Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro papers, 1957-1985
Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro papers, 1957-1985
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0344
- Bib ID:
- 4079751 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Díaz Alejandro, Carlos Federico
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 40 linear feet (82 boxes 1 card file box 1 oversize box)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-82. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence manuscripts (some unpublished), annotated manuscripts written by other authors, notes and research materials, documents, theses and course materials, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Belisario Betancur, Jimmy Carter, Jack Kemp, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and Jim Wright. In addition, there are substantial files relating to the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America including transcripts of testimony, publications, drafts of the Commission's reports, his dissenting positions as well as the agenda and other internal Commission documents. He was a specialist on the economy of Latin America, particularly Argentina and Brazil, as reflected in the many articles and papers he wrote as well as in those by other economists whose manuscript drafts, with comments by Díaz Alejandro, are in this collection
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in ten series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-82. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Carlos Federico Díaz Alejandro papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred from the Department of Economics via the Business Library, 1985.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--C.U. Dept.of Economics via the Business Library. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--01/12/85. Accession number--M-85-12-01.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Processed 01/--/91.
Revision Description
2012-05-29 XML document instance created by Alison Rhonemus.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
American economist. Born in Cuba in 1937, he obtained a Ph.D. in economics at M.I.T. in 1961, was a U.S. resident since 1964 and U.S. citizen since 1974. He taught at Minnesota, Yale, Rio Catholic University, and Columbia University. He was a member of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America (also known as the Kissinger Commission).
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Catalogued Correspondence, Personal and Biographical File
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Includes Landscape drawing by Jose Ramon Diaz-Alejandro - frontispiece for book entitled
Series II: Arranged Correspondence and Subject Files
This series includes teaching, course work and files on students.
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 7
Box 8
Box 9
Box 10
Box 11
Box 12
Box 13
Box 14a
Box 14b
Box 15
Box 16
Box 17
Box 18
Box 19
Box 20
Box 21
Box 22
Box 23
Box 24
Box 25
Box 26
Box 27
Series III: Manuscripts
This series includes manuscripts by 153 authors annotated by Diaz-Alejandro. Authors included, among others: Bacha, Edmar L.; Bishop; Furtado, Celso; Kareken, John H.; Lewis, W. Arthur; Moreno Fraginals, Manuel; Ocampo, Jose Antonio; Pelaez, C. M.; Rosenstein-Rodan, P. N.; Triffin, Robert; Thorp, Rosemary; Vernon, Raymond; Wallich, Henry.
Box 28
Box 29
Box 30
Box 31
Box 32
Authors included, among others: Bacha, Edmar L.; Bishop; Furtado, Celso; Kareken, John H.; Lewis, W. Arthur; Moreno Fraginals, Manuel; Ocampo, Jose Antonio; Fela,ez, C M .; Rosenstein-Rodan, P. N.; Triffin, Robert; Thorp, Rosemary; Vernon, Raymond; and Wallich, Henry.
Box 33
Box 34
Box 35
Box 36
Box 37
Box 38
Box 39
Box 40
Box 41
Box 42
Box 43
Box 44
Series IV: Notes
Box 45
Box 46
Box 47
Box 48
Box 49
Box 50
Box 51
Box 52
Box 53
Series V: Kissinger Commission
Box 54
Box 55
Box 56
Box 57
Box 58
Box 59
Box 60
Box 61
Box 62
Box 63
Box 64
Box 65
Box 66
Series VI: Theses and Course Materials
Box 67
Box 68
Box 69
Series VII: Printed Materials
Box 70
Box 71
Box 72
Series VIII: Subject Files by Country
Box 73
Box 74
Box 75
Box 76
Box 77
Box 78
Box 79
Box 80
Box 81
Series IX: Name and Address File
Box 82
Series X: Oversize
Mapcase 14-P-4
(appointment of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro to National Bipartisan Commission on Central America: also signed by George Shultz)