Department of Economics faculty and prominent alumni files
Scope and Contents
Collection contains files on faculty members of the Department of Economics and prominent graduates of the department. The faculty files are for William L. Park, B. Delworth Gardner, and Larry T. Wimmer. The prominent graduates file is for Whitney Newey.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-2007
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Department of Economics (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Department of Economics faculty and prominent alumni files must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
The Brigham Young Economics Department has been in existence almost since the school first began in 1875. Between 1957 and 1973, at the advent of computers, the undergraduate offerings in this department jumped from five courses to twenty-four, the full-time faculty increased approximately 250 percent, and the number of faculty with doctorates more than quadrupled. Economics examines how societies choose to allocate scarce resources among competing uses. A broad range of contemporary policy issues are studied in fields such as: food, agriculture, and natural resource economics; economic develpoment and growth, international trade and finance, economic history, the organization of industries, the development and efficiency of law, business cycles, labor markets, and public and private finance.
Extent
4 folders (0.15 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transfer from the Dept. of Economics in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer; Dept. of Economics; 2007.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty -- History (Organization)
- Brigham Young University. Department of Economics -- History (Organization)
- Newey, Whitney K. (Person)
- Park, William L. (Person)
- Gardner, B. Delworth, 1928- (Person)
- Wimmer, Larry T., 1935- (Person)
- Title
- Register of Department of Economics faculty and prominent alumni files
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 July 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US