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F. A. Harper Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5j49r97h No online items Inventory of the F. A. Harper papers Finding aid prepared by Beth Goder Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2012 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Inventory of the F. A. Harper 85025 1 papers Title: F. A. Harper papers Date (bulk): 1930-1973 Collection Number: 85025 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 98 manuscript boxes, 6 card file boxes, 1 oversize box(40.6 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, clippings, and other printed matter relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory, and to economic conditions and governmental economic policy in the United States. Creator: Harper, F. A. (Floyd Arthur), 1905-1973 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], F. A. Harper papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Common Subjects in Harper's Subject File To access the content, look up the subject term in the card file (Boxes 54-56, 102), note the numbers on the cards, and consult the files for those numbers (Boxes 13-49). Academic freedom Agriculture Agricultural relief Anarchy Anti-trust Authority Bastiat, Frédéric Bibliography Britain Business cycle (and fluctuations) Capital Capital formation Capitalism Censorship Charity Christianity Churches Civil rights Clark, Colin Closed shop Colleges and universities Communism Competition Conscription Cooperation Corporations Creative thinking Credit Crime Cycles Debt Democracy Discovery Discrimination Economics Education Federal aid for education Energy Families Federal Reserve Foreign aid FEE (Foundation for Economic Education) France Freedom Friedman, Milton Germany Gold Government Government costs Government debt Government, proper role of Harper, F. A. publications (includes biographical material) Hayek, F. A. Health insurance, public History Human rights Incentives Income Income distribution Income tax Individualism Inflation Insurance Interest rates Keynes, John Maynard King, Willford I. Labor unions Language Law Liberalism Liberty Management Marx, Karl (and Marxism) Military training Mises, Ludwig von Money Monopoly Mont Pèlerin Society Morals National income Natural lawNegroes and Negro problems (see also Don Warden file in box 51) Organizations Parks, Mercer H. Peace Philosophy Politics Population Power Price control Prices Principle Productivity Profits Property rights Read, Leonard E. Rebellion Religion Research Revolution Rothbard, Murray Russia Savings Science Single tax Slavery Social science Social security Socialism Sorokin, Pitirim A. Subsidies Sweden Tariffs Taxes and taxation Unemployment United Nations Variation Volker Fund Wage rates War Wealth Welfare World government Biographical Note 1905 Born, Middleville, Michigan February 7 1926 Graduated from Michigan State University 1930 Married Marguerite Kaechele 1930-1931 Research field agent, Federal Farm Board 1932 Received Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University 1932-1946 Taught at Cornell University as an instructor and professor of marketing 1934 Business analyst, Farm Credit Association 1937 Appointed acting head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Puerto Rico 1943 Author, Inflation Is on Our Doorstep (co-authored with W.M. Curtiss) 1945 Author, The World's Hunger (co-authored with F.A. Pearson) 1946-1958 Assisted Leonard Read with founding Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and served on its staff 1947 Attended first meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society 1948 Author, High Prices Inventory of the F. A. Harper 85025 2 papers 1949 Author, Liberty, A Path to Its Recovery 1955 Traveled to Sweden to study socialism 1957 Author, Why Wages Rise 1958-1961 Senior research economist, William Volker Fund 1961 Founded the Institute for Humane Studies 1962-1963 Visiting professor of moral philosophy, Wabash College 1962-1966 Various positions, Institute for Humane Studies 1966-1973 President, Institute for Humane Studies 1969 Author, The Crisis of the Free Market 1973 April Died 21 1978-1979 Institute for Humane Studies publishes The Writings of F.A. Harper Sources: Harper, Marguerite K. "Reminiscence." The Writings of F. A. Harper, Volume 1. Menlo Park: Institute for Humane Studies, Inc., 1978. Accessed through Ludwig von Mises Institute: http://mises.org/ Koch, Charles G. "Tribute." The Writings of F. A. Harper, Volume 1. Menlo Park: Institute for Humane Studies, Inc., 1978. Accessed through Ludwig von Mises Institute: http://mises.org/ On Freedom and Free Enterprise. Ed. Mary Sennholz. New Jersy: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1956. Accessed through Ludwig von Mises Institute: http://mises.org/ Scope and Content of Collection The papers document the career of Floyd Arthur Harper, nicknamed "Baldy," an American educator and economist who founded the Institute for Humane Studies and was a charter member of the Mont Pèlerin Society. In addition to being a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harper was a life fellow of the International Institute of Arts & Letters in Switzerland. In a memorial to Harper, Murray Rothbard wrote, "Ever since he came to the Foundation for Economic Education in 1946 as its chief economist and theoretician, Baldy Harper, in a very real sense, has been the libertarian movement. For all these years, this gentle and lovable man, this wise and Socratic teacher, has been the heart and soul and nerve center of the libertarian cause." The collection contains correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, clippings, sound recordings, and printed matter relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory, economic conditions, and governmental economic policy in the United States. Harper grew up on a farm in Michigan, an experience that influenced his interest in agricultural economics. In 1932, he received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University and began his teaching career at that institution, eventually becoming a professor of marketing in the Department of Agriculture. Course materials, lectures, research and other materials from Harper's time at Cornell can be found in Boxes 91 through 94 and Box 104. From 1962 to 1963, Harper was a visiting professor of moral philosophy at Wabash College. Some of his Wabash College seminar material can be found in Box 10 and Box 52. In addition to being an educator, Harper was a prolific author. Many of his works discuss liberty, especially in relation to free market economics. Harper's speeches and writings, which can be found in Boxes 1 to 11, Boxes 79 to 90, and elsewhere as listed, contain drafts, lectures, correspondence, notes, outlines, conference materials, clippings, and printed matter. Some of the files contain materials labeled as unpublished. Speeches from meetings of the Mont Pèlerin Society can be found in these files. For Harper's Free Enterprise Institute lectures, see Box 95. For a bibliography of Harper's works, see Box 4 and Box 49. In 1955, Harper traveled to Sweden to study socialism and its effects on the Swedish people. With Frank B. Keith, Harper compiled a Swedish-English glossary of social science terms. This glossary, materials concerning his study, and the subject file on Sweden can be found in Boxes 53, 79, and 99 through 102. In 1961, Harper founded the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), an organization dedicated to research in the humane scholarly disciplines, with a council of advisors that included Friedrich A. von Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and Murray N. Rothbard and a board of directors that included Charles G. Koch. Much of the correspondence found in the collection is from the time period when Harper worked for the William Volker Fund and the Institute of Humane Studies. The majority of the correspondence, left in the order it was received, is arranged in two alphabetical lists by name of correspondent, organization, or project. Many of the letters received after 1973 are address updates for the IHS mailing list (Boxes 60-78). Harper created the Harper System for Libraries and Files, which he used to organize his own subject files. In his subject files, individual clippings and other subject materials are numbered based on date of acquisition, with items acquired most recently taking the next available number. Although most of Harper's files follow this rule, it appears the files do contain interfiles, so that some later materials can be found with earlier materials of the same subject. In these cases and other situations where multiple documents have been grouped together by subject, several documents have the same number Inventory of the F. A. Harper 85025 3 papers attached to them. A card file accompanies these items, listing subjects, authors, and other access points, then the name of the document and number assigned by Harper. The card file for Harper's subject files can be found in Boxes 54 through 56. For more information about this system, see "Harper System for Libraries and Files" (Box 13 and Box 81). Harper's subject files contain
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