Letters; Learning; Lectures and lecturing; Japan; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Harvard University; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Travel;...
A letter from an unnamed author expressing gratitude for the information he learned the previous year. He writes that the kind and thoughtful talking, along with the atmosphere of the office, made the author feel as though he had been in America. ...
Capacitors; Authorship; Publishers and publishing; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
A list of citations on condensers. The list is written in Polkinghorn's original handwriting. A list of amendments to the master list of frequencies assigned for use by the Japanese government is listed on the back of the page.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Management; Telecommunication; Manufacturing industries; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Congresses and conventions; Lectures and lecturing; Executives; Radio; Telephone; College teachers; Meetings; Universities...
A memorandum for record regarding the management indoctrination course for the telecommunications manufacturing industry. It summarizes the accomplishments to date, of the research and development division's management indoctrination course. The...
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Travel; Government publications
An absence and travel authority for Charles W. Protzman and his wife, Constance, to various places in Japan from December 29, 1949 to January 8, 1950. It contains original signatures.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Books; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Back, George I. (George Irving), 1894-1972; Armed Forces - Officers; Books; Charts, diagrams, etc.
An administrative organization chart of the General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Tokyo, Japan, dated July 23, 1949. The chart contains a handwritten note referencing the source of the chart.
Government publications; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Military; Armed Forces - Officers
An announcement of organization and staff outlining changes to the CCS (Civil Communications Section) signed by Colonel R. N. Kunz. A notification of personnel action is attached to the announcement documenting Charles W. Protzman's resignation as...
Writing; Authorship; Japan; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Telecommunication; Management; Quality control; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Ōsaka Nōritsu Kyōkai; Fujitsū Kabushiki Kaisha;...
An article from News & Views on Charles Protzman, Sr.'s visit to Japan. The article discusses Protzman's visits with old friends and executives. Protzman comments on the changes he sees from his factory visits and Japan tour. The articles...
Letters; Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Travel; Japan; Management; Industries; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Forums (Discussion and debate); Industrial management; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Sumitomo Gomu...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. C. W. Protzman, Sr., saying that he recently received a letter from Mr. Hopper, with whom he has been exchanging letters since Protzman introduced Hopper to him. He reports that Hopper...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper listing the letters he received from him. Inoue discusses bottom-up and top-down management in Japan. He shares that when he first became president of Sumitomo Rubber Industries,...
Inoue, Bunzaemon, 1906-; Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Letters; Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha; Management; Factories; World War II; Production (Economic theory); Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Time study; Motion study; Line and staff...
B. Inoue, of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., writes Mr. K. Hopper, saying that most of the SEI (Sumitomo Electric Industries) factories were destroyed by bombs during World War II and discusses why he believes the Japanese lost the war with the...
Letters; Authorship; Communication; Manufacturing industries; Management; Engineering; Western Electric Company; Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Cables; Equipment and supplies;...
C. W. Protzman writes Mr. S. E. Brillhart with a summary of the major work he did while working for the Department of the Army from November 1948 to May 1950 in Japan. In Protzman's report, he writes that between 75% and 85% of the manufacturing...
Letters; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Quality control; Western Electric Company; Management; Supervisors; Executives; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Communication; Supreme Commander for the...
Charles writes Ken with details about the companies and courses he was involved in while working for the CCS (Civil Communications Section) in Japan. Charles says that the most important catalyst in the Japanese post-war industrial resurgence and...
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Education; Engineering; Teaching
Frank Polkinghorn reflects on his time in Japan and his observations of Japanese engineering education. The paper is typewritten and also contains original handwriting. The paper is incomplete.
Frank Polkinghorn's talk to the scientists of the second United States scientific mission to Japan delivered at the Dai Ichi Building on 1948 November 29. The talk covers topics such as: the Ministry of Communications, private research...
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-; Management; World War II; Japan; Industrial management; Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993; Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001;...
Kenneth Hopper's article from the September 1985 issue of Quality Progress discussing Japan's new industrial management based on Japanese traditions and American ideals from practicing American industrial managers.
Interviews; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Tribus, Myron; World War II; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory; Radar; Radar transmitters; Radio; Radio Receivers and reception; Japanese...
Myron Tribus interviews Homer Sarasohn in Arizona. Sarasohn says he was in the paratroops during World War II and worked at the radiation lab at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) developing search radar. He talks about his first jobs...
Engineering; Engineers; Education; Universities and colleges; College students; College teachers; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi; Technology; Scientists; Industries; Research; Laboratories; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers;...
The appendices and exhibits from the report of the engineering education mission to Japan, 1951 July 5 to August 26. It consists of: Appendix A: Institute for Engineering Education; Appendix B: Program of the Mission on Engineering Education;...
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Conversion tables; Japan; Measurement; Metric system
The conversion tables prepared by the Civil Property Custodian of the General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to provide a quick and easy method of converting certain common American units to Japanese units and vice versa.
Diaries; Autobiography; Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; Japan; Sarasohn, Homer, 1916-2001; Industrial management; Denki Tsūshin Kenkyūjo (Japan); Telecommunication; Communication; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Management;...
The diary and memoirs of Frank Polkinghorn's two years in Japan as director of the Research and Development Division of the Civil Communications Section (CCS) of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers (SCAP). It consists of: the Preface; Chapter 1:...
