Ragnar Nurkse papers, 1942-1958

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Series I: Ragnar Nurkse Papers, 1942-1958


Course Materials



Box 1 Folder 1 Columbia College materials, 1942-1946

Includes Economics 41, 45, 127-128: Monetary Economics, and 153.


Box 1 Folder 2 Economics 125, 1952

Economic Growth and Business Cycles


Box 1 Folder 3-7 Economics 131-132, 1946-1958, 5 folders

International Economics. Notes, exam questions, course outlines, clippings, offprints, etc.


Box 1 Folder 8-12 Economics 231, 1948-1958, 5 folders

International Commercial Policy. Reading lists, notes, outlines, clippings, exam questions, etc.


Box 1 Folder 13-16 Economics 234, 1947-1958, 4 folders

International Capital Movements. Reading lists, exam questions, notes, clippings, etc.


Box 1 Folder 17-18 Economics 331-332, 1948-1958, 2 folders

International Economic Problems Seminar


Box 1 Folder 19 Economic Development Institute, 1956

Course on "Trade Policy"


Box 1 Folder 20 Dissertation Students, 1951-1958


Box 1 Folder 21 Fellowships and Scholarships, 1953-1958


Box 1 Folder 22 International Capital Movements, 1958

Lectures delivered at Columbia


Box 1 Folder 23-24 Lecture Notes, 1950s

Folders labeled "Lectures I, II and III" and "Lectures IV, V, VI and other lectures"


Box 1 Folder 25 Office Files Notes, 1950s

Notes on the Columbia filing cabinets


Box 1 Folder 26 On teaching and function of a University, 1948-1955

Letters to colleagues


Box 1 Folder 27 Outlines of Dissertations and MA Essays in Preparation, 1948-1958


Box 1 Folder 28 Reading Lists, 1947-1958

Bibliographies for courses


Box 1 Folder 29 Singer, H.W. "The Concept of Balanced Growth in Economic Development - Theory and Practice", 1958


Box 1 Folder 30-31 University of Malaya, 1955-1958

Nurkse was an external examiner for a BA with honors program at the University