Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro papers, 1957-1985
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0344
- Bib ID:
- 4079751 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Díaz Alejandro, Carlos Federico
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 40 linear feet (82 boxes 1 card file box 1 oversize box)
- 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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The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-82. 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Correspondence manuscripts (some unpublished), annotated manuscripts written by other authors, notes and research materials, documents, theses and course materials, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Belisario Betancur, Jimmy Carter, Jack Kemp, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and Jim Wright. In addition, there are substantial files relating to the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America including transcripts of testimony, publications, drafts of the Commission's reports, his dissenting positions as well as the agenda and other internal Commission documents. He was a specialist on the economy of Latin America, particularly Argentina and Brazil, as reflected in the many articles and papers he wrote as well as in those by other economists whose manuscript drafts, with comments by Díaz Alejandro, are in this collection
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Series I: Catalogued Correspondence, Personal and Biographical File
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Series II: Arranged Correspondence and Subject Files
This series includes teaching, course work and files on students.
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This series includes manuscripts by 153 authors annotated by Diaz-Alejandro. Authors included, among others: Bacha, Edmar L.; Bishop; Furtado, Celso; Kareken, John H.; Lewis, W. Arthur; Moreno Fraginals, Manuel; Ocampo, Jose Antonio; Pelaez, C. M.; Rosenstein-Rodan, P. N.; Triffin, Robert; Thorp, Rosemary; Vernon, Raymond; Wallich, Henry.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in ten series.
- Series I: Catalogued Correspondence, Personal and Biographical File
- Series II: Arranged Correspondence and Subject Files
- Series III: Manuscripts
- Series IV: Notes
- Series V: Kissinger Commission
- Series VI: Theses and Course Materials
- Series VII: Printed Materials
- Series VIII: Subject Files by Country
- Series IX: Name and Address File
- Series X: Oversize
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.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-82. 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
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); Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro 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.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from the Department of Economics via the Business Library, 1985.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--C.U. Dept.of Economics via the Business Library. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--01/12/85. Accession number--M-85-12-01.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Processed 01/--/91.
Revision Description
2012-05-29 XML document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
American economist. Born in Cuba in 1937, he obtained a Ph.D. in economics at M.I.T. in 1961, was a U.S. resident since 1964 and U.S. citizen since 1974. He taught at Minnesota, Yale, Rio Catholic University, and Columbia University. He was a member of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America (also known as the Kissinger Commission).
Subject Headings
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