. Journal of electricity . in the Northwest. This has been designated theJohn B. Fisken Cup as a tribute to Mr. Fiskensactivities in the electrical field. ..a July 1, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 33 Office Records — Their Filing and Indexing BY IRENE WAEREN (A number of simple and easily installed methods of filing special types of material areexplained in this last of the series of articles by the president of the Chicago School of Filingand Indexing. The correct system of handling the correspondence and data of a sales depart-ment is outlined to suggest methods of organizing any speciali
. Journal of electricity . in the Northwest. This has been designated theJohn B. Fisken Cup as a tribute to Mr. Fiskensactivities in the electrical field. ..a July 1, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 33 Office Records — Their Filing and Indexing BY IRENE WAEREN (A number of simple and easily installed methods of filing special types of material areexplained in this last of the series of articles by the president of the Chicago School of Filingand Indexing. The correct system of handling the correspondence and data of a sales depart-ment is outlined to suggest methods of organizing any specialized material.—The Editor.) FILING SPECIAL RECORDS The filing and indexing for a corporation mightbe compared to an electric lighting system, the cen-tral filing staff being the dynamo and the central anddepartmental files the lights. And furthennore, thefiling system, properly handled, certainly producesinformational light. An idea of how caiefully the wires for this in-formational lighting system must be laid in order. The Library and Information Bureau of tlie National Safety collection of boolcs and serial publications to the right are filed onsteel shelves. Serials in pamphlet form are placed in pamphlet the rear of the room is the data iile which consists of clippings, blueprints, typewritten sheets, reports and miscellaneous material. This isarranged alphabetically by subjects in forty-eight legal size copies of pamphlets are placed in the pamphlet boxes which arestored on steel shelving in the back of the room. A complete card indexof these materials is filed in steel cabinets in a steel safe.— Photo by Burkeand Friedmann. that light may efficiently cover eveiy nook and cor-ner of the business and give the proper intensiveservice where it is needed, may be had by scanningthe typewi-itten and printed materials needed in op-erating a large manufacturing plant, as shown below. Files and Indexes in a Manufacturing Plant Correspon
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