Katherine M. H. Blackford, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American writer
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About Katherine M. H. Blackford
- Katherine M.
- H.
- Blackford, M.D.
- (born 18 Mar 1875, Kansas as Katherine Melvina Huntsinger; died 11 Sep 1958, San Diego), was a pioneering writer on human resources.
- She also wrote books on "character analysis", which went into many editions.
- She was born Katherine Melvina Huntsinger, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Schock) Huntsinger, and married Everett F.
- Blackford in 1899 in Jackson, Missouri.
- She later married Arthur William Newcomb, b.
- 21 Jun 1873, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, on 28 Nov 1912 in Chicago.
- Newcomb went on to edit Katherine M.
- H.
- Blackford's books and co-author several others.
- He became the director of the Blackford School of Character Analysis in New York City.
- She was a frequent lecturer on the subject.Both Blackford and Newcomb had an association with Harrington Emerson. Blackford's significant books include: Science of Character Analysis, 1910 Employers' manual: Instructions to employment supervisors and other executives in the use of the Blackford employment plan, Emerson Co (1912) The job, the man, the boss, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914 OCLC 1678858 Held in 145 libraries according to WorldCat, revised ed.
- 1921 A pocket manual for character analysts and employment managers based on the Blackford system, Printed by J.
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- Newcomb & co., 1915 - 6 Blondes And Brunets (1916), with Arthur Newcomb.
- New York, The Review of reviews company, 1916.
- OCLC 3456876 Reading character at sight, with Arthur Newcomb, New York : Independent Corporation, 1918, OCLC 35309699 new ed., 1922 How to read your own character by Katherine M.
- H.
- Blackford University of Michigan Library (January 1, 1919) Character Analysis by the Observational Method, Blackford Publishers Inc., 1918.
- OCLC 10587712.
- Multiple eds.
- through 1922 Analyzing Character: The New Science of Judging Men: misfits in business, the home and social life, w/ Arthur Newcomb.
- New York, The Review of Reviews Company, 1916 OCLC 656938377.
- Multiple editions.
- through 1918 The right job,: How to choose, prepare for, and succeed in it; a treatise for parents, guardians, teachers and vocational counselors, The Review of reviews corporation (1924) OCLC 1811303
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