John Bell Condliffe papers, 1816-1999

Summary

Creators:

Condliffe, J. B. (John Bell), 1891-1981

Abstract:

Speeches and writings, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to various aspects of world economic conditions, especially international trade, the history of the development of world commerce, and the economic development of Australia, New Zealand and the entire Pacific basin region. Includes autobiographical writings, family photographs, and letters and memorabilia from his service in WWI.

Extent:

54 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 envelope, 1 sound disc, 13 motion picture film reels (32.2 Linear Feet)

Language:

In English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John Bell Condliffe papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Speeches and writings, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to various aspects of world economic conditions, especially international trade, the history of the development of world commerce, and the economic development of Australia, New Zealand and the entire Pacific basin region. Includes autobiographical writings, family photographs, and letters and memorabilia from his service in WWI.

Biographical / historical:

Date	Event
1891, Dec. 23	Born, Melbourne, Australia
1913	B.A., Canterbury College
1914	M.A., University of Canterbury
1915	Lecturer in Economics, University of Canterbury
1914-1918	Served in the First World War with the New Zealand Division
1916	Married Olive Grace Mills
1919-1920	Gainville and Caius College, Cambridge
1920-1926	Professor of Economics, Canterbury College
1925	Attended the first conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Honolulu
1927	Received the degree of D.Sc. in Economics from the University of New Zealand; Author, Problems of the Pacific
1927-1931	Research Secretary, Institute of Pacific Relations, Hawaii
1930	Author, New Zealand in the Making
1930-1931	Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
1931	Author, Problems of Food and Population in the Pacific Area, and The Pacific Area in International Relations
1931-1937	Member, Economic Intelligence Service, League of Nations
1932	Author, China To-Day: Economic
1933	Author, World Economic Survey
1935	Author, A Short History of New Zealand, and War and Depression
1937-1939	Professor of Commerce, University of London
1938	Author, Markets and the Problem of Peaceful Change, and A Survey of International Research in Europe
1939	Recipient of Howland Memorial Prize, Yale University Author, The Changing Structure of Economic Life
1940-1958	Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1940	Author, The Reconstruction of World Trade
1941	Author, Report Upon a Survey International House, University of California, Berkeley
1942	Received Honorary degree of LL.D., Occidental College Author, Agenda For a Postwar World
1943	Author, The Economic Pattern of World Population
1943-1944	Research Associate, Institute of International Studies, Yale University
1943-1947	Associate Director, Division of Economics and History, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1944	Author, The Foreign Economic Policy of the United States, and The Common Interest in International Economic Organisation
1945	Naturalized citizen of the United States Author, How Much Tariff Protection for Farm Products?, La Politica Economic Exterior De Estados Unidos, Exchange Stabilization, and World Economic Survey
1946	Author, Proposals For Consideration by an International Conference on Trade and Development
1947	Author, Obstacles to Multilateral Trading and The Foreign Loan Policy of the United States
1950	Recipient of Wendell Wilkie Prize Author, The Commerce of Nations, The Economic Consequences of Scientific Research, and Point Four and the World Economy
1951	Author, Technological Progress and Economic Development and International Trade and Economic Nationalism
1953	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1957	Received Honorary Litt.D. degree, University of New Zealand
1959-1960	Adviser, Indian National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi
1959	Author, The Welfare State in New Zealand
1961-1967	Senior Economist, Stanford Research Institute
1964	Author, The Development of Australia
1965	Author, Foresight and Enterprise and From Adam Smith to Keynes -and After
1966	Author, The Balancing of International Payment: Money and Goods
1967	Author, The University and Technology
1969	Author, The Economic Outlook for New Zealand
1971	Author, Te Rangi Hiroa
1973	Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury
1974	Author, Defunct Economists
1977	Gold Cross, Royal Order of Phoenix (Greece)
1981	Author, Reminiscences of the Institute of Pacific Relations
1981, Dec. 23	Died, Walnut Creek, California

Acquisition information:

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1990.

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Pan-Pacific relations
Economic development
Commerce
Economists

Places:

Australia -- Economic conditions
New Zealand -- Economic conditions
Pacific Area

Restrictions:

Boxes 59-62 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John Bell Condliffe papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:

Hoover Institution

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Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US

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