E. Cary Brown personal archives

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, and is primarily arranged alphabetically by subject. Speeches in the collection, dating between 1975 and 1998, primarily honor colleagues upon reaching milestones, retirement, or at memorial services. Teaching materials, dating from 1940 to 1984, comprise course notes and exams on the topics of economic principles and fiscal policy. Research on fiscal policy is shown through unpublished manuscripts and through work done on behalf of the Department of the Treasury, the Brookings Institution, and other organizations. The bulk of this material appears to concern the unpublished manuscript “Fiscal Policy in America” which includes data and chapter drafts. Additional manuscript materials include a history of the Department of Economics at MIT. Publications authored by Brown in the collection include reprints, books, and reports dating from 1943 to 1989. Also included in the collection are transcripts of Brown’s testimony before the US Congress and books on taxation annotated by Brown. Materials documenting Brown’s work as head of the Department of Economics at MIT are not included in his personal archives and can be found in collection AC-0394, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics records.