Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Thomas Nixon Carver papers
Date (bulk): 1910-1961, bulk 1932-1961
Collection number: 858
Creator:
Carver, Thomas Nixon, 1865-1961.
Extent:
12 boxes (6 linear ft.)
1 oversize box.
Abstract: This collection consists of manuscripts, lectures, articles, speeches, correspondence, memos, photographs, scrapbooks, and
printed materials related to the life and career of economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver. Carver was the author of many
books, including
The Distribution of Wealth (1913),
Essays in Social Justice (1915), and
Principles of National Economy (1921). Correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Albert B. Hart, Max Farrand, William Allen White, and Robert G. Sproul.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Leighton, 1964.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Thomas Nixon Carver papers (Collection 858). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709597
Biography
Carver was born near Kirkville, IA, in 1865; BA, Univ. of Southern CA, 1891; Ph.D, Cornell, 1894; assoc. professor of economics,
Oberlin College, 1894-1900; professor, Harvard, 1900-32; advisor in agriculture economics, USDA, 1913-15; advisor, editorial
and research division, National Republican Party, 1936; professor of economics, UCLA, 1934-35 and 1938-39; professor, Occidental
College, 1939-40; author of many books, including
The Distribution of Wealth (1913),
Essays in Social Justice (1915), and
Principles of National Economy (1921); died in 1961.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, lectures, articles, speeches, correspondence, memos, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed
materials related to the life and career of economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover,
Albert B. Hart, Max Farrand, William Allen White, and Robert G. Sproul.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (boxes 1-2)
- Manuscript articles, speeches, etc. (boxes 3-10)
- Printed writings (boxes 11-12)
- Clippings of articles by Carver (box 13).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Carver, Thomas Nixon, 1865-1961 --Archives.
Economists --United States --Archival resources.
Universities and colleges --Faculty --United States --Archival resources.