Series I consists primarily of letters written to John Bates Clark over the course of his professional life, and is generally arranged in alphabetical order by sender. The major exception to this pattern is that letters of condolence sent to John Bates Clark's wife, Myra Almeda Smith Clark, and sons, John Maurice and Alden Hyde Clark upon John Bates Clark's death are arranged at the end of the series. Further correspondence of this nature can be found in the John Bates Clark Memorial Scrapbook, which is located in Series IV, Subseries 2. Please note that in addition to letters written to John Bates and Myra Clark, Series I also includes a substantial number of letters written by them to others.
Befitting a public academic of Clark's stature, the correspondents represented in Series I embody a litany of prominent academics and public figures. These include Henry Carter Adams, Edward Bellamy, Nicholas Murray Butler, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Joseph Dorfman, Richard T. Ely, Robert Erskine Ely, Franklin H. Giddings, Alvin S. Johnson, Henry L. Moore, Robert Henry Inglis Palgrave, Simon N. Patten, Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, Joseph Schumpeter, Edwin R.A. Seligman, James T. Shotwell, Ida Tarbell, Frank Taussig, Francis Amasa Walker, and Woodrow Wilson, among others. In addition, there is a large volume of correspondence between John Bates Clark and various family members, including Myra Clark, his daughter Helen Converse Clark Lancaster, and his sister Elizabeth "Lillie" Huntington Clark Lyman.
Box 1 Folder 1
A, 1882-1939
Box 1 Folder 2
B-F, 1886-1939
Box 1 Folder 3
Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, 1889-1927
Box 1 Folder 4
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1901-1929
Box 1 Folder 5
C through Clark, J. Edmund, 1904-1938
Box 1 Folder 6
Clark, Charlotte Huntington, 1898-1903
Box 1 Folder 7-8
Clark, John Bates to Others, 1891-1936, (2 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 9
Clark, John Bates to Clark, Charlotte Huntington, 1903-1904
Box 1 Folder 10-11
Clark, John Bates to Lyman, Elizabeth Huntington Clark, 1903-1908, (2 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 1
Clark, John Bates to Lyman, Elizabeth Huntington Clark, 1910
Box 2 Folder 2
Clark, John Bates II - F, 1886-1938
Box 2 Folder 3
Clark, Myra Almeda Smith to Others, 1906-1921
Box 2 Folder 4
Ely, Richard T., 1886-1910
Box 2 Folder 5
Ely, Robert Erskine, 1903-1921
Box 2 Folder 6
G, 1886-1906, 1927-1931, 1886-1906, 1927-1931
Box 2 Folder 7
Giddings, Franklin, 1887-1928
Box 2 Folder 8
Gide, Charles, 1888-1894
Box 2 Folder 9
H, 1894-1930
Box 2 Folder 10
I through J, 1886-1921
Box 2 Folder 11
Johnson, Alvin S., 1901-1929
Box 2 Folder 12
K through L, 1885-1936
Box 2 Folder 13
Lancaster, Helen Converse Clark, 1914-1916
Box 2 Folder 14
Lyman, Elizabeth Huntington Clark, 1875-1913
Box 2 Folder 15
M, 1886-1939
Box 2 Folder 16
Marshall, Alfred, 1886-1902
Box 2 Folder 17
Miyajima, Tsunao, 1927-1935
Box 2 Folder 18-19
Moore, Henry L., 1894-1936, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 1
N through P, 1901-1930
Box 3 Folder 2
Palgrave, Harry Inlis, 1891
Box 3 Folder 3
Patten, Simon N., 1886-1900
Box 3 Folder 4
R, 1887-1930
Box 3 Folder 5
S, 1875-1931
Box 3 Folder 6
Sakatani, Baron Yoshiro, 1921-1931
Box 3 Folder 7
Schumpeter, Joseph, 1907-1912
Box 3 Folder 8
Seligman, Edwin R.A., 1886-1927
Box 3 Folder 9
T, 1890-1928
Box 3 Folder 10
V through Y, 1875-1931
Box 3 Folder 11
Walker, Francis Amasa, 1887-1892
Box 3 Folder 12
Family Letters, 1902-1915, 1931-1955, 1902-1915, 1931-1955
Box 3 Folder 13
Copies of Notable Letters Involving John Bates Clark That Were Owned by John Maurice Clark,, 1901-1939
Box 3 Folder 14
Copies of Letters from the Johns Hopkins University Library, 1887-1895
Letters Regarding John Bates Clark's Death
Box 3 Folder 15
Clark, Alden Hyde, 1939-1955
Box 3 Folder 16
Clark, John Maurice, 1938-1939
Box 3 Folder 17
Clark, Myra Almeda Smith, 1938-1939