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MODES for Windows Print Marshall Library of Economics Marshall Papers Section 5 Late notes in bundles Identity code Marshall 5 Description level 3 Content Summary Notes in bundles and loose. This important section contains Marshall's later working notes. Many of them are undated, but on the whole they appear to date from the late 1880's onwards. Many of them are on small sheets of paper with punched filing holes through the top left corner. It is likely that these notes were kept by Marshall in the large number of small drawers that appear in the background of some late photographs of him at home. Summary These notes have been listed in some detail, so that researchers can best locate pages relating to their subject. Often single pages may be within a very large, mixed bundle. Note THIS SECTION HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THE PRESENT ARCHIVIST FOUND IT. Identity code Marshall 5/1 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (1) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Marshall, Alfred Date 1923.9.26 Document form Record type Notes Specific type Academic notes Acquisition Summary Not known Title Material for Ye Summary of A.M. hys Utterances Content Summary Very late notes connected with Marshall's proposed volume on economic progress. Summary 1 p. title sheet in red ink on reverse of note on chief aim of economic science; 3 pp. headed 'Constructive and restrictive influences of competition,' which give Marshall's definition of fair price, reasons why competition tends to set up fair level of prices. Examines inequality of people's prospects in light of parental wealth. Last page originally headed 'Economic Progress: Concluding Observations', on reverse is deleted list of new order of proposed book. Person Name Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 1 title sheet 127 mm x 203 mm, 3 sheets blue foolscap Condition Cover sheet very dirty and creased, torn top left corner, ink blot on 1st blue sheet Physical descript Summary Red Box 1 was wooden-sided box 310 mm x 395 mm x 53 mm deep, bottom and hinged top of red cloth-covered card. Sides covered with brown and black marbled paper. Hinged side reinforced with cream cloth, mended with additional fabric. Manufactured by Henry Stone and Son, Banbury. Side opposite hinge labelled by Marshall "Progress and Ideals" on blue paper, hinge side has "Last Book" in ink. Label on lid in Marshall's hand has been torn off. Remaining text as photocopy. Box disposed of 14.7.1998. Publication record Type Reference Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/1 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Marshall, Alfred Date 1910 Document form Record type Notes Specific type Academic notes Acquisition Summary Not known Title Content Summary 3 pp. statistics in red ink made by Marshall, probably from Ethel M. Elderton and Karl Pearson 'A first study of the influence of parental alcoholism on the physique and ability of the offspring.' On reverse of one sheet is draft page of Marshall's letter to 'Times' on Pearson's conclusion that parental intemperance has no causal relation to filial degeneration, as reiterated in recent memoir of Galton Laboratory. Text most closely ressembles Marshall's published letter of ?4 August 1910. Free field Person Name Elderton, Ethel M. & Pearson, Karl Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 3 sheets foolscap Condition Creased, otherwise sound Publication record Type Reference Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/2 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer for the Cambridge Review Name Whetham, William Cecil Dampier & Dampier, William Cecil SEE Whetham Descriptor College lecturer in Natural Science and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Date 1910.6.16 Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Periodical Acquisition Summary Not known Title Heredity and environment Content Summary Pages 493-6 torn from The Cambridge Review for article 'Heredity and Environment' by William Cecil Dampier Whetham [writing as W.C.D.W.] on work of [Ethel M.] Elderton and [Karl] Pearson and [David] Heron published in Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs. Person Name Elderton, Ethel M. & Pearson, Karl & Heron, David Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 2 sheets 217 mm x 285 mm torn from printed volume Condition Creased on folds, torn edge Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/3 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Keynes, John Maynard Descriptor Date 1910.7 Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Journal offprint Acquisition Summary Not known Title Reviews of statistical and economic books Content Summary Keynes' highly critical review of 'A first study of the influence of parental alcoholism on the physique and ability of the offspring' by Ethel M. Elderton and Karl Pearson, reprinted from 'Journal of the Royal Statistical Society', Vol.73, part 7 (July 1910), pp. 769-773. Free field Person Name Elderton, Ethel M. & Pearson, Karl Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 2 sheets folded to Demy Octavo 140 mm x 217 mm, stitched Condition Creased vertically down centre, otherwise sound Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/4 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Pearson, Karl Descriptor Director of The Francis Galton Eugenics Laboratory, University College London Date 1910.9? Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Pamphlet Acquisition Summary Not known Title Questions of the Day and of the Fray, No. 1. Supplement to the Memoir entitled: The Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring, A Reply to the Cambridge Economists Content Summary Pamphlet published under auspices of Department of Applied Mathematics, University College, London which refutes in detail John Maynard Keynes' and Alfred Marshall's criticisms of Pearson and Elderton's work. Free field Lengthy annotations by Marshall. Person Name Marshall, Alfred & Keynes, John Maynard Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 26 pp. stitched octavo pamphlet with brown paper cover Condition Sound Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/5 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Keynes, John Maynard Descriptor Date 1911 Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Journal offprint Acquisition Summary Not known Title Influence of Parental Alcoholism Content Summary Text of letter from Keynes to Editors of 'Journal of Royal Statistical Society', replying to Karl Pearson's criticism of Keynes' review of 'The Influence of Parental Alcoholism on the Physique and Ability of the Offspring'. Originally published in Vol. 74, part 1 (Dec 1910), pp. 114-121, reprinted for private circulation. Free field Person Name Pearson, Karl & Elderton, Ethel M. Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 8 pp. stitched octavo pamphlet, glued into blue paper cover Condition Sound Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/6 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writers Name Sturge, Mary Darby & Horsley, Victor Alexander Haden, Sir Descriptor Doctor of Medicine & Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery and Consulting Surgeon at University College Hospital, London Date 1911.1.14 Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Journal offprint Acquisition Summary Not known Title On Some of the Biological and Statistical Errors in the Work on Parental Alcoholism by Miss Elderton and Professor Karl Pearson Content Summary Considers Pearson's work seriously flawed, has issued 'statistically undemonstrable statements'. Detailed 30 page article originally published in 'British Medical Journal'. Free field Person Name Pearson, Karl & Elderton, Ethel M. Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 30 pp. octavo pamphlet stapled into grey card cover Condition Rusty staples removed 3 Dec 1997, otherwise sound Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/2/7 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (2) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writers Name Marshall, Alfred & Pearson, Karl & Galton, Francis & Sturge, Mary Darby & Horsley, Victor Alexander Haden, Sir & Donkin, H.B. & Crackanthorpe, Montague & Whittaker, Thomas P. & Pigou, Arthur Cecil Date 1910.5.21-1913.8.12 Document form Record type Printed publication Specific type Newspaper cuttings Acquisition Summary Not known Title Content Summary Envelope headed 'Karl Pearson on Wage Statistics and Alcoholism' containing 32 press cuttings from duration of controversy. Mainly correspondence from 'Times', also some articles. Two cuttings sent to Marshall by Romeike and Curtice Press agency. Free field Envelope annotated 'May interest J.M.K[eynes]' by Marshall Person Name Subject keywords Physical descript Summary 32 newspaper cuttings, remains of brown A5 envelope Condition Envelope very poor, in two pieces. Cuttings generally sound, few acidic Related material Type Reference number Identity code Marshall 5/3/1 Previous number Marshall Red Box 1 (3) Description level 4 Record creation Person Role Writer Name Marshall, Alfred Date Undated Document form Record type Notes Specific type Draft chapter Acquisition Summary Not known Title Book I Ways and means of E[conomic] P[rogress] ch[apter] I Introductory Content
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