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Research Resources | Baker Library

Research Resources The Polaroid Corporation Collection at Baker Library is exceptionally comprehensive, capturing every aspect of the firm’s sixty-four-year history (1937-2001). Spanning over 3,500 linear feet, the collection features... View Details

01 Aug 2001
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J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)

George P. Baker offered him a full-time faculty position at the School. Shortly after that, the Pentagon called again, this time asking Fox to be assistant secretary of the Army, the senior government... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; J. Sterling Livingston; George P. Baker; Government

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

foundation of the South Sea Bubble Collection held in Baker Library. It consists of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, Parliamentary acts, engravings, broadsides, plays, ballads, and assorted ephemera. Muriel Siebert Collection American... View Details

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

“dedicated to the discernment of deep human needs.” Georges F. Doriot: Education Leaders, Building Companies Georges F. Doriot played a... View Details

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

A Culture of Innovation Photo: Edwin Land from “The Purpose of the Company,” employee handbook, 1945. Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, b. I.384, f. 30. Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid, embraced two central concepts for his... View Details

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

was big. As someone said, “It’s another growth industry”. During this period I also had an offer I couldn’t turn down to work with an architect named John Carl Warnecke. By this time Gropius had died, and TAC was changing. Warnecke was the architect for the John View Details

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The Mediator as Coalition-Builder: George Mitchell in Northern Ireland

By: Daniel F. Curran and James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Alliances

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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library

Instant Photography Is Launched Edwin Land, positive test photograph (left) and negative test photograph (right), April 1946. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.80, f. 5, f. 19.... View Details

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Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library

Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to own and direct a brokerage firm that was a member of the NYSE. Henri A. Termeer Papers Document the career of an... View Details

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Special Collections & Archives | Baker Library

Schwartz Art Collection Displayed throughout campus to inspire students to think creatively. Muriel Siebert Collection American businesswoman Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange... View Details

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Muriel Siebert Collection | Baker Library

Muriel Siebert Collection Muriel Siebert at the New York Stock Exchange, 1960s. Muriel Siebert Collection. American businesswoman Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first... View Details

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

Research in Black and White Photo: Meroe Morse, test photograph, August 1959. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.83, f. 15. In 1948, only a few years after starting at Polaroid, Meroë Morse became the laboratory... View Details

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

From Concept to Product Left: Patent 3,142,567, July 28, 1964. Polaroid Corporation Legal and Patent Records, b. II.165, f. 12. Right: Patent 2,435,720, Feb. 10, 1948. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroë Morse, b. VII.10, View Details

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"To hell with the future, let's get on with the past." George Mitchell in North Ireland

By: James K. Sebenius and Daniel F. Curran

Examines the strategies and tactics used by U.S. negotiator George Mitchell during his two-year tenure as chairman of the all-party talks in Northern Ireland. His efforts culminated in the signing of the historic Good Friday Accords. View Details

Keywords: Policy; International Relations; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Tactics; Strategy; Northern Ireland

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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

IV.2, f. 30. Exposure record for test photographs of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, January 1954. Polaroid Corporation Records, Photographs & Correspondence of Ansel Adams, b. IV.2, f. 27. Adams understood that... View Details

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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library

A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 1932 Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Edwin Land and George Wheelwright form Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, a research and manufacturing enterprise that develops synthetic polarizers. 1937 The Polaroid... View Details

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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library

Above quote from “Business Teaching by the Case System,” 1922. 1 Founded in 1908, HBS was one of the country’s earliest graduate programs in business administration. Management as a profession—and the teaching of management—were new. The School’s first dean, Edwin... View Details

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Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos | Baker Library

Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos Photo: Meroe Morse, test photograph by Laurie Seamans, Type 42, ca. 1950s. Polaroid Corporation Records, Photographs of Polaroid Consultant Photographers, b. XI.9, f. 1. In 1968, Smith College presented... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Teele Hall Dedication

Last October, the School's five-story office building at 230 Western Avenue was formally renamed Teele Hall, in honor of HBS Dean Stanley F. Teele, who led the School from 1955 to 1962. Present for the ceremony was a contingent of Teele... View Details

Keywords: Stanley F. Teele; Construction of Buildings; Construction

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Expansion of the Case Method | Baker Library

Expansion of the Case Method [An] advantage of the case system is its flexibility. . . .The Dean’s program has met the acid test of successful adaptability to radical and unforeseen changes. Melvin T. Copeland ; George View Details

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