In an earlier post we encountered Martha P. Robinson, the Harvard secretary responsible for the economics tutorial program from 1935 to at least 1954. Today we have a short post that documents the salary of Miss Annie Pauline Ham that was covered by the economics department, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the central university budget at Harvard.
Two salary numbers for comparison: Allyn A.Young’s visiting position at Harvard (1910-11) was budgeted for $4,000 (Dec. 10, 1910 letter of Taussig to President Lowell in President Lowell’s Papers, 1909-1914. Harvard University Archives, Box 15, Folder 413). Thus Miss Hamm was paid one fifth of what Allyn A. Young was paid. Incidentally, John Bates Clark salary that year at Columbia was $5,000.
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Annie Pauline Ham
Vital Data
Born 20 March 1881 (Shapleigh, York County, Maine), died 1 July 1968 (Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Father: Marcus L Ham and Mother: Martha Ann Ham. Buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Springvale , York County, Maine.
Source: Find A Grave Webpage for Annie Pauline Ham.
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Census data
1910. 27 year old Pauline Ham (born in Maine and working as a teacher; incidentally, a fellow roomer was Harry N. Gardiner, a Smith college professor of psychology and philosophy), at 23 Crafts Ave. Northampton (Ward 1) Massachusetts.
1920. 38 year old, single Annie P. Ham (born in Maine and working as a secretary in the university) was one of four roomers living at the home of John J. and Nattie M. Ritchie, 29 Mail Street, Cambridge (Ward 8), Massachusetts.
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Letter to Taussig
June 26, 1911
My dear Professor Taussig:—
Confirming our telephone conversation of this morning, I wish to state that Mr. Blake has agreed to the apportionment of Miss A. P. Ham’s salary, provided she is retained.
Salary of Miss Ham to be $65 per month, or $780 a year, of which three months, or $195, is chargeable to the President’s office, and nine months, or $585, is chargeable to the Department of Economics–$485 goes to the account of the Department appropriation, and $100 goes to the account of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
I am also enclosing the letter from Chancellor Strong about which I spoke to you.
Very sincerely,
CCL
Secretary
Professor F.W. Taussig
Enclosure
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Department of Economics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 3, 1912.
Dear Mr. Hunnewell:
I believe there is a misunderstanding regarding the salary for the current year (that is, for the fiscal year beginning July 1st of Miss A. Pauline Ham, who acts as secretary for the Department of Economics, and is during the summer months also at work in University Hall. When making out the Department budget in May, I arranged with Mr. Blake that Miss Ham’s salary should be $70, and arranged also for the mode in which her total salary for the year 1912-’13 was to be apportioned between the Department of Economics, the staff in University Hall, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Unfortunately, my memoranda regarding this matter are not on file at my house in Cambridge and I cannot get at them. I trust enough is on record in your office to authorize the settlement of Miss Ham’s salary at the revised figure, namely $70 per month. If you wish to see the papers which are in […]
Source: Harvard University Archives. President Lowell’s Papers, 1909-1914. Box 15, Folder 413 (1909-14).