History of HR

I'm in the process of writing one of the last papers I'll ever have to write for class. As part of the paper I'm looking into the history of HR and how it transformed itself from being this back office super hated group that was seen as completely non-contributory to being fairly well established and considered one of the best ways of getting and securing a competitive advantage. Pretty great story, no? Till I started looking for someone who actually talks about it.

Beyond a couple of small and brief articles here and there about how scientific management used to be all the rage, and the hippies said we need to make our workers happy, there's virtually nothing of note I can see available, be it blogs, newspaper articles, peer-reviewed journals... Are we embarrassed to talk about our past? I know it's not exactly glorious, but really? No information on how people progressed through their careers, their trials and tribulations... It's like we're scared of anything that is not an unadulterated success story. If we didn't fundamentally change the way an organization runs, save them billions of dollars, or made the company from a small start up to a fortune 500 company, we're failures and the mistakes must be buried in the backyard near the dog? Do the British not teach the war of independence? Do the Germans not teach WWI and II? Do the Americans not teach the war of 1812? Failure is acceptable, especially when you pull through it and make the most of the lessons taught.

Anyway, back to the search. Hope something comes up.