Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951 (bulk 1929-1941).

Open to research.

Correspondence, speeches, articles, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Beyer's career as an engineer and economist in industry and government. Includes material concerning the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Bonneville Power Administration, U.S National Mediation Board, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and the Canadian National Railways, the latter containing minutes of labor-management cooperative meetings. Subjects include strikes, unemployment, unions, and wages. Also includes papers of Beyer's wife, Clara M. Beyer, pertaining to her position in the U.S. Department of Labor. Correspondents include William Green, David Eli Lilienthal, Frances Perkins, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and James Tobin.

Economist, engineer, and labor consultant.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013118