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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection includes special reports, budgets, and publications. It also includes correspondence relating to the founding of the institute, its objectives, the relationship of the institute with Washington University, and dissolution of the institute's ties with Washington University. The bulk of correspondences are between Robert S. Brookings and the Washington University administration, including Chancellors Fredric Hall and Herbert Hadley; Assistant to the Chancellor George Throop; Treasurer Ludwig Kotany, Assistant Treasurers Frances Clesse and Elizabeth Wilson; University faculty members Walton Hamilton and Isaac Lippincott, and Advisory Board member Harold Moulton. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Collection Historical Note
The Graduate School of Economics and Government was a three year program to teach various aspects of public service, beginning in September 1923, under the auspices of Washington University. Students studied their first year in St. Louis, and then spent two years in Washington D.C. living in a building known as the Residence Foundation. In 1924, the program was separated from the University, over concern that the University’s charter did not cover programs operating out of state. Taking on a new name, the Robert Brookings School of Economics and Government, the program continued as a separate organization. In 1927 it was consolidated by Robert Brookings with the Institute of Government Research and the Institute of Economics to form The Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. (See also: Candace O’Connor. Beginning A Great Work: Washington University in St. Louis, 1853-2003., 138-139.)
Administrative Information
Repository:
WUA University Archives
Accruals:
Accruals are interfiled.
Access Restrictions:
Access to this collection requires permission from the Chancellor’s Office. For details, contact the University Archivist at (314) 935-9730.
Use Restrictions:
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)
Acquisition Method:
This material was transferred to University Archives in December 1967 from the Chancellor’s Office. Additional files were transferred in 2006.
Preferred Citation:
[Item description]. From the [collection title, series, box, folder]. University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Processing Information:
Processed by Sonya McDonald in December 2005 and Miranda Rectenwald in May 2006.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Administrative Board, Robert Bookings Graduate School of Economics and Government - Election of members, 1924
- Folder 2: Administrative Board, Robert Bookings Graduate School of Economics and Government - Minutes, June 1924
- Folder 3: Administrative Board, Robert Bookings Graduate School of Economics and Government - Minutes, November 1924
- Folder 4: Administrative Board, Robert Bookings Graduate School of Economics and Government - Memos, 1924
- Folder 5: Board of Directors, Washington University - Establishment of Graduate Institute (Board resolutions, budgets, organization), 1924
- Folder 6: Board of Directors, Washington University - Extracts of minutes, 1923 - 1924
- Folder 7: Board of Directors, Washington University - Minutes, November 1923
- Folder 8: Board of Directors, Washington University - Minutes, April 1924
- Folder 9: Board of Directors, Washington University - Extracts of minutes, November 1924 (regarding separation of Graduate School of Economics and Government)
- Folder 10: Board of Directors, Washington University - Extracts of minutes,1924
- Folder 11: Budget, 1923 - 1924
- Folder 12: Budget, expenses incurred in Washington, D.C., 1923 - 1924
- Folder 13: Budget, 1924 - 1925
- Folder 14: Correspondence - Manley Anderson of Harvard Law School to Herbert Hadley, 1924
- Folder 15: Correspondence - Robert Brookings with Chancellors Hadley and Hall, 1923-1924
- Folder 16: Correspondence - Robert Brookings with Walton Hamilton, 1923 (regarding organization of the Institute)
- Folder 17: Correspondence - Robert Brookings to Ludwig Kotany, 1923 (regarding name of department and budget)
- Folder 18: Correspondence - Robert Brookings to Ludwig Kotany, 1924 (regarding budget)
- Folder 19: Correspondence - Robert Brookings to George Throop, 1923 (regarding fellowships)
- Folder 20: Correspondence - California & Oregon Lumber Company Stock, 1924 (regarding donation by Robert Brookings)
- Folder 21: Correspondence- Herbert Hadley with Hamilton, Walton, and Hall, Frederic, 1924
- Folder 22: Correspondence - Herbert Hadley to Ludwig Kotany, 1924
- Folder 23: Correspondence - Walton Hamilton to Ludwig Kotany, 1924 (regarding Van Meter as Librarian)
- Folder 24: Correspondence - Miss Izabel Valle January, 1924 - 1925 (regarding donation)
- Folder 25: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Robert Brookings, 1923
- Folder 26: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Robert Brookings, 1924 (regarding budget)
- Folder 27: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Miss Frances Clesse, 1923 (regarding budget)
- Folder 28: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Miss Frances Clesse, and Miss Elizabeth Wilson, 1924 (regarding budget)
- Folder 29: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Fredric Hall, 1923
- Folder 30: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Walton Hamilton, 1924
- Folder 31: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany to Isaac Lippincott, 1923
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence - Ludwig Kotany with George Throop, 1923
- Folder 2: Correspondence - Lecture by Dodd and Miekeljohn, 1924 (at Graduate School of Economics and Government)
- Folder 3: Correspondence - Isaac Lippincott with Fredric Hall, Herbert Hadley, and Robert Brookings, 1923
- Folder 4: Correspondence - Isaac Lippincott to Ludwig Kotany, 1923
- Folder 5: Correspondence - Harold Moulton with Herbert Hadley, 1923
- Folder 6: Correspondence - New Orleans, Texas, & Mexico Stock, 1924 - 1925 (regarding donation by Robert Brookings)
- Folder 7: Correspondence - Other, 1923 - 1924
- Folder 8: Correspondence - Residence Foundation, 1724 Eye Street, Washington, D.C., 1923 - 1924 (building purchased for student housing and classes in Washington, D.C.)
- Folder 9: Correspondence - Lindsay Rogers of Columbia University with Fredric Hall and Robert Brookings, 1923
- Folder 10: Correspondence - Separation of Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, 1924 -1925 (references to transfer of endowment funds)
- Folder 11: Correspondence - George Throop to Ludwig Kotany, 1923 (regarding budget)
- Folder 12: Correspondence - George Throop to Ludwig Kotany, 1924 (regarding budget)
- Folder 13: Correspondence - Tower Dormitory / Faculty Club, 1923 - 1924
- Folder 14: Fellowships - Announcement, general correspondence, 1923-1924
- Folder 15: Fellowships - Applications - Montgomery Anderson, 1923
- Folder 16: Fellowships - Applications - Harry Dembo, 1923
- Folder 17: Fellowships - Applications - Robert Denny, 1923
- Folder 18: Fellowships - Applications - Mary S. Foote, 1923
- Folder 19: Fellowships - Applications - William Fuhri and Charlotee Hankin, 1923
- Folder 20: Fellowships - Applications - John Heinberg, 1923
- Folder 21: Fellowships - Applications - Stacy May, Edward Meriweather, 1923
- Folder 22: Fellowships - Applications - Lawrence Meyers, 1923
- Folder 23: Fellowships - Applications - M.D. Orten, 1923
- Folder 24: Fellowships - Applications - Roy Russell, 1923
- Folder 25: Fellowships - Applications - Bernhard L. Simmons, 1923
- Folder 26: Fellowships - Applications - Karl Van Meter, 1923
- Folder 27: Fellowships - Applications - William Harvey Young, 1923
- Folder 28: Fellowships - Payments, 1923
- Folder 29: Fellowships - Payments, 1924
- Folder 30: Harvard University - Courses in History, Government, and Economics, 1920 -1921
- Folder 31: Memorandum - Right of Washington University to Engage in Extra-Territorial Education Work, 1923 - 1924 (legal opinion)
- Folder 32: Newspaper Clippings - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 4, 1925
- Folder 33: Personnel Roster - Graduate Institute of Economics and, 1924-1925
- Folder 34: Press Release - Washington Evening Star, June 1923
- Folder 35: Publication - "Annual Catalog," 1924 (copy concerning the Graduate Institute)
- Folder 36: Publication - "Circular I: Residence Foundation; Circular II: Suggested Topics for Theses; Circular III: General Announcement;" 1923, Graduate School of Economics and Government, Washington University
- Folder 37: Publication - "Course in the Graduate School of Economics and Government," Washington University, n.d.
- Folder 38: Publication - "General Announcement" 1924- 1925, Graduate School of Economics and Government, Washington University [3 copies]
- Folder 39: Publication - "The Importance of an Economic Viewpoint for Lawyers," Robert Brookings, 1923
- Folder 40: Publication - "Preliminary Announcement" 1924- 1925, Graduate School of Economics and Government, Washington University [draft]
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