Wesley Clair Mitchell papers, 1898-1953

Collection context

Creator:
Mitchell, Wesley C (Wesley Clair), 1874-1948
Extent:
22.5 linear feet (50 boxes (24000 items))
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Professional correspondence, diaries, unpublished articles, lecture notes, abstracts, and other manuscripts by Mitchell. Subjects include economic theory and its history, business cycles, money, national planing, anthropology and psychology, and published material by Mitchell and others.

Abbreviations:

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

AEA American Economic Association

ASA American Statistical Association

BASM The Backward Art of Apending Money

BC Business Cycle; (13) denotes 1913 volume, (27) denotes 1927 volume

BC "Business Cycles" course

BCU Business Cycles and Unemployment

EC "Economic Change" course

EH "Economic History" course

EO "Econimic Origins" course

GPW Gold, Prices, and Wages under the Greenback Standard

HG A History of Greenbacks

HP History of Prices Dirung the War

ILO International Labor Organization

ISI International Statistical Institute

LSM Lucy Sprague Mitchell (wife)

M "Money" course

MBB Measuring Business Cycles

ME "Money Economy" course

MUNI Making and Using Index Numbers

NB National Bureau of Economic Research

NRB National Resources Board

NRC National Resources Committee

SSRC Social Science Research Council

TP "Types of Economic Throey" copurse

WCM Wesley Clair Mitchell

WHDBC What Happens during Business Cycles

Biographical / historical:

American economist, teacher. Professor of economics at Berkeley, 1903-1912, and at Columbia University, 1913-1919 and 1922-1944; a founding faculty member of the New School for Social Research, 1919-1922; and the founder and director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, 1920-1945. In 1912, he married Lucy Sprague, educator and founder of Bank Street College of Education.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-6; 15-49. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Wesley Clair Mitchell Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
Researchers interested in viewing materials in the RBML reading room must must book an appointment at least 7 days in advance. To make the most of your visit, be sure to request your desired materials before booking your appointment, as researchers are limited to 5 items per day.
Contact:
rbml@library.columbia.edu