Janus: The Papers of Richard Ferdinand Kahn

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The Papers of Richard Ferdinand Kahn

Title	Cambridge University, Faculty of Economics and Politics
Reference	RFK/4
Covering Dates	1930–1988
Extent and Medium	6 boxes; paper

Content and context

The files are arranged into the following categories:

RFK/4/1-6: material relating to RFK's time as chairman of the Faculty of Economics and Politics;

RFK/4/7-8: member of the Faculty's appointments committee;

RFK/4/9: examiner for the Faculty;

RFK/4/10-12: supervisor of research students;

RFK/4/13-31: lecturer (including lectures given outside Cambridge University)

King's/PP/RFK/4 contains:

Chairman: chairmanship of the Faculty Board. The file contains correspondence concerning the chairmanship of the Faculty Board on the retirement of E. A. G. Robinson.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1962–1963

Chairman: Electors to Professorship. The file contains correspondence and notes concerning the electors to Professorship on the retirement of E. A. G. Robinson from his Chair at the end of the academic year 1964/65.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1964

Chairman: Correspondence with Michael Posner. The file contains correspondence with Michael Posner while on sabbatical leave in Ghana, chiefly concerning the country's political situation and the effects on the University of Ghana.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1964

Chairman: Correspondence concerning [? first name] Courtney, Deputy Librarian at the Marshall Library.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1963–1964

Chairman: research grant application. The file contains a photocopy of Earl I. Hopper's application for a research grant from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1965

Chairman: Letters from B. Pollitt and K. Berrill. The file contains a typed letter signed from B. Pollitt to RFK, 22 Aug. 1963, and a related typed letter signed from Kenneth Berrill to RFK, 22 Aug. 1966.
1 file in envelope; paper.

22 Aug. 1963–22 Aug. 1966

Appointments Committee Member: Economics and Politics. The files contain letters of application, CVs, references and correspondence concerning appointments in Economics and Politics. 1948-60. The files comprise:- . 1. 1948;. 2. 1949;. 3. 1951;. 4. 1953;. 5. 1960.
5 files and 1 bundle in 5 envelopes; paper.

1948–1960

Appointments Committee Member: Economic History. The file contains applications, CVs, references and correspondence concerning appointments in Economic History. The files comrise:- . 1. 1947-50;. 2. 1950;. 3. 1959.
3 files in 3 envelopes; paper.

1947–1959

Examiner: Report of the Chairman of the Examiners. The file contains the report of RFK as Chairman of the examiners in Part II of the Economics Tripos, 1957, with related correspondence and notes.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1957–1958

Supervisor: Correspondence and progress reports for graduate students.
7 envelopes; paper.

1958–1976

Supervisor: Correspondence and progress reports for graduate students.
2 folders in envelope; paper.

1959–1976

Supervisor: Adrian Wood. The file contains autograph manuscript notes, xeroxes and carbons of correspondence concerning the possible return of Adrian Wood to Cambridge as a teacher.
1 file in envelope; paper.

1983

Lecturer: Lecture notes on the short period. The file contains autograph manuscript lecture notes on the short period, [first given to Cambridge University in Lent Term 1931], with comic verse on the subject in the hand of E. A. G. Robinson.
8 itms in envelope; paper.

1930–1939

Lecturer: 'Short period lectures'. The file contains autograph manuscript and typescript lectures on the short period.
1 folder in envelope; paper.

1930–1939

Lecturer: Short period lectures. The file contains photocopied typescript notes made at RFK's short period lectures, signed at head 'regards Lorie Tarshis'. KCC/PP/RFK/4/16. AMS notes 'Ideal output', CTS ' Chapter XI socially desirable output i) the meaning of full employment etc.'. [1930s] (RFK as Lecturer). Paper, 2 items in envelope. Folder marked 'Ideal out-put and full employment'.
1 item in envelope; paper.

Michaelmas Term 1932

Lecturer: 'Quantity theory'. The file contains autograph manuscript notes for a lecture [given to the Graduate Club at Chicago University in Jan. 1933].
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1933

Lecturer: 'Need the depression last forever ?'. The file contains autograph manuscript notes and 2 copy typescript versions of the paper as given [in Toronto, 30 Jan 1933].
2 items in envelope; paper.

30 Jan. 1933

Lecturer: notes for 'History lecture'. The file, marked 'History lecture', contains manuscript notes by RFK and J. V. Robinson, chiefly on the theory of value and the short period, including in JVR's hand, a plan of a lecture series headed 'Main topics of economic theory'. 1 sheet of RFK's notes is dated in his hand, 1930-1; RFK's lecture notes include references to JVR's 'Economics of Imperfect Competition', published in 1933; JVR's notes may relate to either of 2 lecture series given by her: 'Applications of monetary theory', first given Michaelmas Term 1935 or 'Some problems of economic theory', first given Easter Term 1936. . Paper, 9 items in envelope. Folder marked . KCC/PP/RFK/4/20. Assorted papers [assembled in the preparation of a Cambridge University lecture series, 'Present day problems', first given Michaelmas and Lent Terms 1938]. 1936-9. Includes newcuttings on economic conditions in Europe and the USA; reports from banks, brokers and the Federal Reserve System; AMS notes on R.F. Harrod Meeting a trade recession: case for monetary reflation reprinted from Times as a pamphlet, 11 Aug. 1938. (RFK as Lecturer). Paper, 3 folders in envelopes.
9 items in envelope; paper.

1930–1936

Lecturer: lecture on war time service. The file contains an autograph manuscript lecture on RFK's war time experience of the Civil Service, its current operation and the role of economists in its ranks, [possibly given to the Marshall Society, Cambridge University, c. 1946].
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

c. 1946

Lecturer: 'The international monetary system'. The file contains a photocopied typescript of a lecture given 29 Dec. 1972 at the Allied Social Science Associations meetings in Toronto, Canada.
1 file in envelope; paper.

29 Dec/ 1972–29 Dec. 1972

Lecturer: untitled paper on the balance of money wages and money costs of production. The file contains ann autograph manuscript and photocopied typescript of an untitled paper, given 4 Jan. 1973 at Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Canada.
1 file and 1 sheet in envelope; paper.

4 Jan. 1973

Lecturer: notes for lectures. The file contains autograph manuscript notes for lectures on, inter alia, the International Monetary Fund, foreign exchange speculation, the British economy in the 1920s and 1930s, the current economic situation in Britain, John Maynard Keynes at Bretton Woods, given in Canada, Jan., and Israel, Mar. 1973, with off-print of Y. S. Park 'The link between special drawing rights and development finance' from 'Essays in international finance' No. 100, Sept. 1973 and Foreign and Commonealth Office Overseas Development Agency 'An account of the British aid programme' (HMSO, Oct. 1973).
20 items in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1973-Mar. 1973

Lecturer: 'The link between the creation of special drawing rights and aid to developing countries'. The file contains autogrpah manuscript notes and photocopied typescripts of a lecture given to a conference at Christ Church, Oxford.
3 items in envelope; paper.

9 Jan. 1974

Lecturer: 'Unemployment as seen by the Keynesians'. The files contain a photocopied typescript of a lecture given 26 Mar. 1974, at the Royal Economic Society Durham conference on involutary unemployment, with related papers. The files include copies of other papers given, many with RFK's notes attached, and source material.
21 items in 3 envelopes; paper.

Mar. 1974

Lecturer: 'Historical origins of the International Monetary Fund'. The file contains a typescript of a lecture given at the Second Keynes Seminar, University of Kent, Nov. 1974; autograph manuscript notes and correspondence with N. Ronald, T. Gregory, J. Thistlethwaite and D. Moggridge concerning the Bretton Woods conference, 1959, 1973; a memorandum by John Maynard Keynes 'Our financial problem in the transition', 16 May 1944; assorted government documents concerning the establishment of the International Monetary Fund, 1941-81; and copies of other papers given.
4 items and 1 folder in 2 envelopes; paper.

Nov. 1974

Lecturer: 6 lectures on John Maynard Keynes. The file contains photocopied typescripts of 6 Raffaele Mattioli Lectures on John Maynard Keynes and the making of the General Theory ..., given at Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. 1978.
6 items in envelope; paper.

1978

Lecturer: notes for a lecture on 'Reminiscences'. The file contains autograph manuscript notes and extracts from 'The making of Keynes's General Theory' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) for a lecture 'Reminiscences', given 3 May 1984 to the Marshall Society of Cambridge University.
1 file in envelope; paper.

3 May 1984

Lecturer: Notes for a lecture on John Maynard Keynes. The file contains autograph manuscript notes for RFK's contribution to a series of talks organised by the Faculty of Economics and Politics to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of John Maynard Keynes' 'General Theory ... ', 6 Feb. 1986, with related correspondence.
1 folder in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1986-Feb. 1986

Lecturer: notes for lectures. The file contains autograph manuscript notes for lectures at a conference at John Hopkins University Bologna Center, Bologna, Italy, 28 May - 2 June 1988; with travel details, addresses, notes of conference schedule and expenses. The notebook is mainly blank.
3 folders and 1 notebook in envelope; paper.

May 1988-June 1988