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:
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Professional correspondence, diaries, unpublished articles, lecture notes, abstracts, and other manuscripts by Mitchell.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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
- 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