Robert W. Harbeson Papers, 1927-71 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Robert W. Harbeson (1903-  ), professor of economics (1947-  ) including general issuances, reports, minutes and memoranda of the Department of Economics and the College of Commerce and Business Administration; correspondence, reports, publications and statements relating to committee activities of the Doctoral Committee, Bureau of Economics and Business Research Advisory Committee, Fellowship Committee, Division of Social Sciences Lecture Committee, Economics Seminar Committee, Bureau of Business Management Committee, Department of Economics Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee on Undergraduate Study of Economics, and the AAUP Committee on Year-Round Operations; general correspondence file including character references, recommendations, requests for reprints, articles, papers and correspondence with academic personnel, advisees, publishers, editors, private business representatives and federal and state transportation agency personnel, relating to the economic aspects of the transportation industry; manuscripts, typescripts, and published articles, reviews and reprints concerning water transportation, highway finance, the airline industry, railway transportation, wage-price relationships, rate regulation and transportation legislation.