Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Kreps, Theodore John. Collection,
- Dates:
- 1926-1962
- Creators:
- Kreps, Theodore J. (Theodore John ), b. 1897
- 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.
- Extent:
- 6.75 Linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
-
Theodore John Kreps Collection. JL14. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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- ).
Date Event 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 - Acquisition information:
- Gift of Theodore John Kreps to the Jackson Library of Business, 1966. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Managerial economics.
- Names:
- Kreps, Theodore J. (Theodore John ), b. 1897
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-08-03T12:49-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Theodore John Kreps Collection. JL14. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022