Inventory of the Gerald M. Meier Papers, 1941-1998
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TitleGerald M. Meier,
1941-1998
Creator
Meier, Gerald M.
Extent
6.25 Linear
Feet
4500 Items
Repository
4500 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gerald M. Meier
Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Gerald M. Meier Papers were received by the
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
gift in 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by John Bauman
Completed July 27, 2001
Encoded by Michael Shumate
The vast majority of Gerald M. Meier's papers
came to the library in their original labeled folders.
These labels, however, were often informal in their syntax.
In order to file folders in an orderly manner, some labels
were altered, but with the topical sense retained. In a few
cases, folder titles were supplied, because no title
existed or else the notations were insufficient.
The order of the folders was random throughout
the cartons. While folders were rearranged, original order
was preserved within each folder. Thus, the inter-relations
between items within individual folders may be tenuous
(e.g., Harvard University syllabi concerning a course on
International Economics in a folder titled "Wesleyan
Courses" which has lecture notes on International
Economics).
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1923, Feb. 9 | Born, Tacoma, Wash. |
| 1947 |
Reed College: B.A. (Social
Science)
Phi Beta Kappa
|
| 1948-1950, 1951-1952 | Rhodes Scholar |
| 1952 | University of Oxford: B. Litt. (Economics) |
| 1953 | Harvard University: Ph.D. (Economics) |
| 1954, Oct. 23 | Married Gilda Slote; four children (David, Daniel, Jeremy, and Andrew) |
| 1954-1959 | Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.), Assistant Professor and Professor of Economics |
| 1955-1956 | Yale University, Visiting Lecturer |
| 1957 | Published Economic Development |
| 1956-1957, 1958-1959 | Yale University, Visiting Associate Professor |
| 1957-1958 | Guggenheim Fellow |
| 1959 | Wesleyan University: M.A. (Honoris Causa) |
| 1959-1963 | Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.), Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics |
| 1959-1961 | Yale University, Visiting Professor |
| 1961-1962 | Brookings National Research Professorship |
| 1963 | Published International Trade and Development |
| 1963-1992 | Stanford University, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics and Policy Analysis, 1963-92, |
| 1964 | Published Leading Issues in Development Economics |
| 1968 | Published The International Economics of Development |
| 1970, 1976 | Published Leading Issues In Economic Development; Studies In International Poverty |
| 1973 | Published Problems of a Trade Policy |
| 1974 | Published Problems of Cooperation for Development |
| 1974, 1982 | Published Problems of a World Monetary Order |
| 1974-1975 | Rockefeller Foundation Research Grant |
| 1977 | Published Employment, Trade, and Development |
| 1980 | Published International Economics: Theory of Policy |
| 1983 | Published Pricing Policy for Development Management |
| 1984 | Published Emerging from Poverty: The Economics that Really Matters |
| 1985 | Co-editor, Pioneers in Development |
| 1986 | Published Financing Asian Development: Performance and Prospects |
| 1989 | Published Asian Development : Economic Success And Policy Lessons |
| 1992 | Stanford University, Professor Emeritus |
| 1998 | Published The International Environment Of Business: Competition And Governance In The Global Economy |
Collection Overview
The papers of Gerald M. Meier span the years
1941-1998. These materials document the growth of Meier's
career from a student of economics to an academic
economist. This collection includes personal and
professional correspondence; lectures; course notes taken
as a student or developed for his lectures on international
economic relations; syllabi, reading lists, exams, and
other course materials; materials relating to conferences
attended; published writings; and audiotapes of interviews
relating to the evolution of development economics. The
Correspondence Series is largely
of a professional nature, and is chiefly concerned with
international and development economics. Prominent among
Meier's correspondents were
Peter Bauer, Gottfried Haberler, W.A. Lewis, Hla Myint, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, W.W. Rostow, Dudley Seers, H.W. Singer, and
Paul Streeten.
Many of Meier's major publications are represented
in the Writings and Speeches
Series. These include
Economic Development,Emerging from Poverty,The International Economics of
Development,International Trade and
Development,Leading Issues in Development
Economics,Pioneers in
Development, and the
Problems series of
books. Though there are more than a few folders containing
materials on conferences attended by Meier, by and large
the Subject Series contains a
great deal of course materials. From his days as a student,
there are notes, exams, syllabi, reading lists, and
bibliographies from
Reed College, Harvard University, and
University of Oxford concerning
courses taken under
Edward Chamberlin, Gottfried Haberler, John Hicks, Wassily Leontief, and others.
Also, there is material representing the several law
courses Meier enrolled in at
Yale University and
Stanford University. Among the
lecture notes from
Williams College, Wesleyan University, Yale
University, and Stanford University, there are also
syllabi, exams, and reading lists representing his tenure
as a professor. Of particular note are the several folders
concerning Meier's role in the genesis and growth of the
College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University.
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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.
- Hla Myint, U.
- Meier, Gerald M.
- Meier, Gerald M. Economic development.
- Meier, Gerald M. Emerging from poverty.
- Meier, Gerald M. International economics of development.
- Meier, Gerald M. Leading issues in development economics.
- Meier, Gerald M. Pioneers in development.
- Meier, Gerald M. International trade and development.
- Chamberlin, Edward, 1899-1967.
- Haberler, Gottfried, 1900-
- Hicks, John Richard, Sir, 1904-
- Leontief, Wassily W., 1906-
- Lewis, W. Arthur (William Arthur), 1915-
- Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-
- Seers, Dudley.
- Singer, Hans Wolfgang, 1910-
- Streeten, Paul.
- Bauer, P. T. (Péter Tamás)
- Rosenstein-Rodan, P. N.
- Stanford University--Faculty.
- Williams College--Faculty.
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty.
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History.
- Yale University--Faculty.
- International economic relations.
- Development economics.
- Development economics--History.
- Economic development.
- Economists--United States.
- Economists--United States--Correspondence.
- Economics--History--20th century.
- Economics--Study and teaching.
- Economics--Study and teaching--United States.
- Economics--Study and teaching--England--Oxford.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Audio cassettes
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Correspondence Series, 1949-1988 | ||||||
| | Writings and Speeches Series, 1949-1987 | ||||||
| | Subject Series, 1941-1998 | ||||||
 | | Oversize Materials Series | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, 1949-1988
Consists of letters written to Meier by
economists, educators, businessmen, and officials of
governments and organizations. The collection is primarily
professional, with few instances of communications with
personal friends and family. Arranged into alphabetical and
chronological groups.
Box C1
Alphabetical
Asian Development Bank,
1981
Bauer, Peter,
1983-1984
Hirschman, Albert,
1983
Law and Economics,
1964-1975
Lewis, W.A.,
1983
Myint, Hla,
1967-1971
Myrdal, Gunnar,
1983-1988
Overseas Development Council,
1970
Rosenstein-Rodan, Paul,
1982-1983
Rostow, W.W.,
1982-1983
Shaw-McKinnon,
1970-1971
Singer, H.W.,
1983
Streeten, Paul,
1983
Tinbergen, Jan,
1982-1983
Wesleyan Appointment,
1953-1955
Yale Law,
1963-1975
Chronological
1949-1954
1954-1959
1955-1959
1958, 1977-1979
1960-1962
1960-1963
1963-1964
1965
1966
1967-1969
1970-1972
1971-1983
1973-1975
1976-1979
1980-1982
1983-1985
1986
Writings and Speeches Series, 1949-1987
Meier's writings and speeches focus on
international economics and the economics of development.
The materials, consisting mainly of offprints and reprints,
are arranged into alphabetical groups by title of
publication. There is also supporting material
(correspondence, notes, drafts,
referee letters,
reviews, and
audiotapes) concerning
several of his major publications.
Box WS1
"Accelerating
Development in Poor Countries,"
1956
"La aceleración del
desarrollo en los países pobres,"
1958
"Analyzing the Risk of
Lending to Developing Countries,"
1983
"On 'Appropriate'
Policy Technology for Development,"
1977
Book Reviews,
1953-1980
Book Reviews,
Pioneers in
Development,Emerging from
Poverty,Leading Issues in
Development Economics,1982-1987
"The Bretton Woods
Agreement: Twenty-Five Years After,"
1971
"Comment on the Terms
of Trade and Economic Development, "
1958
"La crisi della
programmazione nei paesi in via di sviluppo,"
1970
"La crisis de la
planeación en los países en desarrollo,"
1970
"A Critique of the New
British Monopoly Act,"
1950
"Development Decade in
Perspective,"
1971
"Development Without
Employment,"
1969
Economic
Development, Reviews,
1957
"Economic Development
of Export Economics,"
1959
"Economic Development
and the Transfer Mechanism: Canada, 1895-1913,"
undated
Emerging from
Poverty
Bretton Woods History for
Introduction,
1981-1983
Letters,
1980-1983
Miscellaneous,
1979-1983
"Externality Law and
Market Safeguards: Applications in the GATT Multilateral
Trade Negotiations,"
1977
"Export Stimulation,
Import Substitution and Latin American Development,"
1961
"Foreign Aid: Economic
Aspects,"
1968
"Free Trade and
Development Economics,"
1968
International Economic
Reform: Collected Papers of Emile Despres,
Correspondence and Reviews,
1974-1975
International
Economics of Development, Correspondence and
Reviews,
1966-1970
International
Economics Law and Development, Chapter 1,
miscellaneous notes, undated
International Trade
and Development, Correspondence and Reviews,
1961-1963
"International Trade
and International Inequality,"
1958
"The 'Jamaica
Agreement,' International Monetary Reform, and the
Developing Countries,"
1976
Leading Issues in
Economic Development
Correspondence and Reviews,
1970-1976
Referee Letters,
1963
Reviews,
1964-1966
Oxford University Press,
1962-1965
"Legal-Economic
Problems of Private Foreign Investment in Developing
Countries,"
1966
"Long Period
Determinants of Britain's Terms of Trade,
1880-1913,"
1952-1953
Miscellaneous, undated
"Myrdal on Commercial
Policy of Underdeveloped Countries,"
1958
"A Note on the Theory
of Comparative Costs and Long Period Developments,"
1952
Pioneers in
Development
Correspondence,
1982-1986
Correspondence on early courses in
Development Economics for Introduction,
1983-1984
Dudley Seers,
1982-1983
Audiotapes of seminars at World
Bank,
1982
"The Poverty of
Nations,"
1957
"The Problem of Limited
Economic Development,"
1953
"El Problema del
desarrollo económico limitado,"
1960
Problems
Series, Correspondence and Reviews,
1970-1976
"Progress and Problems
of the Development Decade,"
1966
"The Role of an Expert
Advisory Group in a Young Government,"
1965
"Some Questions about
Growth Economics: Comment,"
1954
"Sviluppo senza
occupazione,"
1970
"Symposium on the
Report of the Trade and Tariffs Commission,"
1960
"The Theory of
Comparative Costs Reconsidered,"
1949
"The Tokyo Round of
Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the Developing
Countries,"
1980
"The Trade Matrix:
Comment,"
1948
"UNCTAD Proposals for
International Economic Reform,"
1967
"U.S. Foreign Economic
Policies,"
1980
Subject Series, 1941-1998
The bulk of this series consists of files
relating to conferences attended and to course materials.
The latter files contain bibliographies, syllabi, reading
lists, exams, and notes, both for undergraduate and
graduate courses and, likewise, for both courses attended
as a student and courses taught as a professor. The schools
represented in the collection are Harvard, Oxford, Reed,
Stanford, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale. Arranged
alphabetically.
Box S1
IV World Congress, Budapest,
1974
American Council of Learned
Societies Annual Meeting,
1957
Africa Trip,
1982
Agricultural Development Council
(ADC) Conference,
1965
Bellagio Study and Conference
Center,
1981
Cairo,
1982
Cambridge Conference
1965
1970
1972
Center for Economic Policy
Research,
1986
China Lecture for World Bank,
1984
Committee for the Study of Mankind,
1960
Conference on the International
Economic and Financial Systems,
1995
Conference on International
Economics,
1956
Conselho Administrativo de Defesa
Econômica (Brazil) CADE,
1972
The Content of Education for
Accelerated Agricultural Development,
1965
Development: International Law and
Economics Symposium,
1967
Economic Development and World Debt,
1987
Ethics and International Relations,
1973
European Logistics Management
Program,
1971
Globalization, Development or
Underdevelopment,
1997
Goodyear International Management
Seminar,
1973
Hicks Fechtschrift - Free Trade and
Development Economics,
1966-1967
Institute of Development
Studies
1966-1968, n.d
1968, 1971
1969
Instituto Peruano de Administración
de Empresas (IPAE),
1973
International Center for Economic
Growth (ICEG),
1994
International Conference on
Economic History,
1960
International Symposium of Nihon
University,
1996
Jamaica Trip,
1970, 1983
Korea Institute for International
Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea,
1995
Latin-American - U.S. Economic
Interactions, Texas,
1973
Law and Development Conference,
University of Wisconsin,
1968
Law and Economics Committee,
1968-1971
Malawi -
Underdevelopment and Economics, undated
Merrill Center for Economics,
1955
Miscellaneous Conferences,
1956-1986 and undated
Moral Aspects of War, Power, and
Economic Involvement, undated
Moscow Meeting,
1988
Nyasaland Conference
See also under this entry in
Oversize Materials Series, Subject
Subseries
1961-1997 and undated
(4
folders)
1983 and undated
Pakistan,
1958
Peru,
1972
Rome/Vatican,
1993
Schools
Harvard
University
Course Notes,
1947-1948
International Economics,
Bibliographies,
1951-1952
Box S2
International Economics,
Haberler,
1947
(3
folders)
International Economics,
Haberler and Balogh,
1947-1948
(3
folders)
International Economics,
Miscellaneous Seminars and Lectures,
1948
(4
folders)
International Economics, Notes,
1947-1948
(2
folders)
Lectures,
1948, 1950-1951
Miscellaneous
Attendance at Miscellaneous
Lectures,
1960-1987 and undated
Course Reading Lists,
1947-1955 and undated
Exams,
1947-1952
Exams,
1948-1965 and undated
J.M. Finnis - Jurisprudence,
1974
Law and Economics Lectures,
1958-1978
Lectures (Hicks, Haberler,
Chamberlin, Leontief) and Exams,
1947-1951 and undated
Lectures, Oxford
1948-1949, Harvard
1947, 1950
Miscellaneous Lectures Attended,
1946-1994 and undated
Miscellaneous Syllabi and Exams,
1971-1982 and undated
Miscellaneous Syllabi and
Handouts,
1952-1968
Syllabi for Various Economics
Courses,
1953-1972 and undated
Box S3
Reed College (Portland, Or.),
1941-1942
Stanford
University
Courses Materials, International
Law and Development,
1964-1972
Course Notes,
1964 and undated
Courses,
1963
Econ 216 Despres and Meier,
1963-1964
International Economics Exams,
1963-1968
Price Analysis,
1964
Price System,
1969-1970
(2
folders)
Tort Law,
1975
(2
folders)
University of
Oxford
Lectures,
1948-1949
Lectures and Journals,
1948-1985
Lectures and Journals,
1958
Wesleyan University (Middletown,
Conn.)
College of Social
Studies
1958-1994, undated
1960
1971, undated
1994-1998
Econ Tutorials,
1960-1961
Courses,
1953-1963 and undated
(2
folders)
Courses,
1959 and undated
Econ 2 Lectures,
1959
Econ 31-32 Lecture Notes,
1958-1959
Economic Theory Reading Lists,
1954-1959
Williams
College
1985
Courses,
1952-1954
Econ 1, 1952 and Econ 3-4,
1953-1954
Yale
University
Constitution Law,
1976
Contracts and Torts, Leff and
Calabresi,
1976
Course Notes,
1953-1956 and undated
Courses,
1955-1957
International Welfare Economics
and International Law,
1973-1986
(2
folders)
Law and Economics,
1956-1957
Tacoma Sunday Times,
undated
Top Executive Seminar on
International Economic Problems, Tel Aviv,
1974-1975
U.S. - Mexican Financial Relations
Conference,
1974
University of Texas –
Latin-American Conference,
1973
Zagreb,
1987
Oversize Materials Series
Subject Subseries
Nyasaland Conference,
1962
See also under this entry in
Subject Series
