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Records, 1915-1980,of the department of economics of the University of Michigan; contain files of chairmen, Isaiah Sharfman, Gardner Ackley, and Warren Smith, including minutes of staff meetings, research materials, and administrative records; also papers collected and interviews conducted by Marjorie Brazer with present and past faculty of the department in connection with its centennial.

The bulk of the Department of Economics records, covering the period 1950-1980, contain files of the chairmen, Isaiah Sharfman, Gardner Ackley, and Warren Smith. Included are executive committee and staff meeting minutes, budgets, faculty appointments, schedules, salaries, and reports on building needs. Additional materials cover the work of various centers and professional organizations.

Professor of economics and psychology, and research coordinator for the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, at the University of Michigan. Research reports, addresses and speeches, miscellaneous correspondence, personal material, and photographs.

The George Katona Collection consists primarily of reports and speeches (in typewritten manuscript form) produced during his association with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, and with the United States Government. Also included are reviews of his published works, and reprints of those articles of his not listed in his bibliography. In addition, there is a small amount of correspondence concerning the relationship between the Institute for Social Research and various departments at the University of Michigan.