Finding Aid for the Thomas Nixon Carver papers, 1910-1961, bulk 1932-1961
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Title: Thomas Nixon Carver papers
Date (bulk): 1910-1961, bulk 1932-1961
Collection number: 858
Creator:
Carver, Thomas Nixon, 1865-1961.
Extent:
12 boxes (6 linear ft.)
1 oversize box.
Abstract: This collection consists of manuscripts, lectures, articles, speeches, correspondence, memos, photographs, scrapbooks, and
printed materials related to the life and career of economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver. Carver was the author of many
books, including
The Distribution of Wealth (1913),
Essays in Social Justice (1915), and
Principles of National Economy (1921). Correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Albert B. Hart, Max Farrand, William Allen White, and Robert G. Sproul.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Leighton, 1964.
[Identification of item], Thomas Nixon Carver papers (Collection Number 858). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, UCLA.
Carver was born near Kirkville, IA, in 1865; BA, Univ. of Southern CA, 1891; Ph.D, Cornell, 1894; assoc. professor of economics,
Oberlin College, 1894-1900; professor, Harvard, 1900-32; advisor in agriculture economics, USDA, 1913-15; advisor, editorial
and research division, National Republican Party, 1936; professor of economics, UCLA, 1934-35 and 1938-39; professor, Occidental
College, 1939-40; author of many books, including
The Distribution of Wealth (1913),
Essays in Social Justice (1915), and
Principles of National Economy (1921); died in 1961.
Collection consists of manuscripts, lectures, articles, speeches, correspondence, memos, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed
materials related to the life and career of economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover,
Albert B. Hart, Max Farrand, William Allen White, and Robert G. Sproul.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (boxes 1-2)
- Manuscript articles, speeches, etc. (boxes 3-10)
- Printed writings (boxes 11-12)
- Clippings of articles by Carver (box 13).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Carver, Thomas Nixon, 1865-1961 --Archives.
Economists --United States --Archival resources.
Universities and colleges --Faculty --United States --Archival resources.
Container List
Carver, Thomas Nixon, 1865-1961. Papers. v.p. ca. 1910-1961.
Physical Description: 12 boxes and 3 volumes (oversize package).
Physical Description: Manuscripts, photographs, and printed material.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and memoranda; manuscripts and galleys of articles, books, and speeches; photographs; and printed articles
of Thomas Nixon Carver, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1900-1932; UCLA, 1934-1935, 1938-1939; Occidental College,
1939-1940; Director, Rural Organization Service, 1913-1914, and Adviser, Agriculture Economics, 1913-1915, U.S. Department
of Agriculture; and Adviser, Editorial and Research Division, National Republican Party, 1936.
Among the correspondents in the papers are the following:
- Henry J. Haskell
- Charles C. Teague
- Mark Sullivan
- Franklin W. Ryan
- Robert A. Millikin
- Kathryn McHale
- Dugald C. Jackson
- Herbert C. Hoover
- Irénée DuPont
- Albert B. Hart
- Norman E. Himes
- Paul G. Hoffman
- Max Farrand
- Harrison Chandler
- James B. Conant
- Harold H. Burbank
- Henry B. Ward
- William A. White
- Leonard E. Read
- William B. Munro
- Arthur G. Coons
- Robert G. Sproul
- Boxes 1-2: Correspondence
- Boxes 3-10: Manuscripts of articles, speeches, etc.
- Boxes 11-12: Printed writings
- Oversize Box 13: Three scrapbooks containing clippings of Carver's articles in the Los Angeles Times, 1954-1959.