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William John Fellner Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt567nd93s No online items Inventory of the William John Fellner papers Finding aid prepared by Carol M. Connell, revised by Beth Goder Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2013 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Inventory of the William John 87005 1 Fellner papers Title: William John Fellner papers Date (bulk): 1975-1983 Collection Number: 87005 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: The collection is in English Physical Description: 67 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 2 phonotape cassettes(27.3 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, conference papers, reports, studies, testimony, charts, and statistics related to economic conditions and governmental economic policy in the United States, and laissez-faire economic theory, including particularly questions of unemployment, inflation, and monetary policy. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access Box 69 restricted; use copies available in Box 64. The remainder of 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 1987. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], William John Fellner papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1905 Born, Budapest, Hungary 1929 Ph.D. in economics, University of Berlin 1929-1938 Partner in family business in Hungarian manufacturing industry 1939-1952 Member of economics faculty at University of California, Berkeley 1942 Author, A Treatise on War Inflation 1946 Author, Monetary Policies and Full Employment 1949 Author, Competition Among the Few: Oligopoly and Similar Market Structures 1952-1973 Professor of economics, Yale University 1956 Author, Trends and Cycles in Economic Activity: An Introduction to Problems of Economic Growth 1956-1958 Member, Executive Committee, American Economic Association 1960 Author, Emergence and Content of Modern Economic Analysis 1965 Author, Probability and Profit: A Study of Economic Behavior Along Bayesian Lines 1969 President, American Economic Association 1970-1983 Adviser, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity 1972 Author, with Phillip Cagan, Economic Policies and Inflation in the Sixties 1973 Author, with Phillip Cagan and Marten Estey, A New Look at Inflation: Economic Policy in the Early 1970s 1973-1975 Member, Council of Economic Advisors 1973-1983 Resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute 1976 Author, Towards a Reconstruction of Macroeconomics 1983 Died Scope and Content of Collection The papers document the career of economist William John Fellner through correspondence, speeches and writings, conference papers, reports, studies, testimony, charts, and statistics related to economic conditions and governmental economic policy in the United States, and laissez-faire economic theory, including questions of unemployment, inflation, and monetary policy. Feller immigrated to the United States in 1938, joining the economics faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a professor at Yale University from 1952 to 1973, after which he became a member of the Council of Economic Advisors. The Biographical file includes material from Fellner's memorial service, as well as his Festschrift. The Correspondence contains Fellner's letters to and from economists, including scholars associated with the American Enterprise Institute, such as Phillip Cagan and Gottfried Haberler. These files often contain preliminary drafts of scholarly papers sent as enclosures. Fellner wrote about a variety of topics in economics, including inflation, full employment, balance of payments, oligopoly, and tax indexing. The Speeches and writings include typescripts of Fellner's last published book, Towards a Inventory of the William John 87005 2 Fellner papers Reconstruction of Macroeconomics, as well as typescripts and proofs of his scholarly articles. Fellner was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he directed the Contemporary Economic Problems project to publish annual volumes on topics in economics. The American Enterprise Institute file includes correspondence and papers submitted to the Contemporary Economic Problems project, as well as a transcript of a presentation given by Friedrich August von Hayek in 1975. After retiring from his professorial work, Fellner was involved in several economics organizations and boards. The Subject file contains correspondence, memoranda, and conference papers related to groups such as the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, the Congressional Budget Office, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Gold Commission. A significant portion of the collection contains Writings by others, mainly in the form of conference papers or preliminary drafts send to Fellner by other economists. The collection includes Sound recordings of the Public Policy Forums program. In a recording from 1977, Henry Aaron and Rudolph Penner discuss ways to avoid bankruptcy of the Social Security program. A recording from 1982 contains an economic policy discussion with Phillip Cagan, William Fellner, Rudolph Penner, and Herbert Stein. Source: Connell, Carol M. Reforming the World Monetary System: Fritz Machlup and the Bellagio Group. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2013. Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Free enterprise Economics Economists United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945- Monetary policy United States -- Economic policy -- 1971-1981 Inflation (Finance) Employment (Economic theory) Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.) Related Collections Milton Friedman Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Gottfried Haberler Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Fritz Machlup Papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Biographical File 1975-1985 Scope and Contents Includes materials from Fellner's memorial service, awards, clippings, and Fellner's Festschrift. box 15 American Enterprise Institute personal file 1979-1983 Scope and Contents Includes outline of activities at the American Enterprise Institute, correspondence, financial documents, and memoranda on Fellner's death box 68 Appointment book 1975 Scope and Contents Includes memoranda box 6 Bernhard-Harms Award 1982 Clippings about Fellner box 34 1978 box 44 1980 box 44 1981 box 3 1983 Inventory of the William John 87005 3 Fellner papers Biographical File 1975-1985 box 12 Festschrift, Economic Progress, Private Values and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of William Fellner 1977 box 1 Memorial file 1982-1985 Scope and Contents Includes biography, bibiliography, and photographs box 32 Memorial file 1982-1985 box 67 Obituaries and memorial addresses 1983 box 64 Plaque, National Economists Club (use copies only) 1979 Scope and Contents Presented to Fellner in appreciation of his service as a member of the board of governors from 1976 to 1978. Access Original located in Box 69 restricted; use copies available in Box 64. box 15 Resumes, biographies, bibliographies, and photographs and negatives of Fellner 1976-1982 box 53 Travel file 1976-1977 Correspondence 1972-1984 Scope and Contents Contains correspondence with economists and other scholars organized chronologically or alphabetically by individual or organization. Includes academic papers enclosed or filed with correspondence. Chronological file 1978-1983 box 21 1978 box 21 1979 box 21 1980 box 27 1981 box 27 1982-1983 Alphabetical file I 1972-1973 box 13 A to R 1972-1973 Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with Fritz Machlup box 12 S to Z 1972-1973 Alphabetical file II 1975-1984 box 66 A 1975-1983 box 17 Ackley, Gardner 1977-1980 box 59 Arioli, Silvio 1978 box 16 B 1975-1983 box 29 B 1975-1983 box 3 Bailey, Martin 1983 box 15 Balassa, Bela 1975-1982 box 15 Baroody, William 1981-1983 box 33 Bator, Francis 1981 box 35 Bauer, Peter 1976-1981 box 5 Bennett, Jack 1975 box 1 Bennett, William 1975 July box 35 Bernstein, Edward 1974-1977 box 35 Bernstein, Peter 1976 box 35 Bradford, David 1975-1976 box 35 Bradley, Gene E. 1975-1976 box 15 Brookings Institution 1975-1981 box 15 Brown, Weir 1981 box 15 Burns, Arthur 1981-1982 Inventory of the William John 87005 4 Fellner papers Correspondence 1972-1984 box 16 C 1976-1983 Cagan, Phillip box 15 1976-1978 box 6 1981 box 1 Carson, Carol 1982 Scope and Contents Memoranda concerning Ruggles study box 15 Chipman, John S. 1978-1980 box 15 Chiswick, Barry R. 1975-1983 box 15 Civil Service Commission 1976 box 61 Civil Service Commission 1976 box 15 Cochrane, John 1982 box 60 Cochrane, John 1982 box 33 Colander, David C. 1978-1979 box 33 Congress 1975 box 35 Congressional Budget Office 1975-1983 box 33 D 1977-1982 box 36 Dadd, C. Mark 1982 box 42 Dadd, C. Mark 1982 box 36 David, Paul 1982 box 6 DeWald, William 1982 box 41 E 1978-1982 box 44 Ellis, Howard 1978-1983 box 44 Engels, Wolfram 1979 box 56 Erb, Richard 1979-1983 box 56 F 1975-1983 Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with Edgar Feige box 56 Fand, David 1975-1981 box 67 Feldstein, Martin S. 1975-1983 box 1 Fellner, Marcelo 1984 box 56 Fiedler, Edgar R. 1976-1977 box 1 Field, Tom, memorandum 1975 July box 59 Flaim, Paul O. 1978 box 61 Fleischer, Robert 1976 box 56 Frankel, S. Herbert 1979-1981 box 50 Friedman, Benjamin M. 1980-1982 box 32 Friedman, Charles
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