Milton Friedman papers, 1931-2006

Summary

Creators:

Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006

Abstract:

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.

Extent:

227 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 4 card file boxes, 1 slide box, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder (99.9 Linear Feet)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Milton Friedman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Milton Friedman papers include a variety of materials relating to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States, and governmental economic policy. Friedman interacted with a wide network of academics, economists, and politicians, with whom he corresponded frequently. The papers display his thoughts and expertise in extensive correspondence, speeches and writings, collected research materials, statistics, printed materials, and photographs, as well as sound and video recordings.

Biographical / historical:

Date	Event
1912 July 31	Born, Brooklyn, New York
1932	B.A., Rutgers University
1933	M.A., University of Chicago
1934-1935	Research assistant, Social Science Research Committee, University of Chicago
1935-1937	Associate economist, National Resources Committee, Washington, D.C.
1937-1940	Lecturer, Columbia University
1937-1946, 1948-1981	Member, Research Staff, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York
1938	Married Rose Director
1940-1941	Visiting professor of economics, University of Wisconsin
1941-1943	Principal economist, Division of Tax Research, U.S. Treasury Department
1942	Professor, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Washington, D.C.
1943	Author (with Carl S. Shoup and Ruth P. Mack), Taxing to Prevent Inflation
1943-1945	Associate director, Statistical Research Group, Division of War Research, Columbia University
1945	Author (with Simon S. Kuznets), Income from Independent Professional Practice
1945-1946	Associate professor of economics and statistics, University of Minnesota
1946	Ph.D., Columbia University
1946-1948	Associate professor of economics, University of Chicago
1948	Author (with Harold A. Freeman, Frederic Mosteller, W. Allen Wallis), Sampling Inspection
1948-1982	Professor of economics, University of Chicago
1950	Consultant, Economic Cooperation Administration, Office of the United States Special Representative in Europe, Paris
1953	Author, Essays in Positive Economics
1956-1979	Council of Academic Advisers, American Enterprise Institute
1957	Author, A Theory of the Consumption Function
1960	Author, A Program for Monetary Stability
1962	Author, Price Theory: A Provisional Text Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Capitalism and Freedom
1963	Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 Author, Inflation: Causes and Consequences
1968	Author, Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments
1968-1994	Advisory Board, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
1969	Author, The Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays
1969-1970	Member, The President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force
1970	Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), Monetary Statistics of the United States
1972	Author, An Economist's Protest: Columns on Political Economy
1973	Member, The President's Commission on White House Fellows
1975	Author, There Is no Such Thing as a Free Lunch
1976	Author, Price Theory Recipient, Nobel Prize in Economics
1977-	Senior research fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, California
1978	Author, Tax Limitation, Inflation and the Role of Government
1980	Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Free to Choose, and presenter of a ten-part TV series on PBS of the same title.
1981-1988	Member, The President's Economic Policy Advisory Board
1982	Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), Monetary Trends in the U.S. and the United Kingdom
1983	Author, Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest
1983-	Professor emeritus, University of Chicago
1984	Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Tyranny of the Status Quo, and presenter of a three part PBS television program of the same title.
1986	Awarded the Grand Cordon of the First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japanese Government)
1988	Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarded the National Medal of Science
1992	Author (with Thomas S. Szasz), edited and with a preface by Arnold S. Trebach and Kevin B. Zeese, Friedman and Szasz on Liberty and Drugs: Essays on the Free Market and Prohibition Author, Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History
1992-	Active Member, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea (European Academy of Sciences and Arts)
1993-	Founding Member, National Coalition for Drug Policy Change
1996-	Chairman, Board of Directors, Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation to promote public understanding of the need for major reform in K-12 education and the role that competition through educational choice can play in achieving that reform
1998	Author (with Rose D. Friedman) Two Lucky People: Memoirs
1999-	Member, Advisory Board, California Parents for Educational Choice
2006	Died

Acquisition information:

First acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977, the collection includes additions from the 1980s until 2007 in boxes 109-112 and a large increment in boxes 113-235 acquired in 2008.

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Collected Works of Milton Friedman website, http://miltonfriedman.hoover.org Collected Works of Milton Friedman Project records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose conference proceedings, 2003, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Free to Choose: video tape, 1980, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Alternative form available:

Also available on microfilm (226 reels). 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.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Free enterprise
Economics
Economists
Audiotapes
Video tapes

Names:

Reagan, Ronald

Places:

United States -- Economic policy
United States -- Economic conditions

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; there is digitized content from this collection available. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Milton Friedman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:

Hoover Institution

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