Research Catalog

Title

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman papers, 1750-1939

Author

Seligman, Edwin R. A, 1861-1939 (Edwin Robert Anderson)

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Shirley, William, 1694-1771
• Bray, John Francis, 1809-1897
• Jones, Ernest Charles, 1819-1869

Description

48

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts and documents. Included among his personal and professional correspondence are letters from famous economists collected by Seligman. Among these are: I) William Shirley (Box 95). 1741-1745. Copies of letters and documents by Shirley, Royal Governor of Massachusetts, addressed chiefly to the Board of Trade, London; II) Paul Flobart (Box 96). RECHERCHES SUR LES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE LAW, 1716-1720. Lille, 1920. Notes, page proof and printed for of this pamphlet; III) John Francis Bray Papers (Box 97). Bray, 1809-1895, early socialist writer and labor agitator in England, 1822, returned to America in 1842. Michigan experiences, 1842-1896, papers 1860-1890; IV) Ernest Jones Papers. Correspondence, family and business papers of Ernest Jones, 1819-1869, English militant socialist and leader of the Chartist movement, and publisher of two newspapers propagating Marxist doctrines. Collection consists of ca.1,708 items, and some family correspondence and mementoes. The most valuable part appears to be his notes refuting various libel charges brought against him. In 10 boxes at the end of the collection

Subjects

• Economics > Study and teaching
• Law, John, 1671-1729
• Economics > History
• Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro, 1845-1926
• Walras, Léon, 1834-1910
• Bibliographies
• Notebooks
• Taussig, F. W (Frank William), 1859-1940
• Bills (financial)
• League of Nations Finance
• Photographs
• Clark, John Bates, 1847-1938
• Editors
• College teachers
• Chartism
• Econometrics
• Ashley, W. J (William James), 1860-1927
• Reports
• New York (N.Y.) > Tax Commission
• Economists
• Card catalogs
• Columbia University Faculty
• Cuba
• Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924
• Scrapbooks
• Portraits
• New York (State) > State Tax Commission
• Seligman, Edwin R. A (Edwin Robert Anderson), 1861-1939

Genre/Form

• Bibliographies
• Bills (financial)
• Card catalogs
• Notebooks
• Photographs
• Reports

Note

• Materials Separated from the Resource: The various Historical Papers which form part of this collection have been separately cataloged. To find these records please do an RID search in the form: fin rid nycr90-a162

Access (note)

• The following boxes are located on-site: Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence and Series VI: Ernest Charles Jones Papers.
• The following boxes are located off-site: 1-116. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
• This collection has no restrictions.
• Readers must use the microfilm of the Ernest Charles Jones Papers, as well as the correspondence of Sir William Ashley and James Bryce.

Cite As (note)

• Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Original Location (note)

• Ernest Charles Jones papers; James Bryce correspondence; Sir William James Ashley letters are on: microfilm.
• "Knies-Volkswirthschaftslehre" 1881, bound manuscript lecture notebook in Seligman's hand, 64 p., from Box 86 is on: microfilm. [#2005-7014].

Terms of Use (note)

• Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Source (note)

• Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase, 1929 & 1942.

Biography (note)

• Columbia A.B. 1879; A.M. 1884; L.L.B. 1884; Ph.D. 1885; L.L.D. 1904. Seligman served on the Columbia University faculty 1885-1931; the Tax Committee of New York City 1914-1916 and of New York State 1929-1931; the League of Nations committee on economics and finance 1922-1923; financial advisor to Cuba in 1931; editor of the Political Science Quarterly and the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences , among many other roles.

Processing Action (note)

• Papers Entered in AMC 11/30/90. Processed by June Lord-Wood 04/1986; Revised by Henry Rowen; revised by Daniel Eshom, 2/11/2005.

OCLC

• 298686876
• ocn298686876
• SCSB-4798121

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries