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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Murray Reed Benedict papers
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2009/109
Physical Description:
32 linear feet
25 cartons, 2 boxes, 2 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1905-1984
Date (bulk): bulk, 1931-1961
Abstract: The Murray R. Benedict Papers document Benedict's career as a professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of California,
Berkeley from 1931 to 1961. Included in the papers are course materials, subject files, information on his committee work
and publications. A small amount of personal material is also included in the collection.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
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[Identification of item], Murray Reed Benedict Papers, BANC MSS 2009/109, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library.
Transferred from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming in 2009.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the container level.
Processed by staff in 2011.
Murray Reed Benedict was born in 1882 in Wisconsin. Benedict received his B.S. degree at the University of Washington. He
was awarded his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1931 at which point he joined the faculty of the University
of California at Berkeley. He taught Agricultural Economics at the University of California until his retirement in 1961.
Dr. Benedict died in 1980.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Murray R. Benedict Papers document Benedict's career as a professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of California,
Berkeley from 1931 to 1961. Included in the papers are course materials, subject files, information on his committee work
and publications. A small amount of personal material is also included in the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States
Agriculture--Economic aspects--California
Faculty papers
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Study and teaching
Benedict, Murray R. (Murray Reed)--Archives
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics