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Description

1. 40.5

Summary

1. Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, book typescripts, photographs, and printed materials covering the time from Dorfman's early interest, as a graduate student, in the economic thought of Thorstein Veblen until his retirement. There is correspondence with his academic colleagues, students, publishers, and the family and students of Thorstein Veblen, as well as manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, revisions, notes, photographs, pamphlets, and related materials for his articles and books which include: THORSTEIN VEBLEN AND HIS AMERICA, 1934; THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, 1946-1959; EARLY AMERICAN POLICY, 1960; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, 1963; TYPES OF ECONOMIC THEORY, 1967; and NEW LIGHT ON VEBLEN, 1973
2. There are manuscript and typescript notes for articles on John Bates Clark, Wesley C. Mitchell, Edwin R. A. Seligman, and Rexford G. Tugwell, as well as lectures and articles by these professors. There are Dorfman's own lectures, lecture notes, reading lists, and other course materials, drafts for articles, as well as notes and related papers for many conferences on economics.
3. There are small groups of correspondence files and papers acquired from other economists, such as John Bates Clark, John Maurice Clark, H. J. Davenport, N. A. L. J. Johannsen, Roswell C. McCrea, Wesley C. Mitchell, Edwin R. A. Seligman, Rexford G. Tugwell, and Thorstein Veblen. Among the cataloged correspondence are: Roger Nash Baldwin, Wesley C. Mitchell, Lewis Mumford, George Bernard Shaw, Upton Sinclair, and Thorstein Veblen.

Subject

1. Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
2. Baruch, Bernard M., 1870-1965
3. Beard, Charles A, 1874-1948
4. Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971
5. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
6. Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
7. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947
8. Clark, John Maurice, 1884-1963
9. Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
10. Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938
11. Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982
12. Dewey, John, 1859-1952
13. Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
14. Eastman, Max, 1883-1969
15. Edison, Thomas A., 1847-1931
16. Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954
17. Erskine, John, 1879-1951
18. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
19. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
20. Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940
21. Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
22. Kahn, Otto H., 1867-1934
23. Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
24. Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950
25. McCrea, Roswell C, 1876-1951
26. Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
27. Mencken, H. L., 1880-1956
28. Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983
29. Patten, Simon N, 1852-1922
30. Richmond, Mary Ellen, 1861-1928
31. Roosevelt, Franklin D, 1882-1945
32. Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994
33. Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936
34. Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
35. Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970
36. Taft, William H, 1857-1930
37. Tarbell, Ida M, 1857-1944
38. Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975
39. Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972
40. Wagner, Robert F, 1877-1953
41. Wallace, Henry A, 1888-1965
42. Willkie, Wendell L, 1892-1944
43. Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978
44. Johannsen, N, 1844-1928
45. Baldwin, Roger N, 1884-1981
46. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
47. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
48. Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929
49. Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
50. Mitchell, Wesley C, 1874-1948
51. Tugwell, Rexford G, 1891-1979
52. Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938
53. Seligman, Edwin R. A, 1861-1939
54. Columbia University -- Faculty.
55. Economic policy
56. Economics -- Study and teaching
57. Economics -- Research
58. Money
59. Finance
60. Economists
61. College teachers

Genre/Form

1. Agendas (administrative records)
2. Agreements
3. Articles
4. Bibliographies
5. Essays
6. Histories
7. Interviews
8. Invitations
9. Lecture notes
10. Lectures
11. Medical records
12. Memorandums
13. Microfilms
14. Monographs
15. Notebooks
16. Notes (documents)
17. Obituaries
18. Outlines (documents)
19. Photographs
20. Proceedings (reports)
21. Reprints
22. Reviews (documents)
23. Statistics
24. Statutes
25. Syllabi
26. Transcripts

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3-88. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
2. This collection has no restrictions.

Cite as (note)

1. Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph Dorfman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Original location (note)

1. 2 W.C. Mitchell manuscripts from Box 38 ("Criticism of Modern Civilization", 40p. & "Money, Economy and Modern Civilization", 56p.): are also available on microfilm.
2. Boxes 61-64 containing correspondence of and about Veblen are also available on microfilm.
3. Boxes 67-70 containing student's class notes on Thorstein Veblen's lectures are also available on microfilm.

Terms of use (note)

1. Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Source (note)

1. Source of acquisition--Dorfman, Mrs. Joseph. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/29/87. Accession number--M-87-10-29.
2. Microfilm of 2 W.C. Mitchell manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Addition; Date of acquisition--1993. Accession number--M-1993.

Biography (note)

1. American economic historian, teacher. Professor of Economics at Columbia University since 1931. He died in 1991.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Mrs Joseph Dorfman, 1987 & 1992.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed HR 11/21/89.
2. Microfilm of 2 W.C. Mitchell manuscripts Processed HR 10/14/94.