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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview
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| Creator: |
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) Bureau of Business and Economic
Research. |
| Title: | Bureau of Business and Economic Research records |
| Dates: |
1954-1978 |
| Call Number: | A91 |
| Location: |
31/4 |
| Volume: |
0.35 cubic ft. (1 box) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: |
This collection documents the activities of the Bureau of Business
and Economic Research at Northeastern University from 1954 through
1978. The collection includes reprints of articles by Northeastern
faculty, annual reports of the Bureau, and lists of articles being
reprinted by Northeastern for the Bureau. Topics covered by the reprints
include local and international economic, trade, and labor issues.
Professors William H. Miernyk, Morris A. Horowitz, and Manuel Zymelman
were the Northeastern faculty most closely associated with the Bureau
and their reprints form the bulk of the collection. |
| Historical Abstract: |
In 1939, Northeastern University became the first private institution
in the country to found a Bureau of Business Research. The Bureau
was created to “...make studies and conduct research into the
problems of New England business development, expansion of the New
England market for New England industry...and investigations into
special problems of individual business concerns...” (NU Review,
Nov/Dec. 1939, Vol. 1, No. 2). The Bureau began under the guidance
of Dr. Asa S. Knowles, then dean of the College of Business Administration,
the parent College for the Bureau. In 1952, Dr. William H. Miernyk
took over the administration of the Bureau, changed the name to the
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, and revived interest in
the organization among the business and economics faculty at Northeastern.
By 1959, the Bureau had several ongoing research projects with particular
emphasis on studies of managerial accounting for smaller businesses.
After Dr. Miernyk’s departure in 1961, Dr. Dean S. Ammer served
first as Acting Director in 1961 and then as Director of the Bureau
from 1962 onwards, taking the Bureau towards even larger projects
involving long term international economic studies, automation studies,
and the publication of a monthly newsletter for businesses involved
in the Northeastern Cooperative Education program. In 1966, the Bureau
began to struggle with staffing and administration difficulties as
its parent Department of Economics shifted from the College of Business
Administration to the College of Liberal Arts. The Bureau survived
through the 1980s finally dissolving due to diminishing student and
faculty interest. |
| Arrangement: | Alphabetical |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Bureau of Business and Economic Research
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| Restrictions: | The collection is unrestricted |
| Related Materials: |
There is supplementary information about the Bureau of Business and Economic
Research in collection A03, the Office of the President (Knowles)
records. Mention of the Bureau can also be found in other Northeastern
publications such as the Faculty Newsletter (87/1), The Federal
Relations Reporter (87/5), Northeastern University Business Topics
(87/5), the Faculty Handbook (87/1) and The Evening NUs (87/3).
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| Processor: |
Finding aid prepared by Hanna Clutterbuck, April 2006; Accession
Z00-011 added to collection by Eliana Coshman, February 2008. |
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