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Guide to the Theodore John Kreps Collection,
1926-1962
JL014
JL014
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Title: Kreps, Theodore John. Collection,
Identifier/Call Number: JL014
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.75 Linear feet
Date: 1926-1962
Abstract: Reports, memos, surveys, statistics, legal documents, and some printed material. Arrangement is chronological. Subjects included
are cartels, anti-trust , labor, conservation, investment, reciprocal trade, government purchasing, production, government
regulations, inflation, land-lease, war mobilization, and international trade.
creator:
Kreps, Theodore J. (Theodore John ), b. 1897
Theodore John Kreps, born 13 January 1897 in Prinsburg, Minnesota, received his Ph.D from Harvard in 1928. He was professor
of business economics at Stanford (1930-1962; emeritus, 1962- ).
| 1897, January 13 | Born, Prinsburg, Minnesota |
| 1917-1919 | 1st Lt..A.B.F. |
| 1919 | Married Esther E1vira Cersberg (six children) |
| 1920 | A.B., University of Cclorado |
| 1920-1923 | Instructor of history and economics at Colorado State °rep. - Boulder |
| 19214 | A.N., Harvard |
| 1925-1930 | Instructor of economics and tutor history, government and eccnomics at Harvard |
| 1926 | Frederick Sheldon Fellow |
| 1928 | Ph.D., Harvard |
| 1928-1929 | Laura Spelman Rockefeller Fellow, Bureau of International Research |
| 1930 | At Stanford since 1930 |
| l935 | Chief, Statistics Section, National Recovery Administration; Chairman, Co-ordinating Committee of Central Statistical Board and Works Progress Administration |
| 1936 December | Representative U.S. Government to Preparatory Technical Tripartite Conference on Reduction of Hours in Chemical Industry, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1937, Summer | Economic Adviser U.S. Maritime Commission 1938, 1941-1945 Economic Adviser, Anti-trust Division, Department of Justice |
| 1939-1940 | Economic Adviser, Temporary National Economic Commission |
| 1914, Summer | Chief Consultant, Office of Price Administration |
| 1942-1941 | Chief Economic Adviser, Board of Economic Warfare |
| 1949-1951 | Staff Director of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report |
| 1951 | Ford Foundation exchange Professor to the Free University of Ber1in, Author of books, articles and reviews |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Reports, memos, surveys, statistics, legal documents, and some printed material. Arrangement is chronological. Subjects included
are cartels, anti-trust , labor, conservation, investment, reciprocal trade, government purchasing, production, government
regulations, inflation, land-lease, war mobilization, and international trade.
Gift of Theodore John Kreps to the Jackson Library of Business, 1966. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.
Theodore John Kreps Collection. JL14. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
None.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kreps, Theodore J. (Theodore John ), b. 1897
Managerial economics.