Inventory of the Institute for Humane Studies miscellaneous records
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Title: Institute for Humane Studies miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1955-1975
Collection Number: 85023
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
11 manuscript boxes
(4.4 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Institute for Humane Studies
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Institute for Humane Studies miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Institute for Human Studies was established in 1961 in Menlo Park, California by Dr. F.A. Harper. As a former economics
professor at Cornell University, Dr. Harper made it his goal to establish an institute whose primary mission would focus on,
"research and education in the conviction that greater understanding of human affairs and freedom would foster peace, prosperity,
and social harmony." Since its 1985 relocation to Fairfax, Virginia the institute has been associated with George Mason University
where it continues today in the goals established by Dr. Harper.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection comprised of sound recordings of lectures by various economists and other speakers delivered at the Institute for
Humane Studies, relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory; correspondence, memoranda and financial records,
relating to production of the festschrift Toward Liberty (1971) in honor of the Austrian-American economist Ludwig von Mises,
and to a visit to the United States by the Austrian economist Friedrich A. von Hayek in 1975.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Free enterprise
Economics
Liberty
Political science
Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881-1973
Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992
Sound recordings of lectures, interviews, discussions, and meetings
1955-1977
Physical Description: 141.0 sound_tape_reels
Armen Albert Alchian sound recordings
1959 June
box 1
Economics as a Science of Choice
1959 June 15
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008766
Scope and Contents note
Series: Microscopic View of Freedom (Individual)
Alchian examines why people make the choices they do, illustrating his different points with a variety of scenarios.
box 1
Private Property
1959 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008767
Scope and Contents note
Alchian argues that the individual is most free when it respects private property the most.
box 1
A group discussion with Armen Alchian
1959 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008772
Scope and Contents note
Several men discuss the implications of Alchian's theories on property and liberty.
box 1
General Utility Approach to Case of Monopoly versus Competition
1959 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008771
box 2
Legal and Economic Analysis of Monopoly and Competition
1959 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008792
Scope and Contents note
Alchian examines monopoly and competition, especially as it applies to labor unions and particularly the Teamsters.
The accessioned tape also includes a discussion with Morley of success of the federal government.
box 2
Problems of Monopoly: Discrimination and Restrictions on Entry
1959 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008793
Scope and Contents note
Alchian examines the barriers of entry that a monopoly creates using examples such as bankers, used-car dealers, insurance
agents, and university football programs.
box 2
Academic Tenure
1959 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008797
Scope and Contents note
A talk on education, including school tuition, state support of education, and tenure.
box 2
Monopoly Theory and Inflation
1959 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008800
box 2
Property Rights in Inflation
1959 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008805
Herrell DeGraff sound recordings
1957 June
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture
1957 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008806
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture
1957 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008809
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture
1957 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008812
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture on technology in agriculture
1957 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008813
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture on agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation
1957 June 26
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008817
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture on agricultural economics
1957 June 27
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008818
box 2
Herrell DeGraff lecture on agricultural economics
1957 June 28
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008821
Aaron Director sound recordings
1956 June
box 2
Aaron Director speech on monopoly as treated by the classical economists
1956 June 02
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005821
box 2
Aaron Director speech on the classical liberal school
1956 June 11
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005820
Scope and Contents note
Director examines the classical liberal school (particularly Smith, Mill, and Hume) and its relevance to the contemporary
world. Topics include the division of labor, self-interest, decentralization of government, voluntary exchange, government
intervention, civil liberty, and the relationship of political and economic freedoms.
box 3
Aaron Director speech on new conservatives
1956 June 14
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005751
Scope and Contents note
Director speaks about the new conservatives. Critical of the group, he compares and contrasts them against the liberal school.
He covers a variety of topics including, but by far not limited to: humanities and utilitarian education, materialism, agriculture
and commerce, and their intellectual base of Marx.
box 3
Aaron Director speech on monopoly
1956 June 15
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005753
box 3
Aaron Director speech on monopolies
1956 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005814
Scope and Contents note
Director speaks about monopolies, not monopoly price theory.
box 3
Aaron Director speech on freedom of enterprise and monopoly
1956 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005815
box 3
Aaron Director speech on full employment policy.
1956 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005816
Scope and Contents note
Director argues that the public policy of full employment is not a new concept; it is grounded in the idea of maximum output.
box 3
Aaron Director speech on housing prices
1956 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005752
Scope and Contents note
In this talk, Director discusses housing prices. He covers price controls, housing assistance, and zoning regulations.
Milton Friedman sound recordings
box 3
Milton Friedman seminar
1955 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006849
Scope and Contents note
This recording sounds like a seminar Friedman had with a small audience, who regularly ask questions and for clarifications.
The session has more of a feel of a workshop than a traditional lecture. The focus seems to be on wages and prices.
box 3
International Monetary Arrangements
1955 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006850
Scope and Contents note
Friedman speaks about exchange rates in international trade. He is critical of fixed rates, instead advocating flexible rates.
box 3
Monopoly and the Role of the State
1955 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006854
Scope and Contents note
Friedman discusses monopoly, antitrust, competition, and things that restrict competition such as patents, tariffs, and building
codes.
box 3
A discussion with Milton Friedman
1955 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006855
Scope and Contents note
Topics covered include: deposits, fractional reserve systems, the Federal Reserve, fixed exchange rates, gold, freedom of
choice and monopoly. Throughout, Friedman and the others use a variety of goods to illustrate their point: bricks, Aspirin,
paintings, hi-fi systems, etc.
box 3
Education and the State
1955 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006858
Scope and Contents note
Friedman looks at the role of government in education. He believes that the state does have a concern in education, but he
believes it should be left at funding of but not administration of education. Central to his analysis is the neighborhood-effect,
in the process comparing education requirements to safety requirements in automobiles. He advocates a voucher system, though
not by that name. He looks at the implications of his system on racial segregation.
box 3
Milton Friedman lecture on welfare considerations
1955 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006859
Scope and Contents note
Friedman speaks about several issues all tied to welfare considerations. Topics include, but are not limited to: public housing,
medical care--with particular emphasis on the British experience and the AMA's prohibition of foreign-trained doctors, and
minimum wage laws.
box 3
Distribution of Income
1955 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006862
box 3
Basic Principles of Liberalism
1958 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006864
Scope and Contents note
Friedman analyzes the history of liberalism, from its roots in thinkers such as Adam Smith to his contemporary world where
it is more commonly called libertarianism, a term Friedman dislikes due to its closeness to the word libertine.
box 4
Friedman-Kemp discussion
1958 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006913
Scope and Contents note
A discussion on the role of government with an emphasis on a liberal society.
box 4
Role of Government in a Liberal Society
1958 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006904
Scope and Contents note
Friedman looks at the role of government in a free society. Topics include: means and ends, unanimity without homogeneity,
proportional representation, neighborhood effects and regulation, paternalism over the insane and children, occupational licensing,
and parks.
Among the audience is F.A. Hayek, who asks a question.
box 4
Problems of Maintaining Economic Stability
1958 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006916
Scope and Contents note
In this speech, Friedman concentrates on the stability of money. In the process, he looks at backing a currency with commodities,
counterfeiting, the dollar during the Civil War, the Federal Reserve System, a history of American monetary policy particularly
during the Great Depression, and the role of government in monetary policy.
box 4
Discrimination in Employment and Education
1958 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006919
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Friedman examines discrimination against ethnic and racial minorities. He believes a liberal, free-market system is the
most beneficial system to these groups. He explains how the situations where discrimination is most prevalent is also where
the situations are the most monopolistic. Other topics include, but are not limited to: taste vs. discrimination, free vs.
fair speech, and right-to-work laws.
box 4
Distribution of Income and Welfare Actions of Government
1958 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006920
box 4
Foreign Aid and Economic Development
1958 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006947
Scope and Contents note
Friedman speaks about the intersection of foreign aid, tariffs, developed countries, and underdeveloped countries.
box 4
Is a Free Society Stable?
1958 June 26
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006965
Scope and Contents note
With a "random comments" structure, Friedman ponders if a free country is stable on the long term. He analyzes this question
noting that the history of the world has shown that despotism has been the natural state of man. He focuses his attention
on the development and rejection of liberalism in the United Kingdom.
box 4
A group discussion with Milton Friedman
1958 June 27
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0006979
box 4, online digital
Monopoly and the Social Responsiblity of Businessmen
1968 June 27
Scope and Contents note
Friedman speaks about monopolies, oligopoly, competition, labor unions, and cartels.
Friedrich A. von Hayek sound recordings
box 4
Coercion and the State
1956 June 12
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0002673
Scope and Contents note
Part of the June 1956 series of lectures, The Creative Powers of the Free Civilization
Hayek speaks about the use of coercion by the government and how this is different from coercion used by others. He argues
that society institutes government to stop worse coercion by others. Saying coercion is not all the influence men can have
on others, nor the state in which all choice is eliminated, he defines coercion as when a person makes it so that what he
wants someone else to do is the least evil choice. Following, he spends much time explaining what is, what is not, and what
leaves an opening for coercion. He believes law is a pre-condition of freedom. To him, coercion is objectionable because it
is a form of destroying a mind; it does not allow a man to make proper choice. On how coercion by government differs from
other coercions, he says the government usually acts with the threat of coercion, though he states taxation is a form of coercion.
Hayek believes coercion is only justifiable to stop the harm of other persons than the coerced person; it cannot be used when
the only people affected are the participants in an activity--Hayek uses the example of homosexuality. He finishes by mentioning
John Stuart Mill.
Topics discussed during the following question-and-answer session include, among others, conscription, taxation, Hayek versus
Mill, Nazism/fascism, changing definitions of coercion, and monopoly and collusion versus coercion.
box 4
Law, Command, and Order
1956 June 13
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008152
box 4
Man's Ignorance of Civilization
1956 June 14
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008153
Scope and Contents note
Hayek speaks about how man's ignorance of various things prevents mankind from moving forward. Included, he looks at the individual
and its relationship with civilization and culture.
box 4
Progress
1956 June 15
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008154
Scope and Contents note
Hayek speaks about progress of society, what it is, what it means, whether it is inevitable, what causes it, and the importance
of freedom in the equation.
box 4
Freedom, Reason, and Tradition
1956 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008159
Scope and Contents note
Hayek looks at how various thinkers and noted people have approached freedom, liberalism, and reason through the years.
box 5
Equality, Value, and Merit
1956 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008162
Scope and Contents note
Hayek speaks about compensation for work and its place in economic, political, and social systems.
box 5
Evolution and Significance of Rule of Law
1956 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008163
Scope and Contents note
Hayek outlines the history of the rule of law from antiquity to the present.
box 5
Rule of Law (continued)
1956 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008164
Scope and Contents note
This talk is a continuation of his previous talk on the rule of law. This talk focuses more on what the rule of law is and
its implications.
box 5
The Decemberline of Socialism and the Rise of the Welfare State
1958 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008165
Scope and Contents note
Hayek delivers the first of a series of lectures on concrete dangers to a liberal society. He defines liberty as a state where
state coercion is at a minimum. This lecture is an analysis of various experiments with socialism and the varying degrees
of a welfare state throughout the West.
box 5
Social Security
1958 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008170
Scope and Contents note
Hayek looks at the relationship of the individual and society when it comes to those than cannot provide for themselves. Included,
he looks at the possibly of requiring people to purchase insurance to provide for them in times of need. While he looks at
similar programs throughout the West, he concentrates on the United States' program. He feels it is a highest problem that
the program is seen as an account someone pays into and not as a welfare program.
box 5
Taxation and Redistribution
1958 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008171
Scope and Contents note
Hayek recalls the history of taxation and the aims of various taxes through history.
The audio is of poor quality at the beginning.
There is a second program on the original tape, as if someone (poorly) recorded over a group discussion with the talk by Hayek.
box 5
Housing and Town Planning
1958 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008172
Scope and Contents note
Saying cities are what defines civilization from primitive cultures, Hayek looks at the role of government and society in
defining city life. He argues that while private property rights are not the end-all decider of what one can do with land,
the marketplace has been the most efficient allocator of resources--as opposed to central planning. He is harshly critical
of rent control and housing cost ceilings. He also looks at government subsidized housing. He finished analyzing building
regulations.
box 10, online digital
Meeting of the Institute for Humane Studies featuring F. A. Hayek
1977 June 10
Scope and Contents note
The first featured speaker is Lou Spadaro, the Institute's new president. His remarks are on "the why" of the Institute. He
then introduces Professor Hayek.
Hayek provides moral arguments for defeating socialism. He begins by saying the goals of the Institute are his, and that they
both work to supply people with ideas for two reasons: helping business people defend their property and persuade politicians,
and they provide intellectuals with the truth. Following, he lays the background for the talk by reflecting on the philosophical
background of economists and how that affects their work. Getting to the thesis of his talk, he argues that one needs to make
both the economic and moral arguments to defeat socialism, that one cannot do so with either by itself. Hayek then concentrates
his time on the moral arguments. Touching on many facets, one such argument is calling the term "social justice" to be meaningless,
arguing to demand the concept of social justice is to demand the destruction of western society. He ends by commenting on
young people's relationship with classical liberalism. A short question-and-answer session follows the talk.
Charles Koch functions as a master of ceremonies for the meeting and, with Ken Templeton, gives introductions.
A recording of this meeting is also found in the Hayek papers, Object ID 86002.7.
box 6
Lecture on the National Health Service of Great Britain
1959 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008202
Scope and Contents note
This talk is on the National Health Service of Great Britain and who should pay for medical care in an ideal system.
Herber Heaton sound recordings
1956 June
box 5
Medieval and Mercantilist Enterprise
1956 June 13
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008179
Scope and Contents note
Heaton recalls the living conditions, both stereotypical and real, of Medieval civilizations in Europe. He uses this to compare
and contrast it with contemporary conditions, values, and appraisals of Medieval times.
box 5
Period from 1450 to 1750
1956 June 14
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008180
box 5
Industrial Revolution
1956 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008183
Scope and Contents note
Heaton recalls the history of the Industrial Revolution.
box 5
The Widening Range of Competitive Enterprise in the 19th Century
1956 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008184
Scope and Contents note
A talk on the industrial revolution.
box 5
Development of Entrepreneurship and Capital
1956 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008185
Scope and Contents note
To Heaton, entrepreneurship encompasses
1. One-man, family, or partnership
2. Joint stock corporation
3. Public Enterprise
His discussion of capital focuses on its origin and accumulation.
box 5
Development of Entrepreneurship and Capital (continuation)
1956 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008190
box 5
Competitive Features of Modern Enterprise During Last 150 Years
1956 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008191
Scope and Contents note
Heaton recalls the economic history of the West of the previous 150 years.
box 6
Balance Sheet: A Look at Freedom and Competitive Enterprise, 30's-50's
1956 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008196
Scope and Contents note
Heaton speaks about the nationalization of industries in Great Britain and the United States in the first half of the 20th
century.
John Jewkes sound recordings
1959 June
box 6
Lecture on Great Britain as the highest profile welfare state
1959 June 15
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008200
Scope and Contents note
A talk on Great Britain as the highest profile welfare state. He notes that the prime beneficiary of this system is the middle
class, not the poor who the system was designed to benefit.
box 6
Lecture on location and productivity in manufacturing
1959 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008201
Scope and Contents note
This talk is about the effect of location on manufacturers on productivity in Great Britain and what role the government should
play in determining where businesses and factories are located.
box 6
Lecture on health care in Great Britain
1959 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008210
Scope and Contents note
Jewkes delivers a lecture continuing the previous lecture's focus on health care in Great Britain. He uses this examination
to then look at the health care system of the United States.
box 6
Lecture on the nationalization of industries in Great Britain
1959 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008212
Scope and Contents note
Jewkes look at nationalization of industries in Great Britain and how this relates to the welfare state.
box 6
First lecture on science and technology
1959 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008213
box 6
Second lecture on science and technology
1959 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008217
Scope and Contents note
Antagonistically, Jewkes delivers a second lecture on science and technology. He argues that education in science and technology
is not more important than education in "the humane studies." He goes on to argue how knowledge in such studies is more important
than faster advancement through technology or science. He believes there is a danger in oversupply of scientists.
box 6
Lecture on John Kenneth Galbraith and the book The Affluent Society
1959 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008218
Scope and Contents note
Jewkes provides his thoughts on John Kenneth Galbraith and the book The Affluent Society. He argues that the book is appealing
to people because it assures people they can be both humane and wealthy, where the contemporary, conventional wisdom holds
the two as mutually exclusive. Jewkes finds Galbraith's history atrocious before examining Galbraith's economic arguments.
Bruno Leoni sound recordings
box 6
Which Freedom?
1958 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008220
Scope and Contents note
Leoni examines the various definitions of the word "freedom." He argues the semantic differences between ideologies and/or
locations is a serious problem. He calls for economists and politicians to work toward ending this problem, though he notes
(with a nod to Ludwig von Mises) some people often purposefully misuse words for their own benefit.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193186&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 6
Freedom and Constraint
1958 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008221
Scope and Contents note
The sound quality is terrible at the beginning and the end.
In this talk, Leoni looks at how the concept of constraint defines what freedom is. As with his lecture the previous day,
he touches on semantics, but for the most part looks at the contrast between freedom and constraint and how this defines both.
He argues that freedom and liberty are the same thing and that it is ridiculous to argue about a freedom from some other thing.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193188&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 6
Freedom and the Rule of Law
1958 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008224
Scope and Contents note
Leoni examines the rule of law, how it is fundamentally an English-speaking world creation, and its application around the
world.
The text of the lecture was available from The Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193190&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 6
Freedom and Certainty of the Law
1958 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008225
Scope and Contents note
The sound quality is terrible at the head of the program.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193192&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 6
Freedom and Legislation
1958 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008229
Scope and Contents note
The sound quality at the head of program is terrible.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193194&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 7
A group discussion with Bruno Leoni
1958 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008234
Scope and Contents note
Concerns coercion, progressive taxation, etc.
box 7
Freedom and Representation
1958 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008237
Scope and Contents note
Includes a discussion at the end about market and political aspects of stockholder voting and rights in the modern corporation.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193196&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 7
Freedom and Commonwealth
1958 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008238
Scope and Contents note
This lecture is about group decisions and individual choices.
The sound quality is suboptimal at times, with a high-pitched squeal audible.
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193198&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of JS, 27 Aug 2012.
box 7
Possibility of a Restoration of a Maximum Area of Free Individual Choice
1958 June 27
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008242
Scope and Contents note
The text of the lecture was available from the Online Library of Liberty, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=920&chapter=193200&layout=html&Itemid=27
as of 27 Aug 2012.
box 10, online digital
Current Ideas on Federalism
1962 August 17
Scope and Contents note
Bruno Leoni speaks about federalism in the United States.
box 10, online digital
Law, Economy, and Individual Freedom
1962 August 20
Felix Morley sound recordings
box 7
Freedom and Its Connection with Particular Forms of Government
1959 June 15
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008243
Scope and Contents note
Morley delivers the introductory lecture to the Sixth Institute on Freedom and Competitive Enterprise, held at Claremont Men's
College (later known as Claremont McKenna College) in Claremont, California.
box 7
A group discussion with Felix Morley
1959 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008250
Scope and Contents note
"Free Society and Federalism"
box 7
Nature of Federal Form of Government
1959 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008247_a01
Scope and Contents note
Morley examines federalism in the American system. In the process, he compares it to other forms of government in other countries,
other eras, and Indian tribes. Occasionally through the lecture, he references the lecture of John Jewkes earlier that day.
He places some importance on noting that the American system is not a political democracy.
box 7
Federal System (U.S.) of Divided and Septemberarated Power
1959 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008251
Scope and Contents note
Morley lectures on the American federal system: of state governments, a national government, and the people's opinions thereon.
One point he emphasizes is how misuse and abuse of words like national and federal have lead to a great deal of confusion
in the country.
box 7
Response to Changing Characteristics of a Society in Political Government
1959 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008254
Scope and Contents note
Morley looks at how government systems, with the focus on the American system, change shape over time, through amendment or
Constitutional interpretation by the judiciary. In the process, he thoroughly analyzes the response to the 14th amendment
and its ratification process.
box 7
Service State
1959 June 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008257
Scope and Contents note
Morley looks at the political aspects of the welfare state and the permanence thereof.
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Imperial Washington
1959 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008259
Scope and Contents note
Morley lectures on how the United States' government is revealed in its international relations. He does this in showing how
America is susceptible to the service state.
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Tenacity of Tradition
1959 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008260
Scope and Contents note
Morley lectures on the factors operating to maintain the system of federalism despite centralizing tendencies and pressures.
Included is an analysis of the voting process and Electoral College.
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Federalism
1959 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008261
Scope and Contents note
Morley analyzes the importance of federalism as the nature of freedom.
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United States Economy Has Vested Interest in Preparation for War
1959 June 28
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008262
Scope and Contents note
Morley is troubled by the increasing reliance of the United States economy on defense spending since the end of World War
II. Because of this, he looks at the foreign and military polices of the country. An important crux of his argument is the
amount of democracy in a country's political system and its effectiveness.
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The Theory of Government
1962 August 14
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The Practice of Government
1962 August 16
Jacques Rueff sound recordings
1955 June
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The Monetary Mechanism and the Keynesian Theory
1955 June 16
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008510
Scope and Contents note
Parable of the diner today
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Monetary Theory and Economic Policy
1955 June 17
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008511
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Forty Years of Monetary Experience in Europe
1955 June 18
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008512
Scope and Contents note
The very beginning of the talk is unavailable on the tape and thus on the digital file.
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German Monetary Reform
1955 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008517
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Correlation of Unemployment to Wage and Price Mechanism
1955 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008519
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Jacques Rueff discussion seminar
1955 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008518
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European Community of Steel and Coal
1955 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008524
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View of a World Without Economic Intervention
1955 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008525
Scope and Contents note
Rueff lectures on prices and the price system with liberal and socialist/communist economic systems.
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How to Influence Those Who Don't Agree With Us
1955 June 25
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008526
Scope and Contents note
A talk on the Marxist theory of surplus value
David McCord Wright sound recordings
1955 June
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Weakness of the Free World
1955 June 13
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008529
Scope and Contents note
Wright speaks about the strengths and weaknesses the West and the communists possess in economic, social, moral, morale, and
military matters.
The sound quality is poor due to the tape's paper base.
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David McCord Wright discussion seminar
1955 June 20
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008530
Scope and Contents note
A discussion on Marxim, socialism, and capitalism.
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German Economy vs. British Economy: A Comparison of the Post-War Rates of Recovery
1955 June 21
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008533
Scope and Contents note
Wright examines why the German economy grew faster than the British economy following World War II, when both countries were
devastated.
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Barriers to Communication
1955 June 22
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008534
Scope and Contents note
A talk about socialist and communist societies and how liberals can successfully engage, debate, and refute the socialist
and communist ideas.
As a follow up to Wright's claim in the lecture that universities ought to be able to show how many faculty members can provide
the pro-capitalist/anti-communist arguments, Wright and Milton Friedman debate the makeup of university economic department
faculties.
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Wage Theory: Role of Unions in the Free Society
1955 June 23
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008535
Scope and Contents note
Wright examines the effect of labor unions on wages, taking both a historical and a contemporary view. He believes union power
is analogous to corporate power and that neither should be allowed to achieve too large a size.
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David McCord Wright discussion seminar
1955 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008536
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Some Modern Confusions
1955 June 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008537
Scope and Contents note
Wright speaks about capitalism, particularly the notion that capitalism and private property are the same thing. He goes on
to compare and contrast the systems, such as, for one of many points, which system is most beneficial to artists.
Arthur Kemp sound recordings
1962
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Distribution of Wealth and Income
1962 August 21
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The Welfare State: National Health Services
1962 August 23
Scope and Contents note
Arhur Kemp looks at the health care systems of the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Economics of Social Security and Medical Care
1962 August 24
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Foreign Aid and Assistance in a Free Society
1962 August 28
Scope and Contents note
A significant portion of Arthur Kemp's lecture is unavailable due to what sounds like a recording error at the time of initial
creation.
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Domestic Monetary Framework
1962 June 29
Scope and Contents note
Arhur Kemp speaks on the monetary policy of the United States, with both historical and contemporary considerations.
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Economic Systems: Isms and Schisms
1962 August 01
Scope and Contents note
Arhur Kemp speaks about liberalism--as embodied in F. A. Hayek--in the contemporary world, especially as it relates to conservatism--as
embodied by Russell Kirk--and what Americans refer to as liberalism, a kind focused on welfare.
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The Role of Government and That of the Market and discussion
1962 August 02
Scope and Contents note
Arhur Kemp discusses the proper role of government and market forces in society, touching on broad topics such as paternalism
before looking at how his ideas apply to specific issues. He speaks broadly, but often cites examples from and for the United
States.
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The Domestic Monetary Framework
1962 August 03
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International Monetary Order
1962 August 06
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Government's Role in Education and Similar Activities
1962 August 07
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Common-Law Attitude Toward Monopoly
1962 August 10
Thomas LeDuc sound recordings
1962 August
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Environment and Human Intelligence
1962 August 14
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Federalism and Anti-Federalism
1962 August 01
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Historical Relativism and Objectivity
1962 August 03
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Political Party Competition and Foreign Relations Before 1812
1962 August 06
Scope and Contents note
Thomas LeDuc speaks about the early foreign policy of the United States of America and how it intersects with economic and
trade matters.
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The Age of Jackson
1962 August 07
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Fresh Thinking on the Reconstruction Period
1962 August 08
Scope and Contents note
Thomas LeDuc speaks about the United States following the Civil War including the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the relationship
between branches of government (President-Congress, House-Senate, etc.).
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Eastern Migration as a Safety-Valve of Urban Discontent
1962 August 09
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Turner's Frontier Hypothesis
1962 August 10
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Agrarian Bias in American Historical Writing
1962 August 13
Sylvester Petro sound recordings
1962 August
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An Historical Survey of the Monopoly Problem
1962 August 08
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Monopoly and Competition Identified
1962 August 09
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Trade Unions and the Monopoly Problem
1962 August 13
Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr., sound recordings
1962 August
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Foundations of American Foreign Policy
1962 August 15
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Manifest Destiny and the American Mission
1962 August 16
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Ekirch looks at American foreign policy through its history. He begins looking at the concept of Manifest Destiny.
He uses this as a springboard to examine the American Revolution's influence throughout the world and America's later foreign
relations throughout the world.
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From Isolation to Imperialism
1962 August 17
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Ekirch looks at how the Progressive movement in the United States turned the country's foreign relations stance from
isolationism to imperialism. Particular focus is placed on growing paternalism by the government in domestic affairs, President
Roosevelt, Anglo-Saxon chauvinism/racism.
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Changing U.S. Military Institutions
1962 August 20
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Significance of the First World War
1962 August 21
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Ekirch argues that American involvement in World War I was the climax of the Progressive Era and caused the backlash
against Progressivism. Key figures in his narrative are Wilson, Dewey, Bourne, and Carver. He further shows how war results
in centralization of power.
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Peace and Isolationism Between Wars
1962 August 22
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of this Arthur Ekirch talk is available, but is not a totally complete recording of the lecture.
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The Coming of World War II
1962 August 23
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Total War and Individual Freedom
1962 August 24
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Ekirch looks at the American experiences in war, particularly World War I and World War II, and the corresponding influence
on economic freedom and civil liberties.
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The Cold War in Perspective
1962 August 27
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The Permanent War Economy and the Power Elite
1962 August 28
Louis M. Spadaro sound recordings
1962 August
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Liberal Economic Thought and Its Background
1962 August 15
Scope and Contents note
Louis M. Spadaro traces the history of Western and liberal economic thought from Plato, Aristotle, and the ancient Israelis
through Adam Smith to the present.
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The 19th Century Attack on Economic Liberalism
1962 August 16
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The Neo-Classical Defense
1962 August 17
Scope and Contents note
Louis M. Spadaro focuses on defending against the ideas of Marx.
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The Basic Issues: An Evaluation
1962 August 21
Miscellaneous sound recordings
box 1
James Doenges talk at the Freedom School on Social Security
1957 August 04
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005892
box 1
Pepperdine lecture by Dr. William Mayer
1961 April 19
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008755
Scope and Contents note
This lecture concerns communist management of American soldiers in captivity in Korea.
box 1
Is Collective Defense Possible?
1961 July 24
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0005893
Scope and Contents note
James Doenges speaks at the Freedom School.
box 1
An Individual's Defense
1961 July 30
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008752
Scope and Contents note
LeFevre speaks on the individual's rights to defend themselves and their property.
The sound quality on the accessioned tape is poor.
box 1
Sandia lecture by Dr. William Mayer
1955-1977
Availability
Use copy available. Hoover Identifier 85023_a_0008756
Scope and Contents note
Dr. Mayer speaks about a study of U.S. prisoners of war in Korea. He says the Koreans have developed, as much as possible,
the ultimate weapon: brainwashing prisoners of war.
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H. W. Luhnow remarks about the Mayer film 'What Can I Do?'
1961 December
Scope and Contents note
Speaking to the employees of the Volker Company, Luhnow comments on what Americans can do to re-instill the American spirit
in themselves and resist communism. He calls for increased Christianity in America as part of this.
box 1, online digital
What Can I Do?
1968 August 02
Scope and Contents note
James M. Rogers speech
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Proofs of a Conspiracy
1969 November 01
Scope and Contents note
"Proofs of a Conspiracy" - A Seminar conducted by Stuart R. Crane, Ph.D.
Bob Jones, of the university of the same name, introduces Crane.
The program from the event lists the subjects of the talk as:
- Why the super-rich support socialism.
- The interlock between the super-rich and the left.
- How history is distorted by the educators and the news media.
- Why big business wants government controls.
- How the U.S. finances Communism.
- The Establishment's control of Communism.
- Why the federal government wants riots.
- Why the Black Nationalists and the New Left are really tools of the Establishment.
- Why Nixon continues LBJ's policies.
- Why the Establishment must have no-win wars.
While this inventory matches the content of the talk, other paper materials included with the tape indicate the talk happened
in Massachusetts. However, during the recording, Crane indicates that the event takes place in California.
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Interview with Professor W. H. Hutt
1971 July 14
Scope and Contents note
Description on the back of the tape box reads:
Interview with Prof. W. H. Hutt by W. M. Evers III, H. G. Resch, Mark Venezia, Jonathan Kahn, and John Hagel on the evening
of 13 July '71.
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Road to Serfdom + 30 Years
1973 January 20
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Shenfield examines the ideas in F. A. Hayek's book The Road to Serfdom and how they apply to the world since publication
of the book. He believes the world has not turned away from the road to serfdom directly, however, the book has indirectly
influenced economic policy.
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Resources, Wealth, and Economic Growth
1962 August 08
Scope and Contents note
Scott Gordon lecture
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Conservation and Utilization of Natural Resources
1962 August 09
Scope and Contents note
Scott Gordon looks at natural resources from the economist's perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, ephemeral
resources; the economist's prefered usage level of renewable resources than those of, for example, fisherman; resource conservation
as investment; resources as market competitors; food and farming economics.
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Interview with Ludwig Lachmann
1974 July 17
Scope and Contents note
This interview concerns the history of economic thought, Austrian school, South African conditions, etc.
box 10, online digital
Methods of Sociology
1962 August 22
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of this James w. Wiggins talk is available, but is not a totally complete recording of the lecture.
Office Files
1970-1975
Scope and Contents
Materials comprised of various administrative records including: correspondence, contracts, memoranda, and financial documents.
box 11, folder 1
Correspondence with Bettina Bien (samples of Mises signatures)
1971
box 11, folder 2
Dot Design cost estimates - Mises 90th, contract with Edwards
1970-1972
box 11, folder 3
Hayek, 1975 fellowship
1975
box 11, folder 4
Mises Festschrift, Curran Library (Toward Liberty)
1971-1972
box 11, folder 5
Mises 90th Festschrift planning
1971
box 11, folder 6
Mises, Ludwig von
1972-1973
box 11, folder 7
Mises 90th Solicitations, financial contributions
1970-1971
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Towards Liberty reprints
1970-1972