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.
