Overview
Teaching and administrative records of Harvard Business School professor Lincoln Gordon.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1961
Creator
- Gordon, Lincoln (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. HBS Archives collections require a secondary registration form, please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
3 linear feet (2 boxes)The papers of Lincoln Gordon cover a period from 1948-1961 with the bulk of these materials falling in the 1950s. The material documents the teaching activities of Gordon with special emphasis on international economic relations (ICR/IER cases). Also represented are administrative and government interests.
Biographical Note:
Abraham Lincoln Gordon was born in New York in 1913. He attended Harvard, graduating with high honors in 1933 and earned a PhD from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1936. He taught at Harvard Business School from 1946-1950 and was professor of international economic relations from 1955-1961. He resigned in 1961 to become the ambassador to Brazil under the Kennedy administration. He died near Washington D.C. in 2009.
Series Outline
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series I. Teaching Notes and Course Material, 1948-1960
- Series II. Straus Committee Report, 1958
- Series III. Administrative Records, 1948-1960
Physical Location
ARCFA
Processing Information
Processed: December 1993
By: Carole Foster
Creator
- Gordon, Lincoln (Person)
- Title
- Gordon, Lincoln. Lincoln Gordon Papers, 1948-1961: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00137
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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