Haensel (Paul) papers, 1907-1950

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Title:
Paul Haensel (Pavel Petrovich Genzel') papers
Dates:
1907-1950
Creators:
Haensel, Paul, 1878-1949
Abstract:
Speeches and writings, correspondence, curricular materials, and printed matter, relating to economic conditions and especially to tax policy, primarily in the United States.
Extent:
14 microfilm reels (2.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Haensel Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection reflects the academic career and public service in the United States of the notable Russian economist Paul Haensel. As professor of economics at Northwestern University and Mary Washington College, he lectured and wrote widely on topics of taxation, public finance and international economics. A significant amount of material in the collection details his involvement in debates over taxation policy in the U.S. before and during World War II.

Also of interest are his short stories and novel of life in the Russia during and after the Revolution (Speeches and writings/"Top'," "Zhizn' krutit," "Amerikanskaia duel'"). Many of his writings are brief newspaper notes, articles, or letters to the editor on various subjects; these, along with his notes for speeches, are grouped together by physical form. Only more significant speeches and writings have been given separate entries.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming of these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials are held at the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco, as its property. A transfer table of corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1878 February 8
Born, Moscow, Russia
1902
LLD, Moscow University
1903-1928
Professor of finance, Moscow University
1908-1916
Dean, Economics Department, Moscow Commercial Institute
1928
Visiting lecturer, London School of Economics
1929-1930
Professor, Universität Graz, Austria
1930-1943
Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1943-1948
Professor, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
1949 February 28
Died

Professor Paul Haensel was a prominent economist who authored several books on taxation and finance and taught at Northwestern University from 1930 to 1943. Haensel was born in Moscow on 8 February 1878 (N.S.). Graduating from the Moscow Practical Commercial Academy in 1896, he entered Moscow University, completing his course of studies in 1902 with a degree in law. Remaining at the University as a professor from 1903 to 1928, he published many works on taxation, including his master's thesis, Nalog s nasledstva (1906), as well as works on public finance, such as Istoriia finansov (1913) and Finansovaia reforma v Rossii (1916-1917). In addition to his teaching and research activities, he served as a member of the board of directors of the State Bank, 1915-1917, advisor to the Commissariat of Finance, and director of the financial section of the Institute of Economic Research in Moscow, 1921-1928.

Invited to lecture abroad in 1928, he opted to remain there, finding a position as professor of economics in 1930. He taught and wrote on Soviet as well as American and European economic issues, and testified before Congressional committees on tax reform in 1943. Following his retirement from Northwestern in that year, he continued to teach at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia until 1948. Haensel died in Illinois on 28 February 1949.

Acquisition information:
Acquired.
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 2024-03-29 16:45:03.087036

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Haensel 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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