Janus: The Papers of John Maynard Keynes

King's/PP/JMK contains:
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LB	Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting 1932
P	'Essays in persuasion' (1931)
B	'Essays in biography' (1933)
GTE	'General theory of employment, interest and money' (1936)
W	War 1939-46
HP	'How to pay for the war' (1940)
RV	Russian visit
AV	American visits
SS	Special subjects
A	Articles, including book reviews and letters to the press
PS	Speeches and lectures given outside Cambridge University
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The Papers of John Maynard Keynes

Title	'How to pay for the war' (1940)
Reference	JMK/HP
Covering Dates	1929–1940
Extent and Medium	1.5 boxes; paper

Content and context

This series consists of documents generated during the production of 'How to pay for the war' by J.M. Keynes, including preparatory notes and correspondence.

King's/PP/JMK/HP contains:

Correspondence concerning price stabilisation, wages and the standard of living; with related papers. This file includes exchanges with economists, civil servants, bankers and MPs on wages and prices. It also includes autograph manuscript notes for a talk to the Tuesday Club on price policy, 6 December 1939.
21 items in envelope; paper.

Sep. 1939-Feb. 1940

Compulsory saving schemes - correspondence with labour representatives and related papers. This file comprises correspondence with the Labour Party, Trades Union Congress and Fabian Society on savings. Related papers also found in this file include autograph manuscript notes for talks on the subject to the Fabian Society, 21 February 1940 and the National Trade Union Club, 6 March 1940.
18 items in envelope; paper.

Oct. 1929-Mar. 1940

Compulsory saving schemes - research correspondence and discussion. This file includes exchanges with economists, civil servants, bankers and MPs. It also includes autograph manuscript notes for a talk on the subject to a House of Commons Committee, 28 February 1940.
29 items in envelope; paper.

Oct. 1939-Mar. 1940

Correspondence after the pamphlet's publication; with related papers. This file includes exchanges with economists, civil servants, bankers and MPs.
69 items in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1940-June 1940

Correspondence with the 'general public' following publication of the pamphlet. This file contains correspondence after both publication and J.M. Keynes' radio broadcast on the subject on 11 March 1940.
96 items in envelope; paper.

Mar. 1940-Apr. 1940

Correspondence with Geoffrey Dawson of 'Times'. This file contains exchanges between Keynes and Dawson concerning J.M. Keynes' articles published in November 1939 and the reaction to his pamphlet; with typescripts of articles.
Creator: Dawson, Geoffrey.
9 items in envelope; paper.

Oct. 1939-Apr. 1940

Correspondence concerning publication and related papers. This file contains documents concerning British publication and foreign editions and translations (American, Australian, French, Italian, Spanish). These include a contract with Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 16 January 1940 and a preface to the French edition, 4 May 1940.
9 items in envelope; paper.

Nov. 1939-Aug. 1940

Miscellaneous notes. This file contains printed source material, clippings of J.M. Keynes' 'Times articles' and ensuing debate in the press, a draft table of contents of the pamphlet, and a sketch of structure and possible titles.
21 items in envelope; paper.

1940