Harvard University Department of Economics records from chairmanship of Harold Hitchings Burbank
Overview
Harold Hitchings Burbank (1887-1951) had considerable influcence on the Department of Econcomics through the first half of the twentieth century. These records document the administration of the Harvard Univeristy Department of Economics during that time.
Dates
- Creation: 1902 - 1950
Creator
- Harvard University. Department of Economics (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Portions are closed to research. Harvard University records are closed to research for at least 50 years from the date of the file. Student and personnel records are closed for 80 years.
Extent
10 cubic feet (31 boxes)These records document the administration of the Harvard Univeristy Department of Economics during the time it was lead by Harold Hitchings Burbank. A small percentage records relating to routine operational matters, such as staffing and scholarships, pre-date Burbank's chairmanship, but none of the records originate after Burank's tenure. A portion of the records reflect the impact of the war effort on the department during World War II.
Biographical / Historical
The Harvard University Department of Economics was established in 1897 in the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences under the Division of History, Government, and Economics. The first professor who taught economics full-time at Harvard was Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830-1900).
Harold Hitchings Burbank (1887-1951) had considerable influcence on the Department of Econcomics through the first half of the twentieth century, although direct impact from his scholarship on the field of economics was slight. Burbank was on the faculty of the Department of Economics from 1915 until his death in 1951 and served as Chair of the Department from 1927 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1949. Burbank also was in charge of the tutorial system for the Division of History, Government, and Economics.
Source: Mason, Edward Sagendorph. The Harvard Department of Economics from the Beginning to World War II
. The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Oxford, England : Oxford University Press) Vol. 97, No. 3 (Aug., 1982), pp. 383-433. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1885870
Arrangement of the records
While portions of the records are in alphabetical or chronological sequences, the archivists were unable to discern any over-arching organizational method for these records. The inventory lists the records in the order in which they were aquired in 1952.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from the Department of Economics circa 1952.
Processing Information
This inventory encoded by Kate Bowers in March 2018 chiefly from a paper inventory on file in the Harvard University Archives reading room. All titles for series, subseries, and folders were assigned by the Department and come either from the paper inventory or on the folders themselves. Archivists confirmed the accuracy of the list for all series except for the financial records.
Creator
- Harvard University. Department of Economics (Organization)
Subject
- Burbank, Harold H., 1887-1951 (Person)
- Title
- Harvard University. Department of Economics. Harvard University Department of Economics records from chairmanship of Harold Hitchings Burbank, 1902-1950 : an inventory
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua17018
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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