Alice Hanson Jones papers, 1700-1982

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged primarily by subject.

• Series I: Correspondence--Alphabetical
• Series II: Correspondence--Chronological
• Series III: Subject Files
• Series IV: Computer Printouts
• Series V: Manuscripts by Alice H. Jones
• Series VI: Printed Materials
• Series VII: Card Files

Description

Summary

Correspondence; manuscripts by Jones and others; subject files; reserach materials including inventories of deceased persons' estates, probate records arranged by state, microfilm of state and country financial records, and colonial maps; research data on file cards, punch cards, and computer printouts; teaching materials; and printed material. There is correspondence with Stuart Bruchey of the Columbia University Department of History. The collection includes 92 volumes from Jones' Library.

• Series I: Correspondence--Alphabetical

• Series II: Correspondence--Chronological

• Series III: Subject Files

• Series IV: Computer Printouts

• Series V: Manuscripts by Alice H. Jones

• Series VI: Printed Materials

• Series VII: Card Files

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alice Hanson Jones papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Archival Materials

American Colonial Wealth Estimates, 1774 [Machine-readable data file]. Principal Investigator, Alice Hanson Jones. lst ICPSR ed: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1981: Address--Ann Arbor,Mich..

Files on decedante data at: the Newberry Library: Address--Chicago, Ill.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the estate of Alice H. Jones via Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1985.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Jones, Alice Hanson, Estate of. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/05/86. Accession number--M-86-02-05-01.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed RL 06/--/86.

Revision Description

2020-04-23 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Economic historian best known for her studies of colonial American probate inventories and for her book"Wealth of a Nation to Be : the American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution." Jones worked for the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Department of Agriculture. She taught economics at Washington University, Saint Louis, Mo., 1963-1985.