Hans Philipp Neisser papers,
- Author:
- Neisser, Hans, 1895-1975.
- Call Number:
- MSS GER-069 local
- Abstract:
- Collection, in German and English, includes personal correspondence, 1918-33, including letters written home from the front during World War I; lecture notes, course outlines, and exams from classes he taught, 1942-68; rough drafts and completed papers; reprints of his published articles and reviews, 1919-71; autobiographical manuscript; and diplomas, passports, and other personal documents.
- Historical Note:
- Economist. Born into a distinguished professional family, Hans Neisser achieved a considerable reputation during the German phase of his career--first as economic advisor to the Weimar Government, then as coeditor of one of the leading German business magazines, and after 1927 as Deputy Director of Research in the Institute of world Economics at Kiel University. It was there that he published his first major work, Der Tauschwert des Geldes, one of the very few books written outside of the Anglo-American orbit that Keynes quoted with full approval in his Treatise on Money. From the same period dates his generally acknowledged critique of the fundamentals of the Walrasian system. Neisser's first academic appointment in this country was as Professor of Monetary Theory in the University of Pennsylvania, followed during the war by a responsible position in the Office of Price Administration. In 1943 he joined the Graduate Faculty of the New School, where lie served in a leadership capacity, including tenure as Chairman of the Department of Economics, until his retirement in 1965.
- Physical Description:
- 5.0 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Special Collections' copy is part of the German and Jewish Intellectual E´migre´ Collection. local
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 Refugees, Economics Study and teaching, World War, 1914-1918, Economics Study and teaching, and Refugees
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat
- Names:
- Neisser, Hans, 1895-1975 and Neisser, Hans, 1895-1975
- Corporate Names:
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) and New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)
- Chronological Terms:
- 1914-1945 fast
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