Clark, Victor S. (Victor Selden), 1868-1946

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1868
Death 1946
English, Spanish; Castilian,

Biographical notes:

Economist and author.

From the description of Victor S. Clark papers, 1827-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455187

Victor S. Clark, 1868-1946: economist and economic historian. Educated at University of Minnesota (Litt. B., 1890) and Columbia University (Ph. D., 1900). In charge of division of manufactures and economic history Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., after 1913. Consultant in economics, Library of Congress, 1929-1940.

From the description of Research materials, 1906-1928 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894534

Biographical Note

1868, June 12 Born, Portageville, N.Y. 1890 Litt. B., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 1892 1893 Honorary fellow, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., studying at Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany, and Bern University, Bern, Switzerland 1893 1897 High school principal and superintendent, Minnesota 1897 1898 Fellow, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1899 1900 President, Insular Board of Education, Puerto Rico 1900 Director of public instruction, Puerto Rico Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1902 1906 Investigated tropical labor conditions, U. S. Bureau of Labor 1906 Published The Labour Movement in Australasia: A Study in Social Democracy. New York: H. Holt & Co. 1906 circa 1915 Head, Division of Manufactures and Economic History, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1910 In charge of census, Hawaii (Ter.) 1910 1913 Commissioner, Board of Immigration, Labor and Statistics, Hawaii (Ter.) 1916 Published History of Manufactures in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1917 1919 Director, Enemy Press Bureau, National Board for Historical Service 1917 1929 Member, Board of Research Associates in American Economic History, Carnegie Institution of Washington 1918 1929 Director, Brookings Institution Survey of Puerto Rico 1920 1928 Editor, The Living Age 1926 1944 Trustee, Institute of Current World Affairs, Washington, D.C. 1927 1932 Arbitrator, U. S. Board of Mediation 1930 Published with others, Porto Rico and Its Problems. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute 1929 1940 Consultant in economics, Library of Congress 1941 1946 Honorary consultant in economics, Library of Congress 1946, Mar. 30 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Victor S. Clark Papers, 1827-1944, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Economic history
  • Economics
  • Education Puerto Rico
  • Manufactures
  • Manufactures
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Merchants
  • Merchants
  • Railroads
  • Railroads
  • Social history
  • World politics

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Economists
  • Historians

Places:

  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Genesee Valley (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Puerto Rico (as recorded)

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