Joseph J. Spengler papers, circa 1896-1987

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Summary

Creator:
Spengler, Joseph J. (Joseph John), 1902-1991
Abstract:
Joseph Spengler (1902-1991) was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University and a founding faculty member of the graduate economics program. This collection documents his professional and personal life, including with his wife Dorothy "Dot" Kress, through correspondence, writings, and visual material. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
111.8 Linear Feet (137 boxes and one oversize folder.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.01242

Background

Scope and content:

Accession 1993-0294 primarily contains business and Spengler and Kress family correspondence, especially between Joseph and his wife Dot (circa 1919-1976). Also includes manuscripts for Dot's genealogical novel, Family Saga in America (circa 1930s); Joseph's work, Life in America; and Dot's journals and diaries (1924-1939, 1969). There are Christmas cards, postcards, and newspaper clippings; photographs of family and friends, including two tintypes, 32 cartes-de-visite, one color and 91 black-and-white prints, and 76 healthy nitrate negatives; and lace knitted by Dot's grandmother.

Also includes six photograph albums kept by Dot. Two contain photos taken by her with a brownie camera in and of Piqua, OH (1914-1919). One contains photographs and memorabilia depicting her life as a college student at Miami University (OH, 1919-1921). Three contain photos of the Spengler's homes, friends, and life in Tuscon, AZ; Tampa, FL (1930-1938); and Durham, NC and at Duke University (1932-1940). The are also records the 1938 Duke University faculty baseball team.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph John Spengler (1902-1991) was a white American academic economist who was born in Piqua, Ohio. He earned a PhD from Ohio State Univeristy, where he was supervised by Albert B. Wolfe. He taught at the Universities of Arizona, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina before arriving at Duke University in 1932, where he became the James B. Duke Professor of Economics in 1955 and retired from in 1972. He was interested in population and the history of economic thought and development, and he wrote or cowrote 13 books. He was president of the American Economics Association, Southern Economics Association, Population Association of America, History of Economics Society, and the Atlantic Economics Society. He married Dorothy "Dot" Kress in 1927, and during World War II, he was southeastern regional price executive for the Office of Price Administration.

Acquisition information:
The Joseph J. Spengler papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as gifts, a transfer, and a purchase between 1987-2008.
Processing information:

Processed by Ann G. Langford and other Rubenstein Library staff, April 2002.

Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan and Ann G. Langford.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2000-0213, 2005-0025, 2005-0042, UA2006-0050, and 2008-0136.

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