Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leonard R. Sayles Papers; Box and
Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
COinS Metadata
available (e.g., for Zotero).
Summary Information
Abstract
This collection contains research work which formed the basis of two of Sayles'
books,
The Local Union
and
Behavior of Industrial Work Groups
. The collection includes interviews, case
studies, and observation analyses.
At a Glance
| Bib ID: | 4079301 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Sayles, Leonard R. |
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| Title: | Leonard R. Sayles
Papers
1950-1962.
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| Physical description: | 2.52 linear feet (6 manuscript boxes)
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| Language(s): | In English
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| Access: |
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series:
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Description
Scope and Content
Interviews and observation analyses which formed the basis of his two books,
The Local Union
and
Behavior of
Industrial Work Groups
. Most of the interviews were conducted in the period
1950-1952 in local unions in upstate New York. The largest number are from the Allegheny
Ludlum Steel Workers local in Dunkirk, N.Y. and they include descriptions of various
kinds of meetings (grievance, union, political) as well as interviews and observation
notes involving the membership, their families, and relationships with management. He
also studied several other steel worker locals, less intensively, in upstate New York
and western Pennsylvania. There are also interviews with a local of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers in Rochester, N.Y. (Michaels-Sterns factory); and copies of George
Strauss' work in an American Can plant in Fairport, N.Y. and in a variety of building
trades locals in the Rochester, N.Y. area.
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Using the Collection
Offsite
Access Restrictions
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
More information and link to off-site request form
This collection has no restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of
the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The
responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leonard R. Sayles Papers; Box and
Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Finding aid in repository and online.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 09/--/89 Christina Hilton Fenn
Papers processed by HR, 1977, with additional work done by Kellie Walsh (Rutgers University) and Catherine C. Ricciardi,
2011-2012.
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2012-07-20
xml document created by Catherine C. Ricciardi.
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Genre/Form
| Heading | CUL Archives:
Portal | CUL Collections:
CLIO | Nat'l / Int'l Archives:
ArchiveGRID |
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| Interviews. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
History
Leonard Robert Sayles (b. 1926), Professor Emeritus of
Business Administration, first came to Columbia University in 1956. The interviews in
this collection represent the most intensive, nondirective explorations of manufacturing
workers' relationships to their local unions and their families and jobs of the period.
The interviews grew out of a foundation-sponsored (Grant Foundation) study of local
unions directed by W.F. Whyte of Cornell University. Professor Sayles worked with George
Strauss.
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