Roger Ward Babson, In Person
The Roger Ward Babson Museum documents the career and ancestry of the College's founder through photographs and other memorabilia from the Babson family collection.
Click here for a biographical sketch of Roger W. Babson.
Actions and Reactions: An Autobiography of Roger W. Babson. Roger W. Babson was a columnist and speaker. He was also a prolific writer who published more than fifty books. His writings range from the fundamentals of business to a tourist guide to Cape Anne to the importance of religion in daily life. In 1935, at the age of 60, Mr. Babson wrote an autobiography which he called Actions and Reactions. In this volume he describes his life and work and summarizes his personal philosophy. Fifteen years later he revised the book by adding chapters which take the reader to his 74th year. The Babson College Archives has made this revised edition available through the following links. The first link includes the title page, table of contents, preface, and index. The chapters follow grouped in threes. There are illustrations at the end. Introduction.
Chapters 1-3.
Chapters 4-6.
Chapters 7-9.
Chapters 10-12.
Chapters 13-15.
Chapters 16-18.
Chapters 19-21.
Chapters 22-24.
Chapters 25-27.
Chapters 28-30.
Chapters 31-33.
Chapters 34-35 and Addenda.
Illustrations.
Follow this link for a look at office technology from Mr. Babson's prime
www.officemuseum.com.
Before the PC or word processors there was the
typewriter.
The Museum of American Financial History has an excellent group of links to museums:
www.financialhistory.org.
