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Title: John Bell Condliffe papers
Date (inclusive): 1816-1999
Collection Number: 90015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
54 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 envelope, 1 sound disc, 13 motion picture film reels
(32.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Condliffe, J. B. (John Bell), 1891-1981
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.
[Identification of item], John Bell Condliffe papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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 |
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Economists
Pan-Pacific relations
Economic development
Commerce
Australia -- Economic conditions
New Zealand -- Economic conditions
Pacific Area