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Abba Ptachya Lerner
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Connie L. Cartledge
Expanded and revised by Connie L. Cartledge
1997
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, 2001
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Table of Contents for Abba Ptachya Lerner
Collection Summary
Selected Search Terms
* Names:
* Subjects:
* Occupations:
Administrative Information
* Provenance:
* Processing History:
* Transfers:
* Copyright Status:
* Preferred Citation:
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Description of Series
* Family Papers, 1929- 1985, n.d.
* General Correspondence, 1939- 1986, n.d.
* Subject File, 1930- 1984, n.d.
* Lectures, Speeches, and Writings, 1932- 1981, n.d.
* Miscellany, 1932- 1983, n.d.
Container List
* FAMILY PAPERS, 1929- 1985, n.d.
* GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1939- 1986, n.d.
* SUBJECT FILE, 1930- 1984, n.d.
* LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND WRITINGS, 1932- 1981, n.d.
* MISCELLANY, 1932- 1983, n.d.
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Collection Summary
Creator: Lerner, Abba Ptachya, 1903-
Title: Papers of Abba Ptachya Lerner 1929-1986 (bulk 1939-1982)
Size: 13,100 items; 38 containers; 15.2 linear feet
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Abstract: Economist and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, diary and
dream notes, writings, speeches, reports, interviews, research material,
family and legal papers, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating
primarily to Lerner's activities as professor, lecturer, and advisor in the
field of economics.
Selected Search Terms
Names:
Ben-Shahar, Haim--Correspondence
Buell, Raymond Leslie, 1896-1946--Correspondence
Burns, Arthur Edward, 1908-1986--Correspondence
Colander, David C.--Correspondence
Ford, Gerald R., 1913- --Correspondence
Friedman, Milton, 1912- --Correspondence
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908- --Correspondence
Kahn, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward)--Correspondence
Khomeini, Ruhollah--Correspondence
Proxmire, William--Correspondence
Rivlin, Alice M.--Correspondence
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953--Correspondence
Rand Corporation
Lerner, Daliah Goldfarb. Papers
Subjects:
Art
Drawing
Economics
Economics--Study and teaching
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
Keynesian economics
Mobiles (Sculpture)
Money
Photography
Wealth
Welfare economics
Iran--Foreign relations--United States
Middle East--Foreign relations
United States--Economic policy
United States--Foreign relations--Iran
Occupations:
Economists
Educators
Administrative Information
Provenance:
The papers of Abba Ptachya Lerner, economist, educator, and lecturer, were
given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Daliah Lerner, in 1983 and
1986.
Processing History:
The papers of Abba Ptachya Lerner were arranged and described in 1994.
Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1997.
Transfers:
Most of the photographs relating to Lerner's family and professional career
have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division
where they are identified as a part of these papers. Other photographs
remain with the papers and are filed in the Miscellany series.
Copyright Status:
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Abba P. Lerner in these papers and
in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress
has been dedicated to the public.
Preferred Citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: container number, Abba Ptachya Lerner Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date Event
1903 Born, Bessarabia, Russia
1929 Married Alice Sendak (divorced)
1932 B.Sc. in economics, University of London, London, England
1935 - 1939 Instructor, London School of Economics and Political
Science, University of London, London, England
1940 - 1942 Assistant professor, University of Kansas City, Kansas
City, Mo.
1942 - 1947 Professor, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.
1943 Ph.D. in economics, University of London, London, England
1944 Published Economics of Control (New York: Macmillan Co. 428
pp.)
1947 - 1959 Professor, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill.
1949 Became a naturalized citizen of the United States
Consultant to RAND Corp.
1950 - 1951 Member of Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva,
Switzerland
1951 Published Economics of Employment (New York: McGraw-Hill.
397 pp.)
1953 Published Essays in Economic Analysis (London: Macmillan
Co. 394 pp.)
1953 - 1955 Economic adviser to Israel
1955 - 1956 Adviser, treasury of Israel and Bank of Israel
1958 - 1959 Member, Institute for Mediterranean Affairs, New York, N.Y.
1959 - 1965 Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
1960 Married Daliah Goldfarb
1962 Published Everybody's Business (East Lansing: Michigan
State University Press. 134 pp.)
1965 - 1971 Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
1971 - 1978 Distinguished professor of economics, Queens College of the
City University of New York, New York, N.Y.
1972 Published Flation: Not Inflation of Prices, Not Deflation
of Jobs; What You Always Wanted to Know About Inflation,
Depression, and the Dollar (New York: Quadrangle Books. 184
pp.)
1975 Published with Haim Ben-Shahar The Economics of Efficiency
and Growth: Lessons from Israel and the West Bank
(Cambridge: Ballinger Pub. Co. 187 pp.)
1978 - 1982 Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
1980 Published with David C. Colander MAP--A Market
Anti-Inflation Plan (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
128 pp.)
1982 , Oct.
27 Died, Tallahassee, Fla.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Abba Ptachya Lerner (1903-1982) span 1929-1986, with the
majority of the papers concentrated from 1939 to 1982. The bulk of the
papers documents Lerner's activities as a professor, lecturer, and adviser
in various fields of economics and economic theory. By working on the logic
of using government fiscal policy to adjust the economy to allow full
employment without inflation, Lerner was a significant contributor to the
economic policy revolution associated with the "new economics." His papers
consist of five series: Family Papers; General Correspondence; Subject
File; Lectures, Speeches, and Writings; and Miscellany. Interfiled
throughout the collection are a few items of Lerner's wife, Daliah Goldfarb
Lerner. The collection is fragmentary, however, because Lerner also gave a
portion of his papers to the University of California at Berkeley.
The Family Papers (1929-1985) consist primarily of letters between Lerner
and family members and pertain mostly to family matters. Lerner's early
letters, especially those to his parents, often contain a detailed account
of his professional and personal activities.
The General Correspondence series (1939-1986), consisting chiefly of
incoming letters, relates to personal and professional matters. One item
worthy of mention is a copy of a letter of 26 December 1979 from Lerner to
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini encouraging the reestablishment of peaceful
relations between Iran and the United States and the release of the
American hostages. Also included are a few letters to other national
government officials concerning economic policy.
Papers in the Subject File (1930-1984) constitute almost half the
collection. The Subject File reflects a wide range of topics of interest to
Lerner: money and wealth, welfare economics, and peace in the Middle East.
This series includes correspondence, research material, and writings by
Lerner and other academics. Also included are a few items relating to
Lerner's work for the RAND Corporation.
The Lectures, Speeches, and Writings series (1932-1981) chronicles Lerner's
prolific work as a speaker and writer. Although material relating to
Lerner's books are fragmentary, this series contains numerous lectures,
speeches, articles, papers, reviews, and letters to editors. Lerner's
speeches and writings reflect the influence of one of his teachers, John
Maynard Keynes, who theorized that government should use monetary and
fiscal problems to increase employment and spending. Lerner's efforts to
explain the British economist's theories have been credited by some with
making Keynes understandable to the rest of the economic profession,
particularly in the United States
The final series, Miscellany (1932-1983), relates primarily to Lerner's
artistic endeavors. The papers document his interest in photography, art
mobiles, and pen and ink portraits. A file of diary and dream notes provide
a frank and intimate glimpse of Lerner's personal thoughts.
Among the most significant or frequent of Lerner's correspondents are Haim
Ben-Shahar, Raymond L. Buell, Arthur Edward Burns, David C. Colander,
Gerald R. Ford, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Alfred E. Kahn,
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, William Proxmire, Alice M. Rivlin, and Robert
A. Taft (1889-1953).
Description of Series
Box Series
BOX Family Papers, 1929 - 1985 , n.d.
1-2
Correspondence between Lerner and family members, including
attachments and miscellaneous legal papers, writings,
genealogical material, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arrangement is alphabetical by type of material and therein
alphabetical by name of family member, except miscellaneous
papers, which are chronological in arrangement.
BOX General Correspondence, 1939 - 1986 , n.d.
3-4
Correspondence and memoranda, including attachments and
enclosures, between Lerner and friends, colleagues,
acquaintances, and the general public.
Arrangement is chronological.
BOX Subject File, 1930 - 1984 , n.d.
4-21
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, conference papers
and programs, research material, notes, course outlines and
examinations, clippings, and printed matter.
Arrangement is alphabetical by topic or type of material.
BOX Lectures, Speeches, and Writings, 1932 - 1981 , n.d.
22-33
Correspondence, memoranda, lectures and speeches, articles and
papers, book drafts, research material, notes, contracts,
newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material.
Arrangement is alphabetical by type of material and therein
alphabetical by type of material or subject.
BOX Miscellany, 1932 - 1983 , n.d.
34-38
Diary and dream notes, drawings, photographic prints and
negatives, calendars, address cards and lists, certificates, and
other papers.
Arrangement is alphabetical by subject or type of material.
Container List
Box Contents
FAMILY PAPERS, 1929 - 1985 , n.d.
BOX 1 Correspondence
Banerji, Hannah (sister) and family, 1940,
1953-1985, n.d.
Bornstein, Doris (sister) and family, 1949-1952,
1963-1971
Costello, Bella (sister) and family, 1946-1982
Lerner, Alice (first wife) and family, 1938-1983,
n.d.
(3 folders)
Lerner, Arthur (brother) and family, 1951-1982,
n.d.
(2 folders)
Lerner, Daliah (second wife) and family,
1956-1974, n.d.
(6 folders)
Lerner, Jack (brother) and family, 1960-1982, n.d.
BOX 2 Lerner, Lionel J. (son) and family, 1943-1982,
n.d.
(4 folders)
Lerner, Morris and Sofie (parents), 1939-1948,
n.d.
Lerner, Nat (brother) and family, 1939-1949, n.d.
Levine, Marion (daughter) and family, 1940-1984,
n.d.
(3 folders)
Other relatives, 1950-1983, n.d.
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1929-1981, n.d.
(2 folders)
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1939 - 1986 , n.d.
BOX 3 1939 - 1980
(8 folders)
BOX 4 1981 - 1986 , n.d.
(3 folders)
SUBJECT FILE, 1930 - 1984 , n.d.
BOX 4 Academy of Independent Scholars, 1978-1979, n.d.
Afriat, S. N., 1963-1965, 1970-1972, n.d.
Allocative and distributive efficiency, 1978, n.d.
American Economic Society, 1978-1980
American Professors for Peace in the Middle East,
1968-1979
Arab refugees, 1958-1959, n.d.
Audio-education economic series, 1971
BOX 5 Australian Association for Cultural Freedom, 1961-1964
"A" miscellaneous, 1941-1982, n.d.
(3 folders)
Bab, Herbert J., 1974-1980
Baumol, William J., 1971-1978
Ben-Shahar, Haim, 1961-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
Benoit, Emile, 1957, 1972-1977, n.d.
BOX 6 Bernstein, Edward M., 1939-1956
Biographical file, 1943-1982, n.d.
Boulding, Kenneth, 1960-1963, n.d.
Bourneuf, Alice, 1972-1975
Brazil, 1947-1948, 1970-1974, n.d.
Buell, Raymond L., 1945, n.d.
"B" miscellaneous
1939-1973
(3 folders)
BOX 7 1974-1982, n.d.
(2 folders)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford, Calif., 1960-1979, n.d.
Colander, David C.
Anti-inflation incentives, 1981-1982, n.d.
Miscellany, 1978-1984, n.d.
(2 folders)
Conferences
Abba Lerner Conference, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Fla., 1978-1979
Conference Board's financial conferences, New
York, N.Y., 1972-1973
Conference on Policy Formation, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1972-1973
BOX 8 Conference on World Affairs, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colo., 1957-1960, 1966, 1980
Eastern Economic Conference, Bloomsburg State
University, Bloomsburg, Pa., 1974-1976
International Conference on the Unity of the
Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif., 1977-1980
International Economic Association, First
Congress, Rome, Italy, 1956
International Economic Association, Fourth World
Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 1974
International Symposium, Bavaria, Germany, 1980
BOX 9 Middlebury College Conference on Economic Issues,
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1978-1979
1979 Pinhas Sapir Conference on Development, Tel
Aviv, Israel, 1978-1980
Rehovoth Conference on Fiscal and Monetary
Problems in Developing States, Jerusalem and
Rehovoth, Israel, 1965
"C" miscellaneous, 1939, 1956-1981, n.d.
(3 folders)
"D" miscellaneous, 1960-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 10 Emeritus letters, 1971
"E" miscellaneous, 1969-1980, n.d.
Fisher, Alan, 1971-1982
(2 folders)
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1968-1980
Forsyth, J. M., 1951-1964, n.d.
Friedman, Milton, 1947-1979, n.d.
"F" miscellaneous, 1949-1981, n.d.
(2 folders)
Grants
1974-1975
BOX 11 1976-1980, n.d.
(2 folders)
Gross, Elly, 1956-1972, 1979-1980
"G" miscellaneous, 1956-1980, n.d.
(4 folders)
Hansen, Bent, 1965-1978
Hasson, Joseph A., 1971-1981, n.d.
BOX 12 Hayek, Friedrich A., 1937-1945, 1962, 1979, n.d.
Hoffman, Hans, 1944, n.d.
"H" miscellaneous, 1947-1981, n.d.
(4 folders)
Inflation, 1971-1974, n.d.
Institute for Mediterranean Affairs, New York, N.Y.,
1967-1975, n.d.
BOX 13 Interviews, 1978-1980
Israel, 1948-1977, n.d.
(2 folders)
"I" miscellaneous, 1972-1974
Jones, Jean Rhys, 1945-1948, n.d.
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1977
"J" miscellaneous, 1946-1979, n.d.
Keynes, John Maynard, 1941-1944, 1968-1973
Krehm, William, 1971-1972, n.d.
Kress, Shirley E., 1972-1976, n.d.
"K" miscellaneous
1943-1980
(3 folders)
BOX 14 Undated
Layard, Richard, 1980-1981, n.d.
Liberal Party, 1944-1945, n.d.
London School of Economics and Political Science,
University of London, London, England, 1936-1939,
1970-1981, n.d.
Lowe, Adolph, 1971-1977
LSD, 1958-1967, n.d.
"L" miscellaneous, 1949-1958, 1966-1980, n.d.
Machlup, Fritz, 1957, 1971-1977, n.d.
Makower, Helen, 1962-1971, n.d.
Market mechanism anti-inflation plan (MAP), 1978-1979,
n.d.
BOX 15 Mayer, Thomas, 1972-1979
"Mc" miscellaneous, 1972-1978, n.d.
Middle East, peace, 1959, 1965-1974
Minsky, Hyman P., 1972-1976
Money, international, 1943, 1973
Money and wealth, 1969-1971, n.d.
Morrissett, Ann, 1948-1959, n.d.
"M" miscellaneous, 1940-1948, 1962-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
National Caucus of Labor Committees, 1971-1973
National Science Foundation, 1974-1979, n.d.
BOX 16 Notes, 1955-1956, n.d.
(4 folders)
"N" miscellaneous, 1946, 1953-1958, 1965-1980, n.d.
"O" miscellaneous, 1969-1980, n.d.
Painter, Mary S., 1946-1948, 1958, n.d.
(3 folders)
Pimsleur, Meira G., 1956-1958, n.d.
BOX 17 "P" miscellaneous, 1948-1980, n.d.
(2 folders)
Queens College of the City University of New York, New
York, N.Y.
Correspondence, 1939-1941, 1963-1978
Course outlines, 1971-1977, n.d.
Examinations, 1971-1978, n.d.
General, 1971-1978, n.d.
RAND Corp., 1949-1952, n.d.
(2 folders)
Rent, 1964, n.d.
Resource use, patterns and planning
1938-1939
BOX 18 Undated
Reza, Ali M., 1972-1978, n.d.
(2 folders)
Robertson, D. H., 1931-1950, n.d.
Robinson, Joan, 1930-1978, n.d.
(2 folders)
Rumney, Rebecca (Riv), 1957-1958, 1977
"R" miscellaneous, 1952-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 19 Schmitz, Andrew, 1972-1978, n.d.
(2 folders)
Sen, Amartya, 1973-1977, n.d.
Smelker, Mary Wise, 1938-1953, n.d.
(7 folders)
Szilard, Leo, 1948, 1960-1964
"S" miscellaneous
1939-1976
(2 folders)
BOX 20 1977-1980, n.d.
(2 folders)
Taylor, Katherine Whiteside, 1958-1959, 1977, n.d.
Tullock, Gordon, 1973-1978, n.d.
"T" miscellaneous, 1953-1980, n.d.
University Centers for Rational Alternatives, Inc., New
York, N.Y., 1974-1980
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,
1972-1974
University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
Faculty seminars, 1969-1973
General, 1939, 1970-1977, n.d.
Untermyer, Ethel, 1947-1958, 1971-1980
(2 folders)
BOX 21 "U" miscellaneous, 1969-1980, n.d.
"V" miscellaneous, 1971-1978
Wage and price freeze, 1971
Welfare economics, 1950-1961, n.d.
(2 folders)
Western Economic Association, 1981-1982, n.d.
"W" miscellaneous, 1956-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
Yanov, Alexander, 1975-1977, n.d.
"Y" miscellaneous, 1972-1977
LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND WRITINGS, 1932 - 1981 , n.d.
BOX 22 Lectures and speeches
For courses
1942-1980
(4 folders)
Undated
(2 folders)
BOX 23
(2 folders)
For other engagements
1937-1974
(5 folders)
BOX 24 1975-1980, n.d.
(7 folders)
BOX 25 Miscellaneous, 1952-1977
Writings
By Lerner
Articles and papers
1932-1946
(7 folders)
BOX 26 1947-1959
(7 folders)
BOX 27 1960-1968
(8 folders)
BOX 28 1969-1977
(10 folders)
BOX 29 1978-1981, n.d.
(8 folders)
BOX 30 Books
"Capital Theory" (unpublished)
(6 folders)
Economics of Control (1944)
(2 folders)
BOX 31 Economics textbook (unpublished)
(5 folders)
Everybody's Business (1962)
Flation (1972)
MAP: A Market Anti-Inflation Plan
(1980)
BOX 32 Other
American Economic Review, 1960-1979
Correspondence, 1941-1981, n.d.
(5 folders)
Letters to editors, 1943-1980, n.d.
(3 folders)
Lists, 1949-1979, n.d.
Miscellaneous, 1936-1942, n.d.
BOX 33 Research material and notes, 1957,
n.d.
Reviews, 1937-1976, n.d.
(3 folders)
By others
1959-1978, n.d.
(3 folders)
Unidentified writings, n.d.
MISCELLANY, 1932 - 1983 , n.d.
BOX 34 Address cards and lists, n.d.
(2 folders)
Calendars
1937-1950
(2 folders)
BOX 35 1951-1982
(3 folders)
Certificates, 1932-1980
Diary and dream notes
1943-1948
BOX 36 1955-1971, n.d.
(2 folders)
Drawings
Miscellaneous, 1943-1955, n.d.
(2 folders)
Mobiles, n.d.
Notebooks, n.d.
Portraits, 1948-1955, n.d.
(6 folders)
BOX 37 Watercolors, pastels, and charcoals, n.d.
Miscellaneous, 1935-1983, n.d.
Passports, 1950-1980
Photographs
Animals and nature, 1961-1962, 1974, n.d.
Art, 1954, 1961-1965, n.d.
(2 folders)
Family, 1967, n.d.
Lerner, Abba, 1980, n.d.
Miscellaneous
Negatives, n.d.
Prints, 1962-1980, n.d.
BOX 38 Trips
Europe, 1957-1963, 1976, n.d.
(2 folders)
Israel, 1954-1955, 1965, 1974, n.d.
Japan, n.d.
Unidentified, 1962, n.d.
(3 folders)
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