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Henry Crosby Emery papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 966

Scope and Contents

The papers center on two aspects of Emery's activities: his teaching career at Yale and his service as chairman of the U.S. Tariff Board (1909-1913). Papers relating to the Board include correspondence, reports, statistics, and cloth samples collected in connection with the board's investigation of the carpet, wool, and cotton manufacturing industries, ca.1911-1912. Principal correspondents are members of the board, among them Alvin H. Sanders, James B. Reynolds, L. M. Spier, N. I. Stone, R. B. Horrow, and Charles A. Veditz.

Dates

  • 1887-1912

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. H. C. Emery, 1924.

Arrangement

Arranged in two series: I. Correspondence. II. Topical Files.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0966

Abstract

The papers center on two aspects of Emery's activities: his teaching career at Yale and his service as chairman of the U.S. Tariff Board (1909-1913). Papers relating to the Board include correspondence, reports, statistics, and cloth samples collected in connection with the board's investigation of the carpet, wool, and cotton manufacturing industries, ca.1911-1912. Principal correspondents are members of the board, among them Alvin H. Sanders, James B. Reynolds, L. M. Spier, N. I. Stone, R. B. Horrow, and Charles A. Veditz.

Biographical / Historical

Henry Crosby Emery: economist; B.A., Bowdoin, 1892; M.A., Harvard, 1893; Ph.D., Columbia, 1896; professor at Bowdoin, 1896-1900; professor of political economy at Yale, 1900-1915; president of U.S. Tariff Board, 1909-1913; worked for Guaranty Trust Co., 1917-1924.

Title
Guide to the Henry Crosby Emery Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by William E Brown, Jr.
Date
July 1986
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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Location

Sterling Memorial Library
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