Frank G. Dickinson Papers, 1932-67 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Frank G. Dickinson '21 (1899-1967), professor of economics (1922-1946), including correspondence, clippings and publications relating to career and publications (1965-67), economic planning (1932), war costs (1934), insurance (1939), war bonds and the national debt (1944), costs of medical care and insurance (1946-50, 1963), social security and the age factor (1937, 1959-65), philanthropy (1963), mathematics (1943, 1952), travel (1955, 1957) and football ratings (1941) . Prof. Dickinson served as Director of the Bureau of Medical Economic Research of the American Medical Association (1946-57), director of a study of philanthropy for the National Bureau of Economics Research (1958-62) and professor of economics at Northern Illinois University (1962-67). The series includes bulletins 49-105 and "miscellaneous papers" 1-118 (1947-58) of the Bureau of Medical Economic Research and a Testimonial (February 1941) from the University of Minnesota in recognition of Dickinson's system of rating football teams.