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From the Archives: Easy Street (1930)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:54:18 EST

In the fall I scanned a copy of Roger W. Babson's response to the Great Depression which he called Cheer Up! Easy Street is the rendering of the life of a man from Maine who shared his story with Mr. Babson. How does one make his/her way in the world?

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Babson Beaver January 7, 1949

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:16:10 EST

We begin a new year with the Babson Beaver. Please note that they had three terms in a year and so their calendar was different. Just as I started the fall publication three weeks earlier than the publication date, I will need to make some sort of adjustments for the spring.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Finals and other end of term stuff

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:36:19 EST

It is the end of term again. Papers, presentations, and projects with exams, exams, and exams. With Horn Library open 24 hours a day until the end of finals many students will doubtless feel they have moved in.

Allow me to suggest a few diversions:

The Babson Collection:
Located in a bookcase outside of Horn Study Room 201, the Babson Collection is the home for books written by Mr. Babson, bound back issues of the Babson Alumni Bulletin (now known as the Babson Magazine), and the college yearbook--The Babsonian.

The Babson World Globe:
OK, you need to go out of doors (the Olin College side of Coleman Hall) for this but the air will feel good. In the middle of exams what better metaphor than to have someone take your photograph stooped under the globe carrying it on your shoulders?

The Sir Isaac Newton Room and Roger W. Babson Museum:
If you want to take a walk and don't want to go outside there are two rooms on the third floor of Horn which you can visit. The Sir Isaac Newton Room is the actual foreparlour from Newton's St. Martins Street home. The Roger W. Babson Museum depicts the life and times of our founder. Now until the end of finals you can stop by and I'll open the rooms for you to view. I can talk or not as you wish. I am here from 7:30 until 4 most weekdays.

The Babson College Archives Website:
If you don't want to get up from your seat (not a good move to not move) you can check out the various things to see on the Archives Website. The site is meant for browsing so check out the Timeline, Playbills and Little Magazines, and other things.

I hope that you avoid cottonmouth and brain cramps and that every question on every final is one you've prepared for.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Accreditation

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:36:41 EST

In November Babson College was accredited by EQUIS. As of this writing only three colleges in the United States have been accredited by them and only Babson earned a five year accreditation. The complete list of EQUIS accredited colleges can be found here. (Thanks to Dean Ansari for posting the details and link to the list.)

Babson College is accredited by two other organizations: The New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Babson Institute's undergraduate program was first accredited by the NEASC in 1950. The rules of the AACSB (known then as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business) required that accredited schools be independant schools attached to universities. When the rule was changed to allow free-standing colleges of business to be considered for accreditation Babson's programs were accrediated.

AACSB first acccredited Babson College's undergraduate program in 1980 and the graduate program in 1981.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Student Awards

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:55:44 EST

I have posted a list of student awards
which I know to have many gaps and missing pieces. I have exhausted my resources and hope that others will be willing to help me to make these lists more complete.

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Babson College Cookbook

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:10:37 EST

Last year at about this time I acquired a copy of Somethin's Cookin' at Babson from President William Dill. This collection of Babson College staff favorite recipes was printed in 1984 as a fund-raiser for the Babson College Women's Club with the proceeds going for scholarships. With a week before Thanksgiving 2008 I repost it for the use and amusement of the community.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Babson College Archives!

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Local Additions to Archival Resources page

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:21:32 EST

I have added a Local Resources subsection to the Archival Resources page.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: What Roger Babson Said On September 5, 1929

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:19:04 EST

In these uncertain economic times there has been much quoting and noting of the comments made by Roger W. Babson at his 25th Anniversary Conference on September 5, 1929. The following excerpt is from the September 16, 1929 issue of Babson's Reports and it is said to be verbatim:

Sooner or later a crash is coming which will take the leading stocks and cause a decline of from 60 to 80 points in the Dow-Jones Barometer. Fair weather cannot always continue. The Federal Reserve System has put the banks in a strong position; but it has not changed human nature. More people are borrowing and speculating today than ever in our history. Sooner or later there is a crash coming and it may be a terrific one. Wise are those investors who now get out of debt and reef their sails. This doesn't mean selling all that you have, but it does mean paying up your loans and avoiding margin speculation.

PBS did a film on the Crash of 1929 [see transcript] which has a useful Timeline of Wall Street activities.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago at Babson Week 11

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:49:34 EST

Here is the Babson Beaver for week 11 which was the last issue of the fall term. Babson had three terms at that time.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Results of the Election...1940

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:00:41 EST

In early November of 2008 we have just ended a long campaign for President of the United States. Here at Babson we have an association with campaigns for the White House. In 1940, our founder, Roger W. Babson, ran for President of the United States as a candidate of the New Prohibition Party. The party was much more broadly reform-oriented than its name might suggest. Mr. Babson and his running mate Edgar V. Moorman ran a vigourous campaign but received only 57,903 of the 49,903,113 votes cast. Mr. Babson writes of the experience in the 1949 edition of his autobiography Actions and Reactions (p. 299-316) and in a book Our Campaign for the Presidency which is available in the Babson Collection (E811.B2 1941) in the Horn Library.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 10

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:21:54 EST

Week 10 of the 1948-1949 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Cheer Up!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:27:24 EST

In 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression, Roger W. Babson wrote this little book in hopes of lifting the spirits of the public. If you are on campus this book is in the Babson Collection. I have also made a digital copy available in PDF.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 9

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:34:24 EST

Week nine of the 1948-49 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: The Babson Collection

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:38:15 EST

The Babson Collection is a special section of the Horn Library where you can find Babson-specific materials. It is currently located on shelves outside of study room 201 in the Horn Library. The newest addition to the collection is the Babson Alumni Magazine (which since spring 2005 has been known as the Babson Magazine.) There are bound volumes from 1929 through 1985. These bound volumes will not circulate. Back issues will be bound through 2007 and we hope to continue binding issues one year at a time. When these issues are bound and available I will announce it in this space. The earliest issues of the Alumni Bulletin (1924-1929) have been scanned and are available in PDF. The most recent issues can still be found in the Jamie Horner Lounge.

The Babson Collection includes our yearbook The Babsonian. Babson has had a yearbook from 1921. One can check out individual volumes or view them on line via the Babson Archives Timeline. I have completed scans from 1921—1958 (2004 & 2005 as well) and hope to complete the digital copies by the end of the academic year.

The principal contents of the Babson Collection are the books published by Roger W. Babson, the founder of Babson College. These books can be checked out. "Actions and Reactions" is the autobiography of Roger W. Babson and is available on reserve as well. I have scanned a copy of the 1949 revised edition of this autobiography and made it available via the Archives Website. The page includes other items which might be of interest.

There is one last book which, while not part of the Babson Collection, might be of interest to the Babson Community. Babson History Professor John P. Mulkern wrote "Continuity and Change: Babson College, 1919—1994" (LD284.B22 M85 1995) for the 75^th Anniversary of the College. It is available on reserve and is available digitally as a PDF on the Archives Website.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar

Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago at Babson Week 8

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:12:49 EST

Week 8 of the 1948-1949 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Babson Presidential Inauguration

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:31:38 EST

On October 17th Babson College will inaugurate Dr. Leonard A. Schlesinger as its 12th President. President Schlesinger's inauguration will be the seventh given by Babson.

The earlier Presidents of the Institute were not formally inaugurated but all Presidents from the early 1960s have been. You can find out more about them from the Archives Website by following the Presidents link. You can read their speeches by clicking on their names below: Henry A. Kriebel; Ralph Z. Sorenson; William R. Dill; William F. Glavin; Leo I. Higdon, Jr.; and Brian M. Barefoot.

When Dr. Schlesinger's address is available I will make it available from the Presidents page.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago at Babson week 7

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:28:40 EST

Week 7 of the 1948-1949 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 6

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:26:21 EST

Here is the issue from week six of the 1948-1949 academic year.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 5

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:12:53 EST

Follow this link to week five of the 1948-1949 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 4

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:44:06 EST

Week four of the Babson Beaver 1948-1949.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago at Babson Week 3

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:18:59 EST

Week three from the 1948-1949 Babson Beaver.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago Week 2

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:09:02 EST

Here is the second issue of the Babson Beaver from academic year 1948-1949. Please remember that the year started later than we currently start and so ended in June.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

Printing in the Library

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:35:55 EST

Adding the Library printers to your laptop is a snap! Just follow the instructions on the Library Printers page (also available by going to Get Help -> Add a Printer).

Some great features of Library printers:

Print from anywhere on campus & pick up whenever you stop in the Library.
Printers default to double sided printing, but you can change it to single sided.
Stapling & 3-Hole Punching!

See the Library Printers page for more details on how to install the printers and change print preferences.

From the Archives: 60 Years Ago at Babson

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:50:27 EST

Beginning this week I will be posting copies of the Babson Beaver from the 1948-1949 school year. Please note that their year began later (third week in September) and ended later (second week in June) so the dates will not correspond. But I have a nearly complete run and I hope you enjoy the look at Babson Institute 60 years ago.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Alumni Awards

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:29:40 EST

I have changed the Alumni Awards to reflect awards that will be given next month.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 2004 & 2005 Babsonian

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:23 EST

Neesha Modi (BS 2004) noticed that I didn't not have a 2004 or 2005 Babsonian listed on the archives website. She offered to loan me her copies which I scanned and put up on the Babsonian page and the Timeline. I am grateful to Neesha for her generousity to me which I have shared with the Babson community.

Thank you Neesha!

R. C.(Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Cruickshank Alumni Leadership Award

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:09:35 EST

The Cruickshank Alumni Leadership Award recognizes outstanding alumni volunteers. It began life in 1988 as the Volunteer of the Year Award. In 1994 it was named to honor the exceptional volunteer service of William H. Cruickshank, Jr. (Class of 1949 & Doctor of Laws 1999). At this fall's Back to Babson Reunion Alumni Hall will be named for Bill.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: 1st Supplement to the Grace K. Babson Collection of Newtonia

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:48:31 EST

The 1955 supplement to the Grace K. Babson Collection catalog is now available on-line on the Archives website. It is linked under Museums & Collections or follow this link.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Babson Medal

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:18:57 EST

I have gone back to work on the Awards section of the Archives website. A recent addition is a listing of winners of the Babson Medal. The medal is Awarded to distinguished alumni and friends of Babson College who have made notable contributions or have provided outstanding leadership to their college, their profession, community, country, society, or a combination of these.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

Resource Update

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:21:57 EST

The Library recently decided to discontinue some resources:

Hoovers: Full Hoovers reports are available in Lexis-Nexis Academic.
RDS Bizsuite: Use IBISWorld or BizMiner for industry content and Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) for other articles.
Mergent Online: Use CapitalIQ and Thomson One Banker
Demographics Now: Use Simply Map.
EBL (ebooks library): Though our EBL subscription was canceled, we still have access to those items we purchased while we subscribed. Also see ebrary, Books 24x7, and Safari Books

Horn Library also just subscribed to a bunch of new resources! Check them out & let us know what you think:

BizMiner: Detailed industry analysis, reporting on more than 16,000 lines of business in national and local markets.
eMarketer: Market research & trend analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies. Aggregates and analyzes information from over 3,000 sources.
ISI Web of Knowledge: Explore top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder. 256 categories thoroughly cover the social sciences.
Mergent BondViewer: Provides US taxable and municipal fixed income and evaluation data. From pre-sale through defeasance, access a wide-range of bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.
Mergent Horizon: Includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships.
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics: An extensive and authoritative economics reference resource which contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.
RGE Monitor: Provides relevant insights on a broad range of crucial global issues including; global macroeconomics, emerging markets, geostrategic and long term issues, finance, banking, and world markets.
SimplyMap: A web based mapping application with demographics, business and marketing data down to the census tract level.
Ulrichsweb: An authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types - academic and scholarly journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters.

If you have any questions about these resource changes, please email reference@babson.edu.

From the Archives: Babson Yearbooks 1921-1958

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:56:12 EST

I have just finished scanning the Babsonians (the Babson Institute/Babson College yearbook) from the first issue in 1921 through 1958. They are accessible from the Timeline or from the Babsonian page where I hope to that all the yearbooks will be found by the summer of 2009.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Pre-World War Two Babsonians

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:51:59 EST

I have just finished scanning the Babsonians (the Babson Institute/Babson College yearbook) from the first issue in 1921 through 1943 when the Institute closed for the duration of the war. They are accessible from the Timeline or from the Babsonian page where all the yearbooks will be found by the summer of 2009.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

Library Closed on Saturday, June 6th

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:32:39 EST

The Library will be closed on Saturday, June 6th due to a power shut down in the building. We will open again on Sunday, June 7th at 9am. We apologize for the inconvenience.

From the Archives: Babson Free Press Special Issue

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:13:04 EST

The Babson Free Press published a special commencement issue which I have scanned and put up on the Timeline.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Professor of the Year and the Thomas Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence

Mon, 19 May 2008 09:23:32 EST

At Saturday's Graduate and Undergraduate Commencements there were many awards given out. The commencement programs list the students and honorary degree recipients. But, there are two awards to faculty which are not printed in the program. The Professor of the Year is given by undergraduates and the Thomas Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence is chosen by graduate students. This year's Professor of the Year is English professor Elizabeth Goldberg and the Thomas Kennedy Award went to management professor U. Srinivasa Rangan. A list of previous winners of both awards can be found at Awards on the Archives website. Congratulations to Professors Goldberg and Rangan!

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Computers at Babson

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:26:52 EST

In the summer of 1977 the Babson Alumni Magazine published an overview on the impact of computers on how we do things. Enjoy.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Walter Carpenter Prize & 4Cs

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:55:36 EST

At yesterday's Town Meeting, two of Babson's faculty and staff service awards were given. Allan Cohen, Edward A. Madden Distinguished Professor of Global Leadership, was awarded the 2008 Walter H. Carpenter Prize for Exceptional Contributions to Babson College.
The 4C Awards went to Jamie Wiss Doherty, Carolyn Langdon Place, and Cathy Shea.

Congratulations to all!

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Thank you Babson Free Press.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:40:55 EST

I was reading last week's Free Press and discovered a profile on the Archives on page two. As much as I enjoyed hearing nice things about the archives, I was particularly thrilled to hear how fired up people were for Beaver Bowl. I hope that that interest in Babson's history carries on into the participant's future.

Thanks very much.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

Database Trials - Feedback Welcome!

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:36:57 EST

We have trials to three more EBSCOhost databases this month:

Econlit with Full-Text: EconLit with Full Text contains all of the content available in EconLit, plus full text for many journals including titles from the American Economic Association, including: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives. This database also includes many non-English full-text journals in economics & finance.
Risk Management Reference Center: Content includes hundreds of full text journals and periodicals, hundreds of thousands of selected articles, reports, summaries, books, blogs, FAQs, and news wires that pertain to all types of risk (including credit, liquidity, operational, event, and market risk).
Newspaper Source Plus: Newspaper Source Plus provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 370 U.S. & international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for nearly 100 U.S. newspapers and more than 419,000 television & radio news transcripts. Newspaper Source Plus is updated daily.

Access these databases by logging into EBSCOhost and choosing the appropriate database from the list that appears.

Feedback on any/all of these databases is most welcome! As is feedback on any of our other databases/services. Please fill out the feedback form or send an email to reference@babson.edu.

Looking for an Internship?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:09:29 EST

Check out our Career Research for Internships guide. You'll find a list of resources (both print and online) for finding your perfect internship, including the recently acquired Vault Internship database!

From the Archives: Newton Manuscripts in Color

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:32:41 EST

I have just swapped out the greyscale scans of our Newton Manuscripts for color scans of the same items. Enjoy.

R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: Professor Jeffry A. Timmons, 1941--2008

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:06:06 EST

We were told that Professor Timmons died at home yesterday. A more thorough biographic piece will be available from someplace on campus but I thought I'd share a few of the documents I have regarding him.

How to Shop for Venture Capital by Jeffry A. Timmons, Babson Alumni Bulletin, Fall 1983.

This Professor Practices What he Preaches by Dianne Coryell, Babson Alumni Bulletin, Fall 1983.

Entrepreneurship on Campus: Another Tool for Success? by J. A. Dunnigan, Entrepreneur, November 1986, pp. 43-46.

Rip
Babson College Archives

Business Plan Workshops 4/9 - 4/18

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:34:44 EST

Here are the Business Plan Workshops coming up this week & next. For the full listing, see our InfoBytes page.

Simmons/Scarborough for Consumer Behavior
Do you need to know about a specific demographic group? Learn how to create customized reports on a target market such as people who buy designer jeans or women who purchase wine in the Boston area.

Date	Time	Presenter	Location
Friday, April 11th	3:00 - 4:00 pm	Nancy Dlott	Horn Library 112

Business Plan Research in a Nutshell (Open Clinic)
Stop in and ask questions related to your business research.

Date	Time	Presenter	Location
Saturday, April 12th	1:00 - 2:00 pm	Kristin Djorup	Horn Computer Center 160

From the Archives: History of Founder's Day

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:04:46 EST

I have consolidated all of my Timeline entries on Babson's Founder's Day in a single page. This page has links to the programs for Founder's Day since the creation of the Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs.

Rip
Babson College Archives

From the Archives: That Special Good-bye turns 25

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:15:55 EST

I just received an e-mail announcing this year's That Special Good-bye collection has begun. Dick Bishop began the tradition in 1983 as a way for Babson community members and others to leave cards and notes for degree recipients to receive at commencement. It has grown to a major effort over the years. Happy 25th to one of Babson's home grown traditions. Thank you Mr. Bishop!

Rip
Babson College Archives

Be a Fan! Horn Library on Facebook

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:21:20 EST

Are you on facebook? Be a fan!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Babson-Park-MA/Horn-Library-Babson-College/8355520398

What's there?

Links to important sections of the library's web site (like research guides...did you know we have those?)
A discussion board to talk about how to make the library better, how to improve our facebook page, or anything else (library related, of course)
Notices of upcoming events/workshops
Pictures from past events
...and more as we go along.

Suggest improvements/enhancements to the facebook page on the discussion board! This is a page for *you*...help us develop it.

Upcoming Business Plan Workshops

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:54:27 EST

Below are the Business Plan Research workshops that are being held this week and the beginning of next week. Click on the titles for more information about that session.

To register for a session, please email reference@babson.edu with the session(s) you'd like to attend. Please put the name of the session you'd like to register for in the subject.

Know Your Industry:

Wed, April 2	5:15-6:15pm	HCC 150
Mon, April 7	3:00-4:00pm	HCC 150

Consumer Markets:

Wed, April 2	5:15-6:15pm	Horn Library 112
Fri, April 4	11:00am-12:00pm	Horn Library 112

Going Global or Staying Local:

Fri, April 4	4:00-5:00pm	HCC 150
Tue, April 8	5:15-6:15pm	HCC 150

Career Series InfoByte: Management & HR

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:37:26 EST

(Undergraduate) Career Series InfoByte: Management & HR
Bring your laptop and join us as we walk you through some of the online services available in the Horn Library & through CCD that will support you during your career search. The overview will touch on researching the industry, companies, and opportunities as they relate to career development.

Monday, March 31st, 5-5:30pm, HCC 150

RSVP on Babson Career Connections through the Portal.

For more information:

Graduate Center for Career Development

Business Plan Research Workshop Series

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:21:03 EST

Are you working on a business plan? Horn Library is offering a workshop series to help you effectively find the information you need for your plan in your industry.

Series Workshops:

Know Your Industry: Find the 3Ms - Market demand, Market structure, and Margins. Take a look at key industry and market resources that give you trends, market size, segmentation, key success factors, operating ratios and other info on your industry. Identify key associations and trade journals for in-depth information.
Consumer Markets: What can you find out about your consumers? How many are there? Are the numbers growing? Where do they live? What are their characteristics? Take a look at key sources for market research, consumer demographics, and consumer behavior.
Going Global or Staying Local: This workshop focuses on both global and local markets.
- Going Global: Are you locating your business overseas? Take a look at the key sources for doing business in.... Find out where you can get data on country consumer and business markets.
- Staying Local: Find out how to estimate the your market size in a specific US area, or determine the characteristics of consumers in your town or zip code area, or characteristics of consumers in a metropolitan area.
Simmons/Scarborough for Consumer Behavior: Do you need to know about a specific demographic group? Learn how to create customized reports on a target market such as people who buy designer jeans or women who purchase wine in the Boston area.
Business Plan Research in a Nutshell (Open Clinics): Stop in and ask questions related to your business research.

Each of these sessions will be offered a couple of times this semester (as well as in future semesters). For more information, including date/times, presenters, and how to register, please see the InfoBytes page.

Business Plan Workshop: Know Your Industry!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:00:24 EST

Know Your Industry!

Find the 3Ms: Market demand, Market structure, and Margins. Take a look at key industry and market resources that give you trends, market size, segmentation, key success factors, operating ratios and other info on your industry. Identify key associations and trade journals for in-depth information.

Presenter: Kristin Djorup
Location: Horn Computer Center 150 (24 hour lab)
Date: Tuesday, March 25th
Time: 5:15-6:15pm

Less Well Known Women of Babson, Part Two

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:00:20 EST

BSO Women and others

While it is true that before the 1960s women were not usually welcomed as students at Babson Institute, that doesn't mean that no woman was allowed to be a student there. In the years before Mrs. Babson founded Webber College for women in Florida, there were several women who attended the Institute in a variety of forms.

Dorothy Boal Brierly 1923

In the 1922-1923 academic year there were three women in attendance. One was Dorothy Boal (Brierley) who had a BA from the Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University.) She completed the years work after paying full price even though she was told that while she could attend but she would not receive the certificate for her work. After leaving the Institute she ran a hotel a few miles from the Babson's winter home. Without explanation she was awarded a certificate in 1932.

Edith Babson Webber Mustard 1923

With the understanding that she stood to inherit a small fortune, Roger and Grace's daughter Edith was given a place in the class of 1923. I understand that Edith wanted to study geology at Boston University. But, in a way not too different from that of many of her male classmates, her parents decided that she needed to learn about money and how to protect it. As if being one of the few female students wasn't attention enough, being the founder's daughter must have had complications of its own. She received her certificate with her class in 1923. Edith married Winslow Webber (Babson 1922) and was involved with the running of Webber College in Florida, among other things. The Babson College Archives has an endowment which is a gift from her and her children.

Selma Eversole Henley 1923

In its earliest days the Babson Institute and Babson Statistical Organization were connected at many levels in many ways. Employees of Mr. Babson's business were occasionally allowed to take a term's worth (3 months) of work at the Institute. Several of the early female students were BSO students. Some BSO students had to pay for their coursework while others received scholarships. The third student of the 1922-23 academic year was a woman from Illinois named Selma Eversole. She appears to have been one of the scholarship students. Selma had a Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois (and was a junior Phi Beta Kappa) and a Masters from Simmons College in Boston. She worked at Prescott Street headquarters for at least a year before returning to Illinois. In an amazing example of serendipity I have been carrying on a correspondence with her daughter [Dr. Mary Henley Rubio, University Professor Emeritus, Department of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph.]

Mary Ives Dole 1924

Mary Ives was a BSO student who was from Delphi, Indiana. She seems to have gone to work for the BSO after graduating from Wellesley College. I don't know how long she she worked for the Babson Statistical Organization but she remained in the area working for some time at the Katherine Gibbs School in Boston.

Charlotte Reed Marbut 1924

Ms. Reed was from Denver and graduated from Mount Holyoke College before going to work for the BSO. She was one of the BSO staff who paid for her three months at the Institute ($700 tuition.) She returned to Denver and then moved to Montana where her address was a ranch. She and Ms. Ives get paired together in my mind because their pictures are featured in the 1924 Babsonian. It seems that they were not here together.

Harriet Ellison Rogers 1927

Harriet Ellison was a personal friend of Mr. Babson who asked her to take a class at the Institute. She was from Newton and stayed in the area participating in many civic organizations. In her later years she and her husband moved into the North Hill extended care facility which is on land owned by Babson College. She appears to be the last woman to take courses at Babson Institute until the part-time MBA began in 1961. Babson Institute became co-ed in 1968.

In the earliest years of Babson Institute evaluations included a letter grade and a brief written description of the student's work. The women in this group, for the most part, had written evaluations which were across the board better than their male classmates. Each must have had a story about their time here—and afterwards. It is worth noting that even if the Institute didn't offer them all certificates (and most had college degrees when they arrived) their classmates seem to have considered them classmates. This is not the place to wonder "What if?" but what if...

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Less Well Known Women of Babson, Part One

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:11:54 EST

Less Well Known Women of Babson College Part One

Babson Institute was founded to train men in business. While the earliest instructors were usually colleagues of Mr. Babson, men he knew from his own business experience, not everyone associated with the Institute was male. And while the original intent was to train men for executive roles there were exceptions well before Babson became co-ed. In the following two posts I hope to acquaint readers with several women who may be unknown to you.

Eleanor Hayward

From its founding in 1919 until 1937 Ms. Hayward held many simultaneous positions at the Institute. Her primary title was as Registrar where she was responsible for the day-to-day academic affairs of Babson Institute. She sat on most campus committees from the academic to the social. She always co-produced Commencement and all of the activities around it. Before the building of the Babson Institute Library (the current Tomasso Hall) she was also the first Institute librarian (for the library housed in a wing of Coleman Hall.) She built the collection and reviewed new acquisitions for the alumni bulletin. If one needed permission to do almost anything on campus, her signature seems to have been the required one. She had more formal education then all but a few of the male faculty and staff (BS, MS, and MBA.) After 18 years at the Institute she left to join the WPA. Unfortunately where she came from and where she ended up are unknown to me. But this "jack-of-all" trades had an impact on the early development of this place. In the absence of documents I have spoken with members of the pre-WWII classes and every man who knew her has stated that she was the person who made sure that things got done.

Teresa Gubellini

I don't know when Ms. Gubellini started at Babson. While her obituary says that she started in 1946 it appears that she may have been one of the workers hired to complete the Great Relief Map formerly housed in Coleman Hall. The map was declared finished on December 30, 1940. The Institute was closed to civilians during WWII and the windows to Coleman Hall painted black while the campus was given over to the U. S. Navy Supply School. When the Institute reopened after the war Teresa was hired (at $0.75 per hour) to give talks and tours of the Map.

Coleman Hall was built to house this map which had a catwalk above which allowed visitors to get a sense of viewing the continental US from approximately 700 miles. In 1955 the Babson World Globe was built adjacent to Coleman Hall and these combined exhibits became a destination for thousands of "Baby Boomers" on school trips. Teresa retired from Babson College in 1978 and died shortly thereafter. What makes her special to me is the wonder that because of all of these school groups over the years there must be many, many men and women for whom the name Babson brings to mind a short, dark haired, and very enthusiastic woman whose talks had even the most recalcitrant children "eating out of her hand."

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From the Archives: Roger Babson as a character in a novel

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:29:30 EST

Roger W. Babson and his interest in gravity play a role in Marc Estrin's novel The Lamentations of Julius Marantz. The Horn Library owns a copy which is currently in the Jamie Horner Lounge. PS3605.S77 L36 2007.

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From the Archives: Dean of Faculty

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:59:49 EST

Babson College is currently searching for a new Dean of Faculty to replace Professor Fritz Fleischmann who will be stepping down this summer after five years as Dean.

The position of Dean of Faculty was resurrected in 2002 when the position of Provost was created by dividing the responsibilities of the position of Vice President of Academic Affairs.

In the earliest days of Babson Institute the President was also the Chairman of the Faculty. After 1935 the position of "Dean" was created, one which seems to be responsible for both students and faculty. When the Institute reopened in 1946 until 1953/4 John K. Horner held the title of Dean of Faculty as well as chairing the Finance Division. The Dean of Faculty from 1954 until 1957 was John D. Montgomery who also chaired the Department of Government and Law. After Montgomery left the Institute, Henry A. Kriebel was first Acting Dean and then was Dean of Faculty while also chairing the Accounting Division. He held these positions until being named President of the Institute in 1961. Wallace P. Mors chaired the Finance Division while Dean of Faculty from 1961—1963. In 1963 Walter Carpenter became Dean of Faculty, a position he held until the 1969 reorganization which created the Vice President of Academic Affairs a position he held until illness side-lined him in 1979. Following VPs of Academic Affairs included: Melvyn R. Copen (recruited from off-campus) 1980—1987; Gordon Prichett (Math/Science) 1987—1992; Allan Cohen (Management) 1992-1997; and Michael Fetters (Accounting) 1997—2002.

The position of Provost began in 2002 and was first held by Professor Fetters carrying on from his role as the VP of Academic Affairs. In 2006 Patti Greene (Entrepreneurship) was promoted into the position after being Dean of Undergraduate Programs.

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From the Archives: Two Displays

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:28:51 EST

I have added a new display to the case outside of the Archives Suite (Horn 321). It is titled Has Babson Gone Academic? The question refers to Babson's post-World War Two curriculum. This display joins a display on Babson Authors which has been in place for several months. Both displays are in the lobby near the elevator and can be viewed whenever the Horn Library is open.

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Interlibrary Loan: Pick Up Articles Online!

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

The Interlibrary Loan system got an upgrade! Now when you request an article, you won't have to come to the Library to pick it up.

When you get an email notification that your article is available, just log into Interlibrary Loan, click Electronically Received Articles and download the pdf.

Articles will be available online for 30 days after they are posted.

Career Research: Real Estate & Management/HR

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:32:22 EST

The next round of Career Research InfoBytes with the Library and CCD is coming up:

Monday, March 10: Real Estate
Monday, March 31: Management & HR

Both classes will be held in HCC 150 (24 hour lab) from 5-5:30pm.

RSVP on Babson Career Connections through the Portal.

From the Archives: Welcome Horn Library News Readers!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:03:31 EST

Greetings! The Babson College Archives news is being picked up by the Horn Library News feed. The Babson College Archives website is a source for information on the life and times of Roger W. Babson and the history of the college he founded. From Mr. Babson's autobiography
and John Mulkern's 75th anniversary history
of the college to the Grace K. Babson Collection and historical documents to a Timeline History there are many things for you to peruse on the site.

There are two museum rooms you can visit as well, the Sir Isaac Newton Room and the Roger W. Babson Museum. I also welcome questions either in-person or e-mail.

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Charles D. and Marjorie J. Thompson Visiting Poet

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:55:10 EST

Former Vice President Charles D. Thompson founded the visiting poet series that carries his and his wife's name. It was a statement of love by him and as such the visiting poet is to read as close to Valentine's Day as can be scheduled. I have put together a list of the past poets with links to the Babson Alumni Magazine (now Babson Magazine) write-ups and links to more information on the individual poets.

Nathasha Tretheway is this year's honored poet and she will be reading from her work on February 13th at 7:30 in the Sorenson Center for the Arts.

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Career Research

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:28:10 EST

Need help with career research? Check out what the Center for Career Development has to offer!

Undergraduate and Graduate CCD offices have partnered with the Library to bring you Vault Guides. [UGrad | MBA]

Did you know we also partner with UGrad CCD on sessions to help you research different industries for your career search? The first Career InfoByte is Monday, February 4th on IT & Operations.

Ask A Librarian

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:21:14 EST

If you find you need help finding books/information, trying to figure out where to start your research, or anything else, Ask a Librarian! Here are the different ways you can contact a Librarian:

Sign up for a research consultation at Information Desk 1 (or by calling x4596);
Call the Information Desk at 781-239-4596;
Fill out the Ask a Question form on the web site;
Email reference@babson.edu.

If the library is closed, or you'd rather try some stuff yourself first, our web site is also packed with guides & tutorials to help you...though we know they're not always easy to find. (We're working on fixing that...feedback is welcome!) The best places to start:

Research Guides - find guides for various subjects as well as specific classes;
Find Information On - find quick lists of the best places to start researching countries, industries, companies, finance related topics, history related topics, and a *lot* more;
Quick Tutorials - watch these 2-3 minute clips to help you get started using a database or starting research.

Quick Tip: Use the search box at the top of the page to find library related pages. Just add the word "library" to your search. For example, if I want a page on finding competitors I'd type in "competitors and library".

Questions? Just ask! reference@babson.edu

New Alumni Resources - Did you know?

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:04:06 EST

Thanks to efforts of the College and the generosity of the MBA Class of 2007, Alumni now have free (for the next 18 months) access to several Library databases! These are resources you can use *off campus*. This has been a long time coming...and we're *really* happy to be able to get the resources out to you.

What resources?

ABI/INFORM - ProQuest CSA
Business & Company Resource Center - InfoTrac
EBSCOhost (both Business Source and Academic Search databases)
Factiva
Hoovers
Mergent
Vault (Career Guides)

How do you access them?
Through the Babson Connection.

Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:28:43 EST

Our digital copies from the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton are now available by following the Grace K. Babson Collection link under Museums and Collections on the left of the page.

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1921 Babsonian redux

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:09:44 EST

The first yearbook produced by students at the Babson Institute combined the first and second classes and was published in 1921.

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1921 Babsonian

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:42:36 EST

The first two classes at Babson Institute shared a yearbook in 1921. Over the course of this year I will be scanning the collection into the mid-1950s and putting them up on the Babson College Archives website.

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Babson Institute Library and Work Laboratory

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:49:39 EST

This morning an undergraduate named Ben Ting was by to do some research for an architecture project. He asked me to copy a few pages of this pamphlet. I am quite taken by the idea of a "work laboratory."

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Somethin's Cookin' At Babson

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:51:45 EST

President Dill visited a few weeks ago and he brought gifts for the Archives. Among books and bound journals was this delightful jewel. Somethin's Cookin' At Babson was used as part of the fund raising efforts of the Babson College Women's Club. Published in 1984 the collection of recipes was sold to raise money for the club's scholarship activities.

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Happy Birthday Babson!

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:58:39 EST

On October 2, 1919 the Babson Institute held its first classes at Roger and Grace Babson's Abbot Road home. Twenty-seven men, mostly related to subscribers of Babson's Reports, had signed up for "training...to become business executives." Mr. Babson announced the founding of the Babson Institute in a Special Announcement inserted in the August 5,1919 issue of his weekly Babson's Reports. The catalog for our first year shows the high hopes and ambition visible at the foundation.

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Babson Park Brand

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:48:19 EST

I was rehousing some images from RWB's papers and ran across this box label from Babson Park, Florida. What a beauty.

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Babson Institute's Sixteen Years

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:44:02 EST

President George W. Coleman's essay on the founding and early years of Babson Institute is available as a pdf from the college history area of the Research & Publications section of the archives website.

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Sir Isaac Newton Room on Symmetry's Particle Physicist's Life List

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:10:24 EST

Symmetry Magazine has named a life list of places to visit. Please note that Grace Babson's Sir Isaac Newton Room has made the list. The room is on the 3rd floor of Horn Library through 321 in the Archives Suite. The room is available to visit (as is the Roger W. Babson Museum) M-F from 8-4. Please see me for access.

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The View From Hollister 112

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:29:41 EST

I spend a fair amount of time trying to document Babson's past. Every once in a while I keep my feet planted in the near present and today I have made available Dean Dennis Hanno's column View From Hollister 112 which was published in last year's Free Press. It is well worth reading.

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Flex Time

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:19:19 EST

This is the last day of the work week for those flexing during the summer. Babson College has had flex time in one form or another since about 1978. Enjoy the three day weekend.
Back Monday.

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Late Start

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:06:34 EST

Greetings,
It took longer to get back to this than I expected. I will occasionally use a post to highlight a resource from the archives website.

May 19th was Babson's 85th spring commencement. Babson's 10th President, Leo I. Higdon, Jr. was one of the recipients of an honorary degree. Babson College has been awarding honorary degrees since 1959.

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First Post

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:38:06 EST

Greetings,
This is a new in-house blog from the Babson College Archives & Special Collections. I do not yet know what this software will allow.

Check back,

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Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:25:36 EST

another test

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:40:59 EST