Economists’ Papers Archive
Since beginning its program to preserve the papers of distinguished economists in the 1980s, Duke’s Rubenstein Library has received the personal and professional papers of more than seventy significant economists, including twelve Nobel laureates. These collections offer an essential resource to researchers in the history of economic thought, and are frequently consulted by scholars from around the globe. Together with Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy—and developed in cooperation with faculty there—the Archive has become a locus for exciting collaborations and discoveries, furthering our understanding of the development of the economic policies and principles that influence contemporary life.
The collections contain a wealth of unique research material on virtually every area of modern economics, from the notebooks of the founder of the Austrian school of economic thought, Carl Menger, to the correspondence files of Paul Samuelson, one of the past century’s most influential intellectuals. Topics covered in particular depth include game theory, in the papers of Leonid Hurwicz, Oskar Morgenstern, Martin Shubik, Vernon Smith, and others; public policy, including the papers of Kenneth Arrow, Arthur Burns, Juanita Kreps, Robert Lucas, and Franco Modigliani; and macroeconomic topics, including the papers of Robert Solow, Edward Prescott, and many others. The library is actively acquiring new collections as well as organizing and cataloging existing papers.
In addition to the papers of individual economists, the library also holds the records of several organizations and journals important for the history of economic thought. Chief among these are the records of the American Economic Association, founded in 1885.
To donate materials Please contact Sara Seten Berghausen, Associate Curator of Collections, at [email protected] or 919-660-5958.
To apply for research fellowships See the information provided by Duke's Center for the History of Political Economy (http://hope.econ.duke.edu/) about applying for fellowships or funding to visit and use the collections.
To help process collections Students can gain valuable archival experience and subject knowledge by helping to make our collections more accessible. Library school students should contact Sara Seten Berghausen at [email protected] for information about field experience opportunities; graduate students in economics should inquire about the Library Archival Fellow program offered through Duke's Center for the History of Political Economy (http://hope.econ.duke.edu/)
An annotated list of holdings in the Economists’ Papers Archive can be found at https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/economists/collections
*Maurice Allais Walter Lippmann (microfilm) American Economic Association *Robert E. Lucas *Kenneth J. Arrow Thomas Mayer Anthony Barnes Atkinson Lionel W. McKenzie Raymond C. Battalio Gerald M. Meier William J. Baumol Carl Menger Barbara Bergmann Karl Menger Arthur I. Bloomfield Lloyd Metzler Martin Bronfenbrenner *Franco Modigliani Edwin Burmeister Oskar Morgenstern Arthur Burns Sir Anthony Musgrave Edward H. Chamberlin Marc L. Nerlove Jesse Chickering *Douglass C. North John Chipman Don Patinkin Robert Clower Mark Perlman W. M. (Max) Corden Charlotte D. Phelps Lauchlin Bernard Currie *Edward C. Prescott Paul Davidson Roy Radner *Peter Diamond Benjamin Ratchford Evsey D. Domar Albert E. (Everett) Rees Frank Whitson Fetter Marcel (Ket) Richter Franklin M. Fisher Charles F. Roos Bruno Foa *Alvin Roth Duncan Foley *Paul A. Samuelson Jim Friedman Herbert Scarf William H. Glasson Anna Schwartz Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Tibor Scitovsky W. M. Gorman Martin Shubik Earl J. Hamilton Leonard Silk *Friedrich August Hayek (microfilm) *Vernon L. Smith Clifford Hildreth *Robert M. Solow Randall Hinshaw Joseph John Spengler History of Political Economy Wolfgang F. Stolper Calvin Bryce Hoover Anita Arrow Summers *Leonid Hurwicz Robert Summers Homer Jones Jack Treynor *Lawrence Klein John Van Huyck Juanita Morris Kreps William Volker Fund Axel Leijonhufvud E. Roy Weintraub H. (Harold) Gregg Lewis Sidney Weintraub
April 2020