| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | History of Business |
| Collection No.: | ohrc046 |
| Dates: | 1971 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 1 Interview (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | The history of business can be studied from a variety of angles. These approaches are discussed by the interviewee in terms of business methodology. Different areas of historical study interconnected with that of business are also explored. Books and authors demonstrating the points are shared and problems with the study of new history are also examined. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains one interview conducted in 1971. The interview is one hour and consists of an audio tape, a typed transcript, and collateral materials.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 71-020
Physical Description: 25 pages, 1 tape, 3 3/4 ips, 1 hour; name index; photograph of interviewee, biographical data of interviewee
Scope and Content Note: James Baughman, born on August 8, 1936, discusses the history of business and how it is studied. He discusses business methodology in the forms of administrative history and biographical (business) history, among others. He talks about the concept of business in history as opposed to the history of business, which entails how business has effected society throughout history and includes such areas of study as economic history and statistics. Baughman discusses the problems that general historians have with these emerging methods of studying history. He argues that in order to have a serious study of any particular area of history, one must first understand the fields in relation to it. He mentions authors in each of the methods he describes and considers Strategy and Structure by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. the most effective text for students of the history of business.
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Access Status: Open