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  • Title: Harry S. Kantor papers
    Date (inclusive): 1948-1977
    Collection Number: 81049
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 32 manuscript boxes (13.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, memoranda, notes, legislation, and printed matter, relating to the American labor force, wages and hours regulation, unemployment and retirement benefits, encouragement of inventors in the United States, and the enactment of a minimum wage law in the Philippines.
    Creator: Kantor, Harry S.

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    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Harry S. Kantor Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1903, November 3 Born, Russia
    1924 B.A., Columbia University
    1925 M.A., Columbia University
    1926-1938 Staff, Department of Agriculture and other government agencies
    1938-1955 Price analyst, economist, statistician, Department of Labor
    1954 Member, U.S. delegation to negotiate current trade agreement with the Philippine Islands
    1955-1958 Assistant administrator, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division
    1958-1969 Analyst, Department of Labor, Office of Research and Development
    1963-1977 Member, Department of Commerce, National Inventors Council

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Labor laws and legislation -- Philippines
    Labor laws and legislation -- United States
    Inventors -- United States
    United States. Department of Labor