William A. Neiswanger Papers, 1936-74 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of William A. Neiswanger (1900-78), professor of economics (1936-67), including productivity studies & correspondence with National Bureau of Economic Research, Works Progress Administration, (1936-37); transcripts of meetings, speeches & training lectures as Price Executive, Machinery Division, Office of Price Administration (1942-43); syllabi, lecture notes, problems, examinations & computations from economics courses; memoranda, correspondence & scrapbooks containing clippings from Champaign-Urbana & Chicago newspapers relating to College of Commerce & Business Administration & Economics Dept. controversies over Dean Howard R. Bowen, qualifications of Commerce faculty, administrative procedure & reorganization (1950-51); correspondence & research materials for Elementary Statistical Methods (New York: Macmillan Company, 1943; 1956; 1962); research notes & articles on the economics of higher education, including data collected for the Committee on Student Economics (1959-61); statement to Congressional Subcommittee on Economic Statistics on consumer price indexes (1958); research notes & articles (1954-64) relating to National Science Foundation grant to investigate the "Effect of Certain Specification Errors on Parameter Estimates in Econometric Models" & articles; correspondence & lecture materials relating to Midwest Universities Consortium of International Activities & the Thailand National Institute of Development Administration (1967-68); proposal for lecture series on Quantitative Methods in Underdeveloped countries (1968-71); memoranda & research on Household-Expenditure Survey & Family Member Study, Thanburi-Bangkok, (1969-70) & research materials on the economy of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India.