J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe Papers: Additions, 1919-1981, bulk 1960-1969

Summary

Creators:

Condliffe, J. B. (John Bell), 1891-1981

Abstract:

Correspondence (personal and professional); manuscripts of his autobiography and other writings, speeches, and lecture notes; correspondence and subject files relating to his work with Stanford Research Institute; Subject files; clippings, and miscellaneous personal papers concerning his life and activities with family, friends, and associates involved in teaching and writing.

Extent:

Number of containers: 14 boxes, 24 cartons, 1 oversize folder Linear feet: 35.8

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

These additions to Professor Condliffe's papers contain personal and professional correspondence, subject files, writings, scrapbooks, notes, and personal Papers, documenting the personal and professional activities of John B. Condliffe, for the period from 1919 to 1981.

While completing the original collection of Condliffe's correspondence and subject files, this addition to his papers also contains the files from his tenure at Stanford Research Institute, ca. 1961-67.

Other parts of his papers supplemented by these additions include Condliffe's writings, including drafts for his work, Corporate Enterprise, along with many books and articles. The addition also includes materials reflecting Condliffe's teaching activities, as well as miscellaneous personal materials.

Biographical / historical:

J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe was born in Melbourne Australia on December 23, 1891 to Alfred Bell and Margaret Condliffe. He attended Canterbury University, and Gonville and Caius Colleges,Cambridge University . He married Olive G. Mills in 1916 and they had three children: John Charles, Peter George, and Margaret Mary.

Condliffe's teaching career included positions as Professor of Economics at Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand,1920-26; Research Secretary at the Institute of Pacific Relations; Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, 1930-31; member of the League of Nations Secretariat,1931-37; Professor of Commerce at the London School of Economics, 1937-39; Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley,1940-58; and, Senior Economist at Stanford Research Institute, 1961-67.

Condliffe published several books and articles during his active professional life. These include The Reconstruction of World Trade: A Survey of International Economic Relations (1940), The Development of Australia (1964), and Te Rangi Hiroa: The Life of Sir Peter Buck (1971), as well as several books on New Zealand, including The Welfare State in New Zealand (1959), and The Economic Outlook for New Zealand (1969).

Throughout his career, Condliffe served on many committees and was active in several organizations. His accomplishments were recognized by several awards, including the Henry E. Howland Memorial Prize at Yale University (1939) the Wendell Willkie Prize in 1950, and the Sir James Wattie Prize in 1972.

Additional biographical information may be found in the prefatory pages of the finding aid to the J. B. (John Bell) Condliffe Papers, [ca. 1916-1981], BANC MSS C-B 901.

Acquisition information:

Additions to the John B. Condliffe Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Professor Condliffe in numerous installments over the years from 1970 through 1981.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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