Wesley Clair Mitchell papers, 1898-1953
Creator:
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Mitchell, Wesley C (Wesley Clair), 1874-1948 |
Phys. Desc:
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22.5 linear feet (50 boxes (24000 items)) |
Call Number:
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Ms Coll\Mitchell |
Location:
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
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Biographical Note
American 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.
Scope and Contents
Professional correspondence, diaries, unpublished articles, lecture notes, abstracts, and other manuscripts by Mitchell.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. Abbreviations: 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
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