This is a small collection of writings and correspondence selected by Edward Morehouse for deposit in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. With a few exceptions, the material consists of individual items rather than complete, organic files. As a result, the research value of the collection is limited and disappointing, although it does document well Morehouse's professional writings and his contacts with a number of other prominent economists.
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL consists of vitae prepared when Morehouse was working as a consultant for the Atomic Energy Commission during the 1960s and several clippings concerning the public response to energy policy recommendations of the Morehouse Committee in 1952. Also included are two annotated bibliographies.
The chronologically-arranged CORRESPONDENCE primarily consists of letters exchanged with economists such as John R. Commons, William Leiserson, F. W. Taussig, and Henry C. Taylor concerning the response of their profession to the writings of Morehouse and others. Other parts of the correspondence concern particular career moves such as Morehouse's decision not to accept an offer to teach at the University of Wisconsin in 1931, his resignation from the National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners in 1939 at the insistence of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, and the beginning of his work for Associated Gas and Electric (later General Public Utilities Corp.). There are also some items concerning his involvement with the President's Materials Policy Commission in 1951 and his 1969 recommendations to the Atomic Energy Commission concerning transfer of the enrichment segment of the nuclear industry to private industry.
Additional prominent correspondents include David Lilienthal and Felix Frankfurter.
The SPEECHES AND WRITINGS are subdivided into professional papers and book reviews, and instructional materials. The first segment is arranged chronologically and includes printed copies and edited drafts. The instructional materials consist of mimeographed outlines for courses Morehouse taught at Northwestern University and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
The alphabetical SUBJECT FILES consist of a binder of material on utility accounting, 1936; correspondence, notes, and charts concerning rates for the Bonneville Power project, 1939-1941; and a review of the activities of the Economics Committee of the Atomic Power Development Associates between 1954 and 1964.
