Economics -- Study and teaching
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Davis R. Dewey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0070
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Davis R. Dewey papers document Dewey's personal and professional life. The papers date from 1883 to 1913, the period of his early career as an academic economist. Most of the collection consists of correspondence with Dewey's family; with members of the St. Botolph Club; and with the Alumni Association of the University of Vermont. Of most interest is Dewey's voluminous professional correspondence concerning the affairs of the economics profession, correspondence and clippings...
Dates:
1874 - 1913
E. Cary Brown personal archives
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0729
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,...
Dates:
1940 - 2001
Francis Amasa Walker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0298
Abstract
Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897) was the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881-1897. This collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and writings by Walker, most of which he wrote while president of MIT. His speeches and writings focus on labor and capital, especially the silver standard, technical education, the student workload at MIT, and accounts of the Civil War. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about Walker, several published letters he...
Dates:
1862 - 1897