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A significant and sizeable archive of primary materials relating to the career of Charles A. Beard, compiled in the 1970s by Miriam (Beard) Vagts and William Beard. The collection includes more than 300 original letters, manuscripts, and printed material.

William Glaser was a social scientist and professor at the New School, Michigan State University, and Columbia University. He was a Research Associate at Columbia's Bureau of Applied Social Research (1956-1982) and Executive Director of the Council of Social Sciences Data Archives (1965-1968). He wrote several books focused on public policy, including "The Brian Drain: Emigration and Return" (1978) and "Paying the Hospital: The Organization, Dynamics, and Effects of Differing Financial Arrangements" (1987).