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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0394

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 American Economic Association's Chairs Committee. Working papers published by the department, 1967-2014, were added to the collection in 2020.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947

Creator

Access note

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Conditions Governing Use

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Historical note

Until 1903, classes in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were taught as part of Course IX, General Studies. In 1903 the Department of Economics, Statistics and Political Science was established; in 1907 it became the Department of Economics and Statistics, and Political Science became part of the Department of History and Political Science. In 1934 the Department of Economics and Statistics became the Department of Economics and Social Science, and in 1965 it became the Department of Economics.

Heads of the Program and Department

1893–1933
Davis R. Dewey
1933–1958
Ralph Evans Freeman
1958–1964
Robert Lyle Bishop
1964–1982
E. Cary Brown
1983–1984
Ann F. Friedlaender
1984
E. Cary Brown, Acting Head
1985–1987
Peter Arthur Diamond
1987–1990
Richard Samuel Eckaus
1990–1993
Peter Temin
1993–1994
Stanley Fischer
1994–1998
Paul Joskow
1998–2003
Olivier Blanchard
2003–2006
Bengt Holmstrom
2006–2008
James Poterba
2008–2011
Ricardo J. Caballero
2011–2016
Whitney Newey
2016–2017
Glenn Ellison
2017–2020
Glenn Ellison
2020–
Glenn Ellison

Extent

19.3 Cubic Feet (4 record cartons, 51 manuscript boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Location

Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.

Processing Information note

Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.

Title
Preliminary Inventory to the Records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics
Status
Ready For Review
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository

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