Finding Aid for V. Lewis Bassie Papers, 1931-1997 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: V. Lewis Bassie Papers, 1931-1997

ID: 9/11/20

Primary Creator: Bassie, V. Lewis (1907-1997)

Extent: 1.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Economic Forecasting, Economics Department, Faculty Papers, Loyality Investigations, McCarthyism, War Production Board

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of V. Lewis Bassie (1907-1997), director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research and professor of economics (1948-1976), includes administrative forms, correspondence, addresses and speeches, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, reports, and publications relating to his work as a government economist and statistician (1935-1948), including work for the Department of Commerce (1939-1940, 1945-1948), Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense (1940-1941), Office of Emergency Management, (Offices of Production Management and of Price Administration, (1941-1942), War Production Board (1942-1944)), and the Foreign Economic Administration (1944-1945); his directorship of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research; and his work for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Iran (1970-1971).The papers also include materials relating to investigations (1948-1954) of him and others during the anti-communist investigations of the 1940s and 1950s and to his forecastings of economic conditions and his analyses of economic policy.

Economic Forecasting
Economics Department
Faculty Papers
Loyality Investigations
McCarthyism
War Production Board

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 12/14/1998

Other Note: 3 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0911020.pdf

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