Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960.
Collection Number: 14-10-504
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Walter Francis Willcox papers, 1886-1960.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-10-504
Abstract:
Papers concerning Willcox's career as professor of economics and statistics at Cornell,
including extensive material on American social and political issues, as well as Willcox's
personal and family papers.
Creator:
Willcox, Walter F. (Walter Francis), 1861-1964.
Petry, Loren C., 1887-1970.
Quanitities:
7 cubic feet.
16 microfilm reels.
4 audiocassettes.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of economics and statistics at Cornell University.
Includes collections #14-10-821, #14-10-mf32, #14-10-tr24, tr25, tr23, and tr22, and
#14-10-m.76, m.376, and m.466.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Walter Francis Willcox papers, #14-10-504. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Correspondence, tributes, printed and draft articles and notes, and genealogies and
other family papers. Subjects include Willcox's involvement in the United States
census of 1900, the International Statistical Institute, Amherst College alumni activity,
and statistical analysis of various social problems, including the registration of
births and deaths and voter registration, Afro-American crime statistics, race relations,
and Prohibition.
The collection also includes tape recordings celebrating Willcox's 90th, 95th, and
100th birthdays; family correspondence, including letters to and from Alice Eloise
Work (Mrs. Walter Willcox), and his son Bertram F. who was in France with the American
Ambulance Field Service.
Also, material relating to his work with the William Allen White Committee to Defend
America by Aiding the Allies, comment on American political practices and statecraft,
addresses and articles pertaining to Cornell University, and work concerning Congressional
reapportionment. Tape recordings pertain to Andrew Dickson White, Jacob Gould Schurman,
and Charles Kendall Adams.
Collection of anecdotes concerning various members of the Cornell University faculty
and administrators, collected by Willcox for use by the Cornell Alumni News.
90th Birthday Dinner address, "The Disunited Nations: A Novel Experiment in the Balance
of Power," and cover letter, April 2, 1951.
Memo by Loren Petry on the origin of the Willcox-Becker Luncheon Club (sometimes called
the Thursday Luncheon Club), and comments by Walter Willcox on the club, plus his
memories of his years (1899-1901) as chief statistician of the 12 U.S. Census. There
is also an interesting reference to Edmund Ezra Day and freedom of speech.
Names:
Work, Alice Eloise.
Willcox, Bertram F.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
Wilcox family.
Work family.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
International Statistical Institute
Amherst College -- : Alumni.
American Field Service
William Allen White Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Cornell University. Department of Economics
Subjects:
Economists.
Professors emeriti.
Race relations -- United States.
Voter registration -- United States.
Apportionment (Election law) -- United States.
Families -- New York (State).
African American criminals.
Political science -- United States.
Criminal statistics -- United States.
Prohibition.
Vital statistics.
African Americans.
Census -- 1900.
Statistics.
Form and Genre Terms:
Tributes.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Collection Number: 14-10-504
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| Box 1 |
St-W correspondence re statistics and reapportionment for U.S. Congress
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| Box 2 |
Genealogical material re folder of Wilcox family letters, 1804-1848? ; Statistical
notes
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1804-1848? | |
| Box 3 |
A-Work Genealogical files
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| Box 4 |
W correspondence (personal and family). Including Anne Goodenow letters (typescript,
2 folders) and 2 envelopes of letters to Mary A. Wilcox re genealogy
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Collection Number: 14-10-821
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Correspondence and papers
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Holmes Family. Letters (transcripts),
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1818-1843 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Holmes Family. Genealogy and Biography Notes
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Holmes Family. Career of John Holmes
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Holmes Family, correspondence relating to,
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1925-1957 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Holmes Family. Description of Holmes House, Alfred, Maine
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Willcox Family. Recollections of Willcox Home, Kennebunk, Maine, by Mary A. Willcox
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Willcox Family. Miscellaneous papers (includes "Willcox-Work Family Lines")
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (manuscript)
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1901 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (typescript)
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1901 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
William Henry Willcox. Autobiography, (typescript)
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1901 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
William Henry Willcox-Anne Goodenow Letters (transcripts),
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1852-1856 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
William Henry Willcox-Anne Goodenow Letters (transcripts);
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1857-1859, 1861-1863 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
"Letters from and about Wm. H. Willcox, Wm. G. Willcox;"
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1855, 1896-1898 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Anne Holmes Goodenow Willcox. Autobiography (typescript),
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1893 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Anne Holmes Goodenow Willcox. Autobiography (typescript),
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1893 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Willcox Family Life by Mary A. Willcox
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Walter Francis Willcox. Letters;
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1878-1880, 1884-1887, 1893, 1896-1898, 1909 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Walter Francis Willcox. Letters (transcripts). 1878-1880 (valedictory),
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1878-1880, 1880-1887, 1892, 1893, 1896-1898, 1901, 1909 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters and Papers,
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Jan. 1888-May 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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July 1889-Aug. 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Sept. 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Oct. 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Nov. 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Dec. 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Jan. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Feb. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Mar. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Apr. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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May 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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June 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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July 1890, Sept. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Oct. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Nov. 1890 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Dec. 1890 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters, (typescript),
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Apr. 1891-July 1891 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters, (typescript),
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July 1891-Oct. 1891 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Nov. 1891 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Dec. 1891 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Jan. 1892 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Feb. 1892 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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Mar. 1892 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Alice Eloise Work. Letters,
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July 1892, Dec. 1892, Aug. 1893 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters;
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1896, 1898 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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1899 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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1900 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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May 1901 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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June 1901 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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Aug. 1901 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters,
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Sept. 1901 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Alice Work Willcox. Letters;
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1902, 1905, 1906, 1909 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Bertram F. Willcox. Letters;
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1917, 1918 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
William G. Willcox. Tributes,
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1923 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence;
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1925, 1931, 1933, 1934 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence,
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Jan. 1935-June 1935 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence,
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July 1935-Dec. 1935, 1936 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence,
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Jan. 1940-June 1940 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence,
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July 1940-Dec. 1940, 1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence;
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1950, 1952 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence;
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1953, 1954 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, Sir Alfred Zimmern, 1953-1957 ; (also Zimmern's
writings)
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1953-1957 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence,
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1955-1957 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence;
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1959, 1961-1964 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
"Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica," letter, diploma, identification card,
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1933 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Walter F. Willcox. Tributes on 80th Birthday,
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1941 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, 85th Birthday,
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1946 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, 90th Birthday, Addresses,
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1951 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Walter F. Willcox. Correspondence, re Address, "Comments on speech at ninetieth anniversary
dinner,
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Mar. 22, 1951 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Walter Family Letters re Walter F. Willcox bibliography, Will, and 96th Birthday;
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1955, 1957 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Walter F. Willcox re "95th Birthday Comments,"
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1956 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Walter F. Willcox, 95th Birthday: Addresses by Robert E. Cushman and Frederick G.
Marcham
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Walter F. Willcox, 100th Birthday,
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1961 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Walter F. Willcox, Transcript of tape recorded interview, Mar. 23, 1957 (with "William
Allan and Mary Willcox interview")
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Mar. 23, 1957 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Walter F. Willcox. "Worksheets"
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| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Miscellaneous
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Greeting Cards
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| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material
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| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material, "Early Life," etc.
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Walter F. Willcox's Autobiographical Material, "Confessions of an Octogenarian," "The
Stone Will Case," etc.
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| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Walter F. Willcox's Autobiography - Drafts,
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1956 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Walter F. Willcox. Reapportionment Letters to New York Times,
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May 22, 1957 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Walter F. Willcox. "A Notable College Class" (Amherst, 1884 )
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1884 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Walter F. Willcox. "The Teaching of Economics, Political and Social Science at Cornell
University"
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Walter F. Willcox. Clippings
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Clippings: Robert Frost, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
"Volume V Clippings" (Editorials),
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1939-1946 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
"Included in Volume V" (Editorials),
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1940 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Apportionment Statistics (negatives)
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| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Walter F. Willcox. Photographs
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| Box 6 | Folder 15-18 |
Willcox Family Photos
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| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Miscellaneous Photos including Alfred House, (Maine), Willcox home, (Ithaca), and
Mary (?); Negatives
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Items
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| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Passport,
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Aug. 31, 1938 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Passport,
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Apr. 26, 1955 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Scrapbook: Congratulations to Walter F. Willcox from the descendants of his brother
William G. Willcox,"
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1961 |
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Printed materials
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| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
"Sprouts from a Winter Garden," 1947-1954 by Walter F. Willcox (2 copies)
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1947-1954 |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 |
"Methods of Appointing Seats in the House of Representatives" by Walter F. Willcox.
Reprint, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Dec. 1954, Vol. 49, pp. 685-695 and other related material ( 1940, 1941 )
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Dec. 1954, 1940, 1941 |