Walter A. Morton Papers, 1926-1977

Summary Information

Title: Walter A. Morton Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1977

Creator:
  • Morton, Walter A. (Walter Albert), 1899-1982
Call Number: Mss 584

Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Walter A. Morton, an economics professor who taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1926-1969, and who wrote economic analysis of tariffs, taxes, unemployment insurance, and British finance in the period leading up to World War II. The papers document Morton’s professional career, especially the politics and projects of the economics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but also Morton’s lectures at other colleges, student activism at UW-Madison and Morton’s defense of professorial academic freedom.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00584
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