Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929
Variant namesThorstein Veblen was born in 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from Carleton College (1880), and a Ph.D. from Yale University (1884). Veblen was a fellow at Cornell University (1891-1892), and at the University of Chicago (1892-1893).
Veblen remained at the University of Chicago as a reader in political economy (1893-1894). He became associate professor at the University (1894-1896), instructor (1896-1900), and assistant professor (1900-1906). From 1906 to 1909, Veblen was associate professor of economics at Stanford University. Upon leaving Stanford, he worked as a lecturer in economics at the University of Missouri (1911-1918). He co-founded the New School for Social Research in 1919, lecturing there until 1926. Veblen also served as the managing editor for the Journal of Political Economy from 1896 to 1905.
Veblen published many books, of which the best known is The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions (1899). The book did not become highly regarded among academics until after Veblen's death. Some of Veblen's other published works include: The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts (1914), Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution (1915), and An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation (1917). Several collections of Veblen's work were published posthumously, including: Essays in Our Changing Order (1934), and What Veblen Taught: Selected Writings of Thorstein Veblen (1936). Veblen is also the subject of many books.
Thorstein Veblen died in 1929.
From the guide to the Veblen, Thorstein. Papers, 1895-1930, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)
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| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Letter, 1925, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Abernathy, M. Glenn (Mabra Glenn), 1921-. Thorstein Veblen : iconoclastic economist : typescript, 1989 Sept. / Glenn Abernathy. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Renals, Marsha Thomas. How Veblenian social theory explicates Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby / by Marsha Thomas Renals. | University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library | |
| referencedIn | Warne, Colston E. (Colston Estey), 1900-1987,. Reminiscences of Colston E. Warne : oral history, 1971-1981. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913. Correspondence, 1865-1913, "Tabor" to "Vanni". | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| referencedIn | Ayres (Clarence Edwin) Papers AR 73-106; 81-30. 22711835., 1919-1972. | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Lubin, Isador, 1896-1978. The reminiscences of Isador Lubin, 1957 [microform]. | Yale University Library | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein. Papers, 1895-1930 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| referencedIn | Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940. Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, 1891-1936. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Veblen, Florence. Thorstein Veblen biography, undated. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910. William Graham Sumner papers, 1863-1946 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Wesley Clair Mitchell Papers, 1898-1953. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | The Inquiry papers, 1915-1921 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Thorstein Veblen collection, 1899-1934. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Newton, H. A. (Hubert Anson), 1830-1896. Hubert Anson Newton papers, 1850-1898 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Henry Carter Adams papers | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | The Inquiry Papers, 1915-1921 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Magee, James Dysart, 1881-. Lecture notes, [1891-1906?]. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1917-1971. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University. Board of Trustees. Stanford University, Board of Trustees, supporting documents, 1905-2011. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. David Starr Jordan papers, 1861-1964. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Orrin Leslie Elliott papers, Bulk, 1891-1936 1860-1940, 1891-1936 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Andrew A. (Andrew Anderson), 1848-1932. Andrew A. Veblen papers, 1876-1933. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Thorstein Veblen collection, 1899-1934 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Letter to Miss Kate Holladay Claghorn : ALS, 1899 Oct. 13. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1865, 1904-1988. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Papers, 1900-1926. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Educators and librarians collection, 1846-1953. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Van Sickle, Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993 | Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, | |
| referencedIn | New York University. Dept. of Art and Art Professions. Records of the School of Education, Health, Nursing, and Art Professions (SEHNAP), Department of Art and Art Professions dissertations, 1940-1995. | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Hudson, Manley Ottmer, 1886-1960. Papers, 1894-1960 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Educators and Librarians Collection, 1846-1953 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Papers, 1895-1930 (inclusive). | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939. Correspondence, 1899-1906. | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | Rubin, Hyman. Thorstein Veblen and the theory of the leisure class : typescript, 1983 Nov. / by Hyman Rubin. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | David Starr Jordan papers, 1861-1964 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford Oral History Project interviews, 1971-1995 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1921. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| referencedIn | Mitchell, Wesley C. (Wesley Clair), 1874-1948. Wesley Clair Mitchell papers, 1898-1953. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Microfilm copy of New York Bureau of Legal Advice Records, 1917-1919 | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Marx, Guido H. (Guido Hugo), b. 1871. Guido H. Marx papers, 1893-1949. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936. Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936. | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives | |
| referencedIn | Murphy, Francis P. Veblen's economics and anthropology [microform]. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Carlton C. Qualey papers, 1865, 1904-1988. | Minnesota Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Wilcox, Samuel. "Veblen's criticism of the Austrians and the Capitalists" [manuscript], 1940. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Samuels, Warren J., 1933-. Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection, ca. 1940 - 2000 and n.d. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929. Papers, 1893-1935 (inclusive). | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | Miller, Harriet Maud. Harriet Maud Miller papers, 1900-1910. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Manley Ottmer Hudson, 1894-1960 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Records of the School of Education, Health, Nursing, and Art Professions (SEHNAP), Department of Art and Art Professions Dissertations, 1940-1995 | New York University. Archives |
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