Guide to Economics Collections Now Available

One of the strengths of the Pub­lic Pol­icy Papers at the See­ley G. Mudd Man­u­script Library is 20th cen­tury eco­nomic thought and devel­op­ment. The Eco­nom­ics col­lec­tions dis­cussed here are now part of a guide to all of Mudd’s eco­nom­ics col­lec­tions, found here.

The col­lec­tions doc­u­ment eco­nomic activ­ity on every set­tled con­ti­nent and include the papers of impor­tant gov­ern­ment offi­cials and advi­sors, influ­en­tial schol­ars, bankers and busi­ness­men, and the records of for-profit and non-profit devel­op­ment and advo­cacy orga­ni­za­tions. As a whole, they com­prise a valu­able resource for schol­ars to study Amer­i­can eco­nomic pol­icy and the ideas of some of the lead­ing eco­nomic minds of the 20th cen­tury and their impact on the emerg­ing world econ­omy, espe­cially in devel­op­ing nations. The col­lec­tions are par­tic­u­larly strong in doc­u­ment­ing the sub­ject areas of pub­lic and inter­na­tional finance, eco­nomic devel­op­ment, United States for­eign eco­nomic poli­cies, and eco­nomic poli­cies in Latin America.