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Inventory of the Wolfgang F. Stolper Papers, 1892-2001 (bulk [1930s-1990s]

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Wolfgang F. Stolper Papers, 1892-2001 (bulk [1930s-1990s])
Creator
Stolper, Wolfgang F.
Extent
29 Linear Feet
18,525 Items
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Languages
English, German, and French.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, some of the materials in the additions to this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.
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 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.
Prefered Citation
[Identification of item], The Wolfgang F. Stolper Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The papers of Wolfgang F. Stolper were donated to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1993, 1995, and 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by: Joanna Vinluan
Completed July 31, 1997
Additions minimally processed by: Joshua Kaiser
Last updated September 24, 2002
Encoded by Robin LaPasha; Joshua Kaiser; Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note

1912Born in Vienna, Austria on May 13
1930-34Attended the Universities of Berlin, Bonn, and Zurich
1935M.A., Economics, Harvard University
1936-41Instructor and Tutor, Economics, Harvard University
1938Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University
1941Publication (with Paul A. Samuelson):

"Protection and Real Wages," Review of Economic Studies,November 9, 1941

1941-49Assistant Professor (1941-48), Associate Professor (1948-49), Swarthmore College
1947-48Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, University of Zurich
1949-dateAssociate Professor (1949-53), Professor (1953-82), Director of Center for Research on Economic Development (1963-70), Professor Emeritus (1982 - ), University of Michigan
1960Publication:

Germany Between East and West(National Planning Association),

and

The Structure of the East German Economy(Harvard University Press)

1961-1962Head, Economic Planning Unit, Federal Ministry of Economic Development, in Lagos, Nigeria
1963-1964, 1964-1965Chief, USAID economic mission to Tunisia
1966Publication:

Planning Without Facts: Lessons in Resource Allocation from Nigeria's Development(Harvard University Press)

1966Fulbright Professor, University of Heidelberg
1967Member, Economic Section, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
1967Head, IBRD Mission to Togo and Dahomey
* Dahomey is now called Benin (name changed in 1975).
1970Member, USAID Mission to Nigeria
1981Member, UN Mission to Malawi
1983Chief, IBRD Mission to Benin
1994Publication of

Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man(Princeton University Press)

In addition to the places listed above, Professor Stolper participated in economic missions to Malta (1963), Liberia (1963), and Turkey (1968), and worked as a consultant to the Ford Foundation, USAID, the United Nations, and the IBRD (the World Bank). He also held various visiting professorships/lecturing posts at the Universities of Zurich, Heidelberg, and Munster.

His professional affiliations include membership in the American Economic Association, the Nigerian Economic Association, the International Instititute of Public Finance, and the International Schumpeter Society (founding president).

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Collection Overview

The papers of Wolfgang F. Stolper span the period from 1947-1988, with the bulk of the material dated between 1960 and the mid 1970s. Most of the collection is comprised of Professor Stolper's files and notes from his work in Nigeria, Tunisia, and other missions to Africa. These work files document his career as a practitioner--literally working "in the field" --of development economics. The papers are organized into eight series: Nigeria; Tunisia; Other Missions; Writings; Speeches, Lectures, and Conferences; Schumpeter; University of Michigan and Teaching Material; and General Correspondence. The Nigeria Series, the first and largest, contains his work files from his job as head of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Federal Ministry of Economic Development in Lagos, Nigeria from 1961-62(sent there under the auspices of the Ford Foundation). As head of the EPU, Stolper co-authored the first ever National Development Plan,1962-68for the Federation of Nigeria. As such, his papers present an extensive and thorough picture of the Nigerian economy at that time. Once top secret files, they include detailed statistical data on each industry, industrialization plans, reports on marketing board policies, maps, and demographics data. Of great interest to researchers on the Nigerian economy might be Stolper's personal diary, a 393-page typewritten account of his two years in Nigeria. The next two series pertain to his work in Tunisia (1972),and other economic missions to Africa including Dahomey (now Benin) and Togo (1967), Benin (1983)and Malawi (1981).He was sent to these countries under the auspices of USAID, the UN and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, also known as the World Bank). The files from these three series alone make up eight of the fourteen storage boxes that house the entire collection. Also in the collection are some notes, papers and drafts of Professor Stolper's work pertaining to Joseph Schumpeter. The collection as a whole is restricted, so that persons interested in viewing the papers during Professor Stolper's lifetime must first obtain his permission.
Stolper's name is perhaps most recognizable for the theoretical piece written with Paul A. Samuelson on what has come to be known as the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem (see "Protection and Real Wages," Review of Economic Studies, Nov. 1941). This theorem, one of the core results of the Hecksher-Ohlin model of international trade, essentially states that an increase in the relative domestic price of a good (for example, via the imposition of a tariff) unambiguously raises the real return to the factor of production used intensively in producing that good (and lowers the real return to the other factor). This paper analyzed precisely for the first time the effect of trade or protection on real wages. At present, there is nothing (aside from reprints of the article) in this collection of papers dealing with the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem.
The fourth series, Writings, contains notes, drafts, manuscripts and reprints of any articles found in the collection but excluding those related to Joseph Schumpeter. Some highlights include drafts of "Investments in Africa South of the Sahara," notes and drafts of his book Planning Without Facts: Lessons in Resource Allocation from Nigeria's Development, and articles on smuggling in Africa.
The fifth series, Speeches, Lectures and Conferences, contains material (excluding those pertaining to Schumpeter) from public speaking engagements and conferences attended by Professor Stolper. One item that might be of interest is a speech recorded on magnetic tape titled "Problems of our Foreign Aid Program" that dates from around the 1950's.
Another of Professor Stolper's research interests is the history of economic thought, and this collection's Schumpeter Series contains some notes, papers and drafts of Professor Stolper's work pertaining to Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Stolper was afforded a unique and personal relationship with Schumpeter, studying under him first at the University of Bonn and then at Harvard, and also through Schumpeter's position as a close friend of Gustav and Toni Stolper (Wolfgang's father and stepmother, respectively). Included in this series is a book (in German) that Professor Stolper co-wrote with Horst Claus Recktenwald and Frederic M. Scherer titled Uber Schumpeters »Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung«, 1988.
The addition (02-0207) (8625 items, 14 linear feet; dated 1892-2001) contains correspondence with colleagues, including Paul Samuelson, Gottfried Haberler, and other prominent economists; class lectures (1930s); as well as writings about J. A. Schumpeter, economic development, and other topics. Also writings, reports, diaries, and other documents (mainly 1960s) about the economies of Nigeria, Tunisia, Liberia, Togo, and the Ivory Coast. In addition, there are 12 black-and-white and 18 color photographs; one x-ray; and 16 electronic documents on 3 floppy disks. This addition is unprocessed.
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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
Nigeria Series, 1961-62
Tunisia Series, 1963-65, 1970s
Other Missions Series, 1967-83
Writings Series (Articles, Drafts and Notes), 1947-1988
Speeches, Lectures and Conferences Series, late 1950s - 1969
Schumpeter Series, 1966-1988
University of Michigan and Teaching Material Series, 1959-1975
General Correspondence Series, 1966and 1974
Accession 2002-0207
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Detailed Description of Collection

Nigeria Series, 1961-62

Comprised of Professor Stolper's work files from his job as head of the Economic Planning Unit for the Federal Ministry of Economic Development in Lagos. Sent there under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, one of Professor Stolper's accomplishments was to help coordinate and write the first-ever National Development Plan for Nigeria. The files, after the diary, are arranged in alphabetical order. Highlights include Dr. Stolper's personal diary; drafts of an article titled "The Development of Nigeria" commissioned and published by Scientific American; detailed information and data on all aspects of the Nigerian economy; and various letters which are dispersed throughout the series.
Box 1
Diary, 1961-62
Agricultural Development Plans in East Nigeria
American Mission (May - June 1961visit)
Capital -- Regional Breakdown
Council of Ministers paper
Development Corporation
Education
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Mission
Federal Grants to the Regions
Financial Resources (Federal)
Ford Foundation Correspondence
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, etc.
Ibadan/Chicago conference, etc.
International Labor Organization (I.L.O.) National Provident Fund
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Background Material
Incentive Legislation etc.
Industrialization
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Interviews
Joint Planning Committee (JPC) papers
Land Settlement and Farm Institutes
Lefeber, Louis
Lewis Report
Box 2
Manpower Planning Eastern Region
Manuwa Report
Maps: Misc.
Marketing Board Accounts: Western Region
Marketing Board: Northern Region
Marketing Board Reports
Ministry Programs
Misc. Economic Planning Unit (EPU) Memoranda
Misc. Statistics and Papers Northern Nigeria
National Economic Council (NEC): Memoranda and Comments
National Economic Council: JPC Memoranda and Comments
National Plan   (2 folders)
National Plan: Appendices
National Plan: Chapters 1 - 10
National Plan: Draft
National Plan: October Revision, Northern Nigeria
National Plan Original
Original of First National Plan, Stage A
Box 3
National Plan: Preliminary Versions
National Plan: Resources
National Plan, Stage Intermediate A
NEC and JPC Reports
NEC documents
NEC papers: II
Newspaper Clippings on the Plan
Niger dams
Nigeria: First Visit
Nigeria: General
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research: Info. Bulletin
Oils and Fats
Box 4
Past Capital Programs
Petroleum
Plan Annexures
Press Clippings: Misc.
Production Estimates Nigeria
Resource Mobilization
Revenue Projections: Eastern Region
Revenue Projections: Northern Region
Revenue Projections: Western Region
Rivkin Testimony
Scientific American
Standing Committee on Statistics: Census, Balance of Payments, Gov. Accounts
Standing Committee on Statistics: Econ Report, Stock Exchange, Labor Statistics, Price Data
Standing Committee on Statistics: Marketing Board
Standing Committee on Statistics: Minutes and Agenda
Box 5
Standing Committee on Statistics: Papers
Sterling Assets: Northern Region
Telecommunication Program
Timber
Tin
Transport Coordination
Vasey, Sir Ernest
Wels, Jerome: paper
Western Housing Corporation
Western Nigeria Development Plan
Western Region Misc. Documents
Work Sheets Expenditures Programs
World Bank Material and First Draft Development Material: Eastern Region
World Bank Mission: July -Aug 1961

Tunisia Series, 1963-65, 1970s

The bulk of this series is made up of work files from Professor Stolper's 1963-65 economic mission in Tunis, but it also contains material (notes, data, and drafts) for a paper he co-wrote with Jacob G. Kleve in 1973 titled "Investments, Employment and Productivity in the Tunisian Economy, 1961-1971," and a book titled

Investments, Employment and Output Per Man in the Tunisian Economy, 1961-1971(University of Michigan Center for Research on Economic Development)

written in 1974. The files are arranged in alphabetical order; the book is located at the end of the series.
Box 6
AMS
Checking
Chemicals Final Tables
Chemicals Final Tables: Text
Chemicals Recalculation Fertilizer: Other Subsectors
CPB CAT
Draft from Notebook
Energy Draft
Etude Sur l'Analyse des Ecarts entre les Previsions et les Realisations du Budget Economique 1965-68
Government of Tunisia Report
I.A.A.
IBRD Correspondence
IBRD Report: Current Economic Position and Prospects
Economic Development of Tunisia
IBRD International Development Association
IME (Industries Mecaniques et Electriques) Final Text and Annex
Industry Breakdown
Investissements, Emploi et Productivite dans L'economie Tunesienne, 1961-1971   (2 folders)
Investments
Box 7
Kleve, J.G.: Various Papers
Kleve, M. International Comparison Project
Le Budget de Fonctionnement (Titre I)
Le Financement des Investissment en Tunisie, 1961-1971
L'industrie diverses
MCCV (Materiaux Construction Ceramique Verre) Final
Metal Working
Investments and Employment and Productivity in the Tunisian Economy, 1961-1971,   (folders 1 and 2 out of three)
Investments and Employment and Productivity in the Tunisian Economy, 1961-1971   (folder 3)
Ministre du Plan: Notes Concernnant Le Projet Emploi
Miscellaneous Loose Material   (2 folders)
Notes Sur L'emploi
NUP SIAPE
P.J.B. 68-76
Secteur Chimie
Note sur l'evolution des Revenus
Steel Mill
Technical Notes
Transport and Communications Sectors
Tunisia   (2 folders)
Tunisia: Draft
Tunisia Tables
Unlabeled Folder
Unlabeled Folder
Box 8
Investments, Employment and Output per Man in the Tunisian Economy, 1961-1971, published by the University of Michigan Center for Research on Economic Development, Sept. 1974

Other Missions Series, 1967-83

Comprised of files from economic missions to Togo and Dahomey (1967), Nigeria (1970), Malawi (1981),and Benin (1983). Included are correspondence with the missions' sponsoring organizations, memoranda, and background reading (economic briefing reports, maps, etc.) on each country. The files are arranged chronologically.
* Dahomey is now called Benin (name changed in 1975).
Box 8
Togo and Dahomey (1967)Memoranda   (2 folders)
USAID Mission to Nigeria (1970)
Nigeria Review Team (1970)Draft Final Report   (2 folders)
Malawi mission (May-June 1981)
Benin Mission (1983)   (2 folders)
Planning and the Plan in Benin: Mission Report (1983)

Writings Series (Articles, Drafts and Notes), 1947-1988

Includes notes, drafts, manuscripts, and reprints of articles, excluding those pertaining to Joseph A. Schumpeter. The files cover the period from 1947 to 1988, and are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 9
American Balance of Payments (ca. late 1950s)
Appendix Tables which were redone (ca. late 1950s)
Bhagwati: Readings in International Trade (1969)
Budget Probleme des Zaire (1975)
Bulletin: Presse und Informationsant der Bundesregierung (1972)   (2 folders)
Common Market Input-Output Tables (ca. 1959-65)
Construction Tables, Transport and Communications Tables (ca. late 1950s)
European Economic Problems (1947)
Exchange Controls and Parallel Market Economics (ca. 1985)
Germany (West): Production (ca. 1960)
International Food Organization (IFO) Research (1980)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (IBRD) Reports (1972-74)
Industrial Court Cause 77/66: Memorandum to the Kenyan Oil Industry
Industrial Production of Soviet Germany (1956)   (2 folders)
International Trade Text, MS Revision (ca. late 1950's)
Box 10
Investments in Africa South of the Sahara, Part II (1959)   (2 folders)
Investments in Africa South of the Sahara: Tables (1959)
Investments in Africa South of the Sahara: Text (1959)
Leff, Nathaniel: paper (1986)
Mailing Lists (ca. late 1950s)
Misc. Articles on Africa (ca. late 1950's)
Misc. Articles, Notes and Clippings (late 1980's)
Misc. Loose Items (late 1950's - 1970's)
National Accounting in East Germany (1959)
New Palgrave: August Losch entry (1985)
Planning Without Facts, Chapters I - IV (1964)
Planning Without Facts, Chapters V - VII (1964)
Planning Without Facts, Chapters I - VII (1964)
R-General (contains copy of "National Accounting in E. Germany" ), 1959
Reconstruction and Development in Nigeria (1971)
Box 11

Smuggling Subseries
Effects of Smuggling Under African Conditions (ca. early 1980s)
Smuggling Study, Early Version (before co-authorship with Alan Deardorff), 1980s
Smuggling - Draft (1985)
Smuggling and Unrestricted Trade -Berg Manuscript (1985)
Smuggling in Africa: Berg Study, etc. (1985)
Effects of Smuggling Under West African Conditions (1988)
Stock Exchange (late 1950's)
Unlabeled Notebook (ca. mid 1980s)   (2 folders)

Speeches, Lectures and Conferences Series, late 1950s - 1969

Documents Professor Stolper's public speaking engagements and activities at conferences, excluding those pertaining to Joseph Schumpter. The files are arranged in chronological order.
Box 12
Speech on magnetic tape: "Problems of Our Foreign Aid Program" (ca. 1950's?)
Prospects for East German Economic Expansion (1959)
National Council of Churches Conference (Nov. 8-11, 1962)
Economic Development Institute (1964)
Luxembourg Lectures (Sept. 1965)
Luxembourg Lectures: Five Lectures on the Movement of Goods and the Equalization of Factor Prices (1965)
Luxembourg Lectures (1965)
Agricultural Development Council Conference (Nov 1965)
Economic Development Institute (March 1966)
Talk given at First Presbyterian Church, East Aurora, NY (Dec. 12, 1967)
Budget as an Allocation Device and Economic Growth (March 29, 1968)   (2 folders)
Glasgow Conference Summary (1969)

Schumpeter Series, 1966-1988

Contains Professor Stolper's drafts, manuscripts, and notes for articles and books pertaining to the eminent Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter. The files are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 13
Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Context of Development: A Schumpeterian Approach (1981)
Joseph Alois Schumpeter (ca. 1966)
Manuskript: "Schumpeter" (1983)
Paris Paper -- "J.A. Schumpeter: the Role of Government" (Sept. 1983)   (3 folders)
Schumpeter and the German and Austrian Socialization Attempts of 1918-1919 (1985)
Schumpeter Policy Long Draft: Correspondence Relating to Son (1984)
"Schumpeter -- The Political Economist for the Nineties?" (1986)   (3 folders)
Schumpeter -- Stolper book draft (ca. 1983)
Schumpeter's Theorie der Wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, 1988
Stopler-Seidl Drafts (ca. 1985)   (2 folders)
Uber Schumpeters "Theorie der Wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung" (published 1988)

University of Michigan and Teaching Material Series, 1959-1975

The file titled "Course Outlines on Economic Development" contains different syllabi and reading lists compiled by a friend of Professor Stolper's. The "Doctoral Committees" file contains paperwork pertaining to Ph.D. committees that he sat on at the University of Michigan. Finally, the "Workload Records" folder contains paperwork listing the classes that Professor Stolper taught each semester at Michigan. Files are arranged in chronological order.
Box 14
Course Outlines on Economic Development (1959)
ECO 141 Reading List (Fall 1959)
Doctoral Committees (1950-1960)
Workload Records (1950-1960)
ECO 460 Economic Development for Non-Economic Majors (Fall 1974)   (2 folders)
ECO 441 Lectures, 1970and 1975   (3 folders)

General Correspondence Series, 1966and 1974

This series is presently sparse, containing only a couple of letters that were found loose among the folders.
Box 14
Miscellaneous Correspondence

Accession 2002-0207

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Box 1
Contents of Box 1:
1941-1999
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Lectures
Nigerian Material
Box 2
Contents of Box 2:
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1928-1996
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Box 3
Contents of Box 3:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat coated fax paper before use.
1930-1998 ( bulk 1980s-1990s)
Correspondence
Box 4
Contents of Box 4:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat coated fax paper before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1981-1998
Correspondence
Box 5
Contents of Box 5:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat coated fax paper and newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1968-1998
Correspondence
Box 6
Contents of Box 6:
1960-1987 ( bulk 1960-1964)
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Nigerian Material
Diaries, 1961 and 1962
Box 7
Contents of Box 7:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
1960-1998
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
Box 8
Contents of Box 8:
1960-1994
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Nigerian Material
Diaries
Box 9
Contents of Box 9:
1944-1989
Professional Writings
Box 10
Contents of Box 10:
1958-1992
Professional Writings
Liberian Material
Box 11
Contents of Box 11:
Attention: Contains rusty fastners.
Disks 001, 002 and 003 removed and their contents migrated to the Special Collections Server. A disk directories log exists. Contact a Reference Archivist.
1959-1995
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
Handwritten Notes
Nigerian Material
Box 12
Contents of Box 12:
1955-1997
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
These diaries correspond to Stolper's time in Nigeria
Lecture Notes
Printed Material
Box 13
Contents of Box 13:
Technical Services staff need to process materials in envelopes and reformat newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1960-1995
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
Included are three diaries th at correspond to Stolper's time in Nigeria
Box 14
Contents of Box 14:
Technical Services staff need to process materials in envelopes before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1928-1988
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
Travel Material
Shumpeter Letters
Box 15
Contents of Box 15:
Technical Services staff need to process materials in envelopes and reformat newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.
1940-1996
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Box 16
Contents of Box 16:
Technical Services staff need to format newsprint and coated fax paper before use.
1973-2001
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Handwritten Notes
Box 17
Contents of Box 17:
1959-2001
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Diaries
Federation of Nigeria National Development Plan 1962-1968
Box 18
Contents of Box 18:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1919-1990
Correspondence
Printed Material
Includes some Printed Material related to Nigeria
Box 19
Contents of Box 19:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1892-1999
Correspondence
Handwritten Notes
Scumpeter Society Information
Box 20
Contents of Box 20:
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1945-1987
Correspondence
Nigerian Material
Box 21
Contents of Box 21:
1947-1987
Correspondence
Diaries
Doctoral Committee and Thesis Comments
Box 22
Contents of Box 22:
Attention: Contains rusty fastners.
1931-1985
Correspondence
Professional Writings
Handwritten notes
Teaching Materials
Includes test copies, lectures and syllabi
Box 23
Contents of Box 23
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
1936-1988
Correspondence
Box 24
Contents of Box 24:
Technical Services staff may need to reformat newsprint before use.
Attention: Contains pictorial materials.
1953-1972
Correspondence
Travel Material