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Summary InformationAt a Glance
ArrangementArrangementSelectively cataloged; remainder arranged. chronological by subject: A=Economic theory & its history; B=Business cycles; C=Correspondence (cataloged); M=Money, etc.; N=National planning; O=Anthropology & psychology; P=Published materials; P-WCM=Published materials by Mitchell; X=Miscellaneous; & Addition 1998.
DescriptionScope and ContentProfessional correspondence, diaries, unpublished articles, lecture notes, abstracts, and other manuscripts by Mitchell.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.
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
Using the CollectionRare Book and Manuscript Library Restrictions on AccessYou 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. 
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 Governing Use and ReproductionSingle photocopies 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 CitationIdentification of specific item; Date (if known); Wesley Clair Mitchell Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library. Related MaterialsSee also: Ms Coll/Mitchell, L.S. The Papers of Lucy Sprague Mitchell AccrualsMaterials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information. Reproduction NoteMitchell's diaries for 1905 to 1948 are available on: Type of reproduction--microfilm Ownership and Custodial HistoryGift of the widow and heirs of Prof. Mitchell, 1950. Gift of the University of Connecticut, 1998. Immediate Source of AcquisitionSource of acquisition--Widow and heirs of Wesley Clair Mitchell. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950. Accession number--M-50. Diaries & additional papers: Source of acquisition--Connecticut, University of. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/30/1998. Accession number--M-98-09-30. About the Finding Aid / Processing InformationColumbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library Processing InformationCataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989. Diaries & additional papers Procedded HR 10/26/1998. Revision Description2009-06-26 File created. 2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Subject HeadingsThe subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives. All links open new windows. Genre/Form
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History / Biographical NoteBiographical / HistoricalAmerican 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. |