Arnold Plant papers, 1918-1985.

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Arnold Plant papers, 1918-1985.

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Drafts, typescripts, and proofs of Plant's writings, together with related notes, his typescript diary, memoranda, and correspondence. A sizeable portion of this material relates to Plant's work on creating a plan to allocate controlled materials for American military production in World War II. Included is material on the initial drafting of the plan, as well as correspondence and printed matter on the implementation of the plan in 1942-1943. The correspondence includes reports on the allocation of materials among the various branches of the military and industry. Also, ca. 236 pamphlets from Plant's library, including reports, lectures, and offprints. The wide variety of topics includes banking, international trade, the international currency market, the production of commodities, the African economy (notably that of South Africa), political theory, the function of universities, monopolistic tendencies in industry, and the economic history of Europe. Included are numerous issues of the Economic Journal, many League of Nations reports, and the Studd Lectures on industrial and business management for 1936-1939. Also included are about 39 offprints of Plant's own articles and papers, including several each on copyright in books and patents for inventions. In these articles Plant questioned the need for property rights in patents and copyrights and objected to the monopolies they create.

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Sir Arnold Plant studied at the London School of Economics, and assumed the Cassel Chair of Commerce there in 1930. Plant was a highly influential teacher, and a leading figure in military-industrial planning in Britain and America during World War II. He initiated a plan to allocate controlled materials for military production in England, and then played a major role in creating such a plan for American military production as well. After the war, he returned to the London School of Economics, w...