Taeuber (Conrad) papers, 1929-1991

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Summary

Title:
Conrad Taeuber papers
Dates:
1929-1991
Creators:
Taeuber, Conrad, 1906-1999
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, and photographs, relating to demographic change in the United States, rural poverty and migration in the United States, world agricultural production, and the conduct of the United States censuses.
Extent:
27 manuscript boxes (10.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Conrad Taeuber papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, and photographs, relating to demographic change in the United States, rural poverty and migration in the United States, world agricultural production, and the conduct of the United States censuses.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1906
Born, Hosmer, South Dakota
1931
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Minnesota
1931-1933
Taught at Mount Holyoke College
1934-1935
Economic analyst, Federal Emergency Relief Administration
1935-1940
Economist, Department of Agriculture
1942-1943
Principal social scientist and acting head of farm population and rural welfare, Department of Agriculture
1943-1946
Head economist, Department of Agriculture
1937
Author, People of the Drought States
1939
Author, Rural Migration in the United States, with C. R. Lively
1946-1951
Statistician, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1951-1968
Assistant director, United States Bureau of the Census
1958
Author, The Changing Population of the United States, with Irene B. Taeuber
1968-1973
Associate director, United States Bureau of the Census
1971
Author, People of the United States in the 20th Century, with Irene B. Taeuber
1973-1985
Senior professor of demography, Kennedy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1999
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1991.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-01-28 10:23:20.430950

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Conrad Taeuber papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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