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chamberlainjohn Inventory of the John Chamberlain Papers, 1954-1959 Processed by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: February 2011Processed by Meghan Lyon, February 2011; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, February 2011 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the John Chamberlain Papers, 1954-1959 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Chamberlain, John, 1903-1995. John Chamberlain Papers, 1954-1959 Material in English 0.6 Linear Feet 350 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Book reviewer, editor, and author of The Roots of Capitalism, published in 1959. Collection contains Chamberlain's working draft for The Roots of Capitalism, with both handwritten and typescript pages. Also includes a notebook with his thoughts and notes on economic history, a letter of correspondence from a publisher about The Roots of Capitalism, and galley proofs from Citadel, Market, and Altar (1957) and MacArthur 1941-1951 (1954). Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], John Chamberlain Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The John Chamberlain Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2010.

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Processed by Meghan Lyon, February 2011

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, February 2011

Accession 2010-0206 is described in this finding aid.

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Biographical and Historical Note

John Chamberlain (1903-1995) was a significant figure in the American intellectual conservative movement that flourished beginning in the early 1940s. Following graduation from Yale in 1925, he embarked on a distinguished career in journalism and wrote several books, of which The Roots of Capitalism is considered his most important. Two others for which he is remembered are Farewell to Reform (1932) and The Enterprising Americans: A Business History of the United States (1963). Chamberlain also wrote the foreward to the American edition of Hayek's Road to Serfdom (1944), and was a contributing editor for the National Review.

Chronology List 1925 Graduated from Yale University 1926-1930s Book reviewer and editor, New York Times 1932 Author, Farewell to Reform (republished 1958) 1936-1941 Editorial staff, Fortune 1940 Author, American Stakes 1941-1950 Editorial staff, Life 1944 Wrote the foreward for F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom 1950-1956 Editor, The Freeman periodical 1950-1960 Editorial writer, The Wall Street Journal 1955 First wife, Margaret Sterling Chamberlain, died 1956 Married second wife, Ernestine Stodelle Chamberlain 1959 Author, The Roots of Capitalism 1963 Author, The Enterprising Americans: A Business History of the United States (republished 1991) 1982 Author of his autobiography, A Life With the Printed Word 1995 April 9 Died Collection Overview

The collection consists of working drafts and final drafts of Chamberlain's The Roots of Capitalism (1959), with both typescript and manuscript pages holding heavy corrections and additions. There are approximately 350 pages, some with yellowing, but generally the materials are in good condition.

Also included are a commonplace notebook with about 45 pages filled with notes on Ricardo, Mill, and Carl Menger, along with general economic history notes. Another component of the collection are the galley proofs for two of Chamberlain's other works: the first is Spencer Health's Citadel, Market, and Altar, published 1957, to which Chamberlain contributed the foreward; the second is MacArthur, 1941-1951, published 1954, which Chamberlain co-authored with Charles Andrew Willoughby.

Contents of Collection Manuscripts and proofs, 1954-1959 (1 box) 1The Roots of Capitalism Chamberlain's notebook, with his notes on economic history, undated Drafts with edits, both typescript and manuscripts Title and prologue Chapter 7: Prometheus Unbound--or the Enterpriser's Function Explained(2 folders) Chapter 8: Contrived Fecundity--the Ford System(3 folders) Chapter 9: The True Perfection of Competition(4 folders) Chapter 10: The Consumers' Plebescite Chapter 11: Labor Had the Right Idea Chapter 12: Retreat from the American System(2 folders) Epilogue: Forward Once More? Final draft, mostly typescript with few edits Prologue Chapter 1: The Freely Choosing Man Chapter 2: The Property Base Chapter 3: The Political Frame for an Open Society Chapter 4: Contract--Or Capitalism is Promises Chapter 5: Gloomy Men and Iron Laws--Or Capitalism in a Cage Chapter 6: Premonition of the American System Chapter 7: Prometheus Unbound--Or the Enterpriser's Function Explained Chapter 11: Labor Had the Right Idea Chapter 12: Retreat from the American System Epilogue: Forward Once More? Publisher's correspondence, 1958 Outlines Loose draft pages, untitled MacArthur, 1941-1951 galley proofs(2 folders) Citadel, Market, and Altar galley proofs(3 folders)