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Summary

Abstract:
Neisser was a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research. The collection consists of manuscripts, lecture notes, correspondence, reprints of Neisser's publications, and book reviews written by Neisser.
Extent:
2 cubic ft.
Language:
English , German .
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Hans Philipp Neisser Papers, 1918-1971. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Neisser Papers).

Background

Scope and Content:

Autobiography, undated; correspondence, 1918-1933; lecture notes, course outlines, and examinations, 1942-1968; and drafts, typescripts, and offprints of articles and reviews, 1919-1971. Neisser was a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research.

Biographical / Historical:

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.

Neisser's teaching and research covered almost the entire scope of economics. Centering on economic theory, his contributions extended to international economics, the history of economic thought, and many fields of applied economics, where he drew on his wide practical experience. Neisser early acknowledged econometrics as an effective tool of empirical research. In collaboration with Franco Modigliani he published in 1953 National Income and International Trade, to date the most comprehensive econometric investigation of: The world-economic relations during the interwar period. Also pioneering was his essay on "The Pricing of Consumer Durables", which appeared in 1959 in Econometrica. Under Neisser's guidance the New School became the first teaching institution in the metropolitan area to establish a training center for econometric study. His work ranges from studies on the New Economics to essays on Marx; from an examination of general overproduction to a critical analysis of the theory of games.

Acquisition information:
All items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, by Charlotte Neisser, widow of Hans Phillip Neisser, and Ulric Neisser, son of Hans Phillip Neisser, in 1978.
Processing information:

Processed in 2015 by Department Staff.

Items marked with a "line (through)-" were not found when materials were reboxed and inventoried on 7-16-93. Reprints are in order listed here with a number penciled on top left corner of each item. Book reviews are also numbered but with a "BR" before the number.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into two series. Series 1 is Manuscripts, lecture notes, etc. and Series 2 is Reprints & Book reviews.

Physical location:
The materials are located onsite in the department.

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PREFERRED CITATION:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Hans Philipp Neisser Papers, 1918-1971. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Neisser Papers).

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