Economics Department records

Collection

Identifier: 3L-Economics

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes course materials, administrative correspondence, and faculty publications dating from 1899 to 2004. Collection also includes letters from former economics majors discussing graduate school, offering career advice, and detaling how their careers developed after graduating from Wellesley.

Dates

Creation: 1899-2004

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research, but contains some material which has been restricted as per the Wellesley College Archives Access Policy: https://www.wellesley.edu/lts/policies/archivesaccess. To make an appointment to view unrestricted materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.

Conditions Governing Use

The Wellesley College Archives welcomes researchers to use materials in the public domain, to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law, and to request permission to use works whose copyright is held by Wellesley College. All materials from the Archives, regardless of copyright status, should be attributed to the Wellesley College Archives, Library and Technology Services, Wellesley College when cited, quoted, or reproduced.

Historical Note

The Economics Department at Wellesley began in 1890 as the Department of History and Political Economy. In 1895 the name of the department changed to the Department of History and Economics. In 1900, the department split to form two separate departments: the Department of History and the Department of Economics and Sociology. In 1940 the Department of Economics and Sociology again split to form two separate departments, the Department of Economics and the Department of Sociology.

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (In thirteen letter-sized Hollinger boxes, four record cartons, one legal-sized Hollinger box, and one clamshell box.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes course materials, administrative correspondence, and faculty publications dating from 1899 to 2004. Also includes letters from former economics majors discussing graduate school, offering career advice, and detaling how their careers developed after graduating from Wellesley.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in the following series:

I. Carolyn Shaw Bell correspondence

II. Correspondence

III. Department administration

IV. Former economics majors

V. Working papers

VI. Restricted materials

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection is made up of accessions that were all given to the Archives by the Economics Department. In 1975, several accessions were processed and rehoused, making up the initial records collection.