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Harvard Economics. Readings for Taussig’s Economics 11, Theory. 1923-24.

 

 

From assignments and suggested readings as found in the notes taken by Frank W. Fetter (obituary), son of the economist Frank Albert Fetter. Frank W. Fetter received an A.M. in economics from Harvard. Most of the items below are written at the start of his notes for the class-days Fetter attended. Approximately 110 pages of class/reading notes are in this folder. I have merely extracted the course readings and specific bibliographic references made by Taussig for this posting.

New addition: Mid-year and final examination questions for this course.

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Readings for Economic Theory (Taussig)

Economics 11
MWF 2pm
1923-24
from notes taken by Frank Whitson Fetter

Fall Term

Sept. 26

Sept. 28

Oct. 1

Oct. 3

Oct. 5

Oct. 8

Oct. 10

Oct. 15

Oct. 17

Oct. 19

Oct. 22

Oct. 24

Oct. 26

Oct. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 2

Nov. 5

Nov. 7

Nov. 9

Nov. 12

Nov. 14 Discusses Ricardo’s biography

Nov. 16 (no class)

Nov. 19

Nov. 26

Nov. 28

Nov. 30 Lecture by Taussig on Mill

Dec. 3. No class

Dec. 5. Class in charge of Prof. Crum.

Dec. 7

Dec. 10

Dec. 12

  • Marshall 8th p. 335, (abbreviation unclear, looks like: V:12; paragraph 3…need to check)

Dec. 14

Dec. 17

Dec. 19

Dec. 21

Jan 4

Jan 7

Jan 9

Jan 11.

Jan 14 “increasing returns” (internal and external economies)

Jan 16

Jan 18

Jan 21

Jan 23 Discussion of cases given by Marshall in diagrams on pp. 464-469.

 

 

 

Spring Term

Feb. 11

  • Ultimate analysis of cost of production chapter.
  • Marshall Book VI, ch 4,5, also p. 339
  • Mill, p. 440
  • Marshall, Fortnightly Review, vol 25, p. 598

Feb. 13

Feb. 15

Feb. 18

Feb 20

Feb 25

  • Discussion of main idea of Book II, chapter 7 (probably Marshall)

Feb 27

Feb 29

March 3

March 5

March 7

March 10

March 12

March 14

March 17 no class

March 19

March 21

March 24

March 26 pp. 325-327

March 28

March 31

April 2

April 4

April 7

April 9

April 11 Absent.

April 21

April 23

April 25 absent

April 28

April 30

May 2

May 5

May 7

May 9

May 12    Class in charge of Crum

May 14

May 16

May 19

No class May 21 or May 26.

May 23

May 28

 

Source:  Duke University. Rubenstein Library.
Frank Whitson Fetter Papers, 1902-1992.  Box 49.
Folder: Student Papers, Graduate Course (Harvard University) Transportation Exams, readings, notes, 1923-1924.

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Harvard Economics. Harry Rudolph Tosdal. Ph.D. 1915

  1. Tosdal, Harry Rudolph. The cartell movement in the German iron and potash industries. Pub. in part as ” The Kartell movement in the German potash industry,” in Quart. Journ. Econ., 1913, 28: 140-190; “The German steel syndicate,” ibid., 1917, 31: 259-306.

Source: Harvard University. Doctors of Philosophy and Doctors of Science who have received their Degree in Course From Harvard University, 1873-1926.

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Biographical Note:

Harry R. Tosdal was born in Estherville, Iowa in August 1889. He received his BA from St. Olaf’s College in 1909. He then studied abroad at universities in Leipzig, Berlin and Paris. He eventually earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1915. He received an L.L.D.from St. Olaf’s in 1940.
Before joining Harvard Business School, Tosdal taught at MIT, Harvard University and Boston University. In 1920, he came to Harvard Business School as Director of Student Research and Assistant Professor of Marketing. He became Professor of Marketing in 1922 and Professor of Business Administration after 1942. Tosdal was also the first editor of the Harvard Business Review. He retired from the Business School in 1956. After retiring, he taught in the Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii and the Institut pour de Etude des Methodes de Direction de l’Enterprise (IMEDE) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He was the author of many articles and books, including Selling in Our Economy (1957) and Introduction to Sales Management (1933).
Tosdal served as a consultant to numerous corporations and organizations, such as General Electric, Gulf Oil, McGraw-Hill, Boston (MA) Chamber of Commerce, Cambridge (MA) Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Salary Stabilization Board. He also belonged to several professional societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Association of Marketing Teachers.
He died on April 4, 1978 in Belmont, MA.

Source: Harvard Business School, Harry R. Tosdal Papers, 1921-1945: A Finding Aid

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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, Hugo Richard Meyer in 1912

 

HUGO RICHARD MEYER

Attended Harvard 1884-85, 1888-92, A.B. 1892 (’93); Graduate School 1892-97, A.M. 1894.

Was instructor in economics at Harvard from 1896 to 1903; lecturer on economics, 1903-04.

Meyer does not reply to the Secretary’s letters. The following information is kindly supplied by a member of the class: “After leaving Harvard, Meyer spent six months at the University of Chicago. He then went to Denver, and is now (August, 1907) going to Australia to be gone from four to six years. He expects to be in Melbourne for a year and a half and an equal length of time in Sydney. He will return to the States via Europe. He will spend his time in Australia in research work, looking up such subjects as state ownership of railways, wage scales, and kindred subjects.”

Has published ” The British State Telegraphs,” sub-title: “A Story of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy,” Macmillan.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 113.

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H. R. Meyer, ’92, sometime instructor in Economics at Harvard, now assistant professor at the University of Chicago, has published an important book on “Government Regulation of Railroad Rates.”

Source: The Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, vol. 14, (December 1905), p. 337.

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MEYER, Hugo Richard, American author and economist: b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 April 1866. He was graduated at Harvard in 1892, and attended the Harvard Graduate School in 1892-96. He was instructor in political economy at Harvard in 1897-1903, and was assistant professor in that subject at the University of Chicago in 1904-05. Since 1907 he has been engaged at Melbourne in writing a history of State Ownership in Victoria, Australia. Author of ‘Government Regulation of Railroad Rates’ (1905); ‘Municipal Ownership in Great Britain’ (1906); ‘The British State Telegraphs’ (1907); ‘Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain’ (1907).

Source:  The Encyclopedia Americana (1920).

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APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION–NATIVE CITIZEN

I, Hugo R. Meyer, hereby apply to the Consulate of the United States at Melbourne for registration as an American citizen.

I was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 1, 1866.

My father, Henry Meyer, was born in Schotmar Germany and [is] deceased. He emigrated to the United States on or about 1851; resided 23 years, uninterruptedly, in the United States, from 1882 to 1905, at Denver, Colo., and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States before the District Court of Hamilton County at Cincinnati, Ohio on March 22, 1867 as shown by the Certificat of Naturalization presented herewith.

I last left the United States on July 1907, arriving at Melbourne, Australia on Aug. 1907, where I am now residing for the purpose of Historical work, on behalf of myself.

I have resided outside the United States at the following places for the following periods. Germany, from 1878 to 1882. Australia from 1907 to date.

My legal domicile is in Denver, Colorado, my permanent residence being at [blank]; my temporary local address is Melbourne.

I desire to remain a citizen of the United States and intend to return thereto permanently to reside and perform the duties of citizenship within— years, or when my researches are completed.

I do pay the American Income Tax at Baltimore, Maryland.

I last applied for registration at the Consulate of the United States at Melbourne on Nov. 21 1916.

…

I am married to Udona Beard, who was born in Illinois (Peoria) on Sept 3, 1877, and is now residing at Melbourne [no children]

[Signed and sworn]

19th day of December, 1907-

The applicant’s physical description:

Age, 61, height, 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion.

[Re-registration on Jan. 16, 1922.]

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REPORT OF THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN

Consular Service, U.S.A.
Melbourne, Australia, July 2, 1923.

Name: Hugo Richard Meyer

Native or naturalized: Native

Date of death: June 15, 1923

Place of death: 146 Orrong Road, Toorak. Victoria, Australia

Cause of death: Angina Pectoris

Disposition of remains: Interred in Brighton Cemetery, Brighton, Victoria

Disposition of Effects: Bequeathed by will to his wife, Udona Beard Meyer.

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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, Charles Beardsley, Jr. in 1896 and 1912

CHARLES BEARDSLEY, JR.

At Burlington, Iowa, 1892-93. In Graduate School, Harvard, 1893-94. Instructor in Economics, State University of Iowa, since September, 1894. Member of American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Published “Effects of an Eight Hours’ Day on Wages and the Unemployed,” in Quarterly Journal of Economics, July, 1895.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. II. Andover Press, 1896, p. 18.

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CHARLES BEARDSLEY

Son of Charles and Eliza McCIoud (Pool) Beardsley. Born at Burlington, Ia., December 26, 1867. Prepared for college at High School, Washington, D. C. Attended Harvard 1888-92, A.B.; Graduate School 1893-94; 1896-97, A.M.

Instructor in economics, State University of Iowa, September, 1894. Instructor in economics in Harvard University, 1898-99; Austin Teaching Fellow in Harvard University,1900-01; also during the same year instructor in economics at Rhode Island Agricultural College, Kingston, R. I. September, 1901, became instructor in economics and history at the Washington Agricultural College, Pullman, Wash. Has since given up teaching and is now farming in Nebraska. Is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and of the American Economic Association.

Home address: Clarks, Neb.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, pp. 22-3.

 

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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, Carlos Carleton Closson in 1896 and 1912

CARLOS CARLETON CLOSSON.

Studied in Harvard Graduate School, and received A.M. in 1893. Travelled and studied abroad. Now instructor in Political Economy, Univ. of Chicago. Married, Aug. 20, 1895, to Sophie Merz, at Boston.

Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. II. Andover Press, 1896, p. 25.

 

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CARLOS CARLETON CLOSSON

Son of Carlos Carleton and Charlotte Ann Judson (Holt) Closson. Born October 8, 1869. Attended Harvard 1888-92, A.B.; Graduate School 1892-95; A.M. 1893. Married Sophie Mere, at Boston, Mass., August 20, 1895.

Was formerly located in Los Angeles, Cal. Later removed to Seattle, Wash., where he “is secretary of the Port of Seattle, a separate municipality, co-extensive with the boundaries of King County, Washington, organized to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, and regulate a system of harbor improvements and rail and water transfer and terminal facilities for Seattle and King County.”

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 41.

 

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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, George Ole Virtue in 1896 and 1912

GEORGE OLE VIRTUE.

“1892-94, Harvard Graduate School. 1894-95, instructor in Political Economy in Harvard. At present [1895-] tutor in Political Economy in the University Extension Department of the University of Chicago.” Received Harvard A. M. in 1893.

Is a member of the American Economic Association. Author of “Gold Shipments,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, July, 1892; “Public Control of Mineral Lands in the U. S.,” Journal of Political Economy, March, 1895.

Present address, 5724 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. II. Andover Press, 1896, p. 69.

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GEORGE OLIEN VIRTUE

Son of John Freeborn and Cynthia (Jackson) Virtue. Born at Abingdon, Ill., November 4, 1862. Prepared for college at the Bedford, la., High School. Was a member of the class of 1892 in the University of Kansas, from which he received the degree of A.B. in 1892. Attended Harvard 1891-92, A.B.; Graduate School 1892-95, A.M. 1893; Ph.D. 1897. Married Meta Vogel, daughter of Bernhardt and Auguste Vogel, at Green Island, N. Y., September 14, 1897. Children: John Bernhardt, born at Winona, Minn., September 25, 1901; Ruth Vogel, born August 31, 1904.

From 1892 to 1894 was in Harvard Graduate School. From 1894 to 1895 instructor in political economy in Harvard. From 1895 to 1896 tutor in political economy in the University Extension Department of the University of Chicago. From 1896 to 1897 instructor in political economy in Harvard (second appointment). In 1897 became instructor in political science in the State Normal School at Winona, Minn., where he remained till 1909.

 

“In 1909 was elected professor of political economy and public finance at the University of Nebraska. Published a little book on the civil government of Minnesota in 1910 (Scribner’s) and a study of the labor conditions on the Minnesota iron ranges in the Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Washington, 1910. In 1911 was appointed special agent of the census, with headquarters at Lincoln. Am a member of the National Tax Association and serving as an advisory member of the Nebraska Rural Life Commission.”

Home address: Lincoln, Neb.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 163.

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Harvard Graduate Alumnus, Arthur Morgan Day in 1896 and 1912

 

This material has been considerably expanded in a later post.

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[With the preponderance of “Harvard Men” attending graduate school at Harvard (or elsewhere), such reports of Class Secretaries give us answers to the proverbial alumnus/a question, “Whatever happened to…?”]

ARTHUR MORGAN DAY.

“1892-93, graduate student in History and Economics, H. U.; 1893-94, graduate student in History and Economics and assistant in History, H. U.; 1894-95, assistant in Economics, School of Political Science, Columbia College; 1895-96, assistant and lecturer in Economics, School of Political Science, Columbia College, and lecturer in Economics, Barnard College.”

Published ” Syllabus of six lectures on ‘Money’ for Extension Department of Rutgers College, 1895.”

Delivered “six lectures on ‘Money,’ Univ. Ex. course, New Brunswick, N. J., December-January, 1894-95; two lectures on ‘Monetary Literature in U. S.’ in course of ‘ Free Lectures to the People,’ under direction of Board of Education, N. Y.”

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. II. Andover Press, 1896, 30-31.

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ARTHUR MORGAN DAY

Son of Josiah Lyon and Ellen Louisa (Baldwin) Day. Born at Danbury, Conn., April 12, 1867. Prepared for college at the Danbury High School. Attended Harvard 1888-92, A.B. and A.M.; Graduate School 1892-94.

1892 to 1894, graduate student in history and economics at Harvard; 1893-94, assistant in history at Harvard;1894-1902, successively assistant, lecturer, and instructor in economics at Columbia and Barnard colleges; also assistant editor of Political Science Quarterly and Columbia University Quarterly; in March, 1902, resigned from Columbia to become registrar of the Tenement House Department of New York City for Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond. In May, 1902, resigned registrarship to become assistant to president of Manhattan Trust Company; in July, 1903, was made secretary and treasurer of Casualty Company of America; in January, 1905, entered publicity business; in June, 1906, employed by United Gas Improvement Company of Philadelphia; in August, 1906, serious attack of typhoid caused long absence from business; in June, 1908, with Blair & Co., bankers, New York; in April, 1910, began independent work as financial agent for various clients; in January, 1912, entered bond department of Prudential Insurance Company at Newark. Has published syllabi of lectures on “Money” and “Economic History,” signed reviews in the Political Science Quarterly and elsewhere, and editorials in a New York daily. Assisted in the preparation of Seligman’s “Essays in Taxation” and “Incidence of Taxation,” Giddings’ “Democracy and Empire,” Clark’s “Distribution of Wealth,” and the second edition (rewritten) of White’s “Money and Banking.” Belongs to Harvard Club of New York.

Source: Secretary’s Report Harvard Class of 1892, No. V. Boston, Fort Hill Press, 1912, p. 54.

Image Source:  Secretary’s Report for the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. Harvard College Class of 1892, Number VI, (1917), between pp. 68-69.