Myrick Freeman papers, 1967-2012

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Summary

Creator:
Freeman, A. Myrick, 1936-2022
Abstract:
Myrick Freeman (circa 1936-2022) was the William D. Shipman Professor Emeritus of Economics at Bowdoin College. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his professional activities, correspondence, writings, and research. It was acquired as part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
5 Linear Feet (4 boxes.)
16 Megabytes (One set.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.00417

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents Freeman's career as an academic economist at Bowdoin College and senior fellow at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC.

The Conferences and Workshops series contains files on events that Freeman attended or led. There are course files with student reports from his participation in the Environmental Economics Program for South East Asia (EEPSEA), as well as material from National Science Foundation (NSF) workshops and notes and minutes from meetings of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

The Consulting series contains files on different contracts for organizations such as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Canadian Ministry of Health, and World Bank.

The Testimony series contains notes, research material, and printed testimony that Freeman delivered in state courts, private hearings, and before the US Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee.

The Correspondence series contains Freeman's professional correspondence with colleagues, contractors, and individuals with whom he collaborated on various writings.

The Writings series contains papers, articles, book chapters, reports, and reviews that Freeman wrote.

The Research series contains notes, writings by others, and transparencies that Freeman collected or produced in preparation for various research and consulting projects.

Biographical / historical:

A. Myrick Freeman, III (circa 1936-2022) was the William D. Shipman Professor Emeritus of Economics at Bowdoin College, where he had worked since 1965. He received a BA in economics from Cornell University in 1957 and a MA and PhD from the University of Washington in 1964 and 1965, respectively. He specialized in environmental economics, cost-benefit and risk-benefit analysis, and public policy analysis. He testified before the US Congress and state of Maine on the environment, and he served as a Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure. He authored or coauthored eight books, in addition to many articles, research reports, and book reviews.

Acquisition information:
The Myrick Freeman papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as a gift in 2013.
Processing information:

Processed by Meghan Lyon and Elisabeth Narkin, October 2013.

Electronic records processed by Zachary Tumlin, June 2023.

Accession described in this collection guide: 2013-0124.

Arrangement:

The Myrick Freeman papers are arranged into six series: Conferences and Workshops, Testimony, Consulting, Correspondence, Writings, and Research.

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