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The Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2011

Ralph W. Hidy
Ralph W. Hidy
Affiliation:
New York University
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Extract

The aim of this discussion is to elucidate the evolution of the management concepts, organizational patterns, and policies of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). In point of fact, these topics are discussed primarily with reference to the origin and development of the Standard Oil combination under its various legal titles prior to 1911. The policies and practices, both sound and unsound, of the men who administered the Jersey Company in its early years were largely those of the men who created the combination.

Type
Development of Large-Scale Organization
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Fall 1952 , pp. 411 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1952

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References

1 These generalizations are based upon the forthcoming publication by Ralph W. and Muriel E. Hidy, “The History of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1882–1911.”

2 Socony Paint Products Company Records, Memorandum of G. H. Hopper enclosed in letter of T. H. Wheeler to the Executive Committee, February 20, 1885.

3 Rockefeller Records, W. P. Thompson to J. D. Rockefeller, October 19, 1886.

4 Rockefeller Records, J. D. Rockefeller to W. P. Thompson, November 5, 1885.

5 Industrial Commission, Preliminary Report on Trusts and Industrial Combinations (Washington, D. C., 1900), I, 367Google Scholar.

6 Rockefeller Records, W. P. Thompson to J. D. Rockefeller, June 14, 1889.