Whitehead, T.N. (Thomas North)

Person

Biography

Thomas North Whitead (1891-1969) was an early human relations theorist and researcher. Whitehead joined the Harvard Business School in 1931. He stayed at Harvard for the rest of his career except for a leave of absence during World War II. After the war, Whitehead ran the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, a business program for women at Radcliffe College, keeping also his appointment at Harvard. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1952. When Harvard's business school began admitting women in 1955, he returned to a full-time position at Harvard.

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Elton Mayo papers

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

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 54

Overview:

Psychologist Elton Mayo was a professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Research at Harvard Business School. Types of materials included in this collection are professional and personal correspondence, research and teaching materials from HBS and abroad, writings and speeches.