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

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)