Summary Information
Harry Jerome Papers
1925-1938
Wis Mss UZ
3.6 c.f. (10 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Harry Jerome, an economist and author. Correspondence, 1925-1938, relates to Jerome's work as a professor in and chairman of the department of economics at the University of Wisconsin, his connections with national research organizations, his own research, and his efforts to attract graduate students and professors to the University. In addition, the collection contains articles, lectures, and addresses; reports and memoranda of various research associations; materials relating to the economics department; and research data and bibliographies.
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Biography/History
Professor Harry Jerome, economist and author, was born March 7, 1886, to Sarah and Moses Jerome at Bloomington, Illinois, and died September 12, 1938, at Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1914 and took his post-graduate work there, receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1918.
He was instructor in economics from 1914 to 1918 at Wisconsin. From that year until his death in 1938 he held the position of professor of economics at Wisconsin, and was chairman of the economics department from 1931 until 1936.
In 1919 and 1920 Jerome was district assessor of incomes for the Wisconsin State Tax Commission. He was a member of the staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1923 to 1925, and was one of the directors of that organization for many years. He also served as a member of the advisory board for an income tax study by the Wisconsin Tax Commission. From 1936 he was consultant for a survey of productivity and changing industrial techniques by the Federal Works Progress Administration in cooperation with the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Jerome was the author of three books, Statistical Methods (1924), Migration and Business Cycles (1926), and Mechanization In Industry (1934).
Scope and Content Note
The Harry Jerome Papers have been organized in five series: Correspondence; Articles, Lectures, and Addresses; Economic Research Associations and Studies; Department of Economics Administration Records; and Research Data and Bibliographies.
Jerome's Correspondence covers a period from November, 1925, to August, 1938. It relates to his work as professor and chairman of the department of economics, his connections with national research organizations, his own research work, and his efforts to bring professors and graduate students of outstanding ability to the University's department of economics. Routine letters of recommendation for students have not been retained except for some fifty typical examples. Through the years 1933 to 1935 many of the letters relate to Jerome's search for a man of surpassing ability to teach a course in the history of economic thought. While many of the people with whom Jerome corresponded were quite prominent, subject matter in his letters was of a very routine nature.
Correspondence with John R. Commons includes a letter from Jerome to Commons, 1935, October 1, and letters from Commons to Jerome, 1931, January 15, 16; 1932, June 2; and 1936, March 3.
The Articles, Lectures, and Addresses series includes a printed article, “Production in 1927”, and a typed manuscript of an article, “Production in 1928”, together with notes, charts, and data used by Jerome in preparation of the articles for the American Journal of Sociology. There also are several manuscripts of class lectures and radio addresses delivered by Jerome from 1933 to 1935.
The papers in Economic Research Associations and Studies are arranged alphabetically according to subject. These are reports and memoranda of research associations with which Jerome worked, and they include Jerome's Wisconsin Income Tax Study, 1937 and 1938.
The Department of Economics Administration Records series contains memoranda, reports, and policy statements of the economics department filed according to subject and arranged in alphabetical order.
Seventy-six packets of cards containing economic research data and bibliographical references make up the Research Data and Bibliographies series. While all the cards of each packet are apparently related to each other, it seemed to the processor of the collection that there was no positive identification of the separate packets. A coded term, common to all the cards of a given packet, was arbitrarily chosen to identify that packet, as indicated by the pink card attached to each packet.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Mrs. Harry Jerome, Madison, Wisconsin, November 9, 1961. Accession Number: M61-256
Contents List
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
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1925, November - 1932
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Box
2
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1933-1934
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Box
3
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1935-1936, March
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Box
4
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1936, April - 1938, August
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Series: Articles, Lectures, and Addresses
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Box
4
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Articles, 1927-1928
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Box
4
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Addresses, 1933-1935
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Series: Economic Research Associations and Studies
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Box
5
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American Economic Association
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Box
5
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American Statistical Association
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Box
5
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American Statistical Association, Madison Chapter
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Box
5
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Business Men's Conference
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Box
5
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Decentralization
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Box
5
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Income Study Plans
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Box
5
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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Box
5
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National Research Project
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Box
5
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Productivity Papers
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Box
5
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Public Works
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Box
5
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Social Science Abstracts
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Box
5
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Wisconsin Income Tax Study, 1937-1938
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Series: Department of Economics Administration Records
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Box
5
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Advanced Independent Work
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Box
5
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Budget, 1935 - 1936
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Box
5
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Calendar, Luncheon Meetings
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Box
5
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Class-Records
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Box
5
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Clearing House Committee
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Box
5
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Commerce, School of
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Box
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Computer, University
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Box
6
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Course 106
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Box
6
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Courses, Outlines, Synopses, Reading Lists
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Box
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Course Statements
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Box
6
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Department of Economics
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Box
6
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Distribution of Instruction
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Box
6
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Education, School of
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Box
6
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Enrollment and Registration Statistics
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Box
6
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Faculty Documents and Memorials
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Box
6
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Fellowships
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Box
6
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Fellowship Applications
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Box
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Graduate Committee
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Box
6
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Graduate School
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Box
6
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Graduate Students
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Box
6
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Personal Memoranda File
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Box
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Ph.D. Preliminaries
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Box
6
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Research Allotments
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Box
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Statistics, Requirements for Higher Degrees
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Series: Research Data and Bibliographies
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Box
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References to indexes and index numbers
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Box
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Subject Reference, A to Z with subject code numbers
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Box
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File 158 - Unclassified references
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Bibliographies
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Box
7
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Effect of mechanization on labor
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Box
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Effect of immigration on labor supply
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Box
7
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Articles on statistical aspects of money, credit, and banking
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Box
7
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Authors, alphabetically arranged
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Box
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Authors, alphabetically by subject
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Box
7
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Business Cycles, compiled by Hatfield
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Box
7
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Labor Saving, 1929-1933
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Box
7
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Productivity, 1929-1933
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Box
7
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Mechanization, 1929-1933
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Equipment Data
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Box
8
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Port Series
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Box
8
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Series L
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Box
8
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Series U
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Box
8
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Series 4,000 and 40ds
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Box
8
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Series 7,000
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Box
10
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Series Sch , before 1921
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Box
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Series Sch , after 1920
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Box
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Series Sch , after 1921
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