Summary Information
Edward W. Morehouse Papers
1920-1974
- Morehouse, Edward Ward, 1896-1974
Mss 807
1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Professional papers of Edward W. Morehouse, an economist, official of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (1931-1941), and vice-president of the General Public Utilities Corporation (1940-1961). The papers primarily consist of drafts and final copies of many articles and book reviews, and teaching materials. Also included are subject files and professional correspondence with John R. Commons, William R. Leiserson, F. W. Taussig, and Henry C. Taylor.
English
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Biography/History
Chronology
| 1896 |
Born in Yonkers, New York, the son of the Rev. Daniel W. and Martha Bird Morehouse
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| 1918 |
B.A., Amherst College
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| 1918 |
Clerk, U.S. Shipping Board, Washington, D.C.
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| 1920 |
M.A., University of Wisconsin
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| 1920-1921 |
Assistant labor manager, Levy Bros., Rochester, N.Y.
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| 1923-1925 |
Research instructor, Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities, University of Wisconsin
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| 1923 |
Married Anna Mason Ely; children Richard, Nancy Gordon, Ward
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| 1925-1931 |
Research associate, Institute for Economic Research, Northwestern University
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| 1925-1928 |
Assistant professor of Economics, Northwestern University
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| 1925 |
Managing editor, Land Economics; later associate editor and member of the board of editors
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| 1927 |
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
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| 1928-1931 |
Associate professor of Economics, Northwestern University
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| 1931-1940 |
Chief economist and director, Rates and Research Department, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
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| 1934-1946 |
Consultant, TVA
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| 1935-1939 |
Chairman, Committee on Statistics and Accounts, National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
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| 1938-1940 |
Chairman, Wisconsin Committee on Statistics
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| 1940 |
Chief economist and technical consultant, Associated Gas & Electric Corporation, New York City
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| 1942-1945 |
Consultant, War Production Board
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| 1945 |
Vice President, General Public Utilities Corp, New York City
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| 1946 |
Director and president, Utilities Mutual Insurance Co.
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| 1947-1949 |
Consultant, National Security Resources Board
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| 1951 |
Chairman, Electric Power Advisory Committee, Defense Power Administration
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| 1954 |
Chairman of Committee on Economics of the Atomic Power Development Associates
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| 1959 |
Married Margery Robinson Collins
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| 1961 |
Retirement from General Public Utilities Corp.
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| 1961 |
Consultant, Atomic Energy Commission
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| 1974 |
Death at Littleton, N.H.
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Arrangement of the Materials
The papers are arranged as Biographical Material, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, and Subject Files.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Administrative/Restriction Information
No information on copyright is available in SHSW files.
Presented by Edward Morehouse and Mrs. Edward Morehouse, Princeton, N.J.; Harold Groves, Madison, Wisconsin; and Nancy M. Gordon, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1963-1992. Accession Number: M63-120; M64-144; M65-295; -298 (missing), -295-1, -295-2; M69-201, -383; M71-33; M72-482; M73-19, -151, -262, -333; M74-160; M76-69; M92-62
Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, 1992.
Contents List
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Series: Biographical Information
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Box
1
Folder
2-6
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Series: Correspondence, 1920-1969, undated
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Series: Speeches and Writings
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Papers and articles
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Box
1
Folder
7-13
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1920-1930
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Box
2
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1930-1954
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Box
3
Folder
1-3
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1955-1970
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Instructional material
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1931, Northwestern course on Public Utility regulation
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1934-1935, Northwestern lectures on trends in public service industries
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Box
3
Folder
6
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1953, Georgia Institute of Technology, Long range planning of power supplies for utility executives
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1966, University of California-Santa Barbara Regents lectures
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Undated, photocopies of lantern slides for unidentified talks
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Atomic Power Development Associates, Economics Committee, 1964
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Bonneville resale rates, 1939-1941
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Service cost allocation, undated
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Utility accounting, circa 1936
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