Filene, A. Lincoln

Person

Dates

Existence: 1865 - 1957

Biography

A. Lincoln Filene (1865-1957): merchant and civic leader. President, William Filene's Sons Company. Organized the Retail Research Association and the Associated Merchandising Corporation. Formed Federated Department Stores, 1929. A pioneer in applying principles of industrial relations and scientific management to retail stores.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Alice Stone Blackwell, 1909-1945, undated

FOUND IN: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Collection Identifier: A/B632a1b

Overview:

Photograph, poem, and notes of feminist, suffragist, journalist, and human rights advocate Alice Stone Blackwell.

A. Lincoln Filene papers

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

Collection Identifier: Mss:776 1921-1925 F481

Scope and Contents: Papers relating to certain non-business interests of Filene. Included are some materials on industrial relations and papers of the National Committee for a Department of Education, of which Filene was chairman. Filene was particularly interested in educational issues and consequently was a member of the Executive Board of the National Committee for a Department of Education. The collection contains hundreds of letters (from 1920 to 1923) by and from women active on behalf of the...