Aleph Number:
Collection is open for research.
However, 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.
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.
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.
[Identification of item], Charles F. Roos Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
The Charles F. Roos Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2009 and 2013.
Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, August 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, August 2009 and Rachel Penniman, March 2013
Accessions described in this finding aid: 2009-0146 and 2013-0024.
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:
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
Charles F. Roos was a well-known mathematician, economist, and statistician who was a founder and president of the Econometric Society in the 1930s. In 1938, Roos formed the Econometric Institute Inc., which was a research and consulting firm for communities and companies throughout the United States. According to J.W. Nixon's biography for the International Statistical Institute (ISI), of which Roos was an elected member, Roos was the first "to use the concept of disposable personal income in the analysis of consumer demand and size of markets." Nixon goes on to explain that Roos also "originated the concept of corporate purchasing power and used it to help explain the demand for machinery and equipment."
Accession (2009-0146) (1950 items; 2.6 lin. ft.; bulk dated 1930s-1950s) consists largely of reports and studies by the Econometrics Institute for various clients, including railroads, paper companies, copper, newspaper, and electric power. Also includes working papers and charts, offprints and reprints, Economic Measures publications, some correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials related to Roos' work, especially post-World War II.
Accession (2013-0024) (1200 items; 2.9 lin. ft.) contains additional reports, studies, and internal correspondence from the the Institute of Applied Econometrics and the Index Number Institute; volumes of Economic Measures and other publications; a photograph of Charles Roos; and a single reel sound recording.
Although this collection has not been processed, it arrived with a fairly detailed inventory of items which has been replicated where possible in this finding aid.
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.
Accession (2009-0146) (1950 items; 2.6 lin. ft.; bulk dated 1930s-1950s) consists largely of reports and studies by the Econometrics Institute for various clients, including railroads, paper companies, copper, newspaper, and electric power. Also includes working papers and charts, offprints and reprints, Economic Measures publications, some correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials related to Roos' work, especially post-World War II.