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1950s_Electro-Mechanical Timer for T&M Studies, 1950S

 File — Box: 5
Identifier: 4

Scope and Contents

This device - roughly cube-shaped with four inches to a side - was in use, as I recall, when I first started working as a student engineer at MRC in 1956. There is an SUI Serial number on the bottom/base of the unit, #119,431, and was built by THE STANDARD ELECTRIC TIME CO., in Springfield, Mass. USA (per the nomenclature on the metal tag riveted to the bottom of the plastic case). I believe this timer was used by Lindquist, and possibly others, to conduct T&M (Time & Motion) studies on various aspects of clerical and/or hand-scoring of tests, or perhaps to measure other important timing functions in the 'early days'. I am happy to include this MRC relic in my Accession Set #3. The Archival DVD Disc Folder: 1950s_SUI Electro-Mechanical Timer contains three JPEG-Image/photos of the timer

Dates

  • Creation: 1950S

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 14.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository

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