Brown, E. Cary (Edgar Cary)

Scope and Contents This collection documents the career of E. Cary Brown, professor emeritus of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Brown was a member of the faculty at MIT from 1947 to 2007. He specialized in the field of fiscal policy and taxation. Materials in this collection, spanning 1940 to 2001, comprise correspondence, speeches, teaching materials, research, manuscripts, and publications. The bulk of the correspondence in the collection dates from between the 1950s and 1980s,...

Scope and Contents of the Collection Most of the records were created while Robert Lyle Bishop (1958-1964) and Edgar Cary Brown (1964-1982) were heads of the department. The collection contains correspondence, plans, reports, and studies on affirmative action; and information about department committees, changes in the graduate and undergraduate curricula, and visiting committees. Included is a department history with lists of all faculty and student evaluations of courses. Also included is Brown's correspondence with the...