Hosmer, W. Arnold (Windsor Arnold), 1894-

Person

Biography

Windsor Hosmer was born in upstate New York in 1894. After two years at Harvard, he interrupted his studies to serve in the Ambulance Corps with the French army in World War I and then returned to graduate in 1919.

He earned his Harvard MBA in 1921. He then taught briefly at Harvard Business School before moving to Hobart College. He returned to Harvard in 1931 and became a full professor in 1937. He published several accounting texts and served as an adviser on accounting to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s. He set up and helped manage two small businesses and tried to establish a formal program in small business management at Harvard Business School. With two colleagues he published Small Business Management in 1966. He retired from teaching in 1963.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dean’s Office correspondence files (Stanley F. Teele, Dean)

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Arch AA 1.4

Scope and Contents:

The Dean's Office Correspondence Files contain letters exchanged between the Office of the Dean and correspondents during the deanship of Stanley F. Teele from 1955 to 1962. The Correspondence Files also include speeches delivered by Dean Teele.

Hosmer, Windsor Arnold, 1958 April 3

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School / Collection: Yousuf Karsh portraits of Harvard Business School faculty

Item — Folder Oversize Folder 1: [Barcode: HBA03RP]Identifier: Arch P2

Scope and Contents:

Photograph of Professor Windsor Arnold Hosmer sitting at a table holding open a book with his hands.

Windsor Arnold Hosmer papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 38.10

Overview:

Papers include Windsor Arnold Hosmer's professional correspondence (1948-1960), manuscripts (1955-1958 and undated), and business records (1954-1962).