Guide to the Alfred E. Kahn Papers,
1942-1994

Collection Number: 4055

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:
September 1994
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, July 2003
Date Modified:
RMC Staff, December 2011

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alfred E. Kahn papers, 1942-1994.
Collection Number:
4055
Creator:
Alfred Edward, Kahn 1917-2010
Quantity:
9.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Thesis notes and typescripts, legal records, administrative files, and other materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes notes and typescripts of Kahn's Ph.D. thesis, The Position of Great Britain in the World Economy, 1942; drafts of The Economics of Regulation, 1970; records concerning his participation in natural gas regulation hearings before the Federal Power Commission, ca.1956-1970; and his participation in proceedings involving a Honolulu anti-trust case, n.d. Also material from Cornell years, including files on Economics Department, Deanship of College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kahn-Bowers Report.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Economist, professor of economics at Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes notes and typescripts of Kahn's Ph.D. thesis, The Position of Great Britain in the World Economy, 1942; drafts of The Economics of Regulation, 1970; records concerning his participation in natural gas regulation hearings before the Federal Power Commission, ca.1956-1970; and his participation in proceedings involving a Honolulu anti-trust case, n.d. Also material from Cornell years, including files on Economics Department, Deanship of College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kahn-Bowers Report.
Includes Kahn's testimony in United States District Court regarding anti-trust actions pertaining to several cereal companies.
Also, a poem, "Mountain Talk," written by Archie Ammons for Alfred Kahn and inscribed to him, August 1972. Two cartoons and a certificate.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Kahn, Alfred Edward, 1917-
Kahn, Alfred Edward. Economics of regulation.

Subjects:
Anti-trust law.
Economics.
Natural gas--Law and legislation.
Price regulation.
Economists.

Form and Genre Terms:
First drafts.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alfred E. Kahn papers, #4055. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
ca. 1961-1968
U.S. Federal Power Commission Area Rate Proceeding - Permian Basin Area (AR61-1)
Box 1
ca. 1961-1970
U.S. Federal Power Commission Area Rate Proceeding - Southern Louisiana Area (AR62-2)
Box 2
1955-1961
U.S. Federal Power Commission - Tidewater Oil Company (G-13310 et al.)
Box 3
1959
U.S. Federal Power Commission Champlin Oil and Refining Company, et al. (G-9277 et al.)
Box 3
1961
U.S. Federal Power Commission - Continental Oil Company, et al. (G-11024, et al.)
Box 4
ca. 1956-1960
U.S. Federal Power Commission - Phillips Petroleum Company (G-1148, et al.)
Box 4
1959-1961
U.S. Federal Power Commission - Gulf Oil Corporation, et al. (G-9520, et al.)
Box 4
ca. 1958
U.S. Federal Power Commission - Sohio Petroleum Company, et al. (G-8488, et al.)
Box 4
1961
Proved Discoveries and Productive Capacities of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids in the United States, National Petroleum Council
Box 4
n.d.
Interim Report: The Pricing of New Contract Gas Within the Framework of a Two-Price System
Box 4
n.d.
U.S. v. Standard Oil Company, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, and Tidewater Oil Company
Box 5 Folder 1-3
n.d.
Honolulu anti-trust case
Box 5 Folder 4-5
n.d.
Honolulu anti-trust case - first draft of testimony
Box 5 Folder 6
n.d.
Honolulu anti-trust case - footnotes
Box 5 Folder 7
ca. 1942
Small box of notes for The Position of Great Britain in the World Economy, Kahn's Ph.D. dissertation
Box 6
1942
Two annotated typescripts (one bound) of The Position of Great Britain in the World Economy
Box 6
ca. 1970
Drafts and typescripts of The Economics of Regulation, Chapters 8-10
Box 6
ca. 1970
Drafts and typescripts of The Economics of Regulation, Chapters 11-14 and 27; references; and index
Box 7
ca. 1970
Last draft of The Economics of Regulation, Vol. II, pp. i-287
Box 7
ca. 1970
Last draft of The Economics of Regulation, Vol. II, pp. 288-938 and index
Box 8
Academic freedom
Box 9 Folder 1
Afro-American Society
Box 9 Folder 2
Arts College
Box 9 Folder 3
Brown Committee
Box 9 Folder 4
Center for International Studies
Box 9 Folder 5
Commission on Undergraduate Education
Box 9 Folder 6
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - background
Box 9 Folder 7
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - clippings
Box 9 Folder 8
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - current
Box 9 Folder 9
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - memos
Box 9 Folder 10
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - faculty response
Box 9 Folder 11
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - minutes, notes
Box 9 Folder 12
Cornell Aeronautical Lab
Box 9 Folder 13
Cottrell-Rossiter (Liberal Education Committee)
Box 9 Folder 14
Committee on Undergraduate Instruction - studies
Box 9 Folder 15
Curriculum
Box 9 Folder 16
Economics department
Box 9 Folder 17
Faculty Council
Box 9 Folder 18
Faculty Council
Box 9 Folder 19
Faculty Council
Box 9 Folder 20
Faculty Council
Box 9 Folder 21
Fraternities
Box 9 Folder 22
Kreast Reports
Box 9 Folder 23
Medical plans
Box 9 Folder 24
ROTC
Box 9 Folder 25
Speech & Drama
Box 9 Folder 26
Students
Box 9 Folder 27
Board of Trustees
Box 9 Folder 28
University staff
Box 9 Folder 29
Antitrust Bulletin
Box 9 Folder 30
Talks - Alumni groups
Box 9 Folder 31
Kennedy - Keating
Box 9 Folder 32
Speeches - Current macro conditions
Box 9 Folder 33
Speeches - Capitalism, etc.
Box 9 Folder 34
Econ 351 Syllabi
Box 9 Folder 35-36
Econ 353
Box 9 Folder 37
Econ 104 TA instructions
Box 9 Folder 38
651 handouts
Box 9 Folder 39
104 Problems and handouts
Box 9 Folder 40
104 Exams
Box 9 Folder 41
"Mountain Talk" (1972) by Archie Ammons for Kahn, 2 cartoons and a certificate
Box 85 Folder in Manuscript Box