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Guide to the Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992
Creator
Fetter, Frank Whitson (1889-1992)
Extent
114 Linear Feet
68,400 Items
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
A portion of the Publications Series is restricted.
In addition, 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 the Fetter papers have been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library or consult a reference archivist.
Provenance
The professional papers of Frank Whitson Fetter (1889-1992), economist, university professor and government advisor, were bequeathed to the Duke University Library by Frank Whitson Fetter in his will in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by: Tara Tappert, Denise Dolan, and John Gribble
Completed in 1992
Encoded by Stephen D. Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Biographical Note

1899, May 22Born, San Francisco, Calif.
1916Graduate of Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ
1920A.B., Political Science, Swarthmore College (Phi Beta Kappa)
1922A.M., Princeton University
1924A.M., Harvard University
1926Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University
1928-1934Assistant Professor and Professor of Economics, Princeton University
1929, Jan. 14Married Elizabeth Pollard (d. 1977)
1934Member of Commission on Cuban Affairs, organized by the Foreign Policy Association
1934-1948Associate Professor and Professor of Economics, Haverford College
1937-1938Guggenheim fellowship (Research on banking in Great Britain)
1939, summerEconomist for the Export-Import Bank of Washington
1940, summerEconomic Advisor to the Central Bank of Ecuador
1943-1946Economic Advisor with the Lend-Lease Administration and the Department of State; ten months spent in India
1948-1967Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
1950, summerAdvisor to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
1951, summerAdvisor to the Department of State, Division of German Affairs, and member of the American Delegation to London for the Preliminary Conference on German Debts
1967-1968Visiting Haney Professor, Dartmouth College
1978, Apr.Married Elizabeth Miller Stabler (d. 1985)
1991Died

Frank Whitson Fetter served as a member of the following organizations: American Economic Association (Executive Committee, 1944-1946), Midwest Economic Association (President, 1952), and National Bureau of Economic Research (Director, 1950, 1973; Chairman, 1965-1967).

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Collection Overview

The papers of Frank Whitson Fetter span the years 1902-1992, with the bulk occurring from the 1920s through 1980. Included are correspondence, diaries and journals, college and university course materials, published books, articles and book reviews, and all the supporting research for these publications. There is also printed material, as well as additional research materials on index cards and microfilm. The files contain fellowship and grant applications, conference and seminar programs, notes and texts of lectures and speeches, as well as financial papers, a scrapbook and pictures. The collection highlights the academic and consulting experiences (particularly the Kemmerer Commission) of a twentieth-century American economist, and documents his intellectual development as an historian of economic thought. Centering on Fetter's publications and research, and to a lesser extent his teaching, the largest series in the collection are the Publications Series and the General Research Series. His publications and research focused on the study of the history of economics, in particular inflation and international economic thought. As reflected in the Correspondence Series, he corresponded with economists, academics, and writers. There is a relatively small amount of material concerning Fetter's personal life.
Fetter's research interests and publications were wide-ranging, and are documented in both the Publications and General Research Series. His articles and pamphlets from 1921-1990 address such topics as Irish and Latin American currency, economists and their relationship to politics, as well as trade, tariff and hard money issues. The articles focus mainly on the economic history of Great Britain in the 19th century, including the rise and fall of various economic trends and theories in the British financial system. One of the Kemmerer missions provided the basis for Fetter's first book, Monetary Inflation in Chile (1931), which foreshadowed his enduring interest in the causes of monetary instability. When later interests changed his focus to classical economics, and in particular to British economic thought from Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill, he illuminated the classic controversies over money and banking which at the time of the Napoleonic Wars shaped the economic theories and institutional structures that served Britain and the world before 1914. Such ideas are illustrated in Fetter's Development of British Monetary Orthodoxy 1797-1875 (1965) and The Economist in Parliament: 1780-1868 (1980). These are just two of the books for which the Publications Series holds drafts and final copies of manuscripts, revision notes, English and foreign language editions, background research, and correspondence. Manuscripts, research and correspondence are also available for Fetter's unpublished books, one dealing with the role of foreign capital in assisting developing countries, and the other concerning the rise of England's Overend, Gurney bank, and its subsequent financial collapse in 1866.
The General Research Series is a complement to the Publications Series, as Fetter used these research files for many different projects. The Alphabetical Files Sub-Series, organized by topic, reflect Fetter's personal and professional interests, and holds the body of reference material Fetter collected throughout his career. Much of this material deals with English banking history, and includes files on Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, the bullion controversy, and tariff issues. Examples of other interests are also in these files, including documents of Fetter's debunking efforts concerning the inscriptions on the Christ of the Andes monument and on the Jefferson Memorial. Other materials of interest are the de Tocqueville files, and his efforts at cataloging the economic references in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. A second alphabetical series of index cards and microfilm contain research on many topics of interest to Fetter. The Research on Published Articles and Pamphlets Sub-Series complements the Published Articles and Pamphlets Sub-Series in the Publications Series and contains correspondence and background research for the articles and book reviews.
In addition to research, Fetter's career involved a great deal of international consulting outside academia. He eagerly accepted commissions for projects throughout the world, and in the 1920s participated in the missions led by the Princeton economist, E.W. Kemmerer (known as the “money doctor”), advising numerous Latin American governments and others on their monetary problems. The Commissions, Consulting and Government Services Series includes the materials used to produce various economic reports for the foreign governments of Guatemala, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Poland, and China. Other files contain Fetter's personal diaries, detailing how he spent his time while commissioned abroad. Photographs taken during consulting visits are in the Pictures Series. He worked collaboratively with the US. government and the government of India, Cuba, and Germany to secure economic stability for each of these countries. In the early 1950s Fetter was a State Department advisor on the German Debt Settlement. Fetter also testified before United States Congressional and Governmental Committees in the 1950s. In 1974, an oral history interview conducted by someone from the Harry S. Truman Library detailed Fetter's years of consulting and government service regarding international monetary issues.
Not only was Fetter a consultant, he also taught economics at Princeton, Haverford College, Northwestern University, and, upon his retirement, at Dartmouth College, where he adapted his Northwestern University course material for his classes. Fetter occasionally taught or advised at institutions such as Swarthmore College, the School for Advanced International Studies, and the University of Wisconsin. Both the Northwestern University Series and the Teaching Sub-Series of the Professional Files Series highlight such Fetter courses as “Money and Banking,” “History of Economic Thought,” “International Investment,” and “Latin American Culture and Civilization.” Also of interest are the files on the Ford Foundation Faculty Research Summer Seminar in 1957, where Fetter taught “International Economic Problems and Economic Development” to faculty from various colleges and universities throughout the Midwest. Fetter served on various Northwestern University committees such as the Budget Committee (1954) and the Honor System Committee (1963-1964).
His Student Papers Sub-Series in the Personal Files Series and Teaching Files Sub-Series in the Professional Files Series describe his educational experiences both as a student and teacher. The Teaching Sub-Series chiefly covers Fetter's teaching experiences before his appointment to Northwestern University, with just a few files during and after the Northwestern years. Fetter applied for and received a number of fellowships and grants throughout his career including a grant from the American Philosophical Society in the 1980s for research on the Overend, Burney Bank. These files are found in the Fellowships and Grants Sub-Series of the Professional Files Series.
Letters to and from colleagues with whom Fetter was closely associated, as well as correspondence with friends and family members including his father, the Princeton economist, Frank Albert Fetter, can be found in the General Correspondence Series. Among his correspondents were J. Garner Anthony, Robert D.C. Black, J. Chester Bradley, R.C. Brooks, Colin Campbell, Lino Castillejo, S.G. Checkland, (Chick) Eagen, Luther Evans, Max Farrand, Milton Friedman, Craufurd Goodwin, Barry Gordon, Frank Graham, Keith Horsefield, Hollard (Ho) Hunter, Per Jacobsson, E.W. Kemmerer, John Maynard Keynes, Charles Kindleberger, Samuel Loescher, Vernon Mund, Leslie Pressnell, Lord Robbins, Richard Sayers, Franklin Scott, Joseph B. Shane, Frederick Jackson Turner, F.W. Taussig, Alan Valentine, Jacob Viner, C.R. Whittlesey and Harold Williamson. Other letter writers of note are E.M. Forster, Upton Sinclair, and Gore Vidal. The Midwest Economics Association Sub-Series consists of correspondence documenting Fetter's involvement with the association and his term as president in 1952. The References and Recommendations Sub-Series, the last in the series, include letters written by Fetter, as well as letters requesting recommendations, and letters thanking him for writing.
Varying aspects of Fetter's personal and professional life are reflected in this collection in both the Personal Files Series and the Professional Files Series. The Alphabetical Files Sub-Series in both series highlight his personal and professional interests. An enthusiastic sportsman, Fetter's canoe and cross-country ski trips are represented, as is his involvement in forestry and conservation through such groups as the Hanover Conservation Council and the Izaak Walton League of America. An active member of the Religious Society of Friends, Fetter's interest in peace concerns is evident throughout his life. He participated in the Institute of International Relations sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, held at Haverford College in 1934 and 1935. These files are located in the Teaching Sub-Series of the Professional Files Series. During the 1970s, Fetter also supported peace efforts during the Vietnam conflict, participating in letter writing efforts to the U.S. Congress. His associations with a number of professional organizations are represented in the files of the American Economic Association, the Midwest Economic Association, the History of Political Economy, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. During the 1930s, he also wrote a number of editorials (primarily on gold issues) for the St. Louis Dispatch, which are also included here. Other complementing sub-series in the Personal and Professional Files Series are the Travel files and the Conference and Seminars files and the Lectures and Speeches files. Fetter traveled widely, sometimes to attend language school courses, and other times to attend conferences or deliver lectures throughout the world. Personal information, including his marriage to Elizabeth Pollard in 1929, and his second marriage to Elizabeth Stabler in 1978, are a part of the Biographical Material Sub-Series in the Personal Files Series. Financial information is found in the Financial Papers Sub-Series of the same series.
Fetter was a consistent diarist, and the Calendars, Diaries and Journals Series records many events of the author's life. The earliest diaries document Fetter's 1917-1918 work with the New York Shipbuilding Yard, and his 1920 trip and work throughout the Western United States. There are other miscellaneous travel journals, including those of Elizabeth (Polly) P. Fetter from her 1929 trip to China and her 1937 trip to England. There is also a straight run of calendars from 1967-1989, and an Address Book Sub-Series containing the addresses of friends and colleagues throughout the United States and abroad.
The Pictures Series contains personal images as well as documentary photographs of Fetter's consulting work. Included are images from the commissions in South and Central America, in Poland and China, from his consulting work in Cuba for the Commission of Cuban Affairs (1934), in Ecuador for the Export-Import Bank (1939), and in India for the Lend-Lease Administration (1943-1944). Yet the majority of photographs are from Fetter's trip to Russia in 1930, taken mainly in Kazan and Moscow. Other travel photographs include those taken at the Economic History meeting in Switzerland in 1965, the Economic History meeting in Switzerland in 1965, several canoe trips, and a Colorado ski trip in 1976. There are also photographs taken at Northwestern University in 1956 and Dartmouth College in 1968.
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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.
  • Fetter, Frank Whitson, 1899-
  • Economists--Correspondence.
  • Commerce.
  • International trade.
  • World politics.
  • International economic relations.
  • Monetary policy--Great Britain.
  • Monetary policy--South America.
  • Finance.
  • Banks and banking, Central.
  • Economic policy.
  • Economics--Study and teaching.
  • United States--Economic policy.
  • Europe--Economic policy.
  • United States--Politics and government.
  • Diaries
List of Series in Collection
Correspondence, 1902-1992, undated (bulk 1950-1973).
Calendars, Diaries and Journals, 1917-1989.
Commissions, Consulting and Government Services, 1924-1974 (bulk 1924-1930).
Northwestern University, 1947-1968.
Publications, 1857-1992, undated (bulk, 1940-1979).
General Research, 1923-1981.
Personal Files, 1915-1991.
Professional Files, 1925-1990.
Pictures, 1909-1988, undated (bulk 1930).
Oversize Materials
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Detailed Description of Collection

Correspondence, 1902-1992, undated (bulk 1950-1973).

Arranged chronologically.

Box 1

1902-1948
  (28 folders)
Box 2

1949-1960, Nov.
  (23 folders)
Box 3

1960, Dec.- 1970, Sept.
  (38 folders)
Box 4

1970, Oct.- 1992 and undated

Christmas cards and letters, 1926-1969
Box 5

Christmas cards and letters, 1970-1991 and undated
  (4 folders)

Christmas cards correspondence list, undated
  (2 folders)

Frank Albert Fetter Estate, 1949-1963
  (2 folders)

Midwest Economics Association:
1951-1971   (5 folders)
Woody Thompson Fund, 1956-1966

References and recommendations, 1937-1988
  (6 folders)

Calendars, Diaries and Journals, 1917-1989.


1917-1921
  (2 folders)
Box 6

1920-1968
  (31 folders)
Box 7

1969-1989 and undated
  (14 folders)

Address books:
Europe, undated
undated   (2 folders)

Commissions, Consulting and Government Services, 1924-1974 (bulk 1924-1930).

Documents Fetter's work as an economic advisor to countries throughout the world, as well as his United States government service. Includes charts, clippings, correspondence, diaries and journals, graphs, printed material, reports, and research notes. Consists of fourteen subseries, each divided by country and topic. See the Pictures Series for photographs taken on missions.

Kemmerer Commission, 1924-1930
Bolivia:
Clippings, 1927
Correspondence, 1927, Mar.-June
Printed material, misc., 1927
Report, 1927
Brazil:
Correspondence, 1926, Jan.
Diaries and journals, 1926, Jan.
Chile:
Banking laws, 1855-1923   (2 folders)
Business cards, 1927
Charts/graphs, 1900-1925
Clippings and clipping translations, 1876-1927   (3 folders)
Conference notes/memorandum, 1926-1927, Aug.   (2 folders)
Correspondence, 1925, July- 1927, Sept.   (3 folders)
Diaries and journals, 1925   (2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1927
Notes:
Banks and banking, 1919-1925
Government reports, 1876-1900
Research, 1895-1925
Printed material, 1914-1923
Box 8
Printed material, 1924-1927   (2 folders)
Reports, 1925, Oct. 5
China:
Address book, 1929
Clippings, 1929-1930   (3 folders)
Correspondence, 1929
Diaries and journals, 1929
Financial papers, 1929
Maps, 1929
Miscellaneous, 1929-1930   (2 folders)
Notes, 1929-1930   (2 folders)
Press releases, 1929
Printed material, 1925-1935 (1 folder, 3 vols.)
Box 9
Chile:
Printed material, 1925-1935 (1 vol.)
Reports, 1929

Kemmerer Commission
Ecuador:
Address book, 1927
Clippings, 1926
Correspondence, 1926, Oct.- 1927, Feb.   (2 folders)
Printed material, 1923-1927   (9 folders)
Writings and speeches, 1926
Guatemala:
Banking laws, 1925
Correspondence, 1924, July-Aug.
Diaries and journals, 1924, June-Sept.   (2 folders)
Poland:
Clippings, miscellaneous, 1926
Correspondence, 1926, June-Sept.   (2 folders)
Box 10
Poland:
Printed material, 1926
Writings and speeches, 1926, Aug.-Oct.
South Africa:
Miscellaneous, 1920s
Scrapbook, 1925-1927 (1 vol.)
South America:
Visa, 1925

A. M. Lamport Commission, 1928
Latvia:
Address books, clipping, 1928
Correspondence, 1928, Aug.
Diaries and journals, 1928
Report, 1928, Aug.

Commission on Cuban Affairs, 1934
Cuba:
Business cards, 1934
Correspondence, 1934, June-July
Miscellaneous, 1934

Export/Import Bank, 1939
Ecuador:
Correspondence, 1939-1940, Sept.   (2 folders)
Diaries and journals, 1939
Notes, 1939
Printed material, 1939   (2 folders)
Reports, 1939

Import/Export Bank/Central Bank of Ecuador, 1940
Ecuador:
Clippings, 1939-1940
Notes, miscellaneous, 1939
Printed material, 1928-1940   (6 folders)
Box 11
Ecuador: Printed material, 1940

Central Bank of Ecuador
Ecuador:
Clippings, 1940
Diaries and journals, 1940
Printed material, notes, 1940   (2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1940
Reports, notes, 1940   (3 folders)

American Hemisphere Office, 1941-1942
Ecuador:
Correspondence, 1942, Feb.-Apr.
Map, 1937
Miscellaneous, clipping, 1941-1942
Reports, memoranda, notes, 1942

Lend/Lease Administration, 1943-1946
India:
Application and permit for employment, 1943-1944
Clippings, 1943-1944, 1953
Correspondence, 1943-1944
Diaries and journals, 1943
Miscellaneous, 1944-1946
Notes, miscellaneous, 1944
Printed material, undated
Poetry, notes, 1943-1944
Reports, notes, 1941-1943   (2 folders)

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1948-1950
Correspondence, 1950, May-Sept.
Notes, 1948-1950
Report:
Development Corporations--Their Origin, Structure and Operation, 1950   (2 folders)
1951, Apr. 10

State Department: German Debt Settlement, 1950-1953
Correspondence, 1950, Oct.-1953, Apr.   (4 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1951-1952
Reports, memoranda, 1951
Statement before House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Searle Bills 101 and 102, Springfield, Illinois, 1953, May 19
Statement before Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, 1955, Nov. 9
National Defense Executive Reserve, Department of State: Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1957-1961
Oral History interview: Government service, 1974
U.S. Department of State: Correspondence: Employment, 1941-1942, 1946

Northwestern University, 1947-1968.

Arranged in three subseries: Courses (1947-1967), Committees (1954-1964), and Miscellaneous (1960-1966). Courses, arranged alphabetically, include assignments, bibliographies, syllabi, exams, grade books, handwritten and typed research notes, as well as correspondence and memos regarding his classes. Files documenting Fetter's committee work and other university activities contain correspondence, research notes, reports, and programs.

Courses
Ford Summer Seminar:
Correspondence:
1957-1961
Seminar attendees, 1957-1958
Memos, 1957-1958
Notes: miscellaneous, 1957
Grade books, 1948-1951
Box 12
Grade books, 1965-1965   (5 folders)
History of Economic Theory (ECD18):
Bibliography:
History of Economic Analysis, 1958, undated
International Economic papers, 1963, undated
Exams, grades, miscellaneous, syllabus, 1962-1967, undated   (4 folders)
Notes:
Economic growth, 1958-1967, undated
History of Economics, 1955-1966, undated
Manderville and Hume, 1953-1963, undated
Mathematical Economics, Cournot, Gossen, Jevons, 1963, 1967
Miscellaneous, 1935-1980s, undated
Petty, 1956-1967, undated
Ricardo, 1921-1967, undated
Ruskin, etc., 1934, 1966, undated
Young, Arthur
Reading lists, miscellaneous, 1966, 1967
History of Economic Thought (EcC20):
Class records, 1949-1963, undated
Notes: Karl Marx, 1953-1967, undated
History of Economic Thought/Theory (EcC20, EcD18)
Clippings, miscellaneous, 1962, undated
Notes:
Cantillion, 1953-1954, 1967, undated
Medieval economic thought, 1953, 1967
Physiocrats, 1931-1956, undated
International Economic Policy (EcD61)
Bibliography:
Doctoral thesis in International Relations and Economic Development, 1946-1956, 1957
Economic development, undated
Clippings: Reparations and War Debt, undated
Exams, assignments, miscellaneous, 1961-1963, 1966, undated
Notes:
Adjustment to tariff reductions, 1962-1963, 1965, undated
Alliance for Progress, 1962-1963, undated
Balance of payments, 1961, 1966, undated
Brookings BOP study, reading lists, 1963-1965
Commercial treaties, 1950-1966, undated
International Economic Policy (EcD61)
Notes:
The Economic “Miracles”: Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, 1966-1967, undated
General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1965-1966, undated
Import Reducing and Export Increasing proposals, 1959
International Income Comparisons, 1957-1963, undated
Measuring Height of Tariff, 1965, undated
Rise of the New Lending Agencies, 1947-1965, undated
South American and Central American Common Market, 1965
Stabilization of Export Earnings, 1962-1963, undated
Terms of Trade, 1956-1965, undated
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 1962-1968
Opening lecture, 1963, 1966
Readings: European Free Trade area, 1955-1965, undated
International Economic Problems (Dartmouth) (EC49): Assignments, exams, grade book, readings, 1925-1949, undated
International Economic Problems (Dartmouth)/Policy (EC49, EcD61):
Clippings, Common Market, 1964, undated
Notes and readings: East-West Trade, 1960-1968
International Economic Problems (Dartmouth)/Policy (EC49, EcD61):
Notes:
European Common Market, 1959-1968, undated
Good tariff, infant industry, Argument, 1963, undated
Miscellaneous, readings, 1966-1968, undated
Preferential tariffs, 1963-1968, undated
Private boycotts on International Trade, local legislation, 1946-1968, undated
Tariff classification, 1963-1968, undated
Tariff Commission investigation, 1967-1968, undated
Box 13
International Economic Problems (Dartmouth)/Policy (EC49, EcD61):
Notes: Theory of Customs Unions, 1962-1968, undated
International Economic Relations (EcC10): Photograph, readings, 1948
International Economic Relations/Value and Distribution (EcC10, EcD1):
Assignments, syllabi, 1947,summer
International Investment (EcC60, EcC51):
Exams, 1952-1961
Miscellaneous, 1948-1951, undated
Notes:
America's Experience as a Debtor and Creditor Country, 1949-1961, undated
Capital Intensity and Foreign Investment, 1935-1960, undated
Economic theory, 1923, undated
Export Industries and Debt Payment, typing of loan proceeds, 1951-1958, undated
Foreign language, 1962, undated
The Forms of Foreign Investment, 1953-1956
Foreign Investment,
International Finance, 1922-1956, undated
Keynes, 1932-1950, undated
The Motives for Foreign Investment, 1936-1958, undated
International Investment (EcC60, EcC51):
Notes:
Adam Smith on Foreign Trade, undated
Transfer of Foreign Loans, 1949-1961, undated
Opening Lectures, 1953-1960, undated
Readings, Foreign Investments in relation to Capital Industry, 1943-1946
International Trade and Finance (EcB60, EcC06):
Assignments, Miscellaneous, 1962, 1965-1966
Clippings, Foreign Investment (Private), 1927-1937, undated
Exams:
Notes: Sources of information on International Economic Relations, 1962
Readings, miscellaneous, 1957-1966
Notes:
Alternative Methods of Adjustment in Balance of Payments, 1949-1966, undated
Bullion Reports, undated
Customs Valuation, undated
Dumping, undated
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill, 1959, 1962
Effect on Tariff on Prices, 1962-1966, undated
European Trade Areas, 1959-1966
Foreign Exchange, 1956-1968, undated
International Competitive Situation of Steel, 1933-1966, undated
Main features of U.S. Foreign Trade, 1965-1968
Main features of International World Trade, 1965
Miscellaneous, 1952
Price of Gold, 1960, 1962
Reciprocal Trade Agreements program, 1961-1966, undated
Silver, undated
Steel Imports, 1962-1968, undated
Sterling area: Rise of Imperial Preference, 1956-1960
Trade Agreements program, 1960
Opening lecture: Special Features of International Trade and Finance, 1933-1966, undated
Latin American Culture and Civilization (C1): Notes, syllabus, 1949-1950 undated
Medill School of Journalism: Editorial Operations (E02): Notes for talk: European Common Market, 1958-1965, undated
Monetary Institutions and Policies (EcD31):
Exam, readings, syllabus, 1964-19677   (2 folders)
Notes:
American Controversy and the Federal Reserve, 1962-1964, undated
Bagehot Principle, 1962--1963, 1966, undated
The Bank Act of 1844, 1962-1966, undated
Committee on Money and Credit, 1958, 1960-1965, undated
Credit Cards and new forms of Consumer Credit, 1966, undated
Details on Coins and Bank Notes--Counterfeiting, 1963, 1965, undated
Gold Production and Prices, 1964, 1968
Macmillan Report, 1936-1962, undated
Miscellaneous, 1964-1966
Monetary Policy of World War I and the 1920s and 1930s, 1962
Price of Silver, 1962-1967, undated
National Income Distribution (EcC85, EcC23, Ec83,):
Assignments, exams, readings, syllabus, 1950-1960   (2 folders)
Exams, syllabus, 1948-1949
Notes:
Definition of Income, 1948-1954, undated
Government Operations and Transfer Payments, 1952, undated
Miscellaneous, 1948-1954, undated   (2 folders)
Sources of Data, 1950-1953
Opening lecture: National Income, 1950-1960
Ph.D. Exams:
History of Theory, 1952-1959
International Economics, 1949-1963, undated
Miscellaneous, 1948-1967
Money and Banking, 1962-1963
Box 14
Problems in Money and Banking (Dartmouth)/Monetary Institutions and Policies (Ec46, EcC31):
Notes:
American Treasure and its consequences, 1963, undated
Aspects of Policies and Institutions, 1962, 1964, undated
The Bullion Controversy, 1932-1967, undated
Bimentalism and the Gold and Silver Commission, 1962-1966, undated
British Experience in World War I and Interwar Years, 1962-1967, undated
The Gold Standard for the Bagehot Principle to 1914, 1966-1967, undated
International Monetary Fund and the Aftermath of World War II, 1962-1967
Monetary Theory and Policy, 1962-1967, undated
Proposals for International Monetary Reform, 1959, 1962-1967, undated   (2 folders)
Radcliff Report, 1959-1967, undated
Problems in Money and Banking (Dartmouth) (Ec46):
Assignments, syllabi, 1967-1968
Exams and grades, 1967-1968
Miscellaneous, 1967, undated
Notes:
British Devaluation, 1963, 1967
Book lists, exams, notes, 1962-1968, undated
Problem of Economic Instability (ECB01, B03): Notes: Miscellaneous, 1959
Research Seminar in International Economic Relations and Development:
Miscellaneous, readings, 1952-1966, undated
Scrittori Classici Italiani, undated
Seminar on Methods of Economic Research (Ec83): Readings, syllabus, 1967-1968, undated
Seminar on Methods of Economic Research/Seniors Honor Seminar (Ec83, EcC98):
Notes:
Economic Prediction, 1964-1968, undated
Interpretation of Data, 1966-1968, undated
Senior Honors Seminar (EcC98):
Assignments, readings, syllabus, 1964-1967, undated   (2 folders)
Automation, 1962-1964, undated
Bibliography: Spatial studies, 1966
Notes:
Miscellaneous, 1958-1966, undated
Poverty in the United States, 1960-1967, undated   (2 folders)
Research Techniques (examples), undated
Significance of Data, 1963-1968, undated
Sources of data, 1963, 1967-1968, undated
Statistical pitfalls, 1964, undated
Unemployment: Aggregate Demand Deficiency--or other causes, 1961-1965, undated
Readings, 1962-1964, undated
Student papers, 1965, 1967
Theory of International Trade (EcD5, EcD60):
Exams, articles, syllabus, 1938-1959, undated   (2 folders)
Notes:
Adjustment in balance of payments, 1941-1960, undated
Comparative advantage, 1924-1960, undated
Dependent economy, 1947-1956, undated
Dotlar “Problem,” 1952-1960, undated
Elasticities in international trade, 1950-1957, undated
The Future of Our Trade with Europe, 1949, 1953
Hume on foreign trade, 1931-1932, 1960, undated
Income distribution and International trade, also Heckscher and Ohlin material, 1949-1960, undated
International and inter-regional adjustment (Paish material), 1959-1960, undated
Lecture, correspondence: Comparative Advantage (Leontief Thesis), 1953-1960, undated
Mercantilism and foreign trade, 1932-1960, undated
Terms of trade, 1931-1963, undated
Thornton, Mill, Bastable, Iverson on financial adjustment, 1949-1957, undated
Transfer problem (in particular Ohlin, Keynes, Metzler), 1932-1960, undated
Opening lecture, 1951-1960
Records of course, 1925-1949, undated
Box 15
Tutorial Readings (EcC70):
American Discontent, 1957-1959, undated
Biographical items, 1958, undated
Book Censorship (also movies, press), 1958-1959, undated
Business Education, undated
Causes Celebres (Dreyfuss, etc.), 1948-1961, undated
Civil Liberties, 1957-1959, undated
Classical Literature and History, 1961, undated
Communism in U.S.A., 1957-1959, undated
European Travelers in U.S.A., 1958-1961, undated
Hiss Case and Harry White, 1950-1958, undated
Literature and American Political and Social Problems, 1958, undated
Medicine, hypnotism, and allied topics, 1961
Miscellaneous, 1954-1961, undated
Protestant Reformation, Catholics, 1959-1961, undated
Psychology and Freud, undated
Russian situation, 1958, undated
Science and philosophy of science, 1954-1956, undated
Urban development and planning, 1961, undated
Westward movement, Turner thesis, 1958, undated

Committees
Budget, 1954
Honor System, 1952-1964, undated
Parking, 1957-1961
Retirement, 1963

Miscellaneous
1958-1972
Statistics, 1960-1961
Mars lecture series, 1963-1966, undated

Publications, 1857-1992, undated (bulk, 1940-1979).

This largest series contains all of Fetter's formal writings, both published and unpublished, as well as published writings of interest to him. Published articles, book reviews, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, serials, and clippings contained within seven subseries. Contains photocopied research material (RESTRICTED) and transcripts of copied archival material. All research and correspondence for the Articles and Pamphlets Sub-Series is in the Research on Published Articles and Pamphlets Sub-Series of the General Research Series.

Articles of Interest
1857-1942   (11 folders)
Box 16
1943-1958,   (16 folders)
Box 17
1958-1966   (13 folders)
Box 18
1966-1976   (15 folders)
Box 19
1976-1991, undated   (14 folders)
Box 20
undated   (3 folders)
Book Reviews
1933-1954   (13 folders)
Box 21
1956-1977   (3 folders)

Clippings of Interest
Magazine, 1930-1991, undated
Newspaper, 1918-1991, n.d   (3 folders)
Obituaries, 1945-1990

Government Documents of Interest
1896-1973   (3 folders)
Published Articles and Pamphlets
1921-1942   (6 folders)

Published Books
Box 22
1940-1990, undated   (11 folders)
1931, Monetary Inflation in Chile:
Book, 1931
Book, Spanish edition, 1937
Manuscript draft, 1929, Jan.
Research, Chilean debt, debt payment, 1891: Notes and correspondence
Reviews, 1931-1933, undated
Spanish edition, 1936-1939

Restricted
Box 23
Facing the Facts:
Book, 1932
Correspondence, 1932-1940, undated
Miscellaneous research, 1932, undated
Problems of New Cuba:
Book, 1935
Book, Spanish edition, 1935
Notes and general correspondence, 1934-1935, undated
Fiscal Policies and the American Economy, ed. Kenyon E. Poole; “International Aspects of Fiscal Policy” by Fetter, royalties, 1951
The Irish Pound:
Bibliography, 1958, undated
Book, 1954-1955
Bullion reports, undated
Correspondence, 1933-1956   (2 folders)
Research:
Absentee tax, 1951-1954, undated
Annual register, 1794-1804, undated
Currency research, undated   (2 folders)
Debates in Irish Parliament on Restriction, 1797
General, 1793-1804
Huskisson and Irish Affairs, undated
Ireland: Newspapers and Book of Minutes Papers, undated
Irish currency: Newspaper and public record, 1804
Irish exchange rate, undated
Box 24
The Irish Pound:
Research:
Irish situation, undated
Notes on articles and books, 1949-1951, undated
Reviews, reprints, publishing, 1933-1954, undated
Royalties, 1960, undated
Economic writings of Francis Horner in the Edinburgh Review:
Book, 1802-1806
Correspondence reprints, 1955-1958, undated
Miscellaneous research, 1956, undated
Economic writings of Francis Horner in the Edinburgh Review:
Research:
Horner letters, undated
LSE papers and memoirs, undated
Selected Economics of Thomas Attwood:
Birmingham, 1961-1963, undated
Book, 1964
Correspondence, 1938-1937
Letters of Thomas Attwood, undated
Manuscript correspondence, 1962-1964, undated
Manuscript research, 1804, undated
Research:
Attwood, Mathias, 1817
Bibliography, 1941-1955, undated
Reprints, 1962-1963, undated
Development of British Monetary Orthodoxy:
Bibliography, books, pamphlets, 1965
Book, 1965
Correspondence: General, 1938-1973, undated
Manuscript correspondence, 1962-1963
Publication, 1963-1976, undated
Research:
Arbuthnot, George, undated
Attwood, Thomas, 1958-1966, undated
Bank of England:
1955, undated
Bullion records, undated
Stock, 1954-1959, undated   (2 folders)
Bankruptcies, undated
British banking, undated
Cabinet memoranda in Great Britain, 1968-1989, undated
Endinburgh review, 1949-1955, undated
Hudson Gurnet papers, 1955, undated
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