MenuInventory of the Allan Murray Cartter Papers, 1955-1959
Abstract
Allan M. Cartter was a professor of Economics and Dean of the Graduate School at Duke from 1959 to 1962.
The collection contains two book manuscripts, for The Redistribution of Income in Postwar Britain (1955) and The Theory of Wages and Employment (1959). The collection ranges in date from 1955-1959.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Cartter, Allan Murray.
- Title
- Allan Murray Cartter Papers, 1955-1959
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear Feet, 250 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Collection contains manuscripts of two of Cartter's published books: The Redistribution of Income in Postwar Britain (1955) and The Theory of Wages and Employment (1959). Items were untied and foldered for processing. It ranges in date from 1955-1959.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Historical Note
Allan Murray Cartter was born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1922. He received his B.A. from Colgate University in 1946, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1949 and 1952, respectively. From 1942-1945, he served in the U.S. Army and in the Second Cavalry Group of the European Theater.
From 1959 to 1962, he served as both professor in the Duke Economics Department, and as Dean of the Graduate School. He left Duke in 1963 to join the faculty at New York University. At NYU, he served as chancellor from 1966 to 1972. Cartter's research specialties included national income analysis, labor and tax policy.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Allan Murray Cartter Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Wood, November 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, January 2007
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.