E. Roy Weintraub papers, 1930-2022, bulk 1968-2022

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Summary

Creator:
Weintraub, E. Roy
Abstract:
E. Roy Weintraub (born 1943) is Professor Emeritus of Economics and a Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. This collection primarily documents his professional life through his correspondence, writings, research, and professional service. It forms part of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
16 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
1.5 Gigabytes (Six sets.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11763

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents Weintraub's career as a historian of economics and mathematics and professor and administrator at Duke University. It provides an overview of his professional activities, particularly his research and writings on the history of economics and his roles in the history of economics scholarly community and at Duke (including his involvement with the History of Economics Society and the journal History of Political Economy).

The collection also documents his communications with prominent economists as research subjects such as Kenneth Arrow, Gerard Debreu, and Lionel McKenzie. Included in Weintraub's communications are exchanges with prominent figures in the history of economics and related scholarly communities such as Roger Backhouse, Bradley Bateman, Anthony Brewer, Arjo Klamer, Mary Morgan, Deirdre McCloskey, and Philip Mirowski.

Besides paper records, the collection also includes three audio cassettes (Weintraub's interview with Debreu) and hundreds of born digital electronic records, which are the contents of one email account and one other file transfer. These files are mostly correspondence and writings.

Biographical / historical:

E. Roy Weintraub (born 1943) is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke University and a Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy (CHOPE). His work in the history of economics, particularly the mathematization of economics and history of general equilibrium theory, has been influential in shaping the field and bringing historical methods to the foreground of the history of economics.

Weintraub earned a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College in 1964 and a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 (where he was supervised by Lawrence Klein). He spent 1968-70 at Rutgers University before coming to Duke in 1970, where he became a central figure in the establishment of the Economists' Papers Archive (1983) and CHOPE (2008). He has held visiting positions at universities in England, Italy, and France and testified as a consultant before the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission (1979-1981).

Weintraub has an extensive history of service to Duke, which includes his time as Director of Graduate Studies (1972-83) then Chair of the Department of Economics (1983-87), Acting Director of the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (1987), Director of the Center for Social and Historical Studies of Science (1995-99), Chair of the Academic Council (1981-82; 1991-1992), Acting Dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences (1993-95), and Chair of the President's Review Committee for the Athletic Council (2006). His history of professional service includes to the American Economic Review (Board of Editors, 1981-84), History of Political Economy (Board of Editors, 1985-88), and History of Economics Society (President, 2002-03).

Weintraub was awarded a fellowship for 1998-99 from the National Humanities Center and the 1992 Howard Johnson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award from Duke, and he was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society in 2011.

E. Roy Weintraub is the son of economist Sidney Weintraub.

Acquisition information:
The E. Roy Weintraub papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as gifts from E. Roy Weintraub beginning in 1984, with the vast majority of the collection arriving between 2019-2022.
Processing information:

Processed by Jonathan Cogliano, 2019.

Electronic records processed by Zachary Tumlin, 2022.

Updated by Meghan Lyon, 2024.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 1984-04-24, 1996-0170, 2001-0003, 2019-0036, 2019-0083, 2022-0095, and 2022-0116.

Arrangement:

The E. Roy Weintraub papers are arranged into five series: Correspondence, Conferences and Organizations, Writings, Research and Notes, and Academia.

Rules or conventions:
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Access restricted. Some materials in this collection include student records. In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records. Contact Research Services for more information.

Access restricted. This collection's correspondence is restricted for 10 years following the date of creation. Contact Research Services to request permission to view recent correspondence.

Access restricted. Some materials in this collection are Duke University administrative materials. For a period of 25 years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use of administrative records. After 25 years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist. Contact Research Services for more information.

Access restricted. Collection includes materials from the Duke University Board of Trustees. Records of the University's Board of Trustees which have been in existence for at least 50 years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the University Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than 50 years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, from the Board of Trustees. Contact Research Services for more information.

Access restricted. Some materials in this collection are personnel records. Records pertaining to employment where individuals are identified are closed for 70 years.

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