Division of Work & Industry Incentive Posters Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Mather and Company.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Employee motivation
label: Topic
content: Industrial relations
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Motorola, Inc., through Jack Germaine, 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mather and Company.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Division of Work & Industry Incentive Posters Collection
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Additional posters were donated by Miscellaneous Man, through George Theofiles (1989 and 1995); David Shayt (1993); Peter Liebhold (1993 and 1995); Saturn Corporation (1995); Eastman Chemical Company (1995); Coletti Gallery (1995); New United Motor Manufacturing Corporation, through Michael J. Damer; (1995); Mosby Great Performance, through Lynnda Sorenson (1996); Delphi Interior and Lighting Systems, through Ron Steele (1996); Tatnuck Bookseller & Sons, through Lawrrence Abramoff (1997); and Ford Motor Company, through Chantel E. Lenard (2015).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (10 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1996
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2024.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1616
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lithographs
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Posters, 1923-1996
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lithographs -- 1920-1930
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of work incentive posters designed by Mather, Eastman Chemical and others.  The posters were used by management to motivate the work force and instill the values managers thought appropriate. The posters, like the advertising art on which they were based, conveyed management messages of productivity, loyalty, and hard work.