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Title: Conrad Taeuber papers
Date (inclusive): 1929-1991
Collection Number: 91018
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
27 manuscript boxes
(10.8 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Taeuber, Conrad, 1906-1999
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.
[Identification of item], Conrad Taeuber papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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 |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Social conditions
Agriculture
Agriculture -- United States
United States -- Population
Rural-urban migration -- United States
United States -- Rural conditions
United States -- Census
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United States. Bureau of the Census
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics