americaneconomicassociation Preliminary Inventory of the American Economic Association Records, 1886-2008 and undated Processed by: Ming Guo, Eric Hanson, Ruth E. Bryan, Michael Shumate, and Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Alice Poffinberger and Ruth E. Bryan David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system and XMetaL software. Date of source: August 23, 2001 Processed by Ming Guo, Eric Hanson, Ruth E. Bryan, Michael Shumate, and Alice Poffinberger August 23, 2001; Finding Aid encoded by Alice Poffinberger and Ruth E. Bryan, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, August 29, 2001 Description is in English. 06-27-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::American Economic Association Records)//EN" "americaneconomicassociation.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. September 22, 2002 Addition (2002-0215) made to electronic finding aid. Materials received as a gift, 2002. Minimally processed by Alice Poffinberger and Joshua Kaiser, August 5, 2002. Encoded by Joshua Kaiser and Ruth E. Bryan, September 22, 2002. Date span changed from 1886-1999 and undated to 1886-2001 and undated Linear feet changed from 234.6 to 268. Item count changed from 229,000 to 250,000. March 13, 2002 Addition (2001-0082) made to electronic finding aid. Materials received as a gift, 2001. Minimally processed by Danielle McGregor, March 11, 2002. Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan, March 13, 2002. Date span changed from 1886-1998 and undated to 1886-1999 and undated Linear feet changed from 225 to 234.6. Item count changed from 225,000 to 229,000. 06-27-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::American Economic Association Records)//EN" "americaneconomicassociation.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). 09-17-2009 Finding aid updated with Accession (2009-0204) by Meghan Lyon. Preliminary Inventory of the American Economic Association Records, 1886-2008 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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 Descriptive Summary American Economic Association Records, 1886-2008 and undated American Economic Association. 420.5 Linear Feet, 346,763 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted. Researchers desiring access should consult with the Reference Archivist on duty.

In addition, some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.

Furthermore, 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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript 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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], American Economic Association Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The American Economic Association Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2001-2009.

 Processing Information

Processed by Ming Guo; Eric Hanson; Ruth E. Bryan; Michael Shumate; Alice Poffinberger

Completed August 23, 2001

Additions minimally processed by Danielle McGregor; Alice Poffinberger; Joshua Kaiser

Last updated September 16, 2009

Encoded by Alice Poffinberger; Ruth E. Bryan; Joshua Kaiser; Meghan Lyon

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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

 Biographical Note

Primary professional association for economists in the United States, organized in 1885. It publishes the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Collection Overview

Primarily records of the American Economic Review, (Accession 2001-0118) specifically journal office files consisting of correspondence, manuscript, book review, and referee files (1969-1998). There are also records for the organization (1886-1984) and for its Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP 1972-1993), including histories, reports, minutes, statistics, as well as membership, account, conference, board member, miscellaneous, and newsletter or editorial office files. Some CSWEP material is also present as 371 machine-readable records. There is a small set of journal office records for the Journal of Economic Literature (1975, 1984-1994 and undated). In addition, there are 50 black-and-white photographs of former association presidents, a 39"x10" black-and-white group photograph taken at an unidentified meeting, 48 rolls of microfilm from the various journals (mostly AER), 63 microfiche of Journal of Economic Literature correspondence ([1968]-1980), and 7 reel-to-reel audiotapes.

Addition (2001-0082) (4000 items, 9.6 linear feet; dated 1998-1999) includes records for the American Economic Review, including correspondence and referee files for rejected and withdrawn articles (1998), accepted articles (1999), and papers and proceedings (1999).

Addition (2002-0215) (21000 items, 33.4 linear feet; dated 1999-2001) contains records for the American Economic Review, including editorial correspondence, referee reports, and manuscripts for rejected articles (1999-2000) and accepted articles (March-December 2001) and papers and proceedings (2000-2001). Also includes 37 electronic documents on one floppy disk.

The collection consists of 15 additional accessions dating from 2003 to 2008 with over 200 additional boxes. These additions have not been processed, but are available for research with permission from the American Economic Association. Please consult the Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection (below) for details.

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.

American Economic Association. American Economic Association. Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. American economic review. Journal of economic literature. Economics--Periodicals. Economics--Book reviews--Periodicals. Economics--Congresses. Economics--Societies, etc. Economics--Research. Women economists. Machine-readable records. Black-and-white photographs. Microfilms. Audiotapes. Microfiche. Contents of Collection Accession (2001-0118)

Records of the American Economic Review (225,000 items, dated 1886-1998), specifically journal office files with correspondence, manuscript, book review, and referee files (1969-1998). Also records for the organization (1886-1984) and for its Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP 1972-1993), including histories, reports, minutes, statistics, as well as membership, account, conference, board member, misc., and newsletter or editorial office files. Some CSWEP material is also present as 371 machine-readable records. There is a small set of journal office records for the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL 1975, 1984-1994 and n.d.) In addition, there are 50 black-and-white photographs of former association presidents, a 39"x10" black-and-white group photograph taken at an unidentified meeting, 48 rolls of microfilm from the various journals, 63 microfiche of JEL correspondence ([1968]-1980), and 7 reel-to-reel audiotapes.

Boxes 1-95 and 987-1024 have been processed. The following container list will contain more specific information for these boxes than for all others (96-986 and 1025-1129), which have only been minimally processed. A guide with a detailed folder listing for the processed boxes is available in paper format in the repository.

Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rubenstein Library to use this collection.

Technical Services needs to make use copies of video and audio cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes before use.

Written permission from AEA required for access to materials less than fifty years old.

Minutes of Council and Executive Council, AEA, 1888-1908, and Annual Meetings, 1886-1924 1 AEA. Histories, A.W. Coats, 1952-1963; Journal of Economic Literature, Mark Perlman, editor. Correspondence, [1968] 1970-1980; Organization, [1885]; Minutes, 1886-1904; Membership, 1890-1896

Includes 63 microfiche.

 2 Minutes, 1902-1906; Membership, 1890-1896; Accounts, 1889-1894; Annual Meetings, 1886-1905 3 Annual Meetings, 1908-1924 Correspondence of Secretary-Treasurer, AEA, including Reports, 1888-1964 4 Correspondence. Incoming, 1888 March- 1896 Febuary 5 Correspondence, Outgoing, 1893 October-1894 December 6 Correspondence, Outgoing, 1894-1898 7 Correspondence, Outgoing, 1898-1899 8 Correspondence, Incoming, 1896-1900 9 Correspondence, 1900-1902 10 Correspondence, 1903-1908 11 Correspondence, 1909; Thomas N. Carver, Secretary-Treasurer 12 Correspondence, 1910-1911; Thomas N. Carver, Secretary-Treasurer 13 Correspondence, including Reports, 1912-1913; Thomas N. Carver, Secretary-Treasurer 14 Correspondence, including reports, 1914-1915; Allyn A. Young, Secretary-Treasurer 15 Correspondence, including reports, 1916-1917; Allyn A. Young, Secretary-Treasurer 16 Correspondence, 1918-1919; Allyn A. Young, Secretary-Treasurer 17 Correspondence, 1920-1921 18 Correspondence, including reports, 1922-1923; Ray B. Westerfield, Secretary-Treasurer 19 Correspondence, including reports, 1924; Ray B. Westerfield, Secretary-Treasurer 20 Correspondence, including reports, 1925; Ray B. Westerfield, Secretary-Treasurer 21 Correspondence, including reports, 1926; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 22 Correspondence, including reports, 1927; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 23 Correspondence, including reports, 1928; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 24 Correspondence, including reports, 1929-1931; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 25 Correspondence, including reports, 1932-1933 (A-Z); Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 26-27 Correspondence, including reports, 1933-1935; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 28 Correspondence, including reports, 1936; Frederick S. Deibler and James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurers 29 Correspondence, including reports, 1937-1938; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 30 Correspondence, including reports, 1939-1940; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 31 Correspondence, including reports, 1940-1941; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 32 Correspondence, including reports, 1942; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 33 Correspondence, including reports, 1943; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 34 Correspondence, including reports, 1944-1945; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 35 Correspondence, including reports, 1945-1946; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 36 Correspondence, including reports, 1947-1948; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 37 Correspondence, including reports, 1949-1950; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 38 Correspondence, including reports, 1951; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 39 Correspondence, including reports, 1952; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 40 Correspondence, including reports, 1953; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 41 Correspondence, including reports, 1954; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 42 Correspondence, including reports, 1955-1956; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 43 Correspondence, including reports, 1956-1957; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 44 Correspondence, including reports, 1957; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 45 Correspondence, including reports, 1957-1958; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 46 Correspondence, including reports, 1958; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 47-48 Correspondence, including reports, 1959; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 49-50 Correspondence, including reports, 1960; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 51-52 Correspondence, including reports, 1961; James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 53-54 Correspondence, including reports, 1962; Harold F. Williamson, Secretary-Treasurer 55-56 Correspondence, including reports, 1963; Harold F. Williamson, Secretary-Treasurer 57 Correspondence, including reports, 1964; Harold F. Williamson, Secretary-Treasurer Correspondence of Secretary-Treasurer with AEA Committees, Miscellaneous Business, 1930-1961 58 Correspondence: Committees, AEA, and Miscellaneous Business, 1930-1939; Frederick S. Deibler, Secretary-Treasurer 1930-1935 and James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 1936-1939 59 Correspondence: Committees, AEA, and Miscellaneous Business, 1940-1945 (1959); James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer 60-61 Correspondence: Committees, AEA, and Miscellaneous Business, 1946-1950 (1956); James Washington Bell, Secretary-Treasurer American Economic Review: Correspondence of Managing Editor, Davis R. Dewey, with editors, contributors, etc.., 1910-1940 62 Correspondence of AEA re founding journal and special editorial correspondence, AER, 1910-1940; 63 AER statistics, 1911-1923; Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1911-1917 64-69 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1910-1917 70-71 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1918-1919 72 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1920 73 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1921 74 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1922 75 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1923 76 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1924-1925 77 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1925-1926 78 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1927-1928 79 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1928 80 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1929 81 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1930 82 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1931 83 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1932 84 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1933 85 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1934 86 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1935 87 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1936 88 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1937 89 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1938 90 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1939 91 Correspondence of Davis R. Dewey with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1940 American Economic Review: Correspondence of Managing Editor, Paul T. Homan, 1941-1951, with editors, contributors, etc. 92 Correspondence of Paul T. Homan with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1941 93 Correspondence of Paul T. Homan with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1942-1943 94 Correspondence of Paul T. Homan, Managing Editor, 1941-1951, and Fritz Machlup, Acting Managing Editor, 1944 July-1945 August, with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1944-1945 95 Correspondence of Paul T. Homan, Managing Editor, 1941-1951, and Fritz Machlup, Acting Managing Editor, 1944 July-1945 August, with editors and authors of articles and communications, 1945-1949 Correspondence, memoranda, book reviews, articles, and other internal documents 96-104 AEA internal papers, ca. 1958-1968 105-106 Foreign correspondence, 1952-1959, 1968 107 Exchanges-Internal memoranda, 1953-1956 108 Internal memoranda, 1954-1964 109 Survey articles, 1957-1963 110 Survey articles; budget; book reviews, 1952-1960, 1963 111 Book reviews, 1963-1966 112 Book reviews; general correspondence, 1963-1967 113-118 General correspondence, 1967-1968 119 General correspondence; articles and correspondence, 1968 120-121 Articles and correspondence, 1968 122-128 Miscellany, 1962-1973, 1980-1982 129 Accounts received for back issues, 1961 (2 bound volumes) 130-131 General correspondence, 1968-1979 132-134 Office correspondence, 1978-1980 135 Miscellaneous, 1980-1982 C. P. Kindleberger Papers 136-144 AEA Papers, C. P. Kindleberger, 1984 145 C. P. Kindleberger; AER rejects, prior to 1969 July AER acceptances, rejects, withdrawn, and papers and proceedings 146-376 AER rejects, prior to 1969 July; 1969-1980 377-396 AER rejects, comments, and correspondence, 1968-1983 397-432 AER acceptances and refereed remarks, 1969-1979 433-444 AER acceptance and rejection cards, 1969-1981 445 AER "No author card" and miscellaneous rejects, 1981-1985 446-449 AER rejects, 1981 450-453 AER rejects, 1982-1983 454-457 AER published, 1983 458-462 AER published, 1984 463-467 AER published, 1985 468-517 AER rejects, 1983-1985 518-544 AER rejects, 1985 545 AER papers and proceedings, 1986 546-550 AER published, 1986 551-590 AER rejects, 1986 591-594 AER published, 1987 595-629 AER rejects, 1987 630-633 AER published, 1988 634-664 AER rejects, 1988 665-669 AER rejects, 1988 670-694 AEA rejects, 1989 695-698 AER published 1989 699-714 AER rejects, 1989 715-719 AER published, 1990 720 AER miscellaneous, 1987-1988 721-748 AER rejects, 1990 749-750 AER rejects and withdrawn; AER acceptances, 1991 751-756 AER acceptances, 1991 757-760 AER rejects, 1991 761-769 AER rejects, comments and correspondence to, 1991 770-771 AER papers and proceedings, 1992 772-778 AER acceptances, 1992 779-790 AER rejects, 1992 791-801 AER acceptances, 1993 802 AER papers and proceedings, 1993 803-810 AER rejects, 1993 811-818 AER acceptances, 1994 819 AER papers and proceedings, 1994 820-826 AER rejects, 1994 827-831 AER acceptances, 1995 832 AER papers and proceedings, 1995 833-839 AER rejects, 1995 840-849 AER acceptances, 1996 850 AER papers and proceedings, 1996 851-858 AER rejects, 1996 859-874 AER acceptances, rejections, and withdrawals, 1997 875-888 AER acceptances, 1998 JEL correspondence, acceptance, and other files 889-906 JEL correspondence, 1979-[1991?] 907-915 JEL [acceptances?], 1990-1994 916-918 JEL inactive, 1989-1990 919 JEL office, 1988-1994 AEA office files and Executive Committee records 920-980 AEA miscellaneous office files, 1955-1983

Includes 7 rolls of reel-to-reel tape.

 981-986 AEA Executive Committee, 1969-1982 American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP), 1971-1996 987 Historical data files, 1971-1974 988 Historical data subject files, 1972-1974

Includes correspondence from other economic associations; committee business and future; Ford Foundation funding proposal (1973); correspondence regarding discrimination cases (Edna Maynard Gott); and hiring practices committee.

989 Correspondence, 1972-1973

Includes questionnaires.

 990 Roster and correspondence, 1972-1974 991 Correspondence, 1974-1975 992 1975 conference at Wellesley College and 1974 survey

Includes Wellesley Center for the Study of Women in Higher Education and the Professions.

 993 Correspondence, 1975-1977 994 Budget and CSWEP committee reports, 1972-1977 995 CSWEP reports, 1973-1976

Includes reports by Sonia Pressman, Sonia P. Fuentes, George J. Stigler, Elizabeth Clayton, David M. Gordon, the Boulding-Treagar Report in the AER, and various CSWEP reports.

 996 CSWEP meetings at Wellesley College and in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Atlantic City, 1973-1977 997 Meetings and reports, minutes and correspondence, 1978-1979 998 Meetings and reports, proposals for CSWEP sessions at AEA meetings, 1974-1987 999 Correspondence and annual reports, 1980-1987 1000 Correspondence, 1988-1989 1001 Annual report and meetings, 1988-1989 1002 Meetings, 1989-1992

Includes CSWEP sessions.

 1003 Board members, meetings, and meeting minutes, 1985-1989 1004 Board meetings and meeting minutes, 1989-1991 1005 Correspondence, 1990-1991 1006 Budget, 1984-1991 1007 Miscellaneous subject files, A-R, 1974-1988

Includes information on careers for women and careers for women in economics; financial aid; newsletter editorial policy; Federation of Organizations for Professional Women (FOPW); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); National Science Foundation (NSF); New York Women Economists; questionnaire results (1974-1989); and research project on women Ph.D. economists, data, proposal, correspondence (1986-1988).

1008 Miscellaneous subject files, R-W; membership data, 1981-1989

Includes rosters (1983, 1985, 1987); Roster of Women in Agricultural Economics (1984); correspondence regarding salaries; textbook project; and membership data (1981-1985, including floppy disks 014-015).

The contents of disks 014 and 015 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1009 Membership data, 1985-1987 1010 Abstracts for papers, 1987-1992 1011 Newsletters, 1972-1984

Includes newsletter issues and job opportunities.

 1012 Newsletters, 1985-1987

Includes newsletter issues, correspondence, and articles and clippings for inclusion in newsletter.

 1013 Newsletters, 1988-1991 1014 Newsletters, 1991-1992 Winter

Includes floppy disk 010, Winter 1992.

The contents of disk 010 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1015 Newsletters, 1992 Spring-1993 Spring/Summer

Includes floppy disks 001 (newsletter labels, 1992), 012 (Spring 1992), 009 (Fall 1992), 005-006 (Spring 1993).

The contents of disks 001, 012, 009, and 005-006 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1016-1017 Newsletters, miscellaneous, 1977-1991 and undated

Includes floppy disk 013 (undated).

The contents of disk 013 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1018 CSWEP meetings and meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, and other office files, 1989-1991

Includes CSWEP sessions at AEA meetings.

 1019-1020 CSWEP Meetings and meeting minutes, reports and annual reports, correspondence, and other office files, 1991-1992

Includes CSWEP sessions at AEA meetings and floppy disks 011 (1992), 008 (1991 June 19-1992 Jan. 16), 007 (1992 Jan. 16-1992 May 14), and 004 (1992 May 15-1992 Dec. 21).

The contents of disks 011, 008, 007, and 004 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1021 CSWEP Meetings and meeting minutes, reports and annual reports, correspondence, and other office files, 1993

Includes CSWEP sessions at AEA meetings and floppy disks 003 (1992 Dec. 21-1993 Mar. 26) and 002 (1993 March 26).

The contents of disks 003 and 002 have been migrated to the electronic records server. A disk directory log is available. Contact a Reference Archivist for assistance.

 1022 Published books and reports on women and education and occupations, 1973-1987 1023-1024 R. Blank CSWEP materials, 1994-1996 AEA Financial Records, 1962-1988 Accounts Receivable 1025-1030 Cash receipts, 1970-1981 1031-1033 Miscellaneous, 1962-1970 1034-1035 Guide sales, 1965-1969 1036-1039 Cash disbursements, 1957-1987 1040-1049 Payroll records, 1951-1988 1050-1053 General ledger books, 1963-1987 1054 Audit, investment, and project ledgers, 1958-1969 Member cards, microfilm, and photographs 1055-1125 Member cards, 1900-1975 1126-1128 Microfilm (48 rolls)

Includes AER vols. 40-65 and vols. 68-70; JEL vols. 8-13 and 16-18; JE Abstracts vols. 2-6; ACLS Parts 1 and 2 (2 rolls each); and JE Perspectives, vol. 2.

 1129 Photographs Oversize materials 1 Black-and-white photograph of a group taken at an unidentified meeting, undated (39"x10") Accession (2001-0082)

Addition (2001-0082) (4000 items, 9.6 linear feet; dated 1998-1999) includes records for the American Economic Review, including correspondence and referee files for rejected and withdrawn articles (1998), accepted articles (1999), and papers and proceedings (1999).

Processing Note: The materials in this accession arrived without folders. They have been placed in acid-free folders in their original order, but the folders themselves are not intellectually significant.

Written permission from AEA required for access to materials less than fifty years old.

1 AER Rejects, A-B, 1998 2 AER Rejects, B-D, 1998 3 AER Rejects, D-H, 1998 4 AER Rejects, H-L, 1998 5 AER Rejects, L-N, 1998 6 AER Rejects, N-R, 1998 7 AER Rejects, R-S, and Withdrawn, 1998 8 AER Rejects, T-W, and Withdrawn, 1998 9 AER Rejects, T-V, 1998 9-10 AER Acceptances, 1999 March 10-11 AER Papers and Proceedings, 1999 May 12-13 AER Acceptances, 1999 June 13-15 AER Acceptances, 1999 September 15-16 AER Acceptances, 1999 December Accession (2002-0215)

Addition (2002-0215) (21000 items, 33.4 linear feet; dated 1999-2001) contains Records for the American Economic Review, including editorial correspondence, referee reports, and manuscripts for rejected articles (1999-2000) and accepted articles (March-December 2001) and papers and proceedings (2000-2001). There are also 37 electronic documents on one floppy disk. The electronic documents have been transferred to the electronic records server.

Written permission from AEA required for access to materials less than fifty years old.

1 AER Rejects, A-B, 1999 2 AER Rejects, B-C, 1999 3 AER Rejects, C-F, 1999 4 AER Rejects, G-H, 1999 5 AER Rejects, H-K, 1999 6 AER Rejects, K-M, 1999 7 AER Rejects, M-O, 1999 8 AER Rejects, O-R, 1999 9 AER Rejects, R-S, 1999 10 AER Rejects, S-W, 1999 11 AER Rejects, W-Z, 1999 AER Rejects, A, 2000 12 AER Rejects, A, 2000 13 AER Rejects, A-B, 2000 14 AER Rejects, B, 2000 15 AER Rejects, B-C, 2000 16-17 AER Rejects, C, 2000

Disk 001 removed from Box 17 and its contents migrated to the Special Collections Server. A disk directories log exists. Contact Reasearch Services staff.

 18 AER Rejects, C-D, 2000 19 AER Rejects, D-E, 2000 20 AER Rejects, E-F, 2000 21 AER Rejects, F-G, 2000 22 AER Rejects, G, 2000 23 AER Rejects, G-H, 2000 24 AER Rejects, H, 2000 25 AER Rejects, H-I, 2000 26 AER Rejects, I-K, 2000 27 AER Rejects, K, 2000 28 AER Rejects, K-L, 2000 29 AER Rejects, L, 2000 30 AER Rejects, L-M, 2000 31 AER Rejects, M, 2000 32 AER Rejects, M-N, 2000 33 AER Rejects, N-P, 2000 34 AER Rejects, P, 2000 35 AER Rejects, P-R, 2000 36 AER Rejects, R-S, 2000 37-39 AER Rejects, S, 2000 40 AER Rejects, S-T, 2000 41 AER Rejects, T-W, 2000 42 AER Rejects, W, 2000 43 AER Rejects, W-Z, 2000 44 AER Rejects, Z, 2000 AER Acceptances, 2000 March AER Acceptances, 2000 June AER Acceptances, 2000 September 45 AER Acceptances, 2000 March (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 June (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 September (cont.) 46 AER Acceptances, 2000 March (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 June (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 September (cont.) 47 AER Acceptances, 2000 March (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 June (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 September (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2000 December AER Acceptances, 2001 March 48 AER Acceptances, 2000 December (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2001 March (cont.) 49 AER Acceptances, 2000 December (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2001 March (cont.) AER Acceptances, 2001 June AER Acceptances, 2001 September AER Acceptances, 2001 December 50-52 AER Acceptances, 2001 June AER Acceptances, 2001 September AER Acceptances, 2001 December 53 Papers and Proceedings, 2000 54 Papers and Proceedings, 2000 (cont.) 55 Papers and Proceedings, 2001 56 Papers and Proceedings, 2001 (cont.) Accession (2003-0250) 42 Boxes

Addition (2003-0250) (15750 items, 25.2 lin. ft.; dated 1996-2002) is closed to researchers. Collection contains records for the American Economic Review, including editorial correspondence, referee reports, and manuscripts for rejected articles (primarily 2001 and 2002) and accepted articles (2002).

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2004-0007) 18 Boxes

Addition (2004-0007) (5250 items, 10.8 lin. ft.; dated 1950-2002) consists of general and committee files from the AEA administrative office; Elton Hinshaw's files as the association's secretary-treasurer (ca. 1983-late 1990s); printed programs for annual meetings (1950-2001); agendas and supporting documents for executive committee meetings (ca. 1992-1997); and a 2002 membership directory (in print and on CD-Rom). Also includes files on the Committee on Graduate Education (ca. 1988-1991) and the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups (ca. 1986-2001).

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2004-0039) 11 Boxes

Addition (2004-0039) (4125 items; 6.6 lin. ft.; dated 2001) consists of files of rejected articles (2001) from the American Economic Review, including correspondence, referee reports, and manuscripts.

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2004-0092) 8 Boxes

Addition (2004-0092) (3000 items; 4.8 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2003) contains files for accepted articles for 2003 issues of the American Economic Review, including the May 2003 Papers and Proceedings. Files contain typescripts of articles, correspondence, and referees' reports.

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2004-0132) 1 Box

Addition (2004-0132) (3 items, 0.4 lin. ft.; dated 2003) consists of a printed copy (3 vols.) of the 2003 AEA membership directory.

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2004-0316) 57 Boxes

Addition (2004-0316) (21375 items; 34.2 lin. ft.; dated 1993-2004) consists of journal records for the American Economic Review, 1993-2004, including correspondence and referee files for rejected and withdrawn articles, accepted articles, and papers and proceedings.

Written permission from the American Economics Association is required for 50 years. Please see Research Services with questions.

 Accession (2005-0069) 0 Boxes

Addition (2005-0069) (5 items; .1 lin. ft.; dated 2004-2005) comprises a CD-R containing five electronic files for the 2004 membership directory (3 electronic files saved in different formats). Copies of the electronic documents have been transferred to the electronic records server.

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 Accession (2006-0053) 10 Boxes

Addition (2006-0053) (3,750 items, 6 lin. ft.; dated 1980-2000) includes records of the AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP), primarily 1996-2000, including correspondence of the chair, annual reports, minutes of the Board, rosters, and files relating to CSWEP newsletters and program sessions at AEA meetings.

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 Accession (2006-0066) 60 Boxes

Addition (2006-0066) (22,025 items, 35.6 lin. ft.; dated 1962-1966, 1995-2005) features records for the American Economic Review, including correspondence and referee reports regarding papers rejected for publication, primarily 2001-2004. Also includes Local Arrangements Reports for conventions of the Allied Social Science Association, 1962-1966.

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 Accession (2007-0084 and 2007-0085) 17 Boxes

Additions (2007-0084 and 2007-0085) (7500 items, 10.0 lin. ft.; dated 2004-2006) contain records for the American Economic Review, including drafts, correspondence, and referee reports for articles dated 2004-2006. Also included is the AEA member directory for 2006.

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 Accession (2007-0089 and 2007-0090) 90 Boxes

Additions (2007-0089 and 2007-0090) (2500 items, 3.4 lin. ft.; dated 1994-2003) contain records for the Journal of Economic Literature, and primarily includes referee reports and correspondence related to accepted articles dated 1994-2003.

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 Accession (2008-0066) 1 Box

Addition (08-066) (8 items, .6 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2007) comprises membership directories for those years. Includes two CDR's.

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 Accession (2008-0239) 6 Boxes

Addition (2008-0239) (2250 items; 3.6 lin. ft.; dated 2008) contains records for the American Economic Review, including drafts, correspondence, and referee reports for articles submitted for publication for vol. 98, issues 1-4 (March-Sept. 2008).

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 Accession (2008-0269) 2 Boxes

Addition (2008-0269) (1575 items; 2.1 lin. ft.; dated 2005) contains records for the Journal of Economic Literature, including referee reports and drafts of accepted articles for issues in 2005.

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 1Journal of Economic Literature, June 2005 Journal of Economic Literature, March 2005 Journal of Economic Literature, September 2005 2Journal of Economic Literature, September 2005 Journal of Economic Literature, December 2005 Accession (2009-0204) (7 boxes)

Addition (09-204) (7875 items; 10.5 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2008) includes files for the American Economic Review, volumes 96(2), 97(2), 97(4), 97(5), 98(2) and 98(5).

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 1-2American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 96(2), May 2006 3American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 97(2), May 2007 4American Economic Review, Vol. 97(4), September 2007 5American Economic Review, Vol. 97(5), December 2007 6American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 98(2), May 2008 7American Economic Review, Vol. 98(5), December 2008 Accession (2011-0083) (4 boxes)

Addition (2011-0083) (3525 items; 4.7 lin. ft.; dated 2005-2006) contains files for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, including unsolicited papers and proposals; e-mail correspondence; and article drafts and revisions. Not all unsolicited papers and proposals received by the JEP during these years are included; only those of some interest have been saved (for instance, if the author of the paper was particularly notable.) The bulk of the material consists of articles and proposals from 2005 and 2006, the last years before the JEP began publishing and archiving electronically. A few folders pertain to articles published after 2006. These are articles that were began before the JEP's switch to electronic, and thus some of their early files are archived on paper rather than electronically.

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 1Journal of Economic Perspectives Proposal List 2005(57 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives Proposal List 2006(20 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Spring 2005 issue(8 folders) 1-2Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Summer 2005 issue(32 folders) 2-3Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Winter 2005 issue(27 folders) 3Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Spring 2006 issue(15 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Summer 2006 issue(14 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Fall 2006 issue(12 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Winter 2007 issue(12 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Spring 2007 issue(5 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Summer 2007 issue(11 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Fall 2007 issue(3 folders) 4Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Winter 2008 issue(2 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Spring 2008 issue(3 folders) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Summer 2008 issue(1 folder) Journal of Economic Perspectives drafts and revisions of articles published in the Winter 2009 issue(1 folder) Accession (2012-0077), 1995-1998 (3 boxes)

Addition (2012-0077) (4.5 lin. ft.; 3375 items; dated 1995-1998) contains files from the Journal of Economic Literature during the editorship of John Pencavel.

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 1-3JEL files, 1995-1998