Dept. of Economics records, 1938-2005

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Department of Economics
Abstract:
The study of economics has a long history at Duke University. Economics classes were taught at Trinity College, the forerunner of Duke University, as early as the 1899-1900 academic year. Several individuals particularly important to the Department's development and programming: include Calvin Bryce Hoover; Joseph J. Spengler; H. Gregg Lewis; and Martin Bronfenbrenner. The collection contains miscellaneous office files associated with the daily operations of the Department of Economics including: correspondence, memoranda, class schedules, faculty rosters and files, reports, and undergraduate honors theses. Also present are the Working Papers in Economics produced by the Department of Economics, Duke University dating 1981-1990, 1992.
Extent:
11 Linear Feet
11,000 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.25.17.0002
University Archives Record Group:
25 -- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
25 -- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences > 17 -- Economics

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains miscellaneous office files associated with the daily operations of the Department of Economics including: correspondence, memoranda, sound recordings, class schedules, faculty rosters and files, reports, undergraduate honors theses, and material concerning TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System) a programmed learning technique developed at Duke. Also present are the Working Papers in Economics produced by the Department of Economics, Duke University dating 1981-1990, 1992. Accession UA2008-0047 largely includes files pertaining to the Triangle Census Research Data Center. This accession is restricted for 25 years from date of origin of the material.

Biographical / historical:

Economics classes were taught at Trinity College, the forerunner of Duke University, as early as the 1899-1900 academic year, but it was not a distinct discipline until 1902 when William Henry Glasson, Ph.D. from Columbia University, came to Durham as Professor of Political Economy and Social Science. In 1908 he became Head of the Department of Economics and Social Science.

The Department of Economics and Social Science was represented in Duke University's first bulletin (1924-1925) as consisting of two branches, Political Science and a combination of Economics and Business Administration. Faculty numbers within the department grew slowly at first, from one in 1899 to two in 1902 and three in 1923. In the late 1920s and the early 1930s the economics branch of the department began to operate more effectively due to the arrival and contributions of the following individuals, Calvin B. Hoover in 1925, Charles E. Landon in 1926, and Earl J. Hamilton in 1927, and in 1925 Robert Wilson who developed what was later (1934) to become the Department of Political Science. Economics and Business Administration were divided into two separate departments in 1967.

Beginning in the 1930s and continuing for several decades afterwards great emphasis was placed upon research despite high teaching load required by faculty members. Importance was also given to identifying weaknesses in the library holdings and promoting the acquisition of new items.

Acquisition information:
The Dept. of Economics records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1975-2003 and 2008.
Processing information:

Processed by Sherrie Bowser, September 2007

Updated by Crystal Reinhardt, March 2011

Updated by Kimberly Sims, June 2011

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, September 2007

Updated by Kimberly Sims, June 2011

Multiple accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into four series: Subject files; Journals and Honors papers; Working Papers; TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System) and accession UA2008-0047. The materials in the collection range in date from 1938-2005.

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Economics
Format:
Sound recordings
Names:
Duke University. Department of Economics
Duke University. Department of Economics
Duke University -- History

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[Identification of item], Dept. of Economics Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.