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		<titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the Edwin Burmeister Papers,
		<date normal="1960/2008">1960-2008</date>
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		<publisher><lb/>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/> Duke University <lb/> Durham, N.C., USA </publisher>
		<p><date normal="2008" encodinganalog="date">2008</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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<titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the Edwin Burmeister Papers, <date type="span">1960-2008</date>
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<publisher>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/>Duke
		  University <lb/> Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA </publisher>

<p><date normal="2008">2008</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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<head>Descriptive Summary</head>
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<corpname>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke
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<origination label="Creator"><persname encodinganalog="100">Burmeister, Edwin.</persname></origination>
<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">Edwin Burmeister Papers, <unitdate normal="1960/2008" type="inclusive">1960-2008</unitdate>
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<extent unit="linear feet" encodinganalog="300">14.4 Linear Feet</extent><lb/>
<extent unit="items">10,800 Items</extent>
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		  these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.</physloc>

<abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="545">Professor of Economics at Duke University.</abstract>

<abstract encodinganalog="520">Collection contains teaching materials, research files, writings, correspondence with other economists, papers and presentations, and personal files chiefly related to Burmeister's work as a professor of economics at Duke University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Many collection materials document Burmeister's research on Capital Theory, Economic Growth Theory, and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).</abstract>

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<head>Access Restrictions</head><p>Some materials in the collection are RESTRICTED. See box list for details.</p>
<p>Collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.</p>
<p>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.</p><p>Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library to use this collection.</p>
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		  <p>[Identification of item], Edwin Burmeister Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University</p>
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<p>The Edwin Burmeister Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library as a
gift in June 2008.
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<head>Biographical Note</head>

<p>Professor Edwin Burmeister joined the Duke faculty as a Research Professor in 1991. He previously taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving his undergraduate and M.A. degrees from Cornell, Burmeister completed his graduate studies at M.I.T., where he earned his Ph.D. in 1965. He has published numerous articles in the areas of mathematical economics and economic theory, particularly in the fields of capital theory, economic growth, and macroeconomics. He was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society and served as editor of the International Economic Review and associate editor of several other journals.</p>

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<p>Collection contains teaching materials, research files, writings, correspondence with other economists, papers and presentations, and personal files chiefly related to Burmeister's work as a professor of economics at Duke University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Many collection materials document Burmeister's research on Capital Theory, Economic Growth Theory, and Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).</p>

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<item><persname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="600">Burmeister, Edwin.</persname></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Capital--Mathematical models.</subject></item>
<item><corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Duke University. Dept. of Economics.</corpname></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Economists--United States.</subject></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Economics.</subject></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Economics--Study and teaching.</subject></item>
<item><subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Economic development--Mathematical models.</subject></item>

<item><corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Economics.</corpname></item>
<item><corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">University of Virginia.</corpname></item>
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<unittitle id="s1">Accession 2008-0122, <unitdate type="inclusive" normal="1960/2008">1960s-2008</unitdate></unittitle>
<physdesc><extent>24 Boxes</extent></physdesc>
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<c02><did><container type="box">1-2</container><unittitle>Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) research, writings, notes</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Lecture notes</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">3-4</container><unittitle>Referee reports</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Research files</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials (exams and syllabi)</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">5</container><unittitle>Research files</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">6</container><unittitle>Paul Samuelson materials</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Writings</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">7</container><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did>
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<c02><did><container type="box">8</container><unittitle>Lectures and conference presentations</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Writings</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">9</container><unittitle>Lectures and conference presentations</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><container type="box">10</container><unittitle><title render="italic">Capital Theory and Dynamics</title>: Publisher correspondence</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Lectures and talks</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">11</container><unittitle>Research files</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Materials on inflation</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">12</container><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Writings</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">13</container><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Recommendations (RESTRICTED)</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Career files (RESTRICTED)</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">14</container><unittitle><title render="italic">Capital Theory and Dynamics</title> notes</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Notes and drafts for work with Ken Wall, 1978-1982</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">15</container><unittitle>Bound volumes: Ingersoll lecture notes</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Unpublished works</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Recommendations and reviews (RESTRICTED)</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Writings (mostly reprints on Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) with McElroy)</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">16</container><unittitle>Reprints and typescripts of articles</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Research notes</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Equal Organic Composition Capitol (EOCC), 2006</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">17</container><unittitle>Career and personal files (RESTRICTED)</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">18</container><unittitle>Career files, curriculum vitae</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Presentations and papers for conference in Rome, 1995</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">19</container><unittitle>Research and consulting files</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">20</container><unittitle>Research files and notes</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>BIRR reports and related materials</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Samuelson correspondence</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching materials</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">21</container><unittitle>Masters Thesis, 1962</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Typescript copy of an unpublished work by Bishop</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">22</container><unittitle><emph render="doublequote">Aggregate Production Function Project</emph> materials</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">23</container><unittitle>Notes and tests from classes taught by Solow and Modigliani</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Teaching notes</unittitle></did></c02>

<c02><did><container type="box">24</container><unittitle>Independent study papers by Burmeister's students</unittitle></did></c02>
<c02><did><unittitle>Typescript copy of <title render="italic">Capital Theory and Dynamics</title></unittitle></did></c02>

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