Beyer, Otto Sternoff, 1886-1948.

Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951 (bulk 1929-1941). - 45,000 items. 129 5 containers plus oversize. 53 linear feet. - Arranged in 11 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1929-1947; Series 2: Subject File, 1905-1947; Series 3: General Railroad File, 1915-1948; Series 4: Canadian National Railways, 1921-1948; Series 5: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1921-1942; Series 6: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1948; Series 7: Bonneville Power Administration, 1940-1947; Series 8: Speech and Article File, 1919-1947; Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1909-1943; Series 10: Addition; and Series 11: Oversize, 1923-1943.

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

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Green, William, 1870-1952 --Correspondence.
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 --Correspondence.
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965 --Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Correspondence.
Tobin, James, 1918-2002 --Correspondence.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 --Correspondence.


United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
United States. Department of Labor.
United States. National Mediation Board.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
Canadian National Railways.
Tennessee Valley Authority.


Electric utilities--Northwest, Pacific.
Electric utilities--Tennessee River Valley.
Industrial relations.
Labor unions.
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions.
Railroads--Canada.
Railroads--United States.
Strikes and lockouts.
Unemployment.
Wages.


Economists.
Engineers.
Labor consultants.