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foabruno Preliminary Inventory of the Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996 Processed by: John Mayrose; machine-readable finding aid created by: John Mayrose David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003916793

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: December 2007Processed by John Mayrose, December 2007; Finding Aid encoded by John Mayrose, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, December 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996 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 Foa, Bruno. Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996 Material in English and Italian 3.6 Linear Feet 2500 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Economist, lawyer, consultant, and professor. Collection contains Foa’s published and unpublished writings; files and correspondence from positions he held including his term as a fellow at Princeton University (1940-1942), as Director of the Bureau of Latin American Research (1941-1943), on the Federal Reserve Board, and as a consultant for other economics projects; a memoir by Foa; and personal correspondence among his family members during trips to Italy, Spain, and Somalia. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Bruno Foa Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The Bruno Foa papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by John Mayrose, December 2007

Encoded by John Mayrose, December 2007

Updated by Noah Huffman, January 2009

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2006-0102

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

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Economist, lawyer, consultant, and professor.

Collection Overview

Collection contains Foa’s published and unpublished writings; files and correspondence from positions he held including his term as a fellow at Princeton University (1940-1942), as Director of the Bureau of Latin American Research (1941-1943), on the Federal Reserve Board, and as a consultant for other economics projects; a memoir by Foa; and personal correspondence among his family members during trips to Italy, Spain, and Somalia.

Subject Headings

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) Economics Economists--Italy. Economics--United States. Foa, Bruno. Latin American Research Bureau. Contents of Collection Bruno Foa Papers, 1936-1996 6 Boxes 1Correspondence, 1936-1996 Memoir Rite of Passage drafts - Italian Other correspondence and drafts 2Bruno Foa bio Economics papers and lectures Postwar papers Personal Correspondence, 1941-1942 Princeton, 1940-1942 Predictions for 1952 Co-ordinator of Latin American Affairs, 1941-1943 3Co-ordinator of Latin American Affairs, 1941-1943 Federal Reserve Board, 1944-1945 Personal Correspondence, Italy and Israel, 1946 Monetary Reconstruction in Italy, 1948 Italy, 1948 Personal Correspondence, 1946-1948 Harper's Article and Yale University, 1949-1953 Trip to Italy, 1952 4Italy, 1954 Trip to Spain, 1953 Mission to Somalia, 1960 Other correspondence and files 5Published materials 6Published materials Diploma