Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Jacob Marschak Papers,
- Dates:
- 1930-1980
- Creators:
- Marschak, Jacob, 1898-
- Abstract:
- Jacob Marschak (1898-1977) was a professor of economics and operations research at the UCLA Graduate School of Management (1960- ). He helped develop the information theory of economics and was a leading researcher in econometrics. The collection consists of Marschak's correspondence, manuscripts and working papers, reprints, notes and teaching materials.
- Extent:
- 198 boxes (99 linear ft.) 5 oversize boxes
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jacob Marschak Papers (Collection 1275). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and working papers, reprints, notes and teaching materials of economist and professor Jacob Marschak. Includes materials relating to the origin of modern econometrics and Germany during the Weimar Republic.
- Biographical / historical:
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Marschak was born on July 23, 1898 in Kiev, Russia; attended the Technical Institute of Kiev, 1916-18, and the University of Berlin, 1919; received his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg in 1922; taught at Heidelberg, Oxford, the University of Chicago, and Yale University before becoming a professor of economics and operations research at the UCLA Graduate School of Management in 1960; helped develop the information theory of economics and was a leading researcher in econometrics; published books include Economic theory of teams (1972) and Economic information, decision, and prediction: selected essays (c1974); nominated several times for a Nobel Prize; he died on July 27, 1977 in Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Dr. Ann Jernberg and Dr. Thomas Marschak, 1979.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2004
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications. Machine-readable finding aid derived from in-house paper finding aid. Date of source:
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Publication rights for all unpublished materials of Dr. Marschak in this collection are retained by his heirs, and their permission is required for publication.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Jacob Marschak Papers (Collection 1275). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988