Julius V. Wyler papers,
- Author:
- Wyler, Julius V., 1891-1959.
- Call Number:
- MSS GER-102 local
- Abstract:
- The Julius V. Wyler papers consist of correspondence, publications by Wyler and other economists (in German and in English), and course and lecture notes from his years of teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York. The largest part of the collection consists of Wyler's predominately handwritten lecture and course notes, which include several full-length texts of textbooks for courses he taught at the New School for Social Research, including Applied Statistics, Elementary General Statistics, National Income, and The Structure of the World Economy. Wyler's published writings include those written for the Federal Statistical Office (Eidgenössische Statistische Amt) in Berne, Switzerland, from 1916-1941, as well as publications in English and German from his years in the United States.
- Historical Note:
- Julius Wyler, born August 9, 1891 in Basel, Switzerland, immigrated to the United States in 1941. He joined the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research where he lectured for the next fifteen years on topics in statistics, economic research, national income, world economy, and United States industrial development. In addition to his lecturing at the New School for Social Research, Wyler also participated in the Council of Research of the Institute of World Affairs of the New School from 1944 to 1951. He also worked with the Office of Strategic Services in 1941-1942 on a project dealing with the gross national product of nine belligerent countries, and spent another year working at the National Bureau of Economic Research on a comprehensive survey of the national incomes of over thirty countries. Before immigrating to the United States, Wyler served for twenty-five years in the Federal Statistical Office (Eidgenössische Statistische Amt) in Berne, Switzerland, working first as a statistical clerk and later promoted to Assistant Director of the Office. He reorganized and edited the Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland, headed the division of Vital Statistics, and was commissioned to head a study of the reorganization of the entire governmental statistics of Switzerland. He conducted numerous studies, many of which were published under the name of the Federal Statistical Office. Wyler also served as a guest lecturer to the Economic Division of the Faculty of Law at the University of Berne, giving classes on statistics, population, business cycles and national income. During the three years immediately preceding his emigration to the U.S., Wyler was granted a Rockefeller Research Fellowship for a study of the estimates of the balance of payments in the United States and Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 7 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the German and Jewish Intellectual E´migre´ Collection. local
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 Refugees, Economics Study and teaching, Economics Study and teaching, and Refugees
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat
- Names:
- Wyler, Julius V., 1892-1959
- 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:
- 1939-1945 fast
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