; Correspondence; Documents, 1943-46


Box 4 Folder 31 Navy: WLB transcript



Box 5 Folder 7 Navy: Training School Directory


Box 5 Folder 18 Navy: manuals on work simplification and duplicating methods


Box 5 Folder 19 Navy: memoranda; principles of organization (publication); Naval correspondence courses (publication)


Box 5 Folder 20 Navy: WLB Report: "Central Administrative Operations"


Box 5 Folder 21 Navy Year Book, 1945


Box 5 Folder 25 Navy: Copy of WLB certificate of satisfactory service, 1946

Series III: Rutgers University



Box 1 Folder 3 Instructor's Handbook. Graduate School of Savings Banking


Box 1 Folder 38 "Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956



Box 2 Folder 5 "Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956



Box 3 Folder 19 "Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956


Box 3 Folder 9-14 Rutgers University. Graduate School of Banking. William L. Barton workbook, 1954



Box 4 Folder 21 WLB's Rutgers University. Graduate School of Banking. (Binder), 1954-56



Box 5 Folder 27 Rutgers University Commencement, 1956



Tube Box 6 Banking thesis research graphs. Rutgers Graduate School of Banking

Series IV: East River Savings Bank



Box 1 Folder 1 East River Savings Bank. Artwork, clipping, postcard, news flyer


Box 1 Folder 4 East River Savings Bank. Report 1971 medical Plan, 1971


Box 1 Folder 6 East River Savings BankConvention, 1971


Box 1 Folder 7 East River Savings BankNews, 1966 with photographs, 1966


Box 1 Folder 8 East River Savings BankManagement, 1957


Box 1 Folder 14 East River Savings Bank. Logo Design and Correspondence, 1971-74


Box 1 Folder 15 East River Savings Bank. Retirement Income Plan, 1959


Box 1 Folder 15 East River Savings Bank. "125 Years of Service" by Austin S. Murphy, 1973


Box 1 Folder 16 East River Savings Bank. Pamphlets and Brochures, 1950s


Box 1 Folder 17 East River Savings Bank. Information File, 1950s


Box 1 Folder 18 East River Savings Bank. Newsletters, 1955 and brochures, 1955


Box 1 Folder 19 East River Savings Bank. Statements and reports1961-84


Box 1 Folder 20 East River Savings Bank. Retirement Plan, 1955


Box 1 Folder 23 East River Savings Bank. Branch Plans and Design


Box 1 Folder 24 East River Savings Bank. Branch Plans and Design



Box 2 Folder 1 East River Savings Bank. Outline of Symposium; Pamphlets; Brochures; Reports, 1948-74


Box 2 Folder 3 East River Savings Bank. Benefits; Pension; Personnel; Newsletter, 1967


Box 2 Folder 4 East River Savings Bank. Our Supervisor's Guide, 1954


Box 2 Folder 6 East River Savings Bank. Newsletters, 1973-1974 Staff Performance, 1967 125 Years of Service; Names in the News, 1972, 1973-1974, 1967, 1972


Box 2 Folder 8 East River Savings Bank. Blueprints, 1969


Box 2 Folder 9 East River Savings Bank. Designs and Plans, 1969


Box 2 Folder 11 East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1947 NYC Office Salaries, 1955, 1947, 1955


Box 2 Folder 12 East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1950 Proposed SBNY Central Supply System, 1949, 1950, 1949


Box 2 Folder 13 East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1947


Box 2 Folder 14 East River Savings Bank. Retirement Plan; Insurance Plan; Brochures, etc., 1960


Box 2 Folder 15 East River Savings Bank. Flushing Branch filing and photographs, 1974



Box 3 Folder 3 East River Savings Bank. Health Care Coverage, 1957


Box 3 Folder 5 East River Savings Bank. Management, 1957



Box 4 Folder 25 World Trade Center & East River Savings Bank(brochures)



Box 5 Folder 4 East River Savings Bankbrochures, etc. 1959-81


Box 5 Folder 8 East River Savings Bank. Report, 1977



Tube Box 6 East River Savings Bank. 100th Anniversary Dinner, 1948. Large photograph

Series V: William L. Barton Biographical, Speeches, Publications



Box 1 Folder 9 William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 10 William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 11 William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 12 William L. Barton Speeches


Box 1 Folder 37 Manual: How They Handle Their Personnel by WLB, 1957



Box 2 Folder 16 WLB while employed by City of NY, 1940-43: budget, management, etc.



Box 3 Folder 1 WLB clippings, etc.


Box 3 Folder 6 WLB Address: "Personnel Problems and Practices -- 1957"


Box 3 Folder 7 WLB: "Personnel Records for Banking Staffs, 1949


Box 3 Folder 15-18 WLB Banking Management Scrapbook, 1956-57



Box 4 Folder 1 WLB: Columbia University


Box 4 Folder 13 Levien & Barton ad


Box 4 Folder 11 Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory, 1992 (photocopy of select pages), 1992


Box 4 Folder 10 WLB biographical


Box 4 Folder 12 WLB Scrapbook., 1940


Box 4 Folder 17 Business Advisory Committee--Reports, 1967 & 1969, 1967, 1969


Box 4 Folder 20 National Institute of Prominent Americans--Citation


Box 4 Folder 24 NYS Business Advisory Committee on Management


Box 4 Folder 27-28 Clippings re. WLB's banking career


Box 4 Folder 32 Dartmouth College


Box 4 Folder 34 WLB biographical clippings


Box 4 Folder 35 Ad for book How They Handle Their Personnel


Box 4 Folder 36 WLB opening remarks for conference, 1956


Box 4 Folder 44 WLB Article: "Personnel -- Problems and Practices, 1957"


Box 4 Folder 45-46 WLB Speeches, 1958-1965


Box 4 Folder 47 WLB Clippings

Series VI: Banking Organizations and Management



Box 1 Folder 12 Robert Abelow. "The Challenge to Management's Rights", 1961


Box 1 Folder 21 How Not to Write an Employee Handbook


Box 1 Folder 22 "What It Takes to Motivate People" and "The Function of and Executive"


Box 1 Folder 29 Savings Bank Association of NY. Committee on Employee Relations, 1955


Box 1 Folder 33 AIB. "Instructions to Debate Judges"


Box 1 Folder 36 FRB. Performance Review Plan, 1954



Box 2 Folder 2 AIB. Lists; Brochures; Banquets; Remarks by WLB to National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, 1959


Box 2 Folder 3 AIB. Banquet, 1978 Reception and Dinner, 1981, 1978, 1981


Box 2 Folder 3 Banking Conference and Cruise material, 1964


Box 2 Folder 6 AIB, 1901-1976; Brochures and Pamphlet



Box 5 Folder 29 AIB Banquet and clipping re. banquet, 1962


Box 5 Folder 26 Charter NY Chapter of AIB, 1960


Box 5 Folder 22 Banking Post Cards


Box 5 Folder 24 Banking management information, 1856-67


Box 5 Folder 17 Personnel Management: notes, essays, etc


Box 5 Folder 15 AIB brochures


Box 5 Folder 13 National Association of Mutual Savings Banks. Special Bulletin, 1958


Box 5 Folder 12 Burroughs Clearing House , 1949


Box 5 Folder 11 National Office Management Association Conference Proceedings, 1954


Box 5 Folder 10 National Office Management Association Proceedings, 1948


Box 5 Folder 9 AIB. Annual Review, 1960


Box 5 Folder 6 NYC Budget, 1938 & 1940, 1938, 1940


Box 5 Folder 5 Management personnel, 1970s


Box 5 Folder 3 Banking Management brochure and directory, 1956-90


Box 5 Folder 2 Management: Leader Made Not Born



Box 4 Folder 19 AIB, 1961


Box 4 Folder 8 AIB Banquet; Rutgers Twentieth Annual Commencement, 1956

Series VII: Photographs


Box 4 Folder 5 Banking photographs of WLB, etc.


Box 4 Folder 16 Governor Rockefeller's Business Advisory Committee-Photographs, 1966


Box 4 Folder 18 World Trade Center Construction (from WLB's office at East River Savings Bank) -- Photographs


Box 4 Folder 18 East River Savings Bank branch opening in NYC-Photographs


Box 4 Folder 22-23 Photographs (Navy, Banking)


Box 4 Folder 29 Photograph: Mrs. WLB in group


Box 4 Folder 30 WLB photograph in uniform (multiple copies)


Box 4 Folder 37 Navy: Photographs


Box 4 Folder 38 WLB banking photographs


Box 4 Folder 39 WLB portrait photographs (Navy and banking)


Box 4 Folder 40 Photographs (various)


Box 4 Folder 41 WLB portrait photographs


Box 4 Folder 42 WLB photographs (Navy: Harbor Defense School), etc.


Box 4 Folder 43 Photographs: Word Trade Center


Box 4 Folder 48 AIB photographs


Box 4 Folder 49 East River Savings Bank photograph


Box 4 Folder 50 Photographs: National Association of Mutual Savings Banks. Dartmouth, 1965


Box 4 Folder 15 AIB Photographs


Box 4 Folder 51 Photographs: East River Savings Bank


Box 4 Folder 52-53 Photographs (various)



Tube Box 6 East River Savings Bank. 100th Anniversary Dinner, 1948. Large photograph

Series VIII: Miscellaneous/Clippings



Box 1 Folder 2 Carnegie Mellon. Alumni Association list, 1971


Box 1 Folder 13 Boy Scouts Certificate, 1972



Box 2 Folder 7 Jeffrey Burton. Fourth Grade Composition Book



Box 4 Folder 6 School clippings


Box 4 Folder 7 Thistle 1931



Box 5 Folder 1 Clippings


Box 5 Folder 14 Life Insurance brochures


Box 5 Folder 16 Jimmy Kelly's. Brochure, 1944


Box 5 Folder 28 Clippings