John R. Commons Papers, 1832-2005 (bulk 1894-1938)

Container Title
Series: Research Files
Box/Folder   9/1
Reel   9
American Bureau of Industrial Research, 1904-1919
Scope and Content Note: Work reports, pamphlets, and accounts.
Box/Folder   9/2
Reel   9
American Economic Association mailing list, 1921
Box/Folder   9/3
Reel   9
Bank Crisis of 1907 and 1937
Scope and Content Note: Drafts of suggested proclamations and recommendations for changes.
Box/Folder   9/4
Reel   9
Bank laws, 1931
Scope and Content Note: Suggestions for changing Wisconsin bank law.
Box/Folder   9/5
Reel   9
Board of Trade, 1931
Scope and Content Note: Legislation relating to creation and dissolution of a board of trade.
Box/Folder   9/6
Reel   9
British strike of 1926, circa 1926
Scope and Content Note: Notes.
Box/Folder   9/7
Reel   9
Bureau of Social Science, 1917-1918
Scope and Content Note: Notes.
Box/Folder   9/8
Reel   9
Collective Bargaining, 1926
Scope and Content Note: Legislation drafts sent to Commons for comment.
Box/Folder   9/9
Reel   9
Committee on Banking and Currency, 1926
Scope and Content Note: Manuscript copies of works used by Commons in preparing his testimony before that committee of the House of Representatives.
Box/Folder   9/10
Reel   9
Consumer Credit
Scope and Content Note: Draft legislation and notes on credit unions.
Box/Folder   9/11
Reel   9
Cooperative Society
Scope and Content Note: Maps, booklet and testimony presented to Congress favoring rail connections between Topolobampo, Mexico, and Norfolk, Virginia, by A.K. Owen.
Box/Folder   9/12
Reel   9
Credit Policy, 1928
Scope and Content Note: Paper on the subject of bank credit expansion.
Box/Folder   9/13
Reel   9
Dennison, H.S. (Massachusetts paper products manufacturer), Conversation with, 1923 September 20
Note: Concerning prices.
Box/Folder   9/14
Reel   9
Debts, Foreign, circa 1923-1927
Scope and Content Note: A suggested outline for a paper on war debts and trade.
Box/Folder   9/15
Reel   9
Federal Reserve Board, 1925-1929
Scope and Content Note: Materials relating to stability of prices including correspondence, pamphlets and clippings.
Box/Folder   9/16
Reel   10
Government railroads, undated
Scope and Content Note: Notes.
Box/Folder   9/17
Reel   10
Industrial Relations and Democracy, 1904, 1918-1919
Scope and Content Note: Notes on question of industrial relations in democracies.
Box/Folder   9/18
Reel   10
Labor Seminar, circa 1930
Scope and Content Note: Notes.
Box/Folder   10/1
Reel   10
Labor Survey of Wisconsin, 1919
Note: Done by Commons for the Milwaukee Journal.
Box/Folder   10/2
Reel   10
Mexican Situation, 1927
Note: Land, oil property rights.
Box/Folder   10/3
Reel   10
Minimum Wage Bill, 1923-1927
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence and draft legislation pertaining to a minimum wage bill.
Box/Folder   10/4
Reel   10
National Monetary Association, 1923
Scope and Content Note: Materials concerning price controls.
Box/Folder   10/5
Reel   10
Money, Credit, Banking, 1923
Scope and Content Note: Papers and notes by Commons relating to control of price levels by changing discount and rediscount rate.
Box/Folder   10/6
Reel   10
National Bureau of Economic Research, 1920-1927
Scope and Content Note: Treasurer's reports, accounts, charter, and bylaws.
Box/Folder   10/7
Reel   10
Postal Rates, 1918
Scope and Content Note: Various materials presenting a point of view opposed to the raising of rates on periodicals.
Box/Folder   10/8
Reel   10
Public Power Commission, (St. Lawrence), 1931
Scope and Content Note: Recommendations for creation of a power commission.
Box/Folder   10/9
Reel   10
Public Employment Offices in Wisconsin, 1920
Scope and Content Note: A brief history.
Box/Folder   10/10
Reel   10
Public Utilities, 1931-1932
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, notes, draft legislation relating to the Public Utilities Corporation bill of 1931 in Wisconsin.
Box/Folder   10/11
Reel   11
Research Institute of Washington, D.C., 1926-1927
Scope and Content Note: Notes on price stability.
Box/Folder   10/12
Reel   11
Research Accounts, 1919-1931
Scope and Content Note: Traveling expenses, staff salaries, and accounts of expenses for research projects undertaken from 1919 to 1931.
Box/Folder   10/13
Reel   11
Small loans, 1929, 1931
Scope and Content Note: Draft legislation, data, and miscellaneous materials relating to interest and availability of small loans.
Box/Folder   11/1
Reel   11
Stable Money, 1926
Scope and Content Note: Draft legislation, statements before Congressional hearings.
Box/Folder   11/2
Reel   11
Strikes, 1912-1914
Scope and Content Note: Commons' comments on a paper submitted by J. Hunter, entitled “The General Strike.”
Box/Folder   11/3
Reel   11
Taxation, 1930-1931
Scope and Content Note: Papers and correspondence relating to taxation.
Box/Folder   11/4
Reel   11
Unemployment, 1931
Scope and Content Note: Recommendations for unemployment compensation laws in Wisconsin?
Box/Folder   11/5
Reel   11
Unemployment Insurance, 1931-1932
Scope and Content Note: Comparisons and notes made between Gross and Nixon unemployment insurance bills.
Box/Folder   11/6
Reel   11
University of Wisconsin Faculty Salaries, 1920
Scope and Content Note: Study of cost of living in Madison and faculty salaries by Commons.
Box/Folder   11/7
Reel   11
Wages in the United States, 1920
Scope and Content Note: Notes.
Reel   11
Wisconsin Tariff Investigation, 1929
Note: Only on microfilm.