My Life Philosophy

georgescuroegen Preliminary Inventory of the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Papers, 1944-1994 Processed by: Paula Jeannet Mangiafico and Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Alice Poffinberger

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: February 27, 1997 and March 26, 2001 Processed by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico and Alice Poffinberger February 27, 1997 and March 26, 2001; Finding Aid encoded by Alice Poffinberger, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, March 27, 2001 Description is in English. 09-09-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Papers)//EN" "georgescu-roegen.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. Preliminary Inventory of the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Papers, 1944-1994 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Papers, 1944-1994 Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas 44 Linear Feet 33002 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

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library received the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen papers as a gift in 1995 and 2000.

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Processed by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico and Alice Poffinberger

Completed February 27, 1997 and March 26, 2001

Encoded by Alice Poffinberger

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Biographical Note

Noted economist and professor at Vanderbilt University; formerly from Romania.

Collection Overview

The original accession (33000 items, dated 1944-1994) includes correspondence, research and writings, subject files, teaching materials, and autobiographical writings documenting the life and career of economist Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906-1994). Correspondents include the economists Joseph Schumpeter (under whom he studied at Harvard) and Friedrich von Hayek. Topics include analytical economics, value theory and consumer behavior, bio-economics, time and economic change, entropy and its application to economics, agricultural economics, and the teaching of economics. Some materials are in Russian or Romanian. There are a few photographs of Georgescu-Roegen.

Typed transcripts and other documents reveal details concerning political conditions in Romania during the period of the provisional government and the Armistice trials following World War II (1944-1945). During this period Georgescu-Roegen served the new government in various capacities before he fled the country with his wife in 1948. The accession also includes about 40 audio tape (reel-to-reel) recordings. (95-025)

The addition to the collection (2 items, dated 1950-1975), includes class notes by students in Georgescu-Roegen's course, "Introduction to Mathematical Economics," spring 1950, at Vanderbilt and an audio tape recording (reel-to-reel) of dinner talks given on October 24, 1975, during a two-day conference at Vanderbilt recognizing Georgescu-Roegen's accomplishments. Speakers included Chancellor Heard of Vanderbilt and economists Paul Samuelson and Joseph Spengler. (00-425)

Subject Headings

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Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas. Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 1915- Schumpeter, Joseph Alois, 1883-1950. Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899- Time and economic reactions. Value. Entropy. Economic development--Environmental aspects. Consumer behavior. Economics, Mathematical. Economics--Study and teaching. Agriculture--Economic aspects. Economists Correspondence. World War, 1939-1945--Romania. Romania--History--1944-1989. Romania--Politics and government. Audio tapes. Contents of Collection Accession 95-025 1 Correspondence by personal name, 1960s-1980s, A-E "Fan Mail," 1950s-1980s 2 Correspondence by personal name, 1960s-1980s, F-M. 3 Correspondence by personal name, 1960s-1980s, M-Z Photographs 4 Correspondence, Vanderbilt and Romania Personal correspondence "Selected older or important letters," (Schumpeter, Hayek, etc.) 5 Correspondence by organizations, 1960s-1980s, A-W. 6 Correspondence by subject, 1960s-1990s (some alphabetical arrangement). 7 Correspondence and other materials by place-name, 1960s-1990s, A-W. 8 Correspondence, 1950s-1980s, C-S Various correspondence dated by years, 1986-1994 Place-name files (Princeton, Harvard, Sao Paolo), 1960s-1970s 9 Correspondence Articles Invitations 10 Autobiographical writings My Life Philosophy Writings by NGR (typescripts) 11 Correspondence Articles 12 Articles (chiefly by other authors) 13 Publications and periodicals files Addresses Curriculum vitae files 14 Lectures, statistics Free Europe Handbook (on Romania) Russian Research Center, Harvard, 1949 Research grant files 15 Writings on Romania by NGR and others Typed transcripts and copies of Romanian Armistice trials and other meetings related to provisional government (1944-1945) Maps 16 Writings: Romania 17 Writings: Romania, Basarabia Writings: Time and evolution; time and change; time in economics; analytical economics; theory and economic reality; plant, firm, industry; value theory and the consumer's behavior; value theory and the consumer's behavior; logical and empirical foundations fo economic development (ch. 1-7) Various notes Crivelli on NGR, 1987 Statistics files 18 Statistics and econometrics files Tests and exams on economic theory 19 Writings: Drafts and notes on peasant economy Manuscript fragments 20 Notes: Psychology and economics and other topics Writings: Utility, Gossen, economy and ethics, bioeconomics and ethics, man and production, the energetic theory of economic value, satiety 21 Phyllis Jenkin Jeremy Rifkin Gossen 22 Writings: Structural unemployment, Romania, Basarabia 23 Writings by other authors [often related to NGR's works, with letters to him] 24 Writings and notes by NGR: Romania, Atlanta, Milano Matzner, Egon 25 Writings by NGR 26 Writings by NGR 27 Notebooks containing published writings by NGR in chronological order 28 Notebooks containing articles about NGR and review of his works 29 Miscellaneous correspondence and subject files (Koide, Myernik, etc.) Audiotapes from Vanderbilt office [possibly lectures by NGR] 30 Audiotapes from Vanderbilt office [possibly lectures by NGR]