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W. Arthur Lewis Papers, 1892-1990 (bulk 1950-19950): Finding Aid
MC092
Portrait of W. Arthur Lewis
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Lewis, W. Arthur (William Arthur), 1915-1991.
- Title and dates:
- W. Arthur Lewis Papers, 1892-1990 (bulk 1950-1990).
- Abstract:
- Sir W. Arthur Lewis (1915-1991) was a pioneer in the field of economic development and a leading authority on economic growth in developing countries and associated political and social changes. He was a professor at the University of Manchester and Princeton University and served as an advisor to several governments. Lewis, who was from the Caribbean, also broke through racial barriers in the academic world throughout his career. Lewis's papers document his career as a scholar and as an economic advisor and include his professional correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and writings.
- Size:
- 22.73 linear feet (55 boxes)
- Call number:
- MC092
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
Biography of Sir W. Arthur Lewis
Sir W. Arthur Lewis (1915-1991) was a pioneer in the field of economic development and a leading authority on economic growth in developing countries and associated political and social changes. He was a professor at the University of Manchester and Princeton University and served as an advisor to several governments. Lewis, who was from the Caribbean, also broke through racial barriers in the academic world throughout his career.
William Arthur Lewis was born on January 23, 1915 on the island of St. Lucia, in the Caribbean. He was the fourth of five sons born to George F. and Ida (Barton) Lewis. Both of his parents were school teachers who had immigrated to St. Lucia from Antigua. Lewis married Gladys I. Jacobs, from Grenada, in 1947. They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Barbara.
Lewis won the highly competitive St. Lucia Government Scholarship in 1932, which permitted him to attend any British university. He wished to become an engineer, but knew discrimination would prevent him from finding employment. Instead, he enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce degree program in 1933 at the London School of Economics, with the intention of returning to St. Lucia and obtaining employment in the municipal service or private trade. A portion of the degree coursework included economics classes, in which he excelled. When he graduated with his B.Com degree in 1937, the London School of Economics awarded him a scholarship to study for a Ph.D. in economics, which he received in 1940. He was appointed to a one-year teaching assistantship in 1938. In 1939, he became an assistant lecturer, a position he held until 1948. He was the first black faculty member at the school.
At the London School of Economics, Lewis's mentor was Professor Sir Arnold Plant, a specialist in British industry. As a consequence, the first phase of Lewis's research career concentrated on industrial development, an area in which he continued teaching and writing until he left the London School of Economics. In 1945, the Acting Chairman of the Economics Department, Frederick Hayek, asked Lewis to develop a course on the economy between the two world wars. As a consequence, Lewis also began to change his research interests from industrial development to the study of the history of the world economy from the middle of the nineteenth century. While at the London School of Economics, Lewis also became involved in service to the British government. He was Principal of the Board of Trade in 1943, advised the British Colonial Office on economic issues in 1944, and was a member of the Colonial Economic Advisory Council from 1945 to 1949.
Lewis moved to the University of Manchester in 1948, accepting the position of the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy and becoming the first black professor at a British university. He remained there until 1958. While at Manchester, Lewis developed his expertise in economic development, which stemmed from his views on British colonialism. Lewis began teaching economic development regularly after 1950, in part due to the demand from the large number of students from developing countries who wanted to learn about the economies of their nations. For the rest of his career, Lewis focused on the study of economic development and continued to study the history of the world economy.
While at the University of Manchester, Lewis undertook the majority of his overseas consulting projects. His first was in 1949, as an economic consultant to the Caribbean Commission to study land settlement in British Guiana and industrial development in Puerto Rico and the British West Indies. From 1950 to 1952, Lewis was director of the Colonial Development Corporation in the United Kingdom, and from 1951 to 1952 he was on the Departmental Committee on Fuel and Power, also in the United Kingdom. In 1951, Lewis was a member of the United Nations Group of Experts on Under-Developed Countries. He was a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East in 1955, and Deputy Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund from 1959 to 1960.
Lewis also traveled to Africa on several occasions during this time. He was a consultant to the Gold Coast in 1953, reporting on industrialization and the Volta River Dam Project, and also served as a consultant to the Western Nigeria government in 1955. He returned to Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) after the country became independent, serving as economic adviser to the Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, from 1957 to 1958, under the auspices of the United Nations. Lewis's role was to conduct a review of Ghana's economic and financial policies and to provide advice to government officials.
In 1959, Lewis left Ghana and the University of Manchester to become the Principal of the University College of the West Indies, located in Jamaica, which was then affiliated with the University of London. In 1962, the university became an independent entity and was renamed the University of the West Indies. At that time, Lewis became the Vice-Chancellor of the university, a position he held until 1963. During his term, he widened the contacts between the community and the university, broadened the base of undergraduate recruitment, introduced new programs, and increased the number of students at the university.
Lewis also served as the Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of the West Indies from 1961 to 1962. During 1962, he took a brief leave of absence from the University of the West Indies to focus his efforts on preserving the Federation of the West Indies, which he believed was critical for maintaining meaningful political independence and economic growth in the West Indies. Despite his work, the Federation was dissolved that year. Lewis was also the Director of the Central Bank of Jamaica from 1961 to 1962, and the Director of the Industrial Development Corporation in Jamaica from 1962 to 1963.
Lewis returned to academia in 1963 as a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, with a joint appointment in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department. Lewis was the James Madison Professor of Political Economy from 1968 to 1982 and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Economics and International Affairs from 1982 to 1983, when he retired and became professor emeritus. While at Princeton, Lewis taught undergraduate and graduate courses in economic development and modern economic history. He was also the first director, in 1967, of Princeton's interdisciplinary Research Program in Economic Development at the Woodrow Wilson School. During his career at Princeton, Lewis only took one leave of absence, to serve as a founder and the first president of the Caribbean Development Bank from 1970 to 1973. He also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana from 1967 to 1973. It was an honorary position, for which he presided over the Council of the University and awarded degrees to graduates.
Lewis was a prolific author, publishing twelve books and more than eighty monographs and articles. His important works include "Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour," ( Manchester Studies, 1954) and Theory of Economic Growth (1955), one of the first academic works written about economic development and considered a classic in its field. His other important works include Principles of Economic Planning (1949), Economic Survey, 1918-1939 (1949), Overhead Costs (1950), Development Planning (1966), Politics in West Africa (1966), Tropical Development, 1880-1913 (1971), and Growth and Fluctuations, 1870-1913 (1978).
Lewis held leadership positions in a number of professional associations. He was president of the Manchester Statistical Society in 1956 and president of the Economic Society of Ghana in 1958. In the American Economic Association, Lewis was vice-president in 1965, elected Distinguished Fellow in 1969, and president in 1983. He was a member, fellow, or honorary fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Geographical Society, American Philosophical Society, British Academy, Council of the Royal Economic Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Weizmann Institute. Lewis received honorary degrees from more than thirty institutions world-wide and was made a Knight Bachelor in 1963 by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain for his service at the University of the West Indies. In 1979, Lewis was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science, sharing the prize with Theodore W. Schultz of the University of Chicago. They were honored for their pioneering research into economic development, especially with regards to the problems of developing countries. Lewis was the first person of African descent to win the Nobel Prize for a field other than the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sir W. Arthur Lewis passed away in 1991 at his home in Barbados, at the age of 76.
Description
Lewis's papers document his career as a scholar and as an economic advisor and include his professional correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and writings. His scholarly papers include materials documenting his administrative work at the University of the West Indies and his lecture notes from his professorship at Princeton University. His advisory papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports, predominantly from his work in Ghana and the Caribbean.
Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.
Arrangement
The Papers have been arranged in seven series:
- Series 1: Biographical, 1938-1989
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1942-1990
- Series 3: Country Files, 1892-1989
- Series 4: Organization Affiliations, 1946-1988
- Series 5: University Career, 1947-1989
- Series 6: Writings, 1936-1989
- Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, 1978-1990
Access and Use
Access
The collection is open for research use, except for materials that might embarrass, damage, injure or harass living individuals and statements made by or to Sir William Arthur Lewis in confidence. A portion of the biographical sketches and documents pertaining to a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the American Economic Association have been closed per this agreement with the donor, Gladys Lewis, for the lifetime of the donor.
Researchers must sign a user agreement to obtain access to this collection, agreeing to abide by the restrictions to the material and to inform the Mudd Manuscript Library staff of any material in the collection that falls within this restriction.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Public Policy Papers. Any copyright vested in W. Arthur Lewis is retained by the donor. Researchers are responsible for determining any other copyright questions.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Three audiocassette tapes, one VHS tape, and three U-Matic tapes are located in Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, Box 55. Access to this material follows Mudd Manuscript Library policy for preservation and access to audiovisual materials.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
This collection was donated by Gladys Lewis, the wife of W. Arthur Lewis, in June 1992, with an addition in November 1992.
Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Manuscript Library guidelines. The materials separated from this collection include proceedings and papers from the Princeton Income Distribution Conference in 1973 and 1974, papers by other scholars, duplicate materials, and personal information about Lewis, his students, and job candidates. Publications have been removed from this collection to be cataloged separately.
Related Materials
Related Archival Material
This collection is part of a group of 28 Mudd Manuscript Library collections related to 20th century economic thought and development which were processed as part of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded project. Researchers wishing to access these collections should search for the subject "Economics--20th century" or related terms in the Princeton University Library Main Catalog. A collection at the Mudd Manuscript Library of particular relevance to the Lewis Papers is the papers of Albert O. Hirschman, an expert in economic development.
Publications Citing These Papers
The W. Arthur Lewis Papers have been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Registry.
Processing and Other Information
Works Cited
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical note:
Materials from the W. Arthur Lewis Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton
University Library.
"The W. Arthur Lewis Papers" by Robert L. Tignor.
Princeton University Library Chronicle (vol LXVII, no. 1), Autumn 2005.
"Sir W. Arthur Lewis, 76, Is Dead; Winner of Nobel Economics Prize," by Nick Ravo.
The New York Times, June 17, 1991.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Adriane Hanson and Melina Meneguin-Layerenza in 2006. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in November 2006.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Adriane Hanson on March 16, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); W. Arthur Lewis Papers, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Lewis, W. Arthur (William Arthur), 1915-1991.
- American Economic Association.
- Caribbean Development Bank.
- Princeton University.
- United Nations.
- University of the West Indies -- Administration.
- World Bank.
- Economic development.
- Economic history.
- Economics -- 20th century.
- Economics -- Study and teaching.
- Economists.
- Government consultants.
- International trade -- History.
- Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- West Indies -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- West Indies (Federation)
- Correspondence.
- Reports.
- Writings.
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Contents List
Biographical, 1938-1989
(0.52 linear feet in 2 boxes)
Series Description
The Biographical series contains biographical and autobiographical sketches and curricula vitae, bibliographies of Lewis's work, photographs, awards and membership materials, and papers related to Lewis winning the Nobel Prize in Economics. The series also includes a comic book depicting the story of Lewis's life, his passport and will, and other scholars' analyses of his work.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by document type.
Restrictions
Access is restricted to materials that might embarrass, damage, injure or harass living individuals and statements made by or to Sir William Arthur Lewis in confidence for the lifetime of the donor, Gladys Lewis. A portion of the biographical sketches have been closed per this agreement.
Analysis of Lewis Models by Other Scholars, undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Awards and Memberships, 1960-1989
Box 1, Folder 2 to 3 Bibliographies, undated
Box 1, Folder 4 Biographical Sketches, 1979-1989
Box 1, Folder 5 Biographical Sketches, 1980–1988
[restricted]
Box 1, Folder 6 Clippings, 1949–1977
Box 1, Folder 7 Comic Book Biography of Lewis, undated
Box 1, Folder 8 Curricula Vitae (CV's), 1938-1985
Box 1, Folder 9 Nobel Prize, 1979-1980
Box 1, Folder 10 to 11 Passport, 1953–1959
Box 1, Folder 12 Photographs
Northwestern University Commencement, 1979
(Lewis received an honorary degree.)
Box 1, Folder 13 Portraits of Lewis, 1974–1979
Box 2, Folder 1 Will, 1979
Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1942-1990
(5.21 linear feet in 13 boxes)
Series Description
The Correspondence series is composed of correspondence to and from Lewis over the course of his career. The series includes discussions between Lewis and other scholars about economic issues and recent publications, Lewis's correspondence as an officer of the American Economic Association and as an editor for publications, and correspondence between Lewis and his publishers. The series also contains congratulations and invitations from colleagues, letters from former students of Lewis seeking career advice and describing their work, and correspondence related to Lewis's work at the University of the West Indies, with the West Indies Federation, and while serving as an economic consultant in Ghana.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
A, 1958–1985
Box 2, Folder 3 to 6 B, 1954–1987
Box 2, Folder 7 to 8 B, 1954–1987
Box 3, Folder 1 to 5 C, 1942–1989
Box 3, Folder 6 to 7 C, 1942–1989
Box 4, Folder 1 to 4 D, 1949–1985
Box 4, Folder 5 to 6 D, 1949–1985
Box 5, Folder 1 to 3 E, 1957-1984
Box 5, Folder 4 to 5 F, 1954–1987
Box 5, Folder 6 to 7 F, 1954–1987
Box 6, Folder 1 G, 1953–1987
Box 6, Folder 2 to 5 H, 1956–1990
Box 6, Folder 6 to 7 H, 1956–1990
Box 7, Folder 1 to 4 I, 1968-1985
Box 7, Folder 5 J, 1953-1988
Box 7, Folder 6 to 7 J, 1953-1988
Box 8, Folder 1 K, 1957-1989
Box 8, Folder 2 to 4 L, 1949-1987
Box 8, Folder 5 to 7 L, 1949-1987
Box 9, Folder 1 to 2 M, 1950–1987
Box 9, Folder 3 to 8 M, 1950–1987
Box 10, Folder 1 N, 1948–1984
Box 10, Folder 2 to 3 O, 1954-1982
Box 10, Folder 4 to 5 P, 1952-1988
Box 10, Folder 6 to 7 P, 1952-1988
Box 11, Folder 1 to 2 Q, 1958-1982
Box 11, Folder 3 R, 1948-1986
Box 11, Folder 4 to 6 S, 1956-1989
Box 11, Folder 7 to 8 S, 1956-1989
Box 12, Folder 1 to 8 S, 1956-1989
Box 13, Folder 1 T, 1953-1988
Box 13, Folder 2 to 4 U, 1954-1984
Box 13, Folder 5 V, 1956-1988
Box 13, Folder 6 W, 1949-1988
Box 13, Folder 7 W, 1949-1988
Box 14, Folder 1 to 4 X, 1980
Box 14, Folder 5 Y, 1961-1988
Box 14, Folder 6 Z, 1951-1986
Box 14, Folder 7 Unidentified, 1946-1990
Box 14, Folder 8 Country Files, 1892-1989
(4.07 linear feet in 11 boxes)
Series Description
The Country Files series documents Lewis's work as an economic advisor, as well as his involvement with Caribbean economic policies and politics. The majority of the papers are related to his work in the Caribbean and Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). The Caribbean papers focus on the formation and dissolution of the West Indies Federation and the East Caribbean Federation, and also include reports on the economies, education systems, and social conditions of several of the islands. The Ghana papers contain reports by Lewis to the government of Ghana and his later publications on the country concerning the country's economic development plans and the implications of the Volta River project. The series also includes a small number of documents about Guyana (formerly British Guiana) and Nigeria.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by country.
Caribbean
Bahamas, 1892-1966
Box 14, Folder 9 Barbados, 1947-1984
Box 14, Folder 10 Barbados, 1947-1984
Box 15, Folder 1 British Reports on the Colonies, 1902-1961
Box 15, Folder 2 Businesses and Trade, 1977-1984
Box 15, Folder 3 Caribbean Commission Reports on Industrial Development on the Caribbean, 1950-1952
Box 15, Folder 4 Conference of Chief Ministers of Leeward and Windward Islands and Premier of Barbados
Meeting Papers, 1962
Box 15, Folder 5 Reports on the Islands' Economies, 1963
Box 15, Folder 6 Conferences, 1984-1989
Box 15, Folder 7 East Caribbean Federation
Constitution, 1962
Box 16, Folder 1 East Caribbean Conference
Meeting Minutes, 1962
Box 16, Folder 2 to 3 Papers Discussed at the Meeting, 1962
Box 16, Folder 4 Reports on Establishing the Federation, 1962-1972
Box 16, Folder 5 Grenada, 1955-1964
Box 16, Folder 6 Institute of Current Public Affairs Publications, 1968-1969
Box 16, Folder 7 Jamaica
Analysis of the Economy, 1912-1962
Box 17, Folder 1 to 2 Immigration to Africa, 1961
Box 17, Folder 3 "A National Plan for Jamaica, 1957-1967," 1958
Box 17, Folder 4 Rastafari Movement, 1960
Box 17, Folder 5 Migration, undated
Box 17, Folder 6 Regional Council of Ministers, 1965
Box 17, Folder 7 to 8 Trinidad and Tobago, 1953-1976
Box 18, Folder 1 West Indies Federation
Common Services Conference, 1961-1962
Box 18, Folder 2 to 4 Constitution, 1959-1961
Box 18, Folder 5 to 6 Constitution, 1959-1961
Box 19, Folder 1 to 2 Dissolution of the Federation
Correspondence, 1961-1962
Box 19, Folder 3 Lewis's Trips to the Islands, 1961
Box 19, Folder 4 Lewis's Writings, 1961-1962
Box 19, Folder 5 Meetings and Reports, 1962
Box 19, Folder 6 Economic Statistics and Analysis, 1950-1985
Box 19, Folder 7 to 8 Economic Statistics and Analysis, 1950-1985
Box 20, Folder 1 to 2 Windward and Leeward Islands Constitutional Conference, 1959-1961
Box 20, Folder 3 Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast)
Articles by Lewis, 1953-1959
Box 20, Folder 4 Clippings, 1957-1977
Box 20, Folder 5 Commonwealth Development Finance Company (CDFC), 1957
Box 20, Folder 6 Economic Advisor (Lewis) Reports to the Government, 1957-1958
Box 20, Folder 7 Finances, 1957-1958
Box 20, Folder 8 Government Reports on the Economy, 1957-1967
Box 20, Folder 9 International Monetary Fund Ghana Aid Meeting, 1968
Box 20, Folder 10 Papers About Ghana's Economy, 1948-1983
Box 21, Folder 1 Photographs of Lewis at an Unidentified Event, undated
Box 21, Folder 2 "Les Problemes d'Industrialisation du Ghana," by Lewis, 1963
Box 21, Folder 3 "Report on Industrialization and the Gold Coast," by Lewis, 1953
Box 21, Folder 4 Report on the Visit to Israel of a Delegation from Ghana, 1957
Box 21, Folder 5 Role and Resignation of the Economic Advisor, Lewis's Notes, 1957-1958
Box 21, Folder 6 Second Development Plan, Analysis by Lewis, 1958
Box 21, Folder 7 The Seven-Year Plan, 1963
Box 21, Folder 8 Volta River Project
Agreements and Contracts, 1955-1956
Box 21, Folder 9 to 10 Analysis by Lewis, 1954
Box 21, Folder 11 Architects' Co-Partnership Final Report to the Volta River Preparatory Commission, Ajena Township, 1956
Box 22, Folder 1 Government Pamphlets, 1952-1956
Box 22, Folder 2 Meetings, 1956
Box 22, Folder 3 Memos and Statistics, 1955-1956
Box 22, Folder 4 Preparatory Commission, Power Contract, Drafts, 1956
Box 22, Folder 5 "Reassessment Report on The Volta River Project for the Government of Ghana," by the Henry J. Kaiser Company, 1959
Box 22, Folder 6 "Report on the Development of the River Volta Basin," by Sir William Halcrow & Partners, 1951
Box 23, Folder 1 Guyana (formerly British Guiana)
Analysis of Financial and Political Systems, 1963-1980
Box 23, Folder 2 Development Plan 1966-1972
Development Programme Report, 1965
Box 23, Folder 3 to 4 Ministerial Sub-Committee Meetings, 1965
Box 23, Folder 5 to 6 Development Projects, 1943-1965
Box 23, Folder 7 Relations with Britain, 1962
Box 23, Folder 8 Nigeria
Government Publications, 1955-1966
Box 23, Folder 9 Papers by Lewis, 1955-1956
Box 24, Folder 1 Papers on Development and Trade, 1965-1967
Box 24, Folder 2 Photographs of Lewis with Nigerian Dignitaries, undated
Box 24, Folder 3 Statistical Data, undated
Box 24, Folder 4 to 5 Organization Affiliations, 1946-1988
(3.34 linear feet in 9 boxes)
Series Description
The Organization Affiliations series includes documents from a variety of organizations in which Lewis was active, often as a member of the board or advising committee, as well as material collected by Lewis about organizations. The documents include meeting minutes, correspondence, and papers about the organizations. Many of the organizations are focused on economic issues, while others are concerned with social conditions, education, and the humanities. The organizations include the American Economic Association (Lewis was a member of the executive committee), the Caribbean Development Bank (Lewis was the first president), the United Nations, and the World Bank General Advisory Panel (Lewis was the chair).
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by organization.
Restrictions
Access is restricted to materials that might embarrass, damage, injure or harass living individuals and statements made by or to Sir William Arthur Lewis in confidence for the lifetime of the donor, Gladys Lewis. Documents pertaining to a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the American Economic Association have been closed per this agreement.
African Development Bank, 1966-1967
Box 24, Folder 6 American Economic Association (A.E.A.)
Annual and Financial Reports, 1982-1983
Box 24, Folder 7 Committee and Officer Lists, 1981-1987
Box 24, Folder 8 Committees
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession (C.S.W.E.P.), 1981-1985
Box 24, Folder 9 Executive Committee, 1981-1985
Box 24, Folder 10 to 11 Financial Committees, 1982-1983
Box 24, Folder 12 Correspondence and Memos, 1982-1984
Box 25, Folder 1 International Economic Association, 1983
Box 25, Folder 2 Journals and Paper Submissions, 1981-1985
Box 25, Folder 3 Newsletter, 1981
Box 25, Folder 4 Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit, 1981-1984
[restricted]
Box 25, Folder 5 Statements on Economic Issues, 1981-1983
Box 25, Folder 6 Asian Development Bank, 1968-1985
Box 25, Folder 7 Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutions Foundation, Inc., 1980-1983
(Later became the Caribbean Resources Development Fund.)
Box 25, Folder 8 Associations, 1969-1989
Box 25, Folder 9 Boston University Economics Department Board of Visitors, 1977-1980
Box 25, Folder 10 to 11 British Labour Party International Department Reports on World Economic Development, 1946-1956
Box 25, Folder 12 Caribbean Aid Donors' Conference, 1970
Box 26, Folder 1 Caribbean Development Bank
Annual Reports, 1970-1971
Box 26, Folder 2 Establishing the Bank, 1967-1970
Box 26, Folder 3 to 4 Honoring Lewis as the First President of the Bank, 1973
Box 26, Folder 5 Meetings and Resolutions, 1968-1985
Box 26, Folder 6 to 7 Staff, 1968
Box 26, Folder 8 Chol Chol Foundation for Human Development, 1978-1980
Box 26, Folder 9 Colonial Development Corporation, 1952
Box 26, Folder 10 Colonial Economic Advisory Committee, 1955-1959
Box 26, Folder 11 Columbia University Conference on International Economic Development, 1970
Box 26, Folder 12 Committees, 1954-1982
Box 27, Folder 1 Commonwealth Caribbean Medical Research Council (CCMRC)
Administrative Papers, 1986-1988
Box 27, Folder 2 Annual Meetings, 1986-1988
Box 27, Folder 3 to 5 Correspondence and Notes, 1985
Box 27, Folder 6 Reports on Grant Projects, 1987-1988
Box 27, Folder 7 Conferences, 1957-1989
Box 27, Folder 8 to 10 Council on Foreign Relations 1980s Project, 1975
Box 27, Folder 11 Governor's Task Force on Unemployment in Atlantic City, 1977-1985
Box 27, Folder 12 Governor's Task Force on Unemployment in Atlantic City, 1977-1985
Box 28, Folder 1 to 2 International Chamber of Commerce 27th Congress, Manila, 1981
(Lewis was a keynote speaker.)
Box 28, Folder 3 International Economic Association, 1962-1984
Box 28, Folder 4 International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) Advisory Committee, 1981-1988
Box 28, Folder 5 to 6 Issues Related to the African Diaspora
Board of Economists Outlook Meeting, Black Enterprise, 1984
Box 28, Folder 7 Committee on Policy for Racial Justice (CPRJ), Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS), 1982-1988
Box 29, Folder 1 Conferences, 1957-1988
Box 29, Folder 2 Education, 1969-1987
Box 29, Folder 3 Encyclopedia Africana, 1978-1979
Box 29, Folder 4 Living in Manchester, 1952-1955
Box 29, Folder 5 Living in the United States, 1958-1982
Box 29, Folder 6 NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 1979-1980
Box 29, Folder 7 National Humanities Center Board of Trustees, 1977-1983
Box 29, Folder 8 National Humanities Center Board of Trustees, 1977-1983
Box 30, Folder 1 United Nations
General, 1958-1983
Box 30, Folder 2 Conferences, 1950-1984
Box 30, Folder 3 Decade of the Woman, 1969-1980
Box 30, Folder 4 to 7 Economic and Social Council, 1951-1974
Box 31, Folder 1 General Assembly, 1951-1958
Box 31, Folder 2 The Interdependent, 1979
(Monthly newspaper of the United Nations Association.)
Box 31, Folder 3 Special Fund, 1959-1960
Box 31, Folder 4 The United Nations University, 1976-1983
Box 31, Folder 5 University Economics Education Programs, 1947-1989
Box 31, Folder 6 to 7 World Academy of Development and Cooperation, 1980
Box 31, Folder 8 World Bank General Research Advisory Panel
Correspondence, 1977-1979
Box 31, Folder 9 to 10 Meetings, 1976-1979
Box 32, Folder 1 to 2 Organization and Tasks, 1978
Box 32, Folder 3 Reports of the General Research Advisory Panel, 1978-1979
Box 32, Folder 4 to 5 World Bank Publications on the Research Program, 1978-1979
Box 32, Folder 6 University Career, 1947-1989
(1.88 linear feet in 6 boxes)
Series Description
The University Career series contains papers from several universities where Lewis either taught or was an administrator. The majority of the papers document his career as Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and as a professor at Princeton University. The University of the West Indies materials include a variety of papers related to governing the university, including meeting minutes and the text for speeches by Lewis. The Princeton University papers are largely composed of Lewis's lecture notes. The series also includes a small number of documents from the Jamaica School of Music, the London School of Economics, the University of Guyana, and the University of Manchester.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by university.
Jamaica School of Music, 1960-1963
Box 32, Folder 7 to 8 London School of Economics, 1957-1989
Box 33, Folder 1 Princeton University
Afro-American Studies Program, 1968
Box 33, Folder 2 Classes
Economics 102, undated
Box 33, Folder 3 Economics 560 (Public Affairs 562), "Economic Development," 1974-1979
Box 33, Folder 4 to 5 Economics 564b (Public Affairs 576a), "Regional and Country Studies in Development: West Africa," 1973-1976
Box 33, Folder 6 to 7 Economics 566 (Public Affairs 588), "Modern Economic History, 1870-1914," 1968-1982
Box 33, Folder 8 to 9 Economics 566 (Public Affairs 588) "Modern Economic History, 1870-1914," 1968-1982
Box 34, Folder 1 Public Affairs 531, "Economic Growth in Developing Areas," 1965-1974
Box 34, Folder 2 to 4 Public Affairs 572a, "Topics in Modernization and Development: Foreign Aid," 1973-1974
Box 34, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1959-1989
Box 34, Folder 6 Exams, 1965-1988
Box 34, Folder 7 Faculty Class Assignments and Reading Lists, 1974-1983
Box 34, Folder 8 Lewis's Annual Reports to the President of Princeton University, 1975-1990
Box 34, Folder 9 Syllabi, 1967-1980
Box 34, Folder 10 University of Guyana, 1967-1971
Box 35, Folder 1 University of Manchester, 1947-1984
Box 35, Folder 2 University of the West Indies (UWI), formerly the University College of the West Indies (UCWI)
Advisory Committees, 1960-1963
Box 35, Folder 3 Appraisals Committee of Council, 1963
Box 35, Folder 4 British Guiana's Participation in the University, 1962
Box 35, Folder 5 Clippings, 1959-1961
Box 35, Folder 6 College of Liberal Arts at St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1961-1962
Box 35, Folder 7 Committee Appointed to Review the Policy of the University College of the West Indies (CATO), 1957-1963
Box 35, Folder 8 Faculty, Staff, and Students, 1959-1963
Box 35, Folder 9 Financial, 1960-1963
Box 35, Folder 10 Graduation Addresses by Lewis and by Eric Williams, 1963-1971
Box 35, Folder 11 Grants and Scholarships, 1962-1963
Box 35, Folder 12 History of the University, 1959-1988
Box 36, Folder 1 to 2 Lewis, W. Arthur
"Economics of Transformation" Lecture Notes, 1975-1978
Box 36, Folder 3 Meetings and Travel Itineraries, 1962-1969
Box 36, Folder 4 Notes, 1959-1961
Box 36, Folder 5 Speeches, 1960-1962
Box 36, Folder 6 Merger with the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, 1959-1962
Box 36, Folder 7 Merging the Social Science and Economic Research Programs, 1957-1958
Box 36, Folder 8 Photographs, 1963
Box 36, Folder 9 Planning Committee, 1960-1963
Box 36, Folder 10 Released Offenders After-Care, 1963
Box 36, Folder 11 The Rising Star, 1960-1961
(Student newspaper.)
Box 36, Folder 12 Salaries Committee, 1960-1962
Box 37, Folder 1 to 2 Writings, 1936-1989
(7.19 linear feet in 18 boxes)
Series Description
The Writings series contains articles, lecture notes, notes, and statistics. The writings are largely concerned with economic development but also cover a wide variety of subjects, including economic systems and history, economic issues faced by minorities, and international economics, as well as education, industries and land use, pricing, and unemployment.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by document type. The articles are arranged chronologically. The lecture notes and statistics are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Articles
1936
Box 37, Folder 3 1940
Box 37, Folder 4 1941-1946
Box 37, Folder 5 1947-1948
Box 37, Folder 6 1949
Box 37, Folder 7 1950
Box 37, Folder 8 1951
Box 38, Folder 1 1952
Box 38, Folder 2 1953-1954
Box 38, Folder 3 1955
Box 38, Folder 4 1956-1957
Box 38, Folder 5 1958-1959
Box 38, Folder 6 1960
Box 38, Folder 7 1961
Box 39, Folder 1 1963
Box 39, Folder 2 1964-1965
Box 39, Folder 3 1966
Box 39, Folder 4 1967
Box 39, Folder 5 to 6 1968
Box 39, Folder 7 1969-1970
Box 39, Folder 8 1971-1974
Box 40, Folder 1 1976
Box 40, Folder 2 1977
Box 40, Folder 3 1978
Box 40, Folder 4 1979-1980
Box 40, Folder 5 1981
Box 40, Folder 6 1982
Box 40, Folder 7 1983-1984
Box 41, Folder 1 1985
Box 41, Folder 2 1986-1989
Box 41, Folder 3 Undated
Box 41, Folder 4 to 7 Undated
Box 42, Folder 1 to 7 Undated
Box 43, Folder 1 to 7 Undated
Box 44, Folder 1 to 6 Undated
Box 45, Folder 1 to 6 Undated
Box 46, Folder 1 to 5 Undated
Box 47, Folder 1 to 6 Undated
Box 48, Folder 1 to 3 Lecture Notes
1967-1968
Box 48, Folder 4 to 5 Agriculture; Manufacturing; Education; Industrialization; Foreign Aid, undated
Box 48, Folder 6 Agriculture and Development, undated
Box 48, Folder 7 Applied Economics, undated
Box 48, Folder 8 Bankers; Entrepreneurship; Afro-American Economics; Industrialization; Finance; Fluctuations, undated
Box 49, Folder 1 Competition; Basic Needs, undated
Box 49, Folder 2 Developing Countries Since World War II; Development Economics; Aspects of Urban Unemployment, undated
Box 49, Folder 3 Economic History of the Third World, undated
Box 49, Folder 4 Effects of Growth on Distribution, undated
Box 49, Folder 5 Foreign Trade; Comparative Costs; Economic History of the Third World, 1978, undated
Box 49, Folder 6 Planning the Government Sector; the Development of Entrepreneurship; Income Distribution, undated
Box 49, Folder 7 Population; Capital; Entrepreneurship; Agriculture; Growth and Distribution; Production, undated
Box 49, Folder 8 Taiwan, undated
Box 49, Folder 9 Unidentified, undated
Box 49, Folder 10 Notes, undated
Box 49, Folder 11 Notes, undated
Box 50, Folder 1 to 5 Notes, undated
Box 51, Folder 1 to 10 Notes, undated
Box 52, Folder 1 to 3 Statistics
Book Figures, undated
Box 52, Folder 4 Commodity Regressions, undated
Box 52, Folder 5 France, undated
Box 52, Folder 6 Germany, undated
Box 52, Folder 7 Graphs, undated
Box 52, Folder 8 India, undated
Box 52, Folder 9 "Imports of Manufacturers into Canada, India and Japan, 1899-1937," undated
Box 53, Folder 1 United Kingdom, undated
Box 53, Folder 2 United Kingdom Figures
General, 1967
Box 53, Folder 3 GDP, undated
Box 53, Folder 4 Industrial Production, undated
Box 53, Folder 5 United States of America, undated
Box 53, Folder 6 World, undated
Box 53, Folder 7 "World Exports of Manufacturers, 1899," undated
Box 53, Folder 8 "World Exports of Manufacturers, 1913," undated
Box 54, Folder 1 "World Exports of Manufacturers, 1929," undated
Box 54, Folder 2 "World Exports of Manufacturers, 1937," undated
Box 54, Folder 3 Audiovisual Materials, 1978-1990
(0.42 linear feet in 1 box)
Series Description
The Audiovisual Materials series includes the lecture series "Some Unsettled Questions in Development," an interview of Lewis for a German Program in 1990, and an edited version of the Nobel Prize Awards Program from 1979.
Arrangement
Arranged by media type.
"Some Unsettled Questions in Development: Development Planning," undated
(1 audiocassette tape.)
Box 55 "Some Unsettled Questions in Development: Entrepreneurship," undated
(1 audiocassette tape.)
Box 55 "Some Unsettled Questions in Development: Income Distribution," undated
(1 audiocassette tape.)
Box 55 "Sir Arthur Lewis WAC Interview, Program ZDF/Germany," 1990 September 3
(1 VHS tape.)
Box 55 "Sir Arthur Lewis, Program ZDF/Germany," 1990 September 3
(1 U-matic tape.)
Box 55 "Sir Arthur Lewis 1979 Nobel Awards Program (edited)," 1979
(1 U-matic tape.)
Box 55 "Nobel Awards Show, Edited," 1979
(1 U-matic tape.)
Box 55
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