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Preliminary Inventory of the Paul Davidson Papers, 1958-2004 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Paul Davidson Papers, 1958-2004 and undated
Creator
Davidson, Paul, 1930-
Extent
15.4 Linear Feet
10300 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paul Davidson Papers, 1958-2004 and undated, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
Gift, 2000
Processing Information
Processed by Ann Langford
Completed January 16, 2001
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
Updated to include additions by Alice L. Poffinberger, February 5, 2009
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This accession is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note

Paul Davidson is an economist and Holly Chair of Excellence in Political Economy at the University of Tennessee, editor of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and member of the editorial board of Ekonomia. Born in 1930, he received his MBA from City College of New York and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a professor at Rutgers University.

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Collection Overview

This collection documents Paul Davidson's professional life and his focus on post-Keynesian economics, primarily through professional correspondence with colleagues but also through some writings by Davidson and others from the middle 1960s to 2000. Correspondents include Philip Arestis, Peter Bernstein, Robert Clower, Alfred Eichner, Robert Eisner, John Kenneth Galbraith, Geoff Harcourt, Sir John Hicks, Jan Kregel, Macmillan Publishers, Allan H. Meltzer, Basil J. Moore, Edward Nell, Don Patinkin, Joan Robinson, James Tobin, and Sidney Weintraub.
Addition (02-206) (2000 items, 1.5 lin. ft.; dated 1961-2002 and n.d.) contains mainly Davidson’s incoming and outgoing professional correspondence. Correspondents include John Kenneth Galbraith, as well as editors of THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW and THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL.
Addition (08-077) (200 items, .4 lin. ft.; dated 1958-2004 and undated) contains professional correspondence, primarily with Nobel prize-winning economists and federal officials within various administrations. Also includes a few clippings, articles, reader’s reports (for articles by Davidson and others), flyers, conference schedules, internet article printouts, among other items.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
List of Series in Collection
Accession 2000-0423
Accession 2002-0206
Accession 2008-0077
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

Accession 2000-0423

Box 1
Correspondence A-B
Box 2
Correspondence C-E
Box 3
Correspondence G-K
Box 4
Correspondence C-M
Box 5
Correspondence A-R
Box 6
Correspondence R-T
Box 7
Correspondence T-Z
Miscellaneous
Box 8
A-U Miscellaneous
A-E Miscellaneous
Box 9
E-W Miscellaneous

Accession 2002-0206

Box 1
Correspondence 1961-2002
Box 2
Correspondence 1976-1989
Box 3
Correspondence 1963-2002

Accession 2008-0077

Box 1
Correspondence and other, misc., items 1958-2004 and undated