US-RPB-of1ZPL.2 Guide to the Brown University Placement Office records1937-1943 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 1.75 Linear feet 1937-1943 The Brown University Placement Office records contain correspondence related to the Office's mission of assisting Brown graduates in finding employment. Included are letters to local businesses such as the Gorham Company as well as letters to newspapers, insurance, and manufacturing companies such as the New York Times, Prudential Insurance, and General Motors. The correspondence is dated from circa 1937 to 1943. Brown University. Placement Office. Brown University. Placement Office Historical note

The Brown University Placement Office was created to help graduates of the University find employment. Its function was probably very similar to that of the Center for Career and Life after Brown (CareerLAB).

 Correspondence Series I circa 1937-1943 Robert Cair Company, Inc. 1 1 Chance-Vought Aircraft Corporation 1 2 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 3 George R. Cooley & Co., Inc. 1 4 Filene's Sons Tire 1 5 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company 1 6 The First National Bank of Boston 1 7 The First National Store, Incorporated 1 8 The Fisk teachers' Agencies 1 9 Fisk Tire Plant 1 10 Tom Fizdale, Inc. 1 11 Fletcher's 1 12 G. Fox & Company 1 13 M. Ewing Fox Co., Inc. 1 14 The Foxboro Company 1 15 Fram Corporation 1 16 J.L. Galef 1 17 Frank W. Gardner Company 1 18 Gaynor Electric Company 1 19 General Chemical Company 1 20 General Electric Company 1 21 The General Fireproofing 1 22 General Foods Corporation 1 23 General Motors Corporation 1 24 Gimbel Brothers, Inc. 1 25 Gladding's Incorporated 1 26 The Globe-Wernicke Company 1 27 The B.F. Goodrich Company 1 28 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company 1 29 The Gorham Company 1 30 W.R. Grace and Company 1 31 W.T. Grant Company 1 32 Griscam-Russell Company 1 33 Gulf Oil Corporation 1 34 The Hadley Company 1 35 Hamilton Standard Propellers 1 36 Halsey, Stuart & Company 1 37 John Hancock Life Insurance Company 1 38 Harper & Brothers 1 39 Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1 40 Harvey Hubbell, Inc. 1 41 H.J. Heinz Company 1 42 Hercules Powder Company 1 43 Home Life Insurance Company 1 44 H.P. Hood & Sons 1 45 Hooker Electrochemical Company 1 46 Hoover Company 1 47 Hope Webbing Company 1 48 Hornblower & Weeks 1 49 The House of Mercy Hospital 1 50 Household Paper Products 1 51 INTAPRINT 2 52 The Institute of Paper Chemistry 2 53 Interchemical Corporation 2 54 International Business Machines Corporation 2 55 International Salt Company of New Jersey 2 56 International Silver Company 2 57 International Telephone & Radio Mfg. 2 58 Jersey Mortgage Company 2 59 S.C. Johnson and Sons, Incorporated 2 60 Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation 2 61 Jordan Marsh Company 2 62 Kendall Mills 2 63 Kennecott Cooper Corporation 2 64 Kidder, Peabody & Company 2 65 Kohler Company 2 66 Lever Brothers 2 67 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company 2 68 The Library of Congress 2 69 The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company 2 70 The Linde Air Products Company 2 71 The Lowell Sun 2 72 Luscombe Airplane Development Corporation 2 73 McCall Corporation 2 74 McCann-Erickson Incorporated 2 75 James McCreery & Company 2 76 McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 2 77 Arthur G. McKee & Company 2 78 R.H. Macy & Company 2 79 The Manufacturers Association of Connecticut 2 80 Manufacturers Trust Company 2 81 Marmon-Harrington 2 82 The Glenn L. Martin Company 2 83 Masonite Corporation 2 84 Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company 2 85 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 2 86 Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, Inc. 2 87 Merck & Company 2 88 Mercy Hospital 2 89 Metals and Controls Corporation 2 90 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 2 91 Monroe Calculating Machine Company 2 92 Monowatt Electric Corporation 2 93 Monsanto Chemical Company 2 94 Montgomery Ward 2 95 The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 2 96 Nachman 2 97 Narragansett Electric Company 2 98 National Broadcasting Company 2 99 National Corbon Company, Inc. 2 100 The National Cash Register Company 2 101 National City Bank of New York 2 102 National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont 2 103 The National Radiator Company 2 104 The National Shawmut bank of Boston 2 105 The National Survey 2 106 National Union Radio Corporation 2 107 Naugatuck Chemical 2 108 The Neuro-Psychiatric Institute 2 109 J.J. Newbury Company 3 110 The New England Council 3 111 New England Mutual Life Insurance Company 3 112 New England Power Association 3 113 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 3 114 Newhouse and Sayre, Incorporated 3 115 The New Jersey Zinc Company 3 116 New York Life Insurance Company 3 117 The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company 3 118 New York Telephone Company 3 119 The New York Times 3 120 North American Aviation Incorporated 3 121 Northeast Airlines, Incorporated 3 122 The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 3 123 Northwestern National Life Insurance Company 3 124 Norwich State Hospital 3 125 Nutmeg Club Beverage Company 3 126 The Southern New England Telephone Company 3 127 Oakite Products, Incorporated 3 128 Office of Strategic Services 3 129 Opinion Research, Incorporated 3 130 Owens-Illinois Glass Company 3 131 Package Machinery Company 3 132 Pan-American Airways 3 133 The Panama Canal 3 134 Pennsylvania Association of School and College Placement 3 135 Pennsylvania-Central Airlines 3 136 Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation 3 137 The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 3 138 The Pennsylvania Railroad 3 139 The Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Company 3 140 Pepsi-Cola Company 3 141 Philco Corporation 3 142 Phillips Petroleum Company 3 143 Photoswitch Incorporation 3 144 Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Company 3 145 Pittsburge Plate Glass Company 3 146 Plaskon Company 3 147 Plymouth Cordage Company 3 148 Pneumatic Scale Corporation, Ltd. 3 149 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft 3 150 Prentice-Hall Incorporated 3 151 The Proctor & Gamble Distributing Company 4 152 The Providence Athenaeum 4 153 Providence Public Library 4 154 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company 4 155 The Prudential Insurance Company of America 4 156 Public Opinion Surveys, Incorporated 4 157 Pure Oil Company 4 158 Puritan Compressed Gas Corporation 4 159 RCA Manufacturing 4 160 Railway Express Agency 4 161 Raytheon Production Corporation 4 162 Reed & Prince Manufacturing Company 4 163 Reed Teachers' Agency 4 164 Remington Arms Company 4 165 Remington Rand Incorporated 4 166 Republic Aviation Corporation 4 167 Retail Credit Company 4 168 Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated 4 169 Rheem Manufacturing Company 4 170 Robert Reis & Company 4 171 H.H. Robertson Company 4 172 The Rockefeller Foundation 4 173 Royal Typewriter Company 4 174 Collection information

The Brown University Placement Office records are organized in one series: I. Correspondence, 1937-1943.

The Brown University Placement Office records contain correspondence related to the Office's mission of assisting Brown graduates in finding employment. The records have been organized into one series, correspondence. This series contains correspondence from the Placement Office to various businesses and corporations. Included are local businesses such as the Gorham Company as well as letters to newspapers, insurance and manufacturing companies such as the New York Times, Prudential Insurance, and General Motors. The correspondence is dated from circa 1937 to 1943.

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Brown University Placement Office records, OF-1ZPL-2, Brown University Archives.

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Names Brown University. Subjects College graduates--employment College placement services Occupations

Types of Materials Letters (Correspondence) RIAMCO Browsing Term Education