Register of the Robert L. Bartley papers
1937, October 12 | Born, Marshall, Minnesota |
1959 | B.S., Iowa State University |
1962 | M.S., University of Wisconsin |
1972-1978 | Editorial page editor, Wall Street Journal |
1979-2002 | Editor, Wall Street Journal |
1980 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing |
1992 | Author, The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again |
2003, December 10 | Died, New York City |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
General, including biographical data
Christmas cards
Correspondence concerning disposition of RLB papers
Financial records
Mementos
Photographs
Printed articles about RLB
Appointment Books 1976-2003
1976
1979-1988
1989-1996
1997-1999
2001-2003
Notebook undated
"The Limits of the Press Corps in a Political/Technical Debate" (with Jude Wanniski), Conference on Expert Advice and Democratic Choice, Racine, Wisconsin 1974 April 4-6
Speech, Council on Foreign Relations meeting on South Africa, New York City 1986 December 4
Speech, Forum Club, Houston, Texas 1986 December 11
"Business Ethics and the Ethics Business," commencement address, Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts 1987 May 16
The Great Crash of '29 and the Great Correction of '87 Compared panel discussion, Allied Social Science Association annual meeting, New York City 1988 December 28
"Progress and Pessimism: Why Is Gloom Chic amid Peace and Prosperity?" speech, Town Hall luncheon, Los Angeles, California 1989 August 16
"Time to Shake our Hypochondria," Wall Street Journal 1990 January 2
The Wealth of Nations: 1990 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland 1990 June 26-30
"The Great International Growth Slowdown," Wall Street Journal 1990 July 10
Speech, Hudson Valley Forum, Poughkeepsie, New York 1990 October 4
Speech, Pumpkin Papers Irregulars dinner, Washington, D.C. 1990 October 31
Bilderberg meetings, Baden-Baden, Germany 1991 June 3-6
The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again, 1992
Working materials, including drafts, outlines, correspondence and research material
Working materials (contd.)
Working materials (contd.)
Publicity materials
Reviews
Senate Republican Conference weekend, Wilmington, Delaware 1993 April 24-25
"Reviving the U.S. Economy: A Blueprint," speech, Venture Investing 1993 Conference, San Francisco, California 1993 June 22
"The Case for Optimism: The West Should Believe in Itself," Foreign Affairs 1993 September-October
Speech on 1994 election results, unknown occasion 1994
"A Time for Moralism," commencement address, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 1995 May 20
"The Press and Elections, Issues and Scandals," Minow lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1996 November 11
"Capitalism's Uncertain Trumpet," speech, Mont Pèlerin Society meeting, Washington, D.C. 1998 September 1
"The Future of Economic Freedom," lecture, Heritage Foundation regional meeting, Dearborn, Michigan 2000 October 16
"Thirty Years of Progress, Mostly," speech, Forum Club, Houston, Texas 2002 September 25
Speech, occasion and exact date unknown, San Jose, California 2002
"Backward on Understanding Profit," Charles Wolf lecture, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 2003 April 15
Speech on Iraq War, Rotary Club, place and exact date unknown 2003
"The Beginning of the Journey" (re Clarence Barron) undated
Assorted articles in Wall Street Journal various dates (1971-2002)
Assorted speeches various dates (1981-1996)
Internal memoranda and correspondence
Internal memoranda and correspondence
Printed editorials and articles from the Wall Street Journal, mostly unsigned, including some by RLB
1928-1989
1990-1994
1995-2003
Indexes to Wall Street Journal articles
Printed articles about the Wall Street Journal from other publications
Correspondence, Chronological 1970-2003
1970s miscellaneous
1978 (contd.)
1979
1980 (contd.)
1982
1983
1985
1987-1988
1989
1992
1993-1995
1997-1998
2000s miscellaneous
Correspondence, Alphabetical circa 1970-2003
A-B
B (contd.)
B (contd.)
C
C (contd.)
C (contd.)
D
D (contd.)
D (contd.)
E
E (contd.)
F
F (contd.)
G
G (contd.)
H
H (contd.)
I
J-K
K (contd.)
L
M
M
M
M
N-O
O (contd.)
P
P (contd.)
P (contd.)
Q
R
R
R
S
S
S
S
S
T
T (contd.)
U-V
W
W
W
Y-Z
Subject File 1950-2003
Accounting
Affirmative action
Ahlstrom, T. Robinson
American Bar Association
American Heritage Magazine
American Spectator
Amiel, Barbara
Andersen (Arthur) Company
Annie Get Your Gun (Musical)
Arabs
Armenians
Arms control (contd.)
Arms control (contd.)
Ashcroft, Michael
Asia
Asiaweek
Balance of payments
Balkans and Caucasus
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Bancroft family
Banfield, Edward C.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (contd.)
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (contd.)
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (contd.)
Barone, Michael
Barr Laboratories
Barron's Magazine
Bartley Institute (Proposed)
Bickel, Alexander M.
Biological and chemical warfare
Yellow Rain controversy (Southeast Asia)
Yellow Rain controversy (Southeast Asia)
Yellow Rain controversy (Southeast Asia)
Yellow Rain controversy (Southeast Asia)
Black Mischief controversy
Blumenthal, Sidney
Bork, Robert H.
Brady, Nicholas F.
Breast implants
Bretton Woods Agreement
Brock, Horace W.
Brown, Ron
Bruce-Briggs, B.
Bubbles (Finance)
Burchett, Wilfred
Business cycles
Businessmen in the dock
Busing
CNBC (Television station)
Campaign finance
Capcom Financial Services
Capital formation
Capital gains
Capitalism
Casey, Paula J.
Center for Individual Rights
Central America
Chamberlain, John
Character assassination
Charts and statistics (Economics)
Churchill School
Civil rights
Clark, Steve
Clash of civilizations thesis
Clinger, William
Clinton, Hillary
Clinton administration scandals
Foster, Vincent-Suicide
Foster, Vincent-Suicide
Whitewater and other financial scandals.
Whitewater and other financial scandals (contd.)
Whitewater and other financial scandals (contd.)
Whitewater and other financial scandals (contd.)
Whitewater and other financial scandals (contd.)
Cloning
Communications Workers of America vs. Beck
Conservatives
Conspiracies
Coolidge, Calvin
Corporate control and governance
Corporate scandals
Corporate taxes
Counterculture
Creative destruction
Credit demands
Crime
Crovitz, L. Gordon
Cultural crisis
Curran, Paul J.
Currency exchange rates
Daiwa Bank
Dalton, John H.
D'Amato, Alfonse
Dartmouth College
Daugherty, Harry M.
Deadline Club
Deficits and debt
Deflation
Democratic Party
Depressions
Derian, Patricia M.
Diana, Princess
Dinkins, David N.
Disgorgement (Finance)
Ditchley Foundation
Dole, Bob, and Hollywood
Dow Jones Averages
Drew Investment Research and Management
Drexel Burnham Lambert Group
Drug pricing
Economy-General (contd.)
Economy-General (contd.)
Elections (contd.)
Elitism
Enron Corporation
Entrepreneurs
Environment
Epstein, Jason
Espionage
Establishment
Euro
Europe
Evans, Joseph E.
Exercise
Faludi, Susan
Falvey, Jack
Family values
Far Eastern Economic Review
Federal Reserve System
Feldstein, Martin
Ferraro, Geraldine
Filibuster
Financial Times
Flag burning
Flaps (Controversies)
Forbearance (Finance)
Foreign policy
Frank, Barney
Franklin Savings Association
Freeh, Louis
Gergen, David
Germany
Gingrich, Newt
Giuliani, Rudolph
Gold
Goodwin, Frank
Gore, Albert, and Viktor Chernomyrdin
Gould, Jay
Gross, Daniel
Growth and democracy
Guatemala
Haiti
Harriman family
Haynsworth, Clement
Health care
Helprin, Mark
Heymann, Philip B.
Hill, Anita, and Clarence Thomas
Holocaust and Holocaust Museum
Homosexuality
Hong Kong
Hubbell, Webster
Hunt, Al
Hustler Magazine
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, and Ronnie Earle
Ickes, Harold
Immigration
Income distribution
Income distribution (contd.)
Independent counsels
Index of Economic Freedom
Insider trading
Inslaw, Inc.
Internal Revenue Service
International Criminal Court
International Herald-Tribune
Intriago, Charles A.
Investment
Iowa State University
Iran-contra affair
Iraq and Iraq War
Iraq and Iraq War (contd.)
Iraq and Iraq War (contd.)
Jeffrey, Christina
Jereski, Laura
Junk bonds
Justice Department
Kaiser Permanente-Mental health coverage
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler (Law firm)
Kennedy, Edward M.-Chappaquiddick incident
Kilgore, Bernard
Kinsley, Michael
Kissinger, Henry
Korea, North
Kosovo
Kuttner, Robert
Lake, Anthony
Lawson, Nigel
League of Nations
Lee, Wen Ho
Left rhetoric
Leveraged takeovers
Levy, Paul
Lipsky, Seth
Long-term capital
Loral Space Systems
McCarthyism
McDonough, William J.
McGovern, George
Maddison, Angus
Malaysia
Maltby, Barbara
Media
Medicine and medical issues
Mexico
Mexico (contd.)
Mexico (contd.)
Mikva, Abner
Milken, Michael
Millennium (2000)
Money and monetary policy
Moynihan, Daniel P.
Mundell, Robert A.
Mundell, Robert A. (contd.)
Murray, Charles
National Conference of Editorial Writers
New era (Post 9-11)
New York (State)
New York Times
Nineteen sixties
Nobel Prizes
New York City
Non-lethal weapons
Oklahoma City bombing
Olayan, Suliman S.
Olympic games
Ossuary (Purported biblical archeological artifact)
Outward Bound program
Palestine Liberation Organization
Paramount Communications
Pataki, George
Pearl Harbor attack
Pearson, Hugh
People for the American Way
Pepper and Salt (Cartoon)
Perjury
Points of Light Initiative
Politics-General
Pollard, Jonathan
Postal Service
Powell, Colin
Poynter, Nelson
Pre-Reagan era
Presidents, great and small
Prisons
Pritchett, Kevin
Productivity
The Progressive
Prudential Insurance Company-Robert Fiske lawsuit
Puerto Rico
Pulitzer Prizes
Quayle, Dan
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Reagan, Ronald
Recall elections
Regulation Q (Federal Reserve System)
Religion
Reno, Janet
Rent control
Republican Contract with America
Rescorla, Rick, and 9/11
Rich, Marc
Ridge, Tom
Right to petition
Roach, Stephen S.
Roberts, Paul Craig
Robertson, Pat
Rostenkowski, Daniel
Rule of law
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia and Soviet Union (contd.)
Rwanda
Ryan, Jack
Santorum, Rick
Saudi Arabia
Savings and loan association crisis
Scandals, Miscellaneous
Scientology (contd.)
Secular humanism
Shaw, David
Shesol, Jeff
Simpson, O. J.
Singapore (contd.)
Singapore (contd.)
Smith, Adam
Somalia
Southeast Banking Corporation
Space shuttle
State Department
State of the union
Stephens Inc.
Stimulus packages
Stock option accounting
Stockman, David
Strauss, Leo
Student unrest
Supply-side economics
Switzerland
Syria
Systematics, Inc.
Taste
Teamsters-Philadelphia
Term limits
Terrorism
Thanksgiving
Thomas, Michael M.
Timerman, Jacobo
Tobacco fee
Tribunals
Turkey
Turkey (contd.)
Tuttle, Alexandra
Unabomber
Uncaused causes
Vanity Fair
Vassar College
Veto
Vietnamese War (contd.)
Vietnamese War (contd.)
Vietnamese War (contd.)
Vietnamese War (contd.)
Wage-price controls
Wagner, Bernard M.
Wanniski, Jude
War and war powers (contd.)
Ward Industries
Washington Post
Watergate affair (contd.)
Weather
Whip Inflation Now policy (Nixon and Ford administrations)
Wilson, James Q.
Wolfowitz, Paul
World War II
Worthen Banking Corporation
Yale University