Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities Records, 1905-1933
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Title: Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities Records
Inclusive Dates: 1905-1933

Creator:
  • Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities
Call Number: Mss 210

Quantity: 10.2 cubic feet (23 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Records of a research organization founded in 1920 by Richard T. Ely as the Institute for Research on Land Economics. The Institute was headquartered at the University of Wisconsin until 1925, and at Northwestern University from 1925 until about 1935. The Institute performed basic research in fields such as land valuation, conservation, urbanization, and public utilities. Records include a subject file containing correspondence, reports, research papers, and other administrative and research material; a public utilities research file; financial records; and scrapbooks.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00210
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