Janus: The Papers of Professor Joan Violet Robinson

King's/PP/JVR contains:
1	Books and contributions to books
2	Articles published or intended for publication
3	Oral presentations
4	Papers concerning work in progress
5	Juvenilia
6	Notes from the work of others
7	Correspondence, including unpublished papers written by others
8	Miscellaneous memorandums
9	Address books and loose notes of addresses
10	Engagement diaries
11	Field notebooks and travel journals
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The Papers of Professor Joan Violet Robinson

Title	Books and contributions to books
Reference	JVR/1
Covering Dates	1920–1979 (Dates have been estimated.)
Extent and Medium	1 box; paper

Content and context

This series comprises materials related to Joan Robinson's book publications. These are predominantly drafts, although the files in this series also include some page proofs. Most have corrections or annotations by Joan Robinson, while JVR/1/3 contains remarks by J.M. Keynes, R.F. Kahn and Austin Robinson.

King's/PP/JVR/1 contains:

'Beauty and the Beast'.
Creator: Morison, Dorothea Cotter; Braithwaite, Mrs. R.B.
3 envelopes; paper.

1920–1939

'Economics is a Serious Subject'.
3 envelopes; paper.

1932–1933

'The Economics of Imperfect Competition' (1933).
4 envelopes; paper.

1933–1959

'A Typical Communist Trick'. Autograph manuscript possibly once intended as a section of 'Conference Sketch Book, Moscow, April 1952' (1952). Unpublished. 1 leaf foolscap.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1952

'Letters from a Visitor to China'. Typescript, roneoed in black ink, of the whole text of 'Letters from a Visitor to China' (1954), with the heading at the head of page 1, 'Letters from a Visitor to China // July 1953 // Joan Robinson'. 21 leaves foolscap, watermarked '64 Mill Hard-Sized'; 41 numbered pages of text.
1 envelope; paper.

July 1953

Forward to Rosa Luxemburg, 'The Accumulation of Capital'. Carbon typescript of a 'Forward' [sic] by Joan Robinson to the Spanish edition. 1 leaf, flimsy foolscap, no watermark.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1956

'The Accumulation of Capital'. Carbon typescript headed 'Preface to the French edition' of 'The Accumulation of Capital'. The text refers to the (corrected) 3rd English edition, 1969. 3 leaves, flimsy A4, no watermark.
1 envelope; paper.

1969-

Introduction to essays by Richard Kahn. Carbon typescript, headed 'Introduction', apparently intended for a collection or selection of R.F. Kahn's essays. Typist's errors corrected in manuscript by Joan Robinson (and, on fol. 3, in another hand). 7 leaves, flimsy A4, no watermark. Possibly for R.F. Kahn's, 'Lloccupazione e la crescita', Turin, (1976).
1 envelope; paper.

1976

Introduction to the Italian edition of 'Collected Economic Papers'. This file comprises a typescript, top copy, headed 'Introduction for the Italian edition', with autograph manuscript corrections; and a photocopy of the above, similarly corrected by Joan Robinson. The text is dated (at the foot of fol. 2) 'Cambridge, September 1975'. 4 leaves (2 typescript, 2 photocopy), A4, no watermarks. [For the unrealised project contemplated by Il Saggiatore].
1 envelope; paper.

Sep. 1975

'Introduction'.
2 envelopes; paper.

1976

'Aspects of Development and Underdevelopment'. Corrected page proofs of 'Aspects of Development and Underdevelopment' (1979). The latest reference in the text is to Robinson's 'Organic Composition of Capital' (1978).
1 envelope; paper.

1978–1979

Who is a Marxist?. Mixed typescript, with autograph manuscript alterations and additions: fols. 3 and 6 are photocopies of typescript; fols. 1,2,4 and 7 are a ribbon copy; and Fol. 5 is an autograph manuscript insert into the text of fol. 6. Another hand occurs on fol. 5 (red ballpoint) and fol. 8.(red felt-tip). The latest reference in the text is to M. Lebowitz. 'The Current Crisis of Economic Theory' (1973). 7 leaves A4 + 1 fragment (fol. 5). Numbered 1-4, [fragment], 5-7; archivally foliated 1-8. This file also includes extra photocopies of fols. 6 (cancelled in blue felt-tip) and 8 (cancelled in red felt-tip). 2 leaves, A4.
1 envelope; paper.

1973–1979

'Collected Economic Papers V'. Photocopy of page proofs for 'Collected Economic Papers V' (1979), with corrections by Joan Robinson and at least one other hand. These corrections have not been fully incorporated into the published text. Wants pages 30-31, 48-58, 76-98, 120-129, 144-145, 168-177, 197-205, 208-209, 212-213, 228-297 (end). The text contains references to works published as late as 1977. 82 leaves.
1 envelope; paper.

1977–1979

Forward to 'Collected Economic Papers IV'. Typescript of a draft, presumably by Joan Robinson, of the first three paragraphs of the Foreword of 'Collected Economic Papers IV' (1973), with autograph corrections.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

–1973

'Economic Management: China 1972'.
1 envelope with 7 divisions; paper.

1972–1973

On Re-Reading Marx.
3 envelopes; paper.

1948–1953