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ARTHUR O. DAHLBERG PAPERS, 1899-1989
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Arthur Olaus Dahlberg, inventor and economist, was born in Escanaba, Michigan in 1898. He graduated with a degree in engineering from the University of Michigan in 1920, a master's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1927, and a PhD in sociology from Wisconsin in 1931. Dahlberg invented a fountain pen with a unique filling mechanism which was purchased by the Parker Pen Company in 1931. The first of Dahlberg's seven books on economics, Jobs, Machines and Capitalism, was published in 1932. He wrote about the role of money in the national economy. In 1944 Dahlberg became the president of the U.S. Economics Corporation, an economics consulting firm to corporations. Dalberg retired in 1971 and died in 1989.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection has been divided into three series: CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1989 This series contains personal correspondence. Arranged chronologically. NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/651859 NAME AND SUBJECT FILES, 1899-1989 This series contains letters, sketches, drawings, and journals. Subjects include: the fountain pen, economics, and the United States Economics Corporation. Arranged alphabetically be subject or type of material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/651860 WRITINGS AND SPEECHES, 1925-1989 This series contains the professional writings of Arthur Dahlberg. Material includes: book drafts, correspondence, reviews, and reports. Subjects include: economics, capitalism, inflation, and money policy. Arranged chronologically. NATIONAL ARCHIVES CATALOG: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/651861
FOLDER LIST
Box Contents 1 Correspondence, 1921-1945 (12 folders) 2 Correspondence, 1951-1971, 1973-1989, and undated (3 folders)
NAME AND SUBJECT FILES Amway Corporation, 1971-1972 Bank Deposits – Tax, 1939 Biographical Information – Clippings, 1923-1930, 1933-1967 and undated (4 folders) Biographical Information – College Class Notes 3 Biographical Information – College Class Notes (2 folders) Cosmos Club, 1964 and undated Dahlberg, Agnes Drawings and Charts Econometrics Studies, 1943-1944 Eight Hour Day Pamphlet, 1899 Employment and Prosperity Proposals, 1940 Industrial Recovery Act, 1933 Jennings, John – Biographical Information Jennings, John – Clippings Jennings, John – Correspondence, 1965-1970 3 Jennings, John – Correspondence, 1970-1971 4 Source Material Research Reports Singer Corporation Memorandum Miscellaneous Newsletters Writings and Speeches, 1965-1970 Journals, 1982-1983, 1985-1986, 1988 (3 folders) Morgan, Griscom, 1963-1985 and undated Patents Clippings, 1943 Drawings, Miscellaneous Gas Nozzle Invention Patents – Parker Pen, 1925-1928 5 Patents – Parker Pen, 1931-1934 and undated Patents – Pen Companies, 1928-1929 Patents – Pens Patented by Dahlberg, 1921-1943 Patents – Pens Patented by Others Patents – Pen Sketches Patents – Shoe Patent, 1938 Railroad Drawings Receipts, 1921-1934 and undated Shilling, A. Gary, 1975-1986 Stock Market Prices Temporary National Economic Committee, 1940 and undated United States Economics Corporation, 1965-1974, 1976-1987 and undated (2 folders)
WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
6 Degeneracy as Caused by Social Conditions, 1925 Utopia through Capitalism – Correspondence, 1927 A New Graphical Method of Depicting Historical Events, Sep 1927 Religion, Capitalism, and Nationalism, Jobs, Machines, and Capitalism – Final Copy, 1932 Jobs, Machines, and Capitalism – Reviews Is Collective Bargaining Inherently Futile?, Inherent Advantages, Complications, and Difficulties, Cultural Implications of Price Fixing, 1938 7 When Capital Goes on Strike – Draft When Capital Goes on Strike – Final Copy, 1938 When Capital Goes on Strike – Letters, 1938-1940 8 When Capital Goes on Strike – Reviews Concentration of Economic Power Report, 1940 How U.S. Output is Measured, 1956 When Capital Goes on Strike – Final Copy, 1956 When Capital Goes on Strike – Preface Copy Money in Motion – Draft and Miscellaneous 9 Money in Motion – Final Copy, 1962 Money in Motion – Reviews and Correspondence An Overlooked Cancer in the Free Market System, 1962 Reduce the Price of Gold and Make Money Move, 1962 Will Congress Have the Courage to Stop Inflation?, 1969 Why the Fight against Inflation Will Fail, Nov 1969 The Bretton Woods Monetary System, 1970 Why You Can Count on More Inflation, Oct 1970 Report Written for Senator Bellmon for his meeting with President Nixon, The Cost of Being a Citizen, The Cost of Citizenship is Also Part of the Cost of Living, 1973 Inflation can be Quickly Checked, 1974 How to Save Free Enterprise – Drafts How to Save Free Enterprise – Final Copy, 1974 10 How to Save Free Enterprise – Presentation How to Save Free Enterprise – Reviews and Correspondence The Neutron Bomb: A Christian Weapon?, Handling Deficits with Borrowing or New Taxes, 1983 How to Reduce Interest Rates and Poverty – Final Copy, 1983 How to Reduce Interest Rates and Poverty – Reviews and Correspondence Why Our Dollar and Capital Markets Have Become so Confused, M1, M2, M3 and Real Money Relationships, The Three Faces of Money, Inflationary Practices and Measures of Inflation, The Crisis Tax, 1987 Existing Arrangements Ensure Higher Interest Rates, Dahlberg’s Dream, 1988 A Recession Stopper and Boom Builder, 1989 Bankers Reaction, undated 10 The Dahlberg Plan, undated How Savers Receiving Interest May React How the Federal Reserve Controls Credit by Regulating the Reserves of Member Banks Khrushchev’s Cuban Conquest My Aunt Anna Had The Relation of Money and Credit Review of the Triffin Plan Sanctuary Money Facilitates Deficits in the International Balance of Payments Scuttling Our Hemisphere Security A Writings – Drafts 11 Source Material (4 folders) Source Material – Clippings 12 Oversize Materiall |