Inventory of the Edward Christian Simmons Papers, 1933-1964

Abstract

Edward Christian Simmons was an economics professor at Duke University.

His collection includes correspondence with author Charles Holt Carroll, Carroll's manuscript for Organization of Debt into Currency and correspondence from John Maynard Keynes.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Simmons, Edward Christian, 1909-2001.
Title: Edward Christian Simmons Papers, 1933-1964
Language of Material: English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet, 200 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Contains correspondence relating to Charles Holt Carroll (1800-1890) whose Organization of Debt into Currency and Other Papers Simmons edited and for which Simmons wrote an introduction. Includes correspondence with William Volker Fund of Burlingame, CA regarding the publication costs of Carroll’s manuscript. Also includes the manuscript of Simmons’s edition of Carroll’s writings; the title page, table of contents, index and introduction are in typescript, and the rest consists of Photostats of printed copies. Collection also includes a letter from John Maynard Keynes to Simmons, thanking him for his article “Mr. Keynes’ Control Scheme.” The original of this letter was transferred to the signatures collection. Items were foldered for processing.

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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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Correspondence with John Maynard Keynes, 1933

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Charles H. Carroll - Introduction and Bullion Bank, Correspondence, 1964

Box 1

Carroll Manuscript

Box 1

Historical Note

Edward Christian Simmons was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1909. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1936, and subsequently taught at Ohio State, Wayne State and the University of Michigan. Simmons joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1943 and served as an aerial navigator in the Caribbean until 1946. He joined the Duke faculty in 1947, where he taught Economics specializing in monetary-fiscal policy. He died in 2001.

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