Harvey C. Mansfield papers, 1941-1970
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0838
- Bib ID:
- 4079079 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Mansfield, Harvey C. (Harvey Claflin), 1905-1988
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 6 boxes (6 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material 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.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed material of Mansfield. Mansfield was an officer of the U.S. Office of Price Administration (O.P.A.), which governed rationing programs during World War II,1942-1945, and the Office's historian, 1946-1947; these papers deal primarily with Mansfield's activities in these capacities. The collection includes studies done under the supervision of John Kenneth Galbraith at Harvard University in 1950, as well as copies of correspondence from Galbraith and other officers of the O.P.A.
Arrangement
Listed and arranged.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material 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 Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions 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); Harvey C. Mansfield papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Manfield, Harvey Clafin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977. Accession number--M-77.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
Revision Description
2020-06-02 EAD document created by CCR.
Biographical / Historical
Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Government at Columbia University. Mansfield (Ph.D., 1932) was an officer of the U.S. Office of Price Administration (O.P.A.), which governed rationing programs during World War II, 1942-1945, and the Office's historian, 1946-1947.
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