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1 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 INTRODUCTION (1) Document Order: The Project Archivist generally arranged the documents in the Collection in the order in which they were found in their original boxes and filing cabinet drawers. Publications without dates were generally dated by reviewing the dates of sources or references and using the latest year shown. These documents were assigned a circa (“c.”) or “post” date. Some articles of similar title and subject matter, or several articles from one specific journal, were grouped together. (2) Date Range: The earliest publication is dated 1933. The most recent is dated 2008. (3) Folder List Format: For each box in the Collection, the first page of the Folder list for that box provides the following information: “Pages”. This is the number of pages in each document. The front and back covers of bound documents are normally included in the page count. “Location/Contents”. This is the Box Number/Title and the description of each document in that box. (4) Biographical/Historical Note: The Collection consists of the personal papers of Economist Hyman Phillip Minsky (Sept. 23, 1919 - Oct. 24, 1996). For a biography of Prof. Minsky see: [www.levy.org/minsky.aspx]. (5) Brief History of the Levy Economics Institute: The Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College was established in 1986 through the generous support of Bard College Trustee Leon Levy (1926- 2003). For a biography of Leon Levy see: [www.levy.org/llevy.aspx]. The Institute was renamed “The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College” in Oct. 2001. There are many references to the “Jerome” Levy Economics Institute, in the documents written prior to 2001, in the Minsky Collection. (6) Abstracts Of Hyman P. Minsky’s Publications by Taun Toay, 2003 and 2004: In 2003 and 2004, Taun Toay, Exec. Assist. to the VP, Levy Economics Institute, reviewed many of Prof. Minsky’s publications. He developed abstracts for these documents and summarized Minsky’s ideas about various aspects of economics’ theory. He divided the documents he reviewed and abstracted into the following four sections: Section One: Central Banks Section Two: The Financial Instability Hypothesis Section Three: Poverty, Politics, And Other Works 1 2 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 Section Four: Keynes And Methodology These sections and the abstracts of the documents that Taun Toay assigned to each, are maintained in Boxes 1, 2 and 3 (see below). The numbering code assigned these documents by Taun Toay has also been maintained. Documents are listed as “[Document Abstract Number]” and may be keyword searched. Box 1: Abstracts of Publications: Section One - Central Banks Box 2: Abstracts of Publications: Section Two - The Financial Instability Hypothesis Abstracts of Publications: Section Three - Poverty. Politics. And Other Works Box 3: Abstracts of Publications: Section Four - Keynes And Methodology (7) Research by Triveni Kuchi, former Levy Economics Institute Librarian, 1997 Between 1996 and 1998, Triveni Kuchi, the then Levy Economics Institute Librarian, and one research assistant, systematically obtained copies of more than seventy of Prof. Minsky's articles, using the Inter-Library loan network and databases available at the time. They then scanned the majority of these articles onto floppy disks, using a simple text format. This was part of a research project on the work of Prof. Minsky. Ms. Kuchi’s research documentation is housed in Box 35. (8) Hyman P. Minsky Correspondence The Collection includes extensive correspondence for the period 1954-1996. The majority of the letters are either written by Prof. Minsky or to him. Many letters were apparently grouped together by topic by previous researchers. Letters written in response to a letter are often likewise grouped together by staple and/or paperclip. The Project Archivist replaced all metal paperclips found in the correspondence with archivally appropriate plastic paperclips, however, the majority of metal staples were not replaced for the sake of expediency. These metal staples could be removed by future archivists or researchers for processes such as scanning. The majority of the letters in the Collection are arranged chronologically in five boxes: Box 28: Correspondence: (Box 1 of 5): 1954 - 1967 Box 29: Correspondence: (Box 2 of 5): 1967 - 1973 Box 30: Correspondence: (Box 3 of 5): 1974 - 1979 Box 31: Correspondence: (Box 4 of 5): 1980 - 1988 Box 32: Correspondence: (Box 5 of 5): 1988 - 1996 There are also many letters and FAXes in the main body of the Collection. The Archivist chose to leave these letters separate from the five boxes for the sake of expediency. 2 3 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 (9) Hyman P. Minsky’s Teaching and Research Notes and Unpublished Manuscripts. “Teaching and Research Notes: Box 1” and “Teaching and Research Notes: Box 2” were originally housed in two drawers of a filing cabinet with those labels. There are also many documents pertaining to Prof. Minsky’s teaching and research that are found throughout the entire collection. There are a large number of “handwritten notes” by Prof. Minsky throughout the Collection. Many of these documents may never have been further revised or published. To find these documents, researchers can do keyword searches for “handwritten notes”. (10) Months of the Year in Italian: A number of documents in the Collection are written in Italian. The Italian monthly calendar is thus listed below in Italian and English: Gennaio (January) Febbraio (February) Marzo (March) Aprile (April) Maggio (May) Giugno (June) Luglio (July) Agosto (August) Settembre (September) Ottobre (October) Novembre (November) Dicembre (December) (11) Days of the Week in Italian: A number of documents in the Collection are written in Italian. The Italian weekly calendar is thus listed below in Italian and English. The days of the week (i giorni della settimana) are not capitalized in Italian. The week begins with Monday. lunedì (Monday) martedì (Tuesday) mercoledì (Wednesday) giovedì (Thursday) venerdì (Friday) 3 4 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 sabato (Saturday) domenica (Sunday) (12) Translation of Documents into English A number of documents in the Collection are written in Italian, German and Norwegian. The following two websites were used to translate individual words, titles, and short phrases into English [http://babelfish.yahoo.com/] and [translate.google.com]. (13) Acronyms Admin. Administration Assist. Assistant Assoc. Associate Corp. Corporation Dept. Department Dir. Director Dirs. Directors Ed. Editor Eds. Editors, Editorials Exec. Executive FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FRB Federal Reserve Bank FRS FRS NBER National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. NTBFs New Technology-Based Firms Prof. Professor Profs. Professors Pub. Publisher, Publishers Univ. University USGPO U.S. Government Printing Office VP Vice President 4 5 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 INDEX: BOX LISTING Box 1: Abstracts of Publications: Section One - Central Banks -Hyman P. Minsky Archival Collection 2007-2009: Administrative Files Box 2: Abstracts of Publications: Section Two - The Financial Instability Hypothesis Abstracts of Publications: Section Three - Poverty. Politics. And Other Works Box 3: Abstracts of Publications: Section Four - Keynes And Methodology Box 4: Hyman B. Minsky - Biographical -FOLDER: 1997/2005 Letters from/to Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Exec. Dir., The Levy Economics Institute, requesting permission to reprint and include articles of Hyman P. Minsky, in a proposed new publication of the collected papers of Hyman P. Minsky. Box 5: Undergraduate Lecture Notes c. 1942/1943. Handwritten notes for Ph.D. Thesis, 1949/1950 Box 6: Documents/Publications Box 7: Documents/Publications Box 8: Documents/Publications Box 9: Documents/Publications Box 10: Documents/Publications Box 11: Documents/Publications Box 12: Documents/Publications Box 13: Documents/Publications Box 14: Documents/Publications Box 15: Documents/Publications Box 16: Documents/Publications 5 6 HYMAN P. MINSKY COLLECTION: FOLDER LIST The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Bruce MacMillan, Project Archivist March 2009 Box 17: Documents/Publications Box 18: Documents/Publications Box 19: Documents/Publications Box 20: Documents/Publications Box 21: Misc. Financial Publications: U.S. Institutions (Some References to Minsky) Box 22: Misc. Financial Publications: Canada, Other International Institutions Box 23: Documents/Publications Box 24: Statements by Prof. Minsky Before U.S. Congressional Committees, Washington, DC, c. 1957-1995 Box 25: Prof. Minsky. Administrative Files (Box 1 of 2) Box 26: Prof. Minsky. Administrative Files (Box 2 of 2) Box 27: Documents/Publications Box 28: Correspondence: (Box 1 of 5): 1954 - 1967 Box 29: Correspondence: (Box 2 of 5): 1967 - 1973 Box 30: Correspondence: (Box 3 of 5): 1974 - 1979 Box 31: Correspondence: (Box 4 of 5): 1980 - 1988 Box 32: Correspondence: (Box 5 of 5): 1988 - 1996 Box 33: Teaching and Research Notes: Box 1 of 2 Box 34: Teaching and Research Notes: Box 2 of 2 Box 35: Research
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