Janus: The Papers of Richard Ferdinand Kahn

King's/PP/RFK contains:
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11	House of Lords
12	RFK's subject files
13	Correspondence
14	Drafts, off-prints and books by others
15	Finances
16	Joan Robinson
17	Rachel Rostas
18	Diaries and address books
19	Holidays
20	Health
21	Religion, Israel
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The Papers of Richard Ferdinand Kahn

Title	Joan Robinson
Reference	RFK/16
Covering Dates	1930–1989
Extent and Medium	2.5 boxes; paper

Further information

Other material by and relating to JVR may be found in sections 2, 4, 13 and 14 of the catalogue.

Index Terms

Robinson, Joan Violet (1903-1983) née Maurice, economist

King's/PP/RFK/16 contains:

Papers relating to 'Economics of imperfect competition'. The file comprises correspondence, autograph manuscript notes, equations and diagrams exchanged with RFK in working out ideas for her book 'Economics of imperfect competition', with 6 autograph letters signed from A. C. Pigou and 1 autograph leter signed from Colin Clark to RFK on the subject.
49 items in envelope; paper.

1930–1931

Assorted economics writing by Joan Robinson. The file comprises:- . - autograph manuscript structural plan and chapter of book entitled 'What is perfect competition?', undated;. - copy typescript 'Teaching economics', undated;. - copy typescript 'The need for a theory of wages', undated;. - copy typescript 'Outline of the theory of employment', undated;. - autograph manuscript and copy typescript 'A passage from the autobiography of an analytical economist', Oct. 1932;. - off-print 'Disguised unemployment', from 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLVI, No. 182, June 1936;. - off-print 'The classification of inventions', from 'Review of Economic Studies', Vol. V, No. 2, Feb. 1938;. - 'Economics is a serious subject' (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons Ltd., 1932)*;. - off-print 'Imperfect competition and falling supply price', from 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLII, No. 168, Dec. 1932*;. - off-print 'A parable on savings and investment', from 'Economica', Feb. 1933*;. - off-print 'Decreasing costs: a reply to Mr Harrod', from 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLIII, No. 171, Sept. 1933*;. - off-print 'The theory of money and the analysis of output', in 'Review of Economic Studies', Vol. 1 , No. 1, Oct. 1933;. - Review of H. S. Ellis 'German monetary theory 1905-1933' (Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1933), in 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLV, No. 180, Dec. 1933;. - copy typescript 'Economics is the dope of the religious people', undated;. - off-print 'Euler's theorem and the problem of distribution', from 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLIV, No. 175, Sept. 1934*;. - off-print 'A fundamental objection to laissez-faire', from 'Economic Journal', Vol. XLV, No. 179, Sept. 1935*;. - off-print 'The long period theory of employment', from 'Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie Band VII', Heft 1, 1936*;. - off-print 'The economic system in a socialist state', from 'Cambridge Review', 26 Feb. 1937;. - Review of A. D. Gayer 'Monetary policy and economic stabilisation' (A. and C. Black, 1935), in 'Cambridge Review', 3 May 1935. Items marked with a * have been inscribed by Joan Robinson to RFK or otherwise marked by her.
20 items in envelope; paper.

1930–1939 1930

Papers of and relating to Joan Robinson. The file comprises:- . - copy typescript 'A simpler way of putting it. A comment on P. A. Samuelson: an exact consumption-loan model of interest, with or without the social contrivance of money', [c. 1958], with off-print of Samuelson's original article and autograph manuscript notes on the subject;. - copy typed letter from Joan Robinson to Paul Samuelson, 29 Dec. 1960 and roneo typescript 'A new theorem on non-substitution', by Samuelson, 1 Dec. 1960;. - 2 copy typescript comments by J. E. Meade on her 'Exercises in economic analysis', 1958;. - amended galley proof 'The real Wicksell effect', for 'Economic Journal', galley dated 18 June 1958;. - 'China: an economic perspective' (written with Sol Adler), Fabian Tract No. 314, (Sept. 1958);. - roneoed typescript 'Economic possibilities of Ceylon', Aug. 1958;. - copy typescript 'The criterion of neutrality', amended by hand, undated;. - roneoed typescript 'Work in progress: closed and open models', c. 1961;. - off-print 'Economic growth and capital accumulation', by Trevor Swann, from 'Economic Record', Nov. 1956, with off-print of Joan Robinson's comment from 'Economic Record', Apr. 1957;. - 1 autograph letter signed from Joan Robinson to RFK, 16 June [1967];. - bibliographical reference from Frank Hahn to RFK, 13 Feb. 1961;. - note on capital gains tax from 'RAR' of Buckmaster and Moore, Feb. 1959;. - correspondence between F. J. Lydall and RFK on 'Tea and Coffee Journal', Mar. 1960.
18 items in envelope; paper.

1957–1967

Papers relating to Joan Robinson. The papers comprise:-. - off-print 'The real cost of labour and the choice between consumption and investment' by I. M. D. Little, from 'Quarterly Journal of Economics', Vol. LXXV, No. 1, Feb. 1961;. - off-print 'A new theorem on non substitution', by P. Samuelson from H. Hugeland (ed.) 'Money, growth and methodology and other essays in economics in honor of Johan Akerman', March 31, 1961 (C. W. K. Gleerup; Lund, Sweden, 1961), with related correspondence;. - off-print 'Money, dynamic stability and growth', by F. Hahn, from 'Metroeconomica', Vol. XIII, Fasc. 11, Aug. 1961, with related correspondence;. - roneoed typescript 'Note by J. E. Meade arising from C. L. Bliss's paper on "input-output analysis and the theory of prices"', undated;. - 2 galleys from 'Economic Growth', annotated by JVR, undated;. - autograph manuscript and typescript 'III Accumulation and technical change: the model reconditioned', undated;. - roneoed typescript 'A model of accumulation', undated;. - correspondence between Joan Robinson and R. Solow, 1962-4;. - off-print 'The influence of the capital-output ratio on real national income', by Maurice Allais, from 'Econometrica', Vol. 30, No.4, Oct. 1932;. - correspondence with Margaret [? Gardner], Colin Clark and John Gurley, 1961-4.
17 items in envelope; paper.

1961–1964

Technical progress function. The file contains 2 autograph letters signed from James Mirlees to Joan Robinson, 1 autograph letter signed from Robinson to Mirlees, 1962, with autograph manuscript and typescript notes on technical progress function.
15 sheets in envelope; paper.

1962

Assorted papers relating to Joan Robinson. These papers were dealt with by RFK during Joan Robinson's illness. The file comprises:. - photocopied typed letter from P. Davidson to P. Garegnani, 5 Dec. 1980, enclosing an off-print 'Post Keynesian economics', by Davidson from 'Public Interest Special Edition', 1980;. - photocopied typescript 'Finance and profits: the changing nature of American business cycles', by Herman P. Minsky, [c. 1980];. - correspondence concerning Su Shaozhi's article on the current political climate in China, 1980-1.
3 items in 1 folder; paper.

1980–1981

Varsity and Business Week profiles of Joan Robinson.
2 items in envelope; paper.

5 Nov. 1949–20 Oct. 1975

Joan Robinson's finances. The file contains assorted contract notes, bank statements, tax records and share valuations for Joan Robinson's finances, handled by RFK.
15 files and 1 bundle in 5 envelopes; paper.

1964–1984

Joan Robinson's addresses while on a visit to Hungary and Austria. Autograph manuscript notes.
1 file in envelope; paper.

Portrait photograph of Joan Robinson. The photograph was taken by Ramsey and Muspratt.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1930–1935

Notes on Joan Robinson's illness. Autograph manuscript notes.
3 files; paper.

1981–1983

Assorted papers concerning Joan Robinson's memorial service.
1 file; paper.

29 Oct. 1983

Letters of condolence to RFK and obituaries of Joan Robinson.
2 files and 3 loose items in envelope; paper.

1983

Papers relating to the Joan Robinson memorial appeal and fund.
14 items in envelope; paper.

1985–1989