Guide to the Silberling Financial Reports, 1919-1942 JL021
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1998
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Silberling Financial Reports
Identifier/Call Number: JL021
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(2 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1919-1942
Language of Material:
English
.
Biography
Norman John Silberling, a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1935-1944), published weekly
reports on the economy. In 1929 he organized Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd., which concentrated on financial counseling
and forecasting.
Missing Title
1892 |
Year of birth |
1914 |
Graduated with A.B. from Harvard |
1915 |
Received A.M. from Harvard |
1919 |
Received Ph.D. from Harvard |
1920 |
Instructor of Economics at Harvard |
1920-1921 |
Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth |
1922-1929 |
Associate Professor of Economics at University of California |
1926 May |
Begins Publishing the weekly Silberling Reports |
1929-1930 |
Professor of Economics at University of California |
Late 1929 |
Starts Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd. |
1930-1932 |
Lecturer of Economics at University of California |
1931 |
Becomes President of Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd. |
1935 |
Lecturer in Business Economics at Stanford University |
1936-1938 |
Acting Professor of Business Research at Stanford University |
1938-1944 |
Professor of Business Research at Stanford University |
1944 |
Year of Death |
Scope and Content
The collection includes copies of Silberling's reports (1926-1936); copies of his "Confidential Weekly Letters" (1937-1942);
"Graphic Surveys of Industry and Finance" (1936-1942); and "Corporation Analyses" of leading corporations (1919-1933). Also
included is a short report written by Silberling in 1938 on economic developments in the United states from 1927 to 1938.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Silberling Financial Reports, JL021, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Gift of Norman J. Silberling to the Jackson Library of Business, 1945. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Economic forecasting -- United States.
Reports.
Box 1, folder 1
Folder containing
The Record of Silberling Forecasts and Investment Policy Since 1927," (until 1937) written by Norman J. Silberling himself.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
Bound Silberling Reports #1-#87
1926 May - 1928 Dec.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 3
Bound Silberling Reports #88-#133
1929 Jan. - Dec.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 4
Bound Silberling Reports #134-#185
1930 Jan. - Dec.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 5
Bound Silberling Reports #186-#237
1931 Jan. - Dec.
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 6
Silberling Reports #238-#315
1932 Jan. - 1933 June
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
Silberling Reports
1933 - 1936 June
Language of Material: English.
#373, -#444
1/5/1935 1/11/1936
Box 2, folder 2
Confidential Weekly Letters
1937 Sept. - 1938 Dec.
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 3
Confidential Weekly Letters
1941
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 4
Confidential Weekly Letters
1942
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 5
Graphic surveys of Industry and Finance, #1-#23
(5/23/1936 - 1/23/1942)
Box 3, Item 1
Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd.
Corporation Analyses, earning charts on 100 leading companies
1919-1933
Scope and Contents note
Includes listing of the 100 companies (both list and charts in alphabetical order) and full explanation of the charts and
the resulting analysis.
Box 3, Item 2
Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd.
Corporation Analyses, "Comparison of Gross Earnings (of leading companies) with External Business Factors"
Scope and Contents note
Includes about 50 corporations, in alphabetical order.