Josef Herbert Furth papers, 1932-1981.

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Josef Herbert Furth papers, 1932-1981.

The Josef Herbert Furth papers focus on two major aspects of Furth's life, his years of service on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (1943-1966), and his years of both private lecturing and teaching at American universities. The materials are primarily in English, with some early typescripts and publications in German. The highlights of the collection are the large volume of correspondence spanning nearly four and a half decades with many prominent economists of the time period, including lengthy correspondences with Friedrich A. von Hayek, Fritz Machlup and Gottfried Haberler. Also represented in the collection is a nearly complete collection of Furth's official papers written as an Economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, as well as his personal papers written for publication and lecturing events.

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