Frank A. Pearson papers, 1923-1965.
Collection Number: 21-10-453

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frank A. Pearson papers, 1923-1965.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-10-453
Abstract:
Professional correspondence, manuscripts by Pearson and Warren; notes; speeches and publications; lecture notes on prices; research material on cream; statistics; notes and drafts and related correspondence on world hunger, the price of gold, and foodstuffs. Also, photographs and slides of Cornell and other scenes and subjects.
Creator:
Pearson, Frank A. (Frank Ashmore), 1887-
Quanitities:
28.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Prices and Statistics, New York State College of Agriculture.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional correspondence concerning prices, statistics, and economics; correspondence and notes on the career of George Frederick Warren; mss. by Pearson and Warren; notes on a trip to England and other subjects; speeches and publications; lecture notes on prices; research material on cream; statistics (30 v.); notes and drafts and related correspondence on world hunger, the price of gold, and foodstuffs. Also, photographs and slides of Cornell and other scenes and subjects.

RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection 21-10-814.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Frank A. Pearson papers, #21-10-453. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938.
Subjects:
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Form and Genre Terms:
Color slides.
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Warren G.F.: gold: News Clippings
Box 1
Warren G.F.: biography by F.A. Pearson, all notes and 3 editions of final manuscript: Farm Economics Article
Box 1
Warren G.F.: correspondence with F.A. Pearson only, 1922-1938
Box 1
F.A. Pearson correspondence
Box 1
James B. Sumner (Nobel Prize Winner) and F.A. Pearson relations, 1954-1955
Box 1
F.A. Pearson
Scope and Contents
Dr. Tucker, General Motors World Index of Wholesale Prices
London trip September 1934, Sir Henry Deterding and Inflation (Shell Oil)
Price Plans
Box 2
Warren Correspondence and Notes
Box 3 Volume 1-5
Addresses by F.A. Pearson
1929-1937
Box 4 Volume 6-14
Addresses by F.A. Pearson
1936-
Box 5 Volume 15-22
Addresses by F.A. Pearson
Box 6 Volume 23-31
Addresses by F.A. Pearson
Box 7
Warren G.F. and F.A. Pearson: Major Works
Scope and Contents
Wholesale prices on U.S. for 135 years monthly
Interrelations of supply and price for Bul. 466
Major project curve in fitting to find a curve that was logical and mathematically correct.
Box 8
F.A. Pearson's Lecture Notes on Prices: Gold, Cycles, Cycles Combinations, Cycles-Pepper, Coffee, Cocoa, Livestock
Box 9
F.A. Pearson's Lecture Notes on Prices: Gold, Cycles, Cycles Combinations, Cycles-Pepper, Coffee, Cocoa, Livestock
Box 10
Correspondence, Farm Economics Speeches
Box 11
F.A. Pearson's correspondence with former Warren students about Warren
Box 11
Warren's quips collected by F.A. Pearson
Box 11
F.A. Pearson's Tabulation of Warren's articles
Box 11
F.A. Pearson's Tabulation of conferences and committees in which Warren participated, 1912-1938
Box 12
F.A. Pearson's Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Pepper: Correspondence with Thomas W. Phelps of Francis I. Dupont and Co., 1941-1947
General Motors
Mr. Niece; General Motors
Leffingwell; J. P. Morgan; I. Bennett, John Scoville, Harding Hoover, Kansas, Keith Murray Ohio Farm Bureau, Frank Platt Paarlberg
Box 13
F. A. Pearson's Early Work at the University of Illinois and Cornell
Scope and Contents
McHenry County Survey
Illinois Milk Report
Box 14
F. A. Pearson's works at Cornell
1933-1957
Box 15
"Farm Economics", edited by: Warren and Pearson
1923-1938
Scope and Contents
#1-106=8
Box 15
"Farm Economics", edited by: Pearson and Myers
1928-1957
Scope and Contents
#107-211=8
Box 15
Books By: Warren and Pearson, Pearson and Paarlburg, Pearson and Harper, Pearson and Vial on World Food Prices
Box 15
Pepper; Interstate Commission-Chicago-North Western Railroad Testimony by F.A. Pearson
Box 15
Wartime Letters of Corporal F.A. Pearson III to his father and mother
June 1943-October 1945
Box 16
Lecture Notes on Prices
Scope and Contents
Gnats and Prices: 3-legged stool
Index numbers: history: unweights, weighted, old notes
Effect of Prices on Production, Effect of Production on Prices
Cash and future Prices
Function of Price
Value and Price
Commodity Dollar
Farm Supports
Investments
New Theories
Box 17
A Study of Prices of All Spices-Never Completed
Box 17
German Commission
Box 18
Speeches-F.A. Pearson and Don Paarlberg
1944-1946
Box 18
Hoover Chicago Milk
1917-1919
Box 18
Stencils- F.A. Pearson
June 9, 1970
Box 19
Published Articles by Warren, Pearson, and both
Box 20
Warren Story, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions
Box 21
Prices of dairy products- Pearson and E.E. Vial
Box 21
The "Bull-Shit" article
Box 21
F.A Pearson's last address
February 24, 1958
Box 21
Pearson and Paarlberg: Starvation, truths, half truths, and untruths
Large Black and White Prints, 11 x 14 inches, mounted 16 x 20 inches
Box 24
Coeds A-B
Box 25
Coeds C-E
Box 26
Coeds F-Hi
Box 27
Coeds Ho-J
Box 28
Coeds K-L
Box 29
Coeds M-O
Box 30
Coeds P
Box 31
Coeds R
Box 32
Coeds S, except Stolp
Box 33
Coeds T-V and Stolp
Box 34
Coeds W-Z
Box 35
Boy-Girl A-D
Box 36
Boy-Girl E-H, except Horn, Hurd, Holden
Box 37
Boy-Girl H-L, including Horn, Hurd, Holden
Box 38
Boy-Girl M-P
Box 39
Boy-Girl R-S
Box 40
Boy-Girl Sch-V
Box 41
Boys A-J
Box 42
Boys K-P
Box 43
Boys R-Z
Box 44
Snow
Box 45
Water
Box 46
Old Men A-G
Box 47
Old Men H-S
Box 48
Professors
Box 49
Babies
Box 50
Babies
Box 51
Teenagers
Box 52
Campus, Summer
Box 53
Campus, Summer
Box 54
Campus, Winter
Box 55
Water
Box 56
Water
Box 57
Farm, Summer
Box 58
Farm, Winter
Box 59
Buildings
Box 60
Flowers
Box 61
Roads and Tombstones
Box 62
Trees and Woods
Box 63
Hands and Miscellaneous
Box 64
Haze
Box 65
Animals and Birds
Small Black and White Prints and Negatives
Box 66 Envelope 1
Coeds A-B
Box 66 Envelope 2
Coeds D-E
Box 66 Envelope 3
Coeds F-Hi
Box 66 Envelope 4
Coeds Ho-J
Box 66 Envelope 5
Coeds K-L
Box 66 Envelope 6
Coeds M-O
Box 66 Envelope 7
Coeds P
Box 66 Envelope 8
Coeds R
Box 66 Envelope 9
Coeds S, except Stolp
Box 66 Envelope 10
Coeds T-V and Stolp
Box 66 Envelope 11
Coeds W-Z
Box 66 Envelope 12
Boy-Girl A-D
Box 66 Envelope 13
Boy-Girl E-H, except Horn, Hurd, Horreman, and Holder
Box 66 Envelope 14
Boy-Girl H-L
Box 66 Envelope 15
Boy-Girl M-P
Box 66 Envelope 16
Boy-Girl R-T
Box 66 Envelope 17
Boy-Girl Sch-Z
Box 66 Envelope 18
Boys A-J
Box 66 Envelope 19
Boys K-P
Box 66 Envelope 20
Boys R-Z
Box 66 Envelope 21
Students-Snow
Box 67 Envelope 22
Students-Water
Box 67 Envelope 23
Old Men A-C
Box 67 Envelope 24
Old Men D-S
Box 67 Envelope 25
Professors
Box 67 Envelope 26
Babies-Pearson
Box 67 Envelope 27
Babies, including some Pearson, Family, and Ladies
Box 67 Envelope 28
Teenagers
Box 67 Envelope 31A
Campus- Water and Miscellaneous
Box 67 Envelope 31B
Campus-Water and Miscellaneous
Box 67 Envelope 32
Farm-Summer
Box 67 Envelope 33
Farm-Winter
Box 67 Envelope 34
Buildings
Box 67 Envelope 35
Flowers
Box 67 Envelope 36
Mountains, Roads and Tombstones
Box 67 Envelope 38
Hands and Miscellaneous
Box 67 Envelope 39
Haze
Small Black and White Prints and Negatives, Not Enlarged
Box 68 Envelope 1
Coeds A-B
Box 68 Envelope 2
Coeds C-E
Box 68 Envelope 3
Coeds E-H
Box 68 Envelope 4
Coeds Ho-J
Box 68 Envelope 5
Coeds K-L
Box 68 Envelope 6
Coeds M-O
Box 68 Envelope 7
Coeds P
Box 68 Envelope 8
Coeds P-R
Box 68 Envelope 9
Coeds S
Box 68 Envelope 10
Coeds T-V
Box 68 Envelope 11
Coeds W-Z
Box 68 Envelope 12
Boy-Girl A-D
Box 68 Envelope 13
Boy-Girl E-H
Box 68 Envelope 14
Boy-Girl H-L
Box 68 Envelope 15
Boy-Girl M-P
Box 69 Envelope 16
Boy-Girl R-T
Box 69 Envelope 17
Boy-Girl U-Z
Box 69 Envelope 18A
Boys A-D
Box 69 Envelope 18B
Boys E-D
Box 69 Envelope 19
Boys K-P
Box 69 Envelope 20
Boys R-Z
Box 69 Envelope 21
Students
Box 69 Envelope 24
Old Men
Box 69 Envelope 25
Professors
Box 69 Envelope 27
Ladies
Box 69 Envelope 28
Teenagers
Box 69 Envelope 31B
Water
Box 69 Envelope 34
Farm
Box 69 Envelope
Buildings
Box 69 Envelope 35
Flowers
Box 69 Envelope 38
Hands
Box 69 Envelope 39
Haze
Box 69 Envelope 40
Animals
Box 74 Envelope 40
Animals
Box 69 Envelope 40
Animals
Box 69 Envelope 40
Animals