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Title: Milton Friedman papers
Date (inclusive): 1931-2006
Collection Number: 77011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
227 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 4 card file boxes, 1 slide box, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder
(99.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, printed matter, sound recordings, videotapes, and photographs relating
to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States, and governmental economic policy. Digitized copies of many of
the sound and video recordings in this collection, as well as some of Friedman's writings, are available at
https://miltonfriedman.hoover.org.
Creator:
Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; there is digitized content from this collection available. 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.
Digitized materials are protected by copyright laws and are provided for educational and research purposes only. Any infringing
use may be subject to disciplinary action and/or civil or criminal liability as provided by law. If you believe you are the
rights holder and object to Hoover's use of a digitized item, please contact hooverarchives@stanford.edu.
First acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977, the collection includes additions from the 1980s until
2007 in boxes 109-112 and a large increment in boxes 113-235 acquired in 2008.
[Identification of item], Milton Friedman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Also available on microfilm (226 reels). Digitized copies of many of the sound and video recordings in this collection, as
well as some of Friedman's writings, are available at
https://miltonfriedman.hoover.org.
| 1912 July 31 | Born, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1932 | B.A., Rutgers University |
| 1933 | M.A., University of Chicago |
| 1934-1935 | Research assistant, Social Science Research Committee, University of Chicago |
| 1935-1937 | Associate economist, National Resources Committee, Washington, D.C. |
| 1937-1940 | Lecturer, Columbia University |
| 1937-1946, 1948-1981 | Member, Research Staff, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York |
| 1938 | Married Rose Director |
| 1940-1941 | Visiting professor of economics, University of Wisconsin |
| 1941-1943 | Principal economist, Division of Tax Research, U.S. Treasury Department |
| 1942 | Professor, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Washington, D.C. |
| 1943 | Author (with Carl S. Shoup and Ruth P. Mack), Taxing to Prevent Inflation |
| 1943-1945 | Associate director, Statistical Research Group, Division of War Research, Columbia University |
| 1945 | Author (with Simon S. Kuznets), Income from Independent Professional Practice |
| 1945-1946 | Associate professor of economics and statistics, University of Minnesota |
| 1946 | Ph.D., Columbia University |
| 1946-1948 | Associate professor of economics, University of Chicago |
| 1948 | Author (with Harold A. Freeman, Frederic Mosteller, W. Allen Wallis), Sampling Inspection |
| 1948-1982 | Professor of economics, University of Chicago |
| 1950 | Consultant, Economic Cooperation Administration, Office of the United States Special Representative in Europe, Paris |
| 1953 | Author, Essays in Positive Economics |
| 1956-1979 | Council of Academic Advisers, American Enterprise Institute |
| 1957 | Author, A Theory of the Consumption Function |
| 1960 | Author, A Program for Monetary Stability |
| 1962 | Author, Price Theory: A Provisional Text |
| Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Capitalism and Freedom | |
| 1963 | Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 |
| Author, Inflation: Causes and Consequences | |
| 1968 | Author, Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments |
| 1968-1994 | Advisory Board, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking |
| 1969 | Author, The Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays |
| 1969-1970 | Member, The President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force |
| 1970 | Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), Monetary Statistics of the United States |
| 1972 | Author, An Economist's Protest: Columns on Political Economy |
| 1973 | Member, The President's Commission on White House Fellows |
| 1975 | Author, There Is no Such Thing as a Free Lunch |
| 1976 | Author, Price Theory |
| Recipient, Nobel Prize in Economics | |
| 1977- | Senior research fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, California |
| 1978 | Author, Tax Limitation, Inflation and the Role of Government |
| 1980 | Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Free to Choose, and presenter of a ten-part TV series on PBS of the same title. |
| 1981-1988 | Member, The President's Economic Policy Advisory Board |
| 1982 | Author (with Anna J. Schwartz), Monetary Trends in the U.S. and the United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Author, Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest |
| 1983- | Professor emeritus, University of Chicago |
| 1984 | Author (with Rose D. Friedman), Tyranny of the Status Quo, and presenter of a three part PBS television program of the same title. |
| 1986 | Awarded the Grand Cordon of the First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japanese Government) |
| 1988 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Awarded the National Medal of Science | |
| 1992 | Author (with Thomas S. Szasz), edited and with a preface by Arnold S. Trebach and Kevin B. Zeese, Friedman and Szasz on Liberty and Drugs: Essays on the Free Market and Prohibition |
| Author, Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History | |
| 1992- | Active Member, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea (European Academy of Sciences and Arts) |
| 1993- | Founding Member, National Coalition for Drug Policy Change |
| 1996- | Chairman, Board of Directors, Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation to promote public understanding of the need for major reform in K-12 education and the role that competition through educational choice can play in achieving that reform |
| 1998 | Author (with Rose D. Friedman) Two Lucky People: Memoirs |
| 1999- | Member, Advisory Board, California Parents for Educational Choice |
| 2006 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Milton Friedman papers include a variety of materials relating to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States,
and governmental economic policy. Friedman interacted with a wide network of academics, economists, and politicians, with
whom he corresponded frequently. The papers display his thoughts and expertise in extensive correspondence, speeches and writings,
collected research materials, statistics, printed materials, and photographs, as well as sound and video recordings.
Collected Works of Milton Friedman website,
http://miltonfriedman.hoover.org
Collected Works of Milton Friedman Project records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose conference proceedings, 2003, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Free to Choose: video tape, 1980, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Free enterprise
United States -- Economic policy
Economics
Economists
United States -- Economic conditions
Reagan, Ronald