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scitovskytibor Inventory of the Tibor Scitovsky Papers, 1910-2002 and undated, bulk 1973-2002 Processed by: Monecia Samuels; machine-readable finding aid created by: Monecia Samuels and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003205760

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: March 2006Processed by Monecia Samuels, June 2005; Finding Aid encoded by Monecia Samuels, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, March 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Tibor Scitovsky Papers, 1910-2002 and undated, bulk 1973-2002 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 Scitovsky, Tibor Tibor Scitovsky Papers, 1910-2002 and undated, bulk 1973-2002 Material in English 1.2 Linear Feet 800 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Tibor Scitovsky, Hungarian-born economist, served on the faculty at Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley. Author of THE JOYLESS ECONOMY: AN INQUIRY INTO HUMAN SATISFACTION AND CONSUMER DISSATISFACTION (1976). The papers of Tibor Scitovsky span the years 1910 to 2002, with the majority dating from the 1970s to 2002, and are composed of three major series: Correspondence, Financial and Personal Materials; Writings and Speeches; and Printed Materials. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

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

Provenance

The Tibor Scitovsky Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2003.

Processing Information

Processed by Monecia Samuels, June 2005

Encoded by Monecia Samuels and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico

Completed March 2006

Accessions 2003-0027 and 2004-0001 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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

Biographical Note 1910 Born in Budapest, Hungary 1932 Earned J.D. at University of Budapest 1938 Earned M.Sc. from the London School of Economics 1939 Arrived in the United States as Leon Traveling Fellow 1943-1946 Served in the United States Army 1945 Earned Bronze Medal from the U.S. Army 1946 Recruited to Stanford University's Economics Department by Bernard Haley 1951 Publication of Welfare and Competition: The Economics of a Fully Employed Economy 1958 Left Stanford for UC Berkeley 1965 Became a visiting professor at Harvard Fellow for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris 1966 Appointment at Harvard ended 1968 Appointed Heinz Professor of Economics at Yale 1969 Publication of Money and the Balance of Payments 1970 Publication of Industry and Trade in Some Developing Countries: A Comparative Study Returned to Stanford to teach Economics Became Stanford's first Eberle Professor of Economics 1972 Began the first holder of the Eberle Professorship in Economics 1976 Publication of The Joyless Economy: an Inquiry into Human Satisfaction and Consumer Dissatisfaction Retired from Stanford University Accepted appointment at London School of Economics Accepted appointment at UC Santa Cruz 1992 Release of revised edition of Joyless Economy Joyless Economy named one of the 100 most influential books by London Times Literary Supplement 1999 Publication of first part of his memoir, in Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 40 2002 June 1 Died, Palo Alto, Calif. Collection Overview

The papers of Tibor Scitovsky, Hungarian-born economist, date from 1910-2002, with the majority of the materials dating from the 1970s through 2002, and are composed of three major series: Correspondence, Financial and Personal Materials Series; Writings and Speeches; and Printed Materials.

The Correspondence, Financial and Personal Materials Series consists primarily of routine professional correspondence to Scitovsky from academic institutions, publishers, colleagues, and friends. Many concern publications or invitations to events. There are a number of brief but interesting exchanges with other economists, including Moses Abramovitz of Stanford, Benjamin M. Friedman of Harvard, Paul Samuelson of MIT, Stanley K. Sheinbaum of Stanford, and Robert Solow, also at MIT.

The Writings and Speeches Series highlights materials on selected writings and themes that Scitovsky worked on in later years, from the 1980s to 2002, and includes clippings, drafts, articles, and numerous notes. Major academic works represented in this series include The Joyless Economy and articles on market economies, inflation, growth and stagnation, consumer satisfaction (and dissatisfaction), marketing, affluence, and violence and boredom as social ills. Many of his other major works and earlier research are not represented by these research materials. A series of photographs of Scitovky's family and home serve as companions to his unpublished memoirs, which detail life in northern Hungary for a family of nobility, as well as historical events in Hungary, France, and England, particularly before and during World War II. The memoirs also offer a detailed narrative of Scivovsky's emigration from Hungary to the United States in the 1940s, as well as an account of the student protests in Paris in the 1960s.

The Printed Materials Series contains many of Scitovsky's reprinted articles and may prove to be the most useful series for researchers interested in his works.

Subject Headings

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Scitovsky, Tibor. Scitovsky family. Scitovszky family. Friedman, Benjamin M. Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 1915- Solow, Robert M. Sheinbaum, Stanley K. Scitovsky, Tibor. Joyless Economy. Consumer satisfaction. Capitalism. Economic development. Wealth. Stagnation (Economics). Violence--Social aspects. Boredom. Motivation research (Marketing). Student movements--France--Paris--History--20th century. Political refugees--Hungary--History--World War, 1939-1945. Hungary--History--20th century. Economists--United States--Correspondence. France--History--1958- England--History--20th century. United States--History--1933-1945. Contents of Collection Correspondence, Financial and Personal Materials Series, 1910-2002 and undated, bulk 1997-2001 1 Correspondence, 1939-1948, 1956, 1980, 1997-2002 and undated (10 folders)

Consists primarily of routine professional correspondence to Scitovsky from academic institutions, publishers, colleagues, and friends. Many concern publications or invitations to events. There are several brief but interesting exchanges with other economists, including Benjamin M. Friedman of Harvard, Moses Abramovitzof Stanford, Stanley Sheinbaum of Stanford, Robert Solow and Paul Samuelson of MIT, Louise Keely of Oxford, and H. W. Arndt, a specialist in economic development in the Pacific region; topics range from publications, economics issues, to wartime history and political events in the United States and Europe. There are also several short memoirs on life in New York City in the 1930s, and essays on financial capitalism, written and collected by Sheinbaum. Only in a handful of cases are the letters from Scitovsky himself. Included in this series is a set of undated correspondence on boredom, one of his later research topics, but other than that, his writings and research topics are rarely referenced in the correspondence; this information is best documented in the printed materials. Arranged in chronological order by year.

1 Financial materials, 1998-2001 (1 folder)

Financial materials include only four items consisting of royalty statements, subscription notices, and accounting services. Arranged in chronological order.

1 Personal materials, 1910-2002 and undated (1 folder)

Personal materials include Scitovsky's birth certificates and documentation, curriculum vitae and honorary degrees, photocopied obituaries and articles on various topics, programs, and bibliographies. Arranged in original order.

Writings and Speeches Series, 1925-2000 and undated, bulk 1973-2000 (13 folders)

The first group of files represents Scitovsky's last work on violence and its connection to social boredom. Other folders contain drafts, lectures, clippings, articles, and notes for earlier research topics: consumer and human satisfaction; the United States economy and social conditions; market economies; the problems of affluence; growth and stagnation; and inflation. Another grouping contains notes, drafts, and photographs that contributed to his memoirs, published in part under the title A Proud Hungarian. The bulk of the materials represent Scitovsky's research dating from the 1980s until 2000: earlier works are best represented in their final published form in the Printed Materials Series. Materials within subgroupings are arranged in original order as received.

2 Boredom and Violence Clippings, 1995-2000 Correspondence and articles, 2000 and undated Drafts, circa 1990s Income and Happiness, 1975-1976 Inflation - draft and articles, 1981 and undated Joyless Economy, critical review, 1996 Lectures and articles, 1940, 1984 and undated Lectures and articles, undated Memoirs - clippings, notes, 1973-1995 and undated Draft, circa 1995 Final draft, circa 1995 Photographic materials, 1925-1994 and undated What Ails the United States of America - notes, drafts, 1989-1995 and undated Printed Materials Series, 1941-2000 (5 folders)

Houses a selection of reprints of Scitovsky's articles. In the early years, his research focused on economic theory, international finance and monopoly and competition. He progressed to prices under monopoly and competition, the theory of balance of payments adjustment, and economic welfare. Later writings analyzed growth in an affluent society, the U.S. savings rate, the welfare of nations, and the benefits of asymmetric markets. In the years before his death, Scitovsky's focus shifted to violence, and in particular, boredom as the cause of violence. He referred to boredom as an "overlooked disease." Arranged in chronological order by year.

1Printed materials