Keeping time for mint employees
RogerB
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Here are two samples of time and attendance records for Philadelphia Mint employees. One is a monthly record of absences, the other is a week's calendar of arrival and departure times for clerks.
The phrase in the Remarks column is: "Granted by the Secretary." The middle comment says "Detailed to Appointments Division."
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Looks like Miss H E Stevens was a reliable employee with her time in and out and no absences.
Wonder how many of the absences were necessitated by lingering hangovers?
Thanksgiving. 29 Nov 1894.
@RogerB
Do you have the week that includes Thanksgiving? It would be interesting to see who was present before and after Thanksgiving.
Thanks, more interesting records.
I meant the second pic. To see the arr/dep times pre- post-T Day.
Looks like a few substantial absences without excuse....I wonder if they had to bring a physicians note when returning to work?
Cheers, RickO
It would seem that the day before was a half day, and the day after was a normal work day.
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The month of November (top image). The day before hours were 9-12. On TG the note says "Department Closed."
RE: Hangovers. Monday would be the most likely day for absence due to overindulgence. Sunday was the only day everyone was off work and bars/saloons were open.
Do both those logs go together? The second shows the 23rd as Sunday which could either be September or December but not November. I like those hours of 8-4 or better, 9-4. Also, it doesn't seem to distinguish between vacation and sickness; except one employee on the second log.
No, they are extracts of typical pages.
cool stuff, thanks for sharing