Scope and Contents
The collection includes an autobiography, published material, scrapbooks, papers on the World Peace Conference, miscellaneous writings, manuscripts, records of the American Liberty League, manuscripts on the New Deal, records of the Economists National Committee on Monetary Policy, and other miscellaneous items.
The autobiography was a statement prepared as a press release in 1965.
Published materials include tearsheets of thirty four articles from The Burroughs Clearing House, a pamphlet tilted "Revisions on Taxation," United States Chamber of Commerce pamphlets and tearsheets of periodicals. (1940-1946)
The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from the New York Sunday Times, Washington Star, and the New York Herald-Tribune. (1931-1950)
The papers of the World Peace Conference include newspaper clippings, tearsheets, and manuscripts of press releases. (1933)
There are also miscellaneous writings including the "Currency Management in Sweden," and the "European Recovery Program."
Manuscripts include "Inflationary Threats," "New Monetary Issues," "Taxation," "Jean Bodin and the Quantity of Theory of Money," and "Restrictions of the Courts." (1863-1947)
Records of the American Liberty League incudes manuscripts by Crawford and press releases. (1934-1938)
The Manuscripts of the New Deal are all written by Crawford and include "Thomas Jefferson and the New Deal," "The Barkley Keynote Speech," "Roosevelt Prevarications." (1936-1940)
The records of the Economists National Committee on Monetary Policy includes press releases, mimeograph letters to members, objectives and clippings.
Miscellaneous items include letters to Crawford, fragments of manuscripts, a manuscript by Jerry Voorhis, magazines, and reviews of pamphlets.
Dates
- 1931-1965
Creator
- American Liberty League (Organization)
- Crawford, Arthur W. (Arthur Whipple) (Person)
- Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (Organization)
- Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy (U.S.) (Organization)
- Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Whipple Crawford (1885-?) was an economist and newspaper correspondent. He was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, and educated at Beloit College and American University. He worked as a political and legislative reporter for Chicago newspapers, and later for New York newspapers. In 1934 he became research director of the American Liberty League, and the author of forty-five of its pamphlets. He became staff specialist in finance, money, and banking for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and subsequently for Tax Foundation, Inc.
Extent
2 linear feet (2 containers) : 1 manuscript box, 1 record storage box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Arthur Whipple Crawford (1885-?) was an economist and newspaper correspondent. The collection includes an autobiography, published material, scrapbooks, papers on the World Peace Conference, miscellaneous writings, manuscripts, records of the American Liberty League, manuscripts on the New Deal, records of the Economists National Committee on Monetary Policy, and other miscellaneous items.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series: Autobiography, Published Material, Scrapbooks, World Peace Conference, Miscellaneous Writing, Manuscripts, American Library League, Roosevelt Administration--New Deal, Economists National Committee on Monetary Policy, and Miscellaneous.
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents. Folder titles are based on those created by the creators or previous custodians. Titles have not all been verified against the contents of the folders. In some cases, staff supplied folder titles during initial processing.
- American Liberty League
- Autobiographies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Crawford, Arthur W. (Arthur Whipple)
- Economists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Europe -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Monetary policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Deal, 1933-1939 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tax Foundation
- Taxation -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tear sheets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World politics -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Arthur Whipple Crawford Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Jenn Newby and Kira B. Homo.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
