History of Business, 1971
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Indiana University
400 North Sunrise Drive
Weatherly Hall North, Room 122
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleHistory of Business, 1971
Project No.
ohrc046
Interviews
1 interview. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room
122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells
Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please
contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Language
Materials are in English
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.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
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.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for the Study of History and Memory 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 signed by the
interviewee. 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. Tapes 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
taped 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).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for the Study
of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript].
Interview List
Interviewee
Baughman, James
May
1971
Call Number
71-020
Physical Description
25 pages, 1 tape, 3 3/4 ips, 1 hour; name index;
photograph of interviewee, biographical data of interviewee
Interviewer
Madison, James H.
Access Status
Open
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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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Harvard Business School
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Occupation Names
- business history professor
- university administrator of research
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Personal Names
- Chandler, Alfred D., Jr.
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Subjects
- administrative history
- biographical history
- business in history
- business methodology
- economic history
- research statistics
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Strategy and
Structure
