Preliminary Inventory of the Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Foa, Bruno.

Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996

Material in English and Italian

3.6 Linear Feet

2500 Items

Economist, lawyer, consultant, and professor.

Collection contains Foa’s published and unpublished writings; files and correspondence from positions he held including his term as a fellow at Princeton University (1940-1942), as Director of the Bureau of Latin American Research (1941-1943), on the Federal Reserve Board, and as a consultant for other economics projects; a memoir by Foa; and personal correspondence among his family members during trips to Italy, Spain, and Somalia.

Collection is open for research.

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[Identification of item], Bruno Foa Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

The Bruno Foa papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2006.

Processed by John Mayrose, December 2007

Encoded by John Mayrose, December 2007

Updated by Noah Huffman, January 2009

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2006-0102

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection contains Foa’s published and unpublished writings; files and correspondence from positions he held including his term as a fellow at Princeton University (1940-1942), as Director of the Bureau of Latin American Research (1941-1943), on the Federal Reserve Board, and as a consultant for other economics projects; a memoir by Foa; and personal correspondence among his family members during trips to Italy, Spain, and Somalia.

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