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MsC 467

 

Manuscript Register

 

PAPERS OF WAYNE BIKLEN

 

Collection Dates: 1932 -- 1981

2.5 linear ft.

 

This document describes a collection of materials held by the
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
Phone: 319-335-5921
Fax: 319-335-5900
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu

Posted to Internet: April 2002

 

 

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

 

Photographs: Box 5

 

Ephemera: Box 1, Box 3

 

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Series Table of Contents

 

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Box 6

 

Box List

 

Box 1

American Management Association

Collection of speeches, undated

Manufacturing Series, pamphlets #218 and #222

Reducing Manufacturing Costs Conference Handbook, 1956

Seminars and Courses, 1954 -- 1968

American Safety Razor Corporation

Accident Prevention Program, undated

Advertisements, undated

Annual Report, 1953, 1957

Blade Hardening, undated

Budget Analysis, 1956, 1958, 1961

Budget Printouts, April 1961

Clarification of Union Contract Clauses, 1953 -- 1954

Correspondence, 1954 -- 1961 and undated

Customer Service Correspondence, 1956 -- 1957 and undated

Executive Lists, 1954 and undated

Facilities Brochure, 1957

Historical Report of Kingsbury Division, 1953

Box 2

American Safety Razor Corporation (cont.)

Job Descriptions, 1955

Material Specification Sheets, 1956 -- 1964

Multi-Slide Gem Cover -- Quality Control Data, undated

Observations and Suggestions for Improving the Effectiveness of the Production

Planning and Control Department, 1959

Organizational Charts, 1954 -- 1955, 1957 -- 1958, 1960

Proposed Blade Development Program, 1960

Quality Control Division -- Salary Administration Manual 1957

Quality Control Job Rating, 1954

Quality Control Materials, 1954 -- 1955, 1958, undated

Quality Control Procedures, 1952

Report on Visit to Stauton, Virginia Plant, 1959

Stockholders Report, 1954

Union Agreements, 1955, 1959, 1961

Union Bargaining Proposals, 1959

Union Negotiations, 1961

Steri-Sharp Surgical Blade Procedures Manual, 1957

Surgical Blade Tang Length, Quality Control Charts, undated

American Society for Quality Control

Activities and Correspondence, 1947 -- 1955

Box 3

American Society for Quality Control (cont.)

Activities and Correspondence, 1956 -- 1961

"Are Your Foremen Selling Quality Control for You?", undated
Calendar, 1958

"Can Incentives and Quality Control Live Together?", undated

Conference Programs, 1945 -- 1971 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1945 -- 1971, 1973, 1981, and undated

Durham Enders -- Past, Present, and Future, undated

Durham Enders Corporation

Blueprint for Surgical Razor, 1966

Company Objectives, undated

Quality Control Procedures, 1965

Razor Blade Production Brochure, 1968 (3 folders)

Box 4

"Engineering -- As Distinguished from Development and Research," undated

Groton, Connecticut, Industrial Development Commission, brochure, 1967

Inspection and Quality Control Costs as Compared to Standard Direct Labor, March 1949 -- February, 1952

Junior College Diploma, 1932

"Maintaining Statistical Quality Control in a Wage Incentive System," 1951

"Management and Quality Control," by Chubb, Howard and Frank I. Reynolds, Jr., 1953

Manufacturing Relationships, chart, undated

The Materials Management Concept: Elements Involved in its Philosophy. Syllabus for a course offered by Harvard Graduate School

The Materials Management Function -- A Primer, 1970

Methods-Time Measurement Graduate Course Outline, University of Southern California, May 15 -- June 16, 1956

Miscellaneous Newsletters and Publications, 1947 -- 1974

Miscellaneous Speech Outlines, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, and undated

Motion Time Analysis Instructional Course

Lessons 11 -- 19, 1941 -- 1945 (3 folders)

Reference Manual, 1944

Newspaper Clippings, 1947 -- 1971 and undated

Organizational Charts, 1955, 1962 and undated

Patent Applications, 1966 -- 1967

Personal Folder, 1955 -- 1959

Box 5

Photos, undated

Poetry, undated

Position Descriptions, 1957, 1960, 1961

Press Releases, 1956 -- 1971

Proceedings of First Semi-Annual Industrial Management Institute, 1949

Proposal for the Youth of Fort Madison, Iowa, Recreation Committee of the Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce, 1951

"Quality Control Assures Better Products", 1951

Quality Control Charts, 1954 -- 1955 and undated

Quality Control File, 1947 -- 1953 and undated

Quality Control Information, 1949, 1966 and undated

"Quality Control Techniques and Razor Blade Manufacture", 1955

Quality Control Training. Highway Example, undated

Quality Control Training Manual, 1953

Resumes

Sheaffer Pen Company

Annual Report, 1947

Gold Nib Quality Control, 1947 -- 1949

Job Evaluation, Motion Time Analysis Study, Quality Control Division, 1951 -- 1953

Quality Control Materials, 1947 -- 1953

Box 6

Sheaffer Pen Company (cont.)

Radite II Quality Control Charts, April 1947

Responsibilities & Duties of Quality Control Dept., 1949

Sheaffer Tool & Die, description, undated

Summary of Visit to Ever-Ready Razor Products, Ltd., 1958

Technical Papers -- 9th Midwest Quality Control Conference, 1954

Training Manual, SUI section of American Society for Quality Control, 1952

Watts Fluid Power Corp., Policy Changes, 1970 -- 1971

The Watts Regulator Company

Correspondence, 1970 -- 1971

"Biklin Joins Massachusetts Firm," The New London Day, August 29, 1969

"What Top Management Expects from Quality Control," 1947