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Collection Overview

Title: Murray Weidenbaum Papers, 1955-2006

Predominant Dates:1980-2000

ID: WUA/03/wua00117

Primary Creator: Weidenbaum, Murray

Extent: 12.5 Linear Feet

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection documents Murray Weidenbaum’s involvement at Washington University; his work with several companies, commissions, committees, and organizations; and his work under several U.S. Presidents.

The collection is organized into ten series as detailed below:

Series 01: Personal Data (arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically) Includes articles about and by Weidenbaum, awards, biographical data, correspondence, organizational involvement, and photographs.

Series 02: Washington University Professorship (arranged by class number and subject, then chronologically) Includes Weidenbaum’s course outlines, exams, and assignments for students.

Series 03: Washington University Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day) This material documents Weidenbaum’s work at Washington University. Includes newspaper, newsletter, journal and magazine articles; radio broadcasts and press releases; committee pamphlets; and conference, speech, and event programs.

Series 04: Washington University, Center for the Study of American Business, Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day except for the “Media Use of Center Research” folders which have items arranged in ascending chronological order) This material was kept by the Center for the Study of American Business and documents the work of Weidenbaum and the Center. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings and newsletters; annual reviews, special reports and reports on studies; and letters to “special friends of the Center for the Study of American Business.”

Series 05: Presidential Economics (arranged chronologically by administration, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within each subject) Documents activities by Weidenbaum as part of four presidential administrations. Includes articles from journals, newspapers, and magazines; news releases, correspondence, and reports; general memorandum; and photographs.

Series 06: Reagan Administration Scrapbooks (Washington, D. C.) (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in chronological order by day) This material was kept by Weidenbaum’s secretary at the White House and documents his work while he served in the Reagan administration. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings.

Series 07: Commissions, Committees, Organizations (arranged alphabetically by name of commission, committee, or organization; then alphabetically by subject; then chronologically within subject) Documents Weidenbaum’s work for non-profit entities, government bodies, and corporations. Includes the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission Briefing and Public Hearing transcripts.

Series 08: Company Boards Involvement (arranged alphabetically by name of company board, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within subject) Documents his involvement with various company boards such as Beatrice Company, May Department Stores, Contel, Medicine Shoppe, and Tesoro Petroleum. Includes articles, news releases, annual reports, and correspondence; stockholders’ annual meeting notes and meeting minutes.

Series 09: Publications by Weidenbaum (articles arranged by type of article, then chronologically; pre-publication material arranged chronologically by publication date, then by subject, then chronologically within subject; monograph and books arranged alphabetically by book title) Includes articles from journals and newspapers by Weidenbaum, reports and articles by Weidenbaum and the Center for the Study of American Business; pre-publication material for books written by Weidenbaum, including drafts, reviews, and correspondence with publishers; and copies of some of Weidenbaum’s monographs and books. Series 10: Publicity (arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within each folder) Includes articles about and by Weidenbaum from journals, magazines, and newspapers; awards; correspondence; news releases; remarks by Weidenbaum; and reports.

The collection does not include any correspondence with U.S. Presidents or any personal papers. For more information about Weidenbaum’s time as the chairman of President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers (1981 – 1982), please see Weidenbaum’s memoir: Advising Reagan: Making Economic Policy, 1981-82: A Memoir St. Louis: Washington University in St. Louis, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, 2005 (a copy is available in Series 09).

For publications by Weidenbaum, please see the Washington University Library catalog.

There are additional materials related to this collection. See the "Related Materials" note for more information.

Collection Historical Note

Murray Weidenbaum was born on February 10, 1927. Weidenbaum holds various degrees including the following, B.B.A from City College of New York (1948), M.A. from Columbia University (1949), Ph.D. from Princeton University (1958), and honorary LL.D.s from Baruch College (1981), University of Evansville (1983), and McKendree College (1993).

Murray Weidenbaum’s economic career began in 1948 at the New York State Department of Labor as a junior economist (1948 – 1949). Since that time he worked as an economist for the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1949 – 1957), the corporate economist at The Boeing Company (1958 – 1963), and a senior economist at the Stanford Research Institute (1963 –1964).

In 1964 Professor Weidenbaum joined the faculty at Washington University, and as of 2006 serves as Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor. From 1966 – 1969 he also served as chair of the Economics Department. In 1975 he founded the Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), serving as director for most of 1975 to 2000. Upon retiring from the directorship at the end of 2000, Dr. Weidenbaum became Honorary Chair of the renamed Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

Weidenbaum’s professional experience has been recognized with many awards and honors, including: The Founder’s Day Medal, from Washington University; the Distinguished Writers Award, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies; the Alexander Hamilton Award, for distinguished leadership in the Department of Treasury; the Adam Smith Award from the Association of Private Enterprise Education; and membership in the Missouri Academy of Squires. He is a fellow of the National Association of Business Economists, Honorary Fellow of the Association for Technical Communication, and a past president of the Midwest Economic Association.

Weidenbaum served in various capacities under the Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations. Under President Nixon, Dr. Weidenbaum served as the first Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (1969 – 1971). Weidenbaum served as chairman of President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from January 1981 to August 1982. Also during the Reagan administration, Weidenbaum served as a member of the President’s Economic Policy Advisory Board (1982 – 1989). During the administration of George H. W. Bush, he served as a member of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (1991 – 1994). Also during the Bush administration, he served as a member of the Presidential Mission to Poland in 1989.

Weidenbaum was also involved in Congressional Committees. In 1995 he was appointed to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, Revenue Estimating Advisory Board (1995 – 1998). During 1999 – 2000, he chaired the congressionally-appointed Trade Report Review Commission. He has presented over 60 statements and testimony to Congressional Committees, on topics ranging from the “Economic Effect of Vietnam Spending” (1967) to “Replacing the Federal Income Tax” (1995). Please see the Washington University Library Catalog for relevant government documents.

Since 1979, Weidenbaum has served on the board of several large U.S. companies, including the May Department Stores (1979 – 1999) and Tesoro Petroleum (1992 – 2002). He also was a member of advisory boards of Mattel and Monsanto.

Author and co-author of several hundred articles, numerous monographs, and nine books in multiple editions, Weidenbaum is one of America’s most widely quoted economists. His articles have appeared in publications ranging from The American Economic Review to The Wall Street Journal. In 2005, Dr. Weidenbaum published the monograph, Advising Regan: Making Economic Policy 1981-1982 (Washington University in St. Louis: Weidenbaum Center). His books include Business and Government in the Global Marketplace (7th edition 2004, Prentice-Hall) and Small Wars, Big Defense (1992, Oxford UP) which was selected as the Outstanding Economic Book of the Year by the American Publishers Association Advisory Panel.

For further biographical information see the web site for The Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis and his vita located within the collection in Series 01, Biographical Data.

Administrative Information

Repository: WUA University Archives

Accruals: Accruals are interfiled.

Access Restrictions: Open

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 donated to the University Archives by Murray Weidenbaum in May and June 2006. Additional materials transferred from the University of Wyoming in June 2008.

Related Materials:

Publications - Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy (WU Archives)

Many of Murray Weidenbaum’s publications by the Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB) (now the Weidenbaum Center) at Washington University in St. Louis are available online in Washington University’s Open Scholarship http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/.

Preferred Citation: [Item description]. From the [collection title, series, box, folder]. University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.

Processing Information: Processed by Sonya McDonald, Sarah Pabarcus, and Miranda Rectenwald in August 2006. Updated by Christian Frommelt in Summer 2009.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid was entered into Archon by Hannah Barg in June 2012.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Data],
[Series 2: Washington University Professorship],
[Series 3: Washington University, Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day)],
[Series 4: Washington University, Center for the Study of American Business, Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day except for the "Media Use of Center Research" folders which have items arranged in ascending chronological order)],
[Series 5: Presidential Economics (arranged chronologically by administration, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within each subject)],
[Series 6: Reagan Administration Scrapbooks (Washington, D. C.) (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in chronological order by day)],
[Series 7: Commissions, Committees, Organizations],
[Series 8: Company Boards Involvement],
[Series 9: Publications by Weidenbaum],
[Series 10: Publicity],
[All]

Series 1: Personal Data

(arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically)

Box 1

Folder 1: Articles regarding economics, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1987, 2000, n.d.
Folder 2: Articles: Newspaper, Journal, and Magazine, about Weidenbaum, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 - 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, n.d.
Folder 3: Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1997
Folder 4: Awards, 1969, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993 - 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 (includes biographical information)
Folder 5: Biographical Data, 1972 - 1977, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001 - 2005, 2006, n.d.
Folder 6: Committees and Commissions, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2005
Folder 7: Company Board Involvement, n.d.
Folder 8: Correspondence, 1974, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2005
Folder 9: Organization Involvement: Associate, Fellow, Member, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004
Folder 10: Photographs, 1982, 1984, 1995, 2003
Folder 11: Publications List, works by Weidenbaum, 1981 - 1985, 1991, 1998
Folder 12: Remarks by Weidenbaum, 1971, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996

Series 2: Washington University Professorship

(arranged by class number and subject, then chronologically)

Box 1

Folder 13: Economics 456: Assignments, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2000
Folder 14: Economics 546 / Management 515: Assignments, 1987
Folder 15: Economics 546 / Management 515: Course Outlines, 1972 - 1975, 1977 - 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990 - 1994, 1996 - 2000, 2003 - 2005
Folder 16: Economics 546 / Management 515: Exams, 1972 - 1974, 1977 - 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 - 2000, 2002 - 2005, n.d.

Series 3: Washington University, Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day)

This material documents Weidenbaum's time at Washington University and includes newspaper, newsletters, journal and magazine articles; radio broadcasts and press releases; committee pamphlets; and conference, speech, and event programs. This material was originally stored in scrapbooks but is now stored in folders for preservation purposes. The folders are labeled with the original dates of the individual scrapbooks and then the months that the folder contains. There may be some material that is not filed with the correct month; we kept the items for each month in the order received.

Box 2

Folder 1: Scrapbooks, May 1969 - April 1970: May - August 1969, September - December 1969, January - April 1970
Folder 2: Scrapbooks, April 1970 - November 1970: April - July 1970, August - November 1970
Folder 3: Scrapbooks, November 1970 - August 1971: November 1970 - January 1971, February - April 1971, May - August 1971
Folder 4: Scrapbooks, June 1971 - November 1973: June - December 1971, January - June 1972, July - December 1972, January - November 1973
Folder 5: Scrapbooks, December 1973 - March 1975: December 1973 - June 1974, July - September 1974, October 1974 - January 1975, February - March 1975
Folder 6: Scrapbooks, March 1975 - June 1977: March - June 1975, July - September 1975, October - December 1975, January - March 1976, April - June 1976, July - September 1976, October - December 1976, January - March 1977, April - June 1977
Folder 7: Scrapbooks, April 1977 - August 1978: April - May 1977, July - August 1977, September - November 1977, December 1977 - February 1978, March - May 1978, June - August 1978

Box 3

Folder 1: Scrapbooks, September 1978 - August 1979: September - November 1978, December 1978 - February 1979, March - May 1979, June - August 1979
Folder 2: Scrapbooks, June 1979 - May 1980: September - November 1979, December 1979 - February 1980, March - May 1980
Folder 3: Scrapbooks, July 1982 - December 1983: July - September 1982, October - December 1982, January - March 1983, April - June 1983, July - September 1983, October - December 1983
Folder 4: Scrapbooks, January 1984 - April 1985: January - March 1984, April - June 1984, July - September 1984, October - December 1984, January - April 1985
Folder 5: Scrapbooks, May 1985 - July 1987: May - July 1985, August - October 1985, November 1985 - January 1986, February - April 1986, May - July 1986, August - October 1986, November 1986 - January 1987, February - April 1987, May - July 1987

Box 4

Folder 1: Scrapbooks, August 1987 - May 1989: August - October 1987, November 1987 - January 1988, February - April 1988, May - July 1988, August - October 1988, November 1988 - January 1989, February - May 1989
Folder 2: Scrapbooks, June 1989 - December 1990: June - August 1989, September - November 1989, December 1989 - February 1990, March - May 1990, June - August 1990, September - December 1990
Folder 3: Scrapbooks, January 1991 - July 1992: January - March 1991, April - June 1991, July - September 1991, October - December 1991, January - March 1992, April - July 1992
Folder 4: Scrapbooks, August 1992 - December 1993: August - September 1992, October - December 1992, January - March 1993, April - June 1993, July - September 1993, October - December 1993

Box 5

Folder 1: Scrapbooks, January 1994 - December 1995: January - March 1994, April - June 1994, July - September 1994, October - December 1994, January - March 1995, April - June 1995, July - September 1995, October - December 1995
Folder 2: Scrapbook, January 1996 - December 1997: January - March 1996, April - June 1996, July - September 1996, October - December 1996, January - March 1997, April - June 1997, July - September 1997, October - December 1997
Folder 3: Scrapbooks, January 1998 - December 1999: January - March 1998, April - June 1998, July - September 1998, October - December 1998, January - March 1999, April - June 1999, July - September 1999, October - December 1999

Series 4: Washington University, Center for the Study of American Business, Scrapbooks (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in reverse chronological order by day except for the "Media Use of Center Research" folders which have items arranged in ascending chronological order)

These scrapbooks were kept by the Center for the Study of American Business. They document the work of Weidenbaum and the Center and includes newspaper and magazine clippings and newsletters; annual reviews, special reports and reports on studies; and letters to "special friends of the Center for the Study of American Business." This material was originally stored in scrapbooks but is now stored in folders for preservation purposes. The folders are labeled with the original dates of the individual scrapbooks and then the months that the folder contains. There may be some material that is not filed with the correct month; we kept the items for each month in the order received.

Box 6

Folder 1: CSAB Publicity Book, December 1974 - February 1976: December 1974 - February 1975, March - May 1975, June - August 1975, September - November 1975, December 1975 - February 1976
Folder 2: CSAB Publications Book, March 1976 - November 1977: March - May 1976, June - August 1976, September - November 1976, December 1976 - February 1977, March - May 1977, June - August 1977, September - November 1977
Folder 3: CSAB Publications Book, December 1977 - August 1978: December 1977 - February 1978, March - May 1978, June - August 1978
Folder 4: CSAB Publications Book, September 1978 - August 1979: September - November 1978, December 1978 - February 1979, March - May 1979, June - August 1979
Folder 5: CSAB Publications Book, September 1979 - May 1980: September - November 1979, December 1979 - February 1980, March - May 1980
Folder 6: CSAB Publications Book, May 1981 - June 1983: May - July 1981, August - October 198, November 1981 - January 1982, February - April 1982, May - July 1982, August - October 1982, November 1982 - January 1983, February - April 1983, May - June 1983
Folder 7: CSAB Publications Book, July 1983 - January 1984: July - September 1983, October - December 1983, January 1984

Box 7

Folder 1: Mailing: Special Friends of the Center for the Study of American Business, September 1975 - December 1978: September 1975 - February 1976, March - August 1976, September 1976 - February 1977, March - July 1977, August 1977 - January 1978, February - July 1978, August - December 1978
Folder 2: Mailing: Special Friends of the Center for the Study of American Business, January 1979 - January 1981 (No documents for January 1979): January - June 1979, July - December 1979, January - April 1980, May 1980 - January 1981
Folder 3: Media Use of Center Research: Center for the Study of American Business, July - December 1980: July - August 1980, September - October 1980, November - December 1980 and no date 1980
Folder 4: Media Use of Center Research: Center for the Study of American Business, January - June 1981: January - February 1981, March - April 1981, May - June 1981

Series 5: Presidential Economics (arranged chronologically by administration, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within each subject)

Documents activities by Weidenbaum as part of four presidential administrations and includes articles from journals, newspapers, and magazines; news releases, correspondence, and reports; general memorandum; and photographs.

Box 8

Folder 1: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Articles, Journal and Magazine, 1969 - 1970, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, n.d.
Folder 2: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Articles, Newspaper, 1969 - 1971, 1984, 1990, 1992, n.d.
Folder 3: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Articles, Newspaper, by Weidenbaum, 1976
Folder 4: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Awards, ca. 1970
Folder 5: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Committees, 1969, 1971, 1979
Folder 6: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Correspondence, 1969 - 1971, 1973-1974
Folder 7: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Memorandum, from Weidenbaum, 1970 - 1971
Folder 8: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Memorandum, to Weidenbaum, 1970 - 1971
Folder 9: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Memorandum, regarding Troika I and II, 1969 - 1972
Folder 10: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - News Releases, 1969, 1971, 1985
Folder 11: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Photographs, 1955, 1983
Folder 12: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Remarks by others, 1994, 1996, 2005
Folder 13: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Remarks by Weidenbaum, 1971
Folder 14: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Reports, general, 1968, 1969, 1971, n.d.
Folder 15: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Reports, revenue sharing, 1969, 1971, n.d.
Folder 16: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Study of Economics: Vietnam War, News Clippings, 1967
Folder 17: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Study of Economics: Vietnam War, News Releases, 1967
Folder 18: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - Transcripts, TV and White House Press Conference, 1971
Folder 19: Presidential Economics: Nixon Administration - White House Programs, 1969, n.d.
Folder 20: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Articles, Newspaper, 1980 - 1988, 1990, 1995, n.d.
Folder 21: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Articles, Journal and Magazine, 1981 - 1982, 1984 - 1989, 1991 - 1997
Folder 22: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Articles, Journal and Magazine, 2000, 2003 - 2006, n.d.
Folder 23: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Articles, Journal and Magazine by Weidenbaum, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, n.d.: [Includes Regulation: AEI Journal on Government and Society, November-December 1980, article "On Saving the Kingdom: Reforming Government Regulation" by Murray Weidenbaum. The article includes information gathered by the Transition Task Force for Regulatory Reform who reported to president-elect Ronald Reagan.]
Folder 24: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Correspondence to Weidenbaum, 1980, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, n.d.
Folder 25: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Facts and Figures, 1981 - 1988, 1993
Folder 26: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Memorandum, 1981, 1982, 1984
Folder 27: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Memorandums from Weidenbaum, 1980 - 1982, 1989
Folder 28: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Official Duties of Weidenbaum, 1980, 1981
Folder 29: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Photographs, 1981 - 1982
Folder 30: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Reports, 1980 - 1982, n.d.
Folder 31: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Resignation of Weidenbaum as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, 1982, 2003
Folder 32: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign, 1980, 1981, 1984
Folder 33: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Statements about Ronald Reagan, 1985, 2003, n.d.
Folder 34: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Statements by Ronald Reagan, 1980
Folder 35: Presidential Economics: Reagan Administration - Transcripts of Weidenbaum's Press Briefing from the White House Office of the Press Secretary, 1981 - 1982
Folder 36: Presidential Mission to Poland: Bush Administration - Articles: Newspaper, 1989Presidential Mission to Poland: Bush Administration - Correspondence, 1989 - 1990Presidential Mission to Poland: Bush Administration - News Releases, 1989Presidential Mission to Poland: Bush Administration - Reports, 1989
Folder 37: Presidential Economics: Clinton Administration - Correspondence, 1995 [one document relating to GATT]

Series 6: Reagan Administration Scrapbooks (Washington, D. C.) (arranged chronologically by year and month, within each month the items are generally arranged in chronological order by day)

These scrapbooks were kept by Weidenbaum's secretary at the White House and document his work while he served in the Reagan administration. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings. This material was originally stored in scrapbooks but is now stored in folders for preservation purposes. The folders are labeled with the original dates of the individual scrapbooks and then the months that the folder contains. There may be some material that is not filed with the correct month; we kept the items for each month in the order received.

Box 9

Folder 1: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #1(January 1981 - March 1981): January 1981, February 1981 (folder 1 of 2), February 1981 (folder 2 of 2), March 1981
Folder 2: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #2 (March 1981 - May 1981 and undated): March 1981, April 1981, May 1981, Undated
Folder 3: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #3 (March 1981 - May 1981): March - April 1981, May 1981
Folder 4: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #4 (June 1981 - September 1981): June 1981, July 1981, August 1981, September 1981
Folder 5: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #5 (September 1981 - November 1981): September 1981, October 1981, November 1981, December 1981
Folder 6: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #6 (September 1981 - April 1982): September - November 1981, December 1981, January 1982, February 1982, March 1982, April 1982
Folder 7: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #7 (February 1982 - August 1982): February - April 1982, May 1982, June 1982, July 1982, August 1982
Folder 8: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Book, #8 (January 1981 - March 1981, March - April 1975, includes photograph in presidential office): January 1981, February - March 1981, March - April 1975
Folder 9: Murray L. Weidenbaum Scrap Books (January - February 1981, August 1981, undated), photographs

Series 7: Commissions, Committees, Organizations

(arranged alphabetically by name of commission, committee, or organization; then alphabetically by subject; then chronologically within subject)

Box 10

Folder 1: Clean Air Act Advisory Committee - Committee Information, n.d.
Folder 2: Clean Air Act Advisory Committee - Correspondence, 1991 - 1993
Folder 3: Clean Air Act Advisory Committee - Meetings, 1991, 1992
Folder 4: Clean Air Act Advisory Committee - Reports, ca. 1990
Folder 5: Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation - Revenue Estimating Advisory Board, 1995
Folder 6: Institute for Educational Affairs - Annual Report, 1989
Folder 7: Institute for Educational Affairs - Board of Directors Information, 1988
Folder 8: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Annual Meeting, Mattel 1998 - 2000
Folder 9: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - By-laws and Charter, 1998
Folder 10: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Correspondence, 1999 - 2000
Folder 11: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Contacts, n.d.
Folder 12: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Meetings, 1998, 2000
Folder 13: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - News clippings 1999 - 2006
Folder 14: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Press Releases, 1997 - 2004
Folder 15: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Publications, Mattel, n.d.
Folder 16: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Regulations for Global Manufacturing Principles, 1998, n.d.
Folder 17: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Reports, 1998 - 2000
Folder 18: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council - Reports, Mattel, 2004
Folder 19: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Annual Meeting, 2004 - 2005
Folder 20: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - By-laws and Incorporation, 2002
Folder 21: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Correspondence, 2003 - 2005
Folder 22: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Mission Statement, 2005, n.d.
Folder 23: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Reports, 1998 -1999, 2003 - 2005
Folder 24: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Resignations, 2005
Folder 25: Mattel Independent Monitoring Council, ICCA - Publications, including web site, 2005
Folder 26: Metropolitan Forum - Regional Fiscal reform Panel, 2005
Folder 27: Midwest Economic Association - Correspondence, 1984, 1985
Folder 28: Midwest Economic Association - Executive Committee Meetings, 1985
Folder 29: Midwest Economic Association - News Release, 1985
Folder 30: Midwest Economic Association - Publications, 1986
Folder 31: Missouri Academy of Squires - Correspondence, including Photograph, 1986
Folder 32: Monsanto Public Policy Advisory Committee - Annual Report, Monsanto 2000 - 2001
Folder 33: Monsanto Public Policy Advisory Committee - Articles, 1991, 1994
Folder 34: Monsanto Public Policy Advisory Committee - Correspondence, 1990 - 1992, 1998
Folder 35: Monsanto Public Policy Advisory Committee - Memorandum by Weidenbaum, 1994
Folder 36: Monsanto Public Policy Advisory Committee - Remarks by others, 1990
Folder 37: Panel of Economics Advisors - Correspondence, including Panel Member Information, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1997
Folder 38: Study of Economics Vietnam War - Works by Weidenbaum, 1966 - 1968, 2003
Folder 39: Study of Economics Vietnam War - Writings by Others, 1967 - 1971, 1983, 2004
Folder 40: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Budget, 1999 - 2000
Folder 41: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Correspondence, 1999 - 2000
Folder 42: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Creation, 1998 - 1999
Folder 43: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcripts: (The collection includes the transcripts of the hearing. Olin Library has The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Recommendations for Action by the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission, Washington, D. C.: The Commission, 2000 (GovDoc#Y3.2:T67), which is the reports of the commission. There is an accompanying CD that includes the reports, transcripts, and copy of the website.)
Folder 44: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, August 19, 1999
Folder 45: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, September 9, 1999 (folder 1 of 2)
Folder 46: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, September 9, 1999 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 47: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, October 29, 1999 (folder 1 of 2)
Folder 48: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, October 29, 1999 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 49: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, November 15, 1999 (folder 1of 2)
Folder 50: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, November 15, 1999 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 51: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, November 16, 1999 (folder 1 of 2)

Box 11

Folder 1: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, November 16, 1999 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 2: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, December 10, 1999 (folder 1 of 2)
Folder 3: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, December 10, 1999 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 4: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, January 21, 2000 (folder 1 of 2)
Folder 5: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, January 21, 2000 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 6: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, February 24, 2000
Folder 7: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, March 13, 2000
Folder 8: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, April 26, 2000 (folder 1 of 2)
Folder 9: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Hearing Transcript, April 26, 2000 (folder 2 of 2)
Folder 10: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Meeting minutes and notes, 1999 - 2000
Folder 11: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Members, 1999
Folder 12: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Memorandum from Weidenbaum, 1999 - 2000
Folder 13: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - News Clippings, 2005
Folder 14: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - News Releases, 1999
Folder 15: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Reports 1999 - 2000 (Final Report November 14, 2000)
Folder 16: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - U.S.-China Commission 2000, 2005
Folder 17: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission - Writing by Others, 1999

Series 8: Company Boards Involvement

(arranged alphabetically by name of company board, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within subject)

Box 11

Folder 18: Beatrice Companies - Annual Report, 1985
Folder 19: Beatrice Companies - Articles: Newspaper, 1985, 1986
Folder 20: Beatrice Companies - Board of Directors Information, 1982 - 1985
Folder 21: Beatrice Companies - Board of Directors Meetings, 1985, 1986
Folder 22: Beatrice Companies - Correspondence, 1985, 1986, 1994
Folder 23: Beatrice Companies - Legal Information, 1986
Folder 24: Beatrice Companies - News Releases, 1985, n.d.
Folder 25: Beatrice Companies - Stockholders Special Meeting, 1986
Folder 26: Contel - Annual Report, 1989
Folder 27: Contel - Board of Directors Information 1985 - 1988
Folder 28: Contel - News Releases, 1986
Folder 29: Contel - Photographs, n.d.
Folder 30: May Company - Annual Reports, 1977 - 1980, 1982 - 1989, 1991 - 1994, 1998
Folder 31: May Company - Articles: Journal and Magazine, 2003, n.d.
Folder 32: May Company - Board of Directors Information, 1992, 1995, n.d.
Folder 33: May Company - Correspondence, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1997, n.d.
Folder 34: May Company - News Releases, 1984, 1998
Folder 35: May Company - Policy on Business Conduct, 1997 - 1998
Folder 36: May Company - Stockholders Annual Meeting, 1980, 1983, 1985 - 1993, 1995 - 1998
Folder 37: Medicine Shoppe - Annual Report, 1994
Folder 38: Medicine Shoppe - Board of Director Information, 1991 - 1994
Folder 39: Medicine Shoppe - News Releases, 1991, 1995
Folder 40: Medicine Shoppe - Stockholders Annual Meetings, 1994, 1995
Folder 41: Tesoro Petroleum - Annual Report, 1999, 2001
Folder 42: Tesoro Petroleum - Board of Director Information, 1994 - 1998, 2000, n.d.
Folder 43: Tesoro Petroleum - Correspondence, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, n.d.
Folder 44: Tesoro Petroleum - Investment Research, 2004
Folder 45: Tesoro Petroleum - Mission Statement, n.d.
Folder 46: Tesoro Petroleum - News Release, 1996
Folder 47: Tesoro Petroleum - Stockholders Annual Meeting, 1992, 1994 - 1996, 2000

Series 9: Publications by Weidenbaum

(articles arranged by type of article, then chronologically; pre-publication material arranged chronologically by publication date, then by subject, then chronologically within subject; monograph and books arranged alphabetically by book title)

Box 12

Folder 1: Articles

Item 1: Articles: Center for the Study of American Business, by Weidenbaum - 1975, 1976, 1980, 1996, 1998, 2000
Item 2: Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum - 1963, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1996 - 2000, 2003
Item 3: Articles: Newsletters and Pamphlets, By Weidenbaum -1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974
Item 4: Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum - 1970, 1974, 1981, 1994 - 2000
Item 5: Reports by Weidenbaum (folder 1 of 3) 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972
Item 6: Reports by Weidenbaum (folder 2 of 3) 1972-1974
Item 7: Reports by Weidenbaum (folder 3 of 3) 1973-1975, N. D.
Item 8: Reprints by Weidenbaum, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965-1968, 1970, 1972-1974, N. D.

Folder 2: Pre-publication book material: Bamboo Network, Publisher: Martin Kessler Books, Edition/Year: 1996

Item 1: Book Publicity, 1996
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1996 - 1997
Item 3: Correspondence, 2004

Folder 3: Business, Government, and the Public (Business and Government in the Global Marketplace), Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Edition/Year: 1st ed., 1977; 2nd ed., 1981; 3rd ed., 1986; 4th ed., 1989; 5th ed., 1995; 6th ed., 1999; 7th ed., 2004

Item 1: Book Publicity, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2003
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983
Item 3: Correspondence - general, 1975 - 1979, 1990 - 1999, 2003 - 2006
Item 4: Permissions Granted by Others, 1975, 1984 - 1988, 1994, 1997 - 1998, 2002
Item 5: Reviewers' Comments for New Editions, 1981, 1984 - 1988, 1992, 1996, 2001 - 2002

Folder 4: The Economies of Peacetime Defense, Publisher: Praeger Publishers, Edition/Year: 1974

Item 1: Book Publicity, 1973 - 1974
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1974

Folder 5: The Future of Business Regulation: Private Action and Public Demand, Publisher: AMACOM, Edition/Year: 1979, 1980

Weidenbaum's most widely sold book, approximately 1,000 hardback and 1,000 paperback

Item 1: Book Publicity, n.d.
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1979 - 1980
Item 3: Correspondence - general, 1979 - 1980

Folder 6: One-Armed Economist, Publisher: Transaction Publishers, Edition/Year: 2004

Item 1: Book Publicity, 2003 - 2004, n.d.
Item 2: Correspondence - general, 2004
Item 3: Permissions Granted by Others, 2003

Folder 7: Rendezvous with Reality [original title The Post-Reagan Economy], Publisher: Basic Books (Harper Collins after 1993), Edition/Year: 1988, 1990, paperback edition

Item 1: Book Publicity, 1988
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1988 - 1992
Item 3: Correspondence - general, 1987 - 1993
Item 4: Permissions Granted by Others, 1988

Folder 8: Small Wars, Big Defense, Publisher: Oxford University Press, Edition/Year: 1992

Item 1: Book Publicity, 1991 - 1993
Item 2: Book Reviews, 1991 - 1993
Item 3: Correspondence - general, 1991 - 1993
Item 4: Correspondence - publication in China, 1994
Item 5: Permissions Granted by Others, 1991

Box 13

Folder 1: Monograph

Item 1: Advising Reagan: Making Economic Policy, 1981-82: A Memoir St. Louis: Washington University in St. Louis, Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, 2005. (paperback)

Folder 2: Books

Item 1: Prospects for Reallocating Public Resources, A Study in Federal-: State Fiscal Relations Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise; Accruals: Institute for Public Policy Research
Item 2: One-Armed Economist: On the Intersection of Business and Government New Brunswick: NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2004. (paperback)
Item 3: Rendezvous with Reality: The American Economy After Reagan by Murray Weidenbaum, New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1988. (hardback)
Item 4: Small Wars, Big Defense: Paying For The Military After the Cold War by Murray Weidenbaum, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. (hardback)

Series 10: Publicity

(arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by subject, then chronologically within each folder)

Box 14

Folder 1: 1975 and prior Publicity - Articles: Newspaper 1972 - 1975
Folder 2: 1975 and prior Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 3: 1975 and prior Publicity - Articles: Journal and Newsletter
Folder 4: 1975 and prior Publicity - Articles: Journal and Newsletter, by Weidenbaum 1973, 1975
Folder 5: 1975 and prior Publicity - Awards 1973
Folder 6: 1975 and prior Publicity - Budget, U.S. Government
Folder 7: 1975 and prior Publicity - Correspondence 1970 - 1975
Folder 8: 1975 and prior Publicity - Memorandum, regarding establishment of Center
Folder 9: 1975 and prior Publicity - Photographs
Folder 10: 1975 and prior Publicity - Publication Lists 1969 - 1975
Folder 11: 1975 and Prior Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 12: 1975 and Prior Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum 1972, 1975
Folder 13: 1976 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 14: 1976 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 15: 1976 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 16: 1976 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 17: 1976 Publicity - Awards
Folder 18: 1976 Publicity - Correspondence
Folder 19: 1976 Publicity - News Releases
Folder 20: 1976 Publicity - Photographs
Folder 21: 1976 Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 22: 1976 Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum
Folder 23: 1977 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 24: 1977 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 25: 1977 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 26: 1977 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 27: 1977 Publicity - Awards
Folder 28: 1977 Publicity - Correspondence
Folder 29: 1977 Publicity - News Releases
Folder 30: 1977 Publicity - Photographs
Folder 31: 1977 Publicity - Publication Lists of works by Weidenbaum
Folder 32: 1977 Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 33: 1978 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 34: 1978 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 35: 1978 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 36: 1978 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 37: 1978 Publicity - Correspondence
Folder 38: 1978 Publicity - Publication List of works by Weidenbaum
Folder 39: 1978 Publicity - Photograph
Folder 40: 1978 Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 41: 1978 Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum
Folder 42: 1978 Publicity - Reports
Folder 43: 1978 Publicity - Transcripts, radio and video
Folder 44: 1979 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 45: 1979 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 46: 1979 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 47: 1979 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 48: 1979 Publicity - Correspondence
Folder 49: 1979 Publicity - News Releases
Folder 50: 1979 Publicity - Transcripts, radio
Folder 51: 1979 Publicity - Photographs
Folder 52: 1979 Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 53: 1979 Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum
Folder 54: 1979 Publicity - Reports
Folder 55: 1980 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 56: 1980 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 57: 1980 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 58: 1980 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 59: 1980 Publicity - Correspondence
Folder 60: 1980 Publicity - Publication Lists, works by Weidenbaum
Folder 61: 1980 Publicity - Remarks by others
Folder 62: 1980 Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum
Folder 63: 1980 Publicity - Reports
Folder 64: 1981 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine
Folder 65: 1981 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, by Weidenbaum
Folder 66: 1981 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper
Folder 67: 1981 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum
Folder 68: 1982 - 1985 Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine 1983
Folder 69: 1982 - 1985 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper 1984, 1985
Folder 70: 1982 - 1985 Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum 1982, 1984, 1985
Folder 71: 1982 - 1985 Publicity - Photographs 1982
Folder 72: 1982 - 1985 Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum 1984
Folder 73: 1986 and after Publicity - Articles: Journal and Magazine, n.d.
Folder 74: 1986 and after Publicity - Articles: Newspaper 1986, 1988, 2004, 2005
Folder 75: 1986 and after Publicity - Articles: Newspaper, by Weidenbaum 1986, 1989
Folder 76: 1986 and after Publicity - Contacts
Folder 77: 1986 and after Publicity - News Releases 1988, 1991, n.d.
Folder 78: 1986 and after Publicity - Photographs 1994, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006 - includes personal photographs, and photograph with President George Bush
Folder 79: 1986 and after Publicity - Publication Lists, works by Weidenbaum 1998
Folder 80: 1986 and after Publicity - Remarks by Weidenbaum 1989, 1990
Folder 81: 1986 and after Publicity - Reports