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Economics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Material relating to Henry Wilson Ord

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1306
Scope and Contents The material relating mainly to Malawi from the 1960s and 1970s was drawn together in January 1978 and placed in a bulky file after the death of Ord. The unsorted and uncollated file contains largely typescript copies of papers, data sheets, and correspondence during his period as economic advisor (African matters). The collection includes material on the shadow price for foreign exchange and labour in Malawi, crop estimates, crop and agriculture policy, district maize projections, GDP and...
Dates: 1960-1985

Papers of Ailsa Giles Maxwell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-892
Scope and Contents The collection is composed partly of notes from the following lecture courses taken by Macdonald: Political Economy II, 1945-1946; Political Economy, 1946-1947; Political Economy, Honours, 1946-1947; undated Economics, Honours; undated European Economic History; and, undated Political Economy (Dr. Rankin). Another part of the collection is composed of Maxwell's lecture notes, being: English Literature, First Ordinary, and Scottish History, 1938-1939; British History, Honours,...
Dates: 1938-1948

Papers of Professor William T. Baxter

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1160
Scope and Contents Professor Kenneth E. Boulding had kept in touch with Professor William T. Baxter throughout his career, and the collection of Baxter papers here at Edinburgh is composed largely of American-style circular letters distributed to friends at Christmas and describing family life, visits, events during the year past, and ambitions for the coming year. There are letters from: 1967; 1968; 1969; 1971; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1984; 1985; 1986; and 1990. The collection is also composed...
Dates: 1963-1993

Pay Sheets, 1918 - 1945

 Series
Identifier: LHB33/14a
Scope and Contents

Details given in the Pay Sheets include: employee name, number, job title and signature; details of pay; and start and end dates of service.

Dates: 1918 - 1945

Press cuttings, 1943-1948

 File
Identifier: BAI 2/4/9
Scope and Contents

Press cuttings relating to John and Jewel Baillie's trip to New Zealand and Australia, with others on related political and economic issues.

Dates: 1943-1948

Quarto A, c1680-c1708

 Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A
Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of: 107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...
Dates: c1680-c1708

Staff and Salaries Records, 1898 - 1949

 Series
Identifier: LHB33/14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Management 1870 - 1947; administration 1882 - 1975; patients (bound records) 1874 - 1989.

Dates: 1898 - 1949

Tables of Prices of Flour and Bread, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2069
Scope and Contents

Tables of prices of flour and bread compiled by A & R Tod, Ltd of Leith, Scotland showing the highest and lowest price of the best bread in Edinburgh, quarterly during the years 1858 to 1905.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Tables of Prices of Flour and Bread, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2070
Scope and Contents

Tables of prices of flour and bread compiled by A & R Tod, Ltd of Leith, Scotland showing the highest and lowest price of the best bread in Edinburgh, quarterly during the years 1858 to 1905.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Wages Books, 1867 - 1949

 Series
Identifier: LHB7/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Management 1792 - 1948; administration 1807 - 1982; finance 1841 - 1971; history and publications 1845 - 1983; staff 1846 - 1985; patients (bound records) 1817 - 1971; patients (unbound records) 1900s - 1960s.

Dates: 1867 - 1949