The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work (First Year Read, 2022)

"This Airship Collection contains numerous photographs and newspaper articles of airships, balloons, boats, and other products that were created by Goodyear. There are also operating manuals and blueprints for specific airships and balloons. Many of the newspaper articles feature stories about airships and boats that were used in battle and rescue situations. Many articles on the balloons feature stories of their participation in races both national and international. Photographs depict the numerous different types of airships, balloons, and boats that were created by Goodyear. Some of the photographs include early balloons used for the Macy's Thanksgiving parade. The collection also contains advertisements for different types of boats that were designed by Goodyear and Firestone."

"Theodore Boettger (b. 13 July 1876, d. 10 October 1975), a New Jersey industrialist and one-time resident of West Hoboken, New Jersey and brother of Stevens alumnus Robert Boettger (Stevens Class of 1898), was prominent in the development of major public works projects in New Jersey; mainly the Holland Tunnel. ... This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials related to Boettger's public service activities [including overseeing the construction of the Holland Tunnel]."

"Frederick Winslow Taylor, Stevens Class of 1883, was an inventor and engineer who pioneered the application of standardized engineering principles to production and shop management. Scientific management, as it was termed, is still used in industry today and remains a much-debated subject in labor history studies."