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| Title: | Hamilton, Earl J. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1927-1975 |
| Size: | 1.75 linear feet (4 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Earl J. Hamilton, professor, economist, writer. The Earl J. Hamilton Papers consist of correspondence (1953-1957), corrected page proofs for War and Prices in Spain (1927) and Money, Prices, and Wages in Valencia, Aragon, and Navarre, 1350-1500 (1935), typescripts, reprints, and memorabilia. |
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Earl Jefferson Hamilton was born on May 17, 1899 in Houlka, Mississippi. He received a B.S. with honors from Mississippi State University (1920), an M.A. from the University Texas (1924), and a Ph.D. from Harvard (1929). In 1952, he received a Docteur Honoris Causa from the University of Paris and again from the University of Madrid.
Hamilton also held a Thayer Fellowship and a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship (Harvard University), a Social Science Research Fellowship, a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and a Faculty Research Fellowship from the Ford Foundation.
Hamilton was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University (1927-1929), a Professor of Economics at Duke University (1929-1944), Professor of Economics at Northwestern University (1944-1947), and a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago (1947-1967).
Hamilton was the editor of the Journal of Political Economy from 1948 to 1954 and president of the Economic History Association from 1951 to 1952. His books include American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650 (1934), Money, Prices, and Wages in Valencia, Aragon and Navarre, 1351-1500 (1936), War and Prices in Spain, 1651-1800 (1947), and Landmarks in Political Economy (1962). Late in his career Hamilton developed an interest in the work of John Law of Lauriston.
Hamilton married Gladys Dallas. The couple had one child.
Hamilton was a member of Illinois Gladiolus Society, and spent a great amount of his free time gardening and exhibiting gladiolus.
Earl Jefferson Hamilton died in 1989.
The Earl J. Hamilton Papers consist of correspondence (1953-1957), corrected page proofs for War and Prices in Spain (1927) and Money, Prices, and Wages in Valencia, Aragon, and Navarre, 1350-1500 (1935), typescripts, reprints, and memorabilia.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence and articles received from Alice C. Carter and Sidney Homer, 1953-1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," final typed copy, from which photocopies were made. Photocopies sent to Cal. For publication, 1975 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," draft and related correspondence; |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," copy of manuscript from which first typed copy was made |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," typescript |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," original from which photocopies were made for California meeting |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," complete manuscript used for final typing, 3-21-75, footnotes through 38 only |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," photocopy of finished manuscript, 3-21-75 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," 3-21-75. typed pages probably not needed again. Source worked over sheets from "Work Copy." |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," 3-15-75, probably not needed again |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," some marks made 5-22-75; final typed copy |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," worked over pages to get final typed copy to send to California before February meeting |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," first photocopy |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," worked over photocopy |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," loose papers |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," first finished typed manuscript |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | "What the New World Gave the Economy of the Old," photocopy |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | "War and Prices in Spain," proof roll with marks, 1927 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | "Money, Prices, and Wages in Valencia, Aragon, and Navarre, 1350-1500," corrected page proofs, 1935 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Typed transcript of Spanish letters, 1609-1611 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Proofs, appendices |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Program of ceremonies and address by Hamilton at conferring of honorary degree, University of Madrid, 1967 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Reprints from Dutch journals |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Reprints of articles by Hamilton on Spanish economic history, in leather-bound volume, 1928-1932 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | "Le Tresor americain et la revolution des prix en Espagne,1501 1650," translated by C. MacMillan, corrected typescript, ca. 1955 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Articles
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| Box 4 Folder 2 | Articles
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| Box 4 Folder 3 | Articles
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| Box 4 Folder 4 | Articles
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| Box 4 Folder 5 | Articles
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| Box 4 Folder 6 | Articles
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