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Economics & economists at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Austrian economics

Photo: Friedrich A. von Hayek papers, Box 175, Folder 6, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Bartley (William Warren) miscellaneous papers

1920-1992

Drafts, galleys, proofs, memoranda, and correspondence related to production of the first volume of the collected works of the Austrian economist Friedrich A. von Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (London, 1988), edited by William W. Bartley; and sound recordings of speeches and lectures by F. A. von Hayek and others related to laissez-faire economics.

Chamberlain (John) papers

1943-1990

Writings, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to world affairs, American politics, economic conditions in the United States, conservative political philosophy, and laissez-faire economics. Most of the material consists of drafts and printed copies of newspaper columns and other writings by Chamberlain.

Hayek (Friedrich A. von) papers

1897-2005

Friedrich A. von Hayek, economist and Nobel Laureate. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, conference papers, conference programs, printed matter, sound recordings, photographs, and digital word processing files relating to laissez-faire economics and associated concepts of liberty, and especially to activities of the Mont Pèlerin Society.

Haberler (Gottfried) papers

1900-1998

Correspondence, speeches and writings, printed matter, photographs, slides, and memorabilia relating to economic theory, and especially to laissez-faire economics and associated concepts of liberty.

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Mont Pelerin Society

Photo: Mont Pelerin Society records, Box 64, Folder 8, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Bartley (William Warren) miscellaneous papers

1920-1992

Drafts, galleys, proofs, memoranda, and correspondence related to production of the first volume of the collected works of the Austrian economist Friedrich A. von Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (London, 1988), edited by William W. Bartley; and sound recordings of speeches and lectures by F. A. von Hayek and others related to laissez-faire economics.

Chamberlain (John) papers

1943-1990

Writings, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to world affairs, American politics, economic conditions in the United States, conservative political philosophy, and laissez-faire economics. Most of the material consists of drafts and printed copies of newspaper columns and other writings by Chamberlain.

Davenport (John) papers

1919-1987

Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, and printed matter relating to economic conditions in the United States, laissez-faire and conservative political thought, right-to-work issues, and political conditions in southern Africa, especially Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Friedman (Milton) papers

1931-2006

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, printed matter, sound recordings, videotapes, and photographs relating to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States, and governmental economic policy. Digitized copies of many of the sound and video recordings in this collection, as well as some of Friedman's writings, are available at https://miltonfriedman.hoover.org. 

Goodrich (Pierre F.) papers

1950-1977

Correspondence, agenda, conference materials, memoranda, speeches, printed matter, and photographs related to activities of the Mont Pelerin Society, the nature of liberty, and laissez-faire economic theory.

Hartwell (R. M.) collection

1944-1990

Includes correspondence, minutes, conference papers, publications, and agenda of the Mont Pelerin Society, mainly in the form of photocopies, related to activities of the society in promoting laissez-faire economics and associated concepts of freedom. Includes questionnaires sent to Mont Pelerin Society members in 1984.

Hayek (Friedrich A. von) papers

1897-2005

Friedrich A. von Hayek, economist and Nobel Laureate. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, conference papers, conference programs, printed matter, sound recordings, photographs, and digital word processing files relating to laissez-faire economics and associated concepts of liberty, and especially to activities of the Mont Pèlerin Society.

Hutt (W. H. (William Harold)) papers

1925-1989

Contains speeches and writings, correspondence, pamphlets, serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to laissez-faire economic theory, and to economic conditions and race relations in South Africa by Hutt, a South African economist.

Liggio (Leonard P.) papers

1933-2014

Writings, correspondence, conference papers, personal documents, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to libertarian political and free market thought.

Mont Pèlerin Society records

1938-2022

Correspondence, conference papers, programs, meeting materials, schedules, minutes, financial and membership records, essays, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to economic policy, laissez-faire, and liberty. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

Popper (Sir Karl R.) papers

1928-1995

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to philosophy, the nature of knowledge, the philosophy of culture, the philosophy and methodology of science, and the philosophy of history and the social sciences.

Rogge (Benjamin A.) papers

1945-2005

The collection contains speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter related to laissez-faire economics and to economic conditions and higher education in the United States.

Schmölders (Günter) papers

1940-1985

Correspondence, speeches and writings, conference papers, minutes, reports, financial records, and printed matter relating to economic theory, monetary policy, and economic research foundations in West Germany.

Shultz (George Pratt) papers

1909-2021

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, photographs, phonotapes, videotapes, and memorabilia, relating to American domestic policy and foreign relations, especially during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Included are materials from his years in academia at the University of Chicago and at Stanford University, his work as an executive and a director at Bechtel Corporation, and the numerous projects and initiatives Shultz launched as Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Tullock (Gordon) papers

1927-2009

Writings, correspondence, studies, reports, financial records, and printed matter relating to public choice, decision-making theory, political and economic theory, and legal procedure.

Soviet economy

Photo: Ivan Alekseevich Kurganov papers, Box 3, Folder 34, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Farquhar (Percival) papers

1922-1928

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to negotiations between P. Farquhar and associates and the Soviet government concerning the development of Russia's iron ore and steel resources, and to the work of American engineers in the Soviet Union. Includes reports on the Makeeva Steel Works, the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore District and Ekaterina and Donets Basin railway developments.

Fil'shin (G. I.) interviews

1987-1997

Sound recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by Tatiana Zhilkina, relating to political conditions and especially to economic policy in the Soviet Union and Russian Republic. Includes some biographical materials on G. I. Fil'shin.

Gerhardt (Philipp) collection

1917-1995

Printed matter, letters, notes, bibliography, and photographs, relating to the Soviet economist Nikolai Kondrat'ev and to economic long-cycle theory. Includes printed copies and typed copies of writings by Kondrat'ev; holograph fragments by Kondrat'ev; typed copies of letters from Kondrat'ev to his wife; and letters by Elena Kondrat'eva, daughter of Kondrat'ev, relating to her father.

Gosudarstvennyi bank SSSR issuances

1925-1928

Statements, reports, and monthly economic surveys, relating to banking and general economic conditions in the Soviet Union.

Karcz (Jerzy F.) papers

1917-1970

Correspondence, writings, research notes, statistical surveys and reports, and miscellanea, relating to Soviet and East European agriculture and economics. Jerzy F. Karcz was also known as George Karcz.

Kurganov (Ivan Alekseevich) papers

1940-1980

Writings, correspondence, card files, and printed matter, relating to economics, anti-communist movements, and Russian émigré affairs. Includes records of the Koordinatsionnyi TSentr Antibol'shevistskoi Bor'by and some papers of Aleksandr Kerensky.

Lee (William Thomas) papers

1950-2001

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter, relating to Soviet armed forces, the Soviet economy, and American defense policy.

Leman family memoirs

2000s, undated 

Relates to economic conditions in Russia, especially Siberia, in the interwar period, and to economic policy of the Vysshii sovet narodnogo khoziaistva.

Litoshenko (Lev Nikolaevich) papers

1925-1927

Writings and photographs, relating to agriculture in the Soviet Union and industry in the United States. Includes drafts and final typescript of "Agrarian Policy in Soviet Russia before the Adoption of the Five Year Plan" (co-authored with Lincoln Hutchinson), and typescript of "Metody finansirovaniia amerikanskoi promyshlennosti." Writings sponsored by the Committee on Russian Research, Hoover War Library.

Nauchno-issledovatel'skii institut truda Zapadno-sibirskii filial records

1965-1993

Studies, reports, conference proceedings, statistics, and publications, relating to social and economic conditions and labor in Siberia.

Nutter (G. Warren) papers

1956-1978

Writings and memoranda relating to the calculation of industrial growth in the Soviet Union and to miscellaneous aspects of American defense policy. Includes drafts of G. Warren Nutter's book, Growth of Industrial Production in the Soviet Union (1962). Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

Pelikan (John M.) papers

1929-1932

Correspondence, contractual agreements, and clippings, relating to engineering operations and economic conditions in the Soviet Union, and to exit difficulties of J. M. Pelikan and his wife, a Soviet citizen. Photocopy.

Sokolov (B. N.) writings

1931-1932

Writings, entitled Soviet Dumping (1931), and Industry in the U.S.S.R. in 1931 (1932), relating to Soviet commerce and industry.

Soviet Union. Narodnyi komissariat finansov. Sekretariat miscellaneous records

1923-1937

Resolutions, protocols, and minutes of meetings, relating to financial and economic policy in the Soviet Union. Includes resolutions of the TSentral'nyi Ispolnitel'nyi Komitet, the Sovet Narodnykh Komissarov, and the Sovet Truda i Oborony.

Other

Atlas Network records

1946-2013

Correspondence, writings, memoranda, conference papers and other conference materials, fundraising and grant award records, other financial records, and printed matter relating to international promotion of free market economic policies.

Brozen (Yale) papers

1942-1988

Speeches, writings, correspondence, and course materials related to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States, and governmental economic policy.

Chelminski (Vladimir) papers

1894-2010

The Vladimir Chelminski papers contain extensive materials relating to economic and political conditions in Venezuela from the 1980s onward. The papers include many articles written by Chelminski for Venezuelan newspapers, as well as his book length study of price controls. There is also a detailed record of the workings of the Caracas Chamber of Commerce, including minutes of meetings and reports. Chelminski wrote summaries of many of his conversations with others on topics of economics and Venezuelan politics, which are found in the papers as well.

Chicago boys and Latin American market reformers collection

1992-2011

Sound recordings and transcripts of interviews, and associated material, relating to free market policies in Chile and elsewhere in Latin America, and to the influence of economists associated with the University of Chicago in instituting them. Interviews conducted by Tobias Switzer and William E. Ratliff. Those interviewed include Rolf Lüders Schwarzenberg, Sergio de Castro, Martín Costabal Llona, Alvaro Donoso, Ernesto Fontaine, Gonzalo Vial Correa, Miguel Schweitzer, Roberto Kelly, Domingo Cavallo and Hernán Cubillos Sallato.

Feiler (Arthur) papers

1911-1941

Clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and notes, relating to international economics and to German economics and politics, principally in the 1930s.

Fellner (William John) papers

1975-1983

Correspondence, speeches and writings, conference papers, reports, studies, testimony, charts, and statistics related to economic conditions and governmental economic policy in the United States, and laissez-faire economic theory, including particularly questions of unemployment, inflation, and monetary policy.

Fertig (Lawrence) papers

1943-1978

Speeches and writings, correspondence, printed matter, sound recordings, and motion picture film, relating to U.S. and international economic policy, and laissez-faire economics. 

Freeman (Roger A.) papers

1950-1990

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, speeches and writings, printed matter, and slides, relating to governmental problems in the state of Washington, 1950-1955, fiscal problems of Bolivia, 1957, international economic development, taxation (federal, state, and local), intergovernmental relations in the United States, public and private education from lower schools to university in the United States and the Soviet Union, and the growth of American government.

Gay (Edwin Francis) papers

1917-1927

 Correspondence, diary, reports, memoranda, and writings, relating to American economic mobilization and government control of the economy during World War I, and to activities of the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics, War Industries Board, War Trade Board, Shipping Board, and Commercial Economy Board, and to the American delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

Gray (Edward Rutherford) papers

1894-1979

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistics, and printed matter, relating to finances of federal, state, and local governments in the United States, and to post-World War II economic reconstruction in Europe.

Gresham (Harold Dean) papers

1920-1980

Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, studies, statistics, and printed matter, relating to American foreign trade policy, and to public finance and trade in Paraguay, Iran and Afghanistan.

Hansen (Kenneth R.) papers

1948-1982

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to the economic development of developing countries, technology transfer to developing countries, and American trade with and investment in developing countries. Some materials relate to American foreign trade and foreign aid policy during the presidential administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Harper (F. A.) papers

1930-1973

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, clippings, and other printed matter relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory, and to economic conditions and governmental economic policy in the United States.

Institute for Humane Studies miscellaneous records

1955-1975

Collection comprised of sound recordings of lectures by various economists and other speakers delivered at the Institute for Humane Studies, relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory; correspondence, memoranda and financial records, relating to production of the festschrift Toward Liberty (1971) in honor of the Austrian-American economist Ludwig von Mises, and to a visit to the United States by the Austrian economist Friedrich A. von Hayek in 1975.

Mattusch (Kurt R.) papers

1919-1969

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, and maps, relating to economic conditions in Germany and the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, the postwar occupation of Germany, the transition of India to independence, postwar economic conditions in South Korea, and the New York City politician Raymond V. Ingersoll.

Niskanen (William A.) papers

1959-1985

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, speeches, conference proceedings, minutes, press briefings, statistics, circulars, and printed matter, relating to American government administration and budgeting during the presidential administration of Richard M. Nixon, movements to limit taxation in the United States, and governmental economic policy during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan.

Rugina (Anghel N.) papers

1937-2005

Correspondence, writings, notes, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs, relating to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States and the world, Romanian émigré affairs, economic conditions in post-communist Romania, and the International Society for Intercommunication of New Ideas. A detailed handwritten description of the materials is located in box 1.

Young (Arthur N.) papers

1918-1982

Diary, correspondence, reports, studies, statistical summaries, financial statements, press releases, clippings, and ephemeral publications, relating to the European financial crisis following World War I, the work of the Reparations Commission in formulating the Dawes Plan in 1924, and the economic and financial situation in China, 1929-1946.