Professor of economics at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and participant in the Society of Friends, the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and peace and disarmament groups. Correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, recordings, and topical files; also materials concerning his wife, Elise Boulding, and his parents, William and Elizabeth Boulding.
Call number: 85959 Aa 2 Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
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Finding aid prepared by: Michigan Historical Collections staff
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
The collection was donated by Kenneth Boulding (donor no. 4516) in 1967, with a small addition in 1969.
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Copyright:
Donor(s) have transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan but the collection may contain third-party materials for which copyright was not transferred. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.
Preferred Citation:
item, folder title, box no., Kenneth Ewart Boulding Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Biography
Kenneth Ewart Boulding, professor of economics and pacifist, was born in Liverpool, England, January 18, 1910. He was educated at New College, Oxford, England (1928-1932) and the University of Chicago (1932-1934). Boulding taught economics at Colgate (1937-1941), Fisk (1942-1943), Iowa State (1943-1946), and McGill University (1946-1947) before joining the University of Michigan as a professor of economics, 1949-1967. Since 1968, Boulding has been associated with the University of Colorado at Boulder as a professor of economics and director for the Program on General Social and Economic Dynamics and the Institute of Behavioral Science.
Some of his related activities and honors included receiving the John Bates Clark Medal for Economics for 1949; a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1954-1955; visiting professorships in Jamaica (1959-1960) and Japan (1963-1964); and directing the University of Michigan Center for Research in Conflict Resolution (1964-1966). Boulding also wrote numerous books, articles, and book reviews. Boulding was active in several peace, anti-nuclear, and disarmament groups, notably the Society of Friends and the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and UNESCO. His wife, Elise (Biorn-Hansen) Boulding, was a sociologist and also very active in the international peace movement, women's issues, and Quaker activities.
Kenneth Boulding viewed economics as a creative and philosophical integration of various disciplines--political science, sociology and anthropology. He coined the word "eiconics" to describe the weaving together and restructuring of interdisciplinary knowledge.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Boulding papers, consisting of approximately 46 linear feet, fall into the following series and sub-series.
Correspondence (boxes 1-10)
Miscellaneous clippings and printed materials (box 10)
Lecture and reading notes (boxes 11-13)
Published and unpublished writings (boxes 14-18)
Family and personal files (boxes 19-22)
Elise Boulding (boxes 19-21)
Topical files:
Economics (boxes 23-24)
Social Sciences (boxes 25-30)
California Water Resources Study, 1958-1959 (boxes 24-26)
Religion (boxes 30-31)
National Council of Churches of Christ, Department of the Church and Economic Life (boxes 30-31)
Peace, Conflict Resolution and Disarmament (boxes 32-38)
Center for Research on Conflict Resolution (boxes 32-34)
University of Michigan (boxes 39-42)
Travel (box 42)
Foundations (box 42)
Speaking Engagements (box 43)
Financial Records (boxes 44-45)
Sound recordings (box 46)
Photographs (box 47)
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
California.
Disarmament.
Economics.
Peace -- Societies, etc.
Water-supply.
Ann Arbor (Mich.) -- Dwellings.
Camps -- Great Britain.
Dwellings -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Great Britain.
Interiors.
Peace conferences.
Ambrotypes.
Photographs.
American Friends Service Committee.
Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.)
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Society for General Systems Research.
Society of Friends -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
University of Michigan. Center for Research on Conflict Resolution.
University of Michigan. Dept. of Economics.
University of Michigan -- Faculty.
Boulding, Elise.
Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993.
Boulding, Elise.
Contents List
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Container / Location
Title
Correspondence [series]
By date
Box 1
Undated, 1880-June 1936
(42 folders)
Box 2
July 1936-September 1943
(35 folders)
Box 3
October 1943-1949
(43 folders)
Box 4
1950-April 1953
(35 folders)
Box 5
May 1953-1955
(30 folders)
Box 6
1956-1958
(24 folders)
(undated and miscellaneous 1958)
Box 7
1958-1960
(21 folders)
Box 8
1961-August 1962
(25 folders)
Box 9
September 1962-August 1964
(23 folders)
Box 10
September 1964-1966
(10 folders)
By topic
Box 10
Curriculum Resources, Inc. 1963-1964
(3 folders)
Box 10
International Christian University 1964
Box 10
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 1963
Japan Disarmament Study (DART)
Box 10
1963-1964
Box 10
Miscellaneous (scattered dates)
Box 10
John Plott 1963-1964
Box 10
Quaker Research Fund 1962
Box 10
University of Michigan 1962
Box 10
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 1964
Miscellaneous clippings and printed materials (scattered dates) [series]
Box 10
circa 1950-1959
Box 10
circa 1960-1968
Lecture and reading notes [series]
Box 11
1928-1964
Box 12
1928-1964
(continued)
Box 13
1928-1964
(continued)
Published and unpublished writings (essays, poetry, etc.) [series]
Box 14
Bibliography 1932-1967
Box 14
1929-1936
Box 15
1936-1949
Box 16
1948-1955
Box 17
1955-1959
Box 18
1960-1968
Family and personal files [series]
Box 19
George Rowe and William Boulding
(include sermons and school records)
Box 19
Elizabeth Boulding 1901-1961
(Include diaries, correspondence, articles, and poems)
Box 19
Elise Boulding papers 1933-1951
(include correspondence, school records, and material on the family and on socialism)
Box 20
Elise Boulding papers 1950-1966
(include correspondence, articles, and other materials primarily related to the peace movement and women)
Box 21
Elise Boulding papers 1963-1967
(include materials related to the International Peace Research Newsletter)
Box 21
Kenneth Boulding Personal Files 1910-1932
(include correspondence, diaries, writings, and school records)
Box 22
Kenneth Boulding Personal Files 1933-1962
(include correspondence, journals and material related to his courtship of Elise Boulding and marriage)
Box 22
Boulding family miscellanea
Topical files [series]
Economics
Box 23
American Association of University Professors 1960
Box 23
American Economic Association 1945-1966
(4 folders)
Box 23
American Economic Review 1945-1948
Box 23
Charts 1940-1952
(4 folders)
Box 23
College Retirement Equities Fund 1958-1961
(3 folders)
Box 23
Committee for Economic Development 1960-1961
Box 23
Economic Development Conference, Havana 1960
Box 23
Economics and Mankind study 1962
Box 23
Economics in Action Program, Case Institute of Technology 1956-1960
(3 folders)
Ford Foundation
Box 23
Economics and the Behavioral Sciences 1952-1953
Box 23
Economic Development and Administration 1954
Box 23
Seminar in the Theory of the Firm 1958
(7 folders)
Box 24
High School Teaching of Economics 1963
Box 24
Iowa State College Financial Conference 1948
Box 24
Joint Council on Economic Education 1962
Box 24
McGill University, Curriculum 1946
National Bureau of Economic Research
Box 24
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth 1949-1950
Box 24
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth 1959-1961
Box 24
Conference on Philanthropy 1961
(2 folders)
Box 24
"Normal Accounting"
Box 24
Ohio State University Conference on Economics of Research and Development 1962
Box 24
Quaker Economists 1953-1958
Box 24
Savings and Residential Financing Conference, Chicago 1965
Social Sciences
Box 24
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1958-1966
Box 24
American Civil Liberties Union 1961-1962
Box 24
American Philosophical Society 1960-1963
Box 24
American-Psychiatric Association Meeting 1965
Box 24
Artorga 1960-1961
Box 24
Brookings Institution 1958-1963
(2 folders)
Box 24
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Conference 1963
California Water Resources Study 1958-1959
Correspondence, memoranda, and statements
Box 24
Undated, September 1958
(6 folders)
Box 25
October 1958-1961
(8 folders)
Box 25
"Western Water News"
Box 25
Huron River (Mich.) Watershed
Box 25
Miscellanea
Box 25
Reprints
Box 25
Printed reports
Box 26
Printed reports (cont.)
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Box 26
1954-1955
(11 folders)
Box 27
1954-1955
(3 folders)
Box 27
Center for Integrated Studies 1965
Box 27
Center for Productivity Motivation 1961
Box 27
Citizens for Michigan 1959
Box 27
City in History Conference, Boston 1961
Box 27
Committee for Return of Confiscated German and Japanese Property 1956-1960
(2 folders)
Box 27
Committee for the Study of Mankind 1958-1962
(2 folders)
Box 27
Committee for World Development and Disarmament 1959-1960
Box 27
Committee to Present Major Issues 1960
Box 27
Duke University Symposium 1962
Box 27
Foundation for Research on Human Behavior 1958-1961
General Electric Marketing Seminar
Box 27
1959
Box 27
1959-1961
Box 27
1964-1965
Box 27
Goals and Values in Agriculture Conference, Ames, Iowa 1963
Box 27
Great Society Seminar, Syracuse 1965
Box 27
Harris Foundation Conference, Chicago 1947
Box 27
Hudson Institute 1962
Box 27
Humanistic-Social Research Project 1955
Box 27
Image of America 1956-1961
Box 27
Information Retrieval Conference, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. 1961
Box 27
Institute for Policy Studies 1965
Box 27
Institute of World Affairs, University of Southern California 1964-1965
Box 27
Institute on Man and Science 1966
Box 27
International Center in London for Non-Governmental Organizations 1961
Box 27
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 1960-1962
Box 27
International Society for General Semantics 1955-1965
(2 folders)
Agricultural Policy Speech at Iowa State University, Ames circa 1963
(2 audiotapes)
Photographs [series]
The photographs series includes family photos, photos of Boulding's house in Ann Arbor, and photos of his peace activities; also photos of Elise Boulding and her activities.
Kenneth E. Boulding
Box 47
Castles
Box 47
With parents
Box 47
Childhood and youth 1910-1928
Box 47
Oxford and Liverpool 1928-1932
Box 47
Chicago, etc. 1932-1934
Box 47
Edinburgh, etc. 1934-1937
Kenneth E. and Elise Boulding
Box 47
Hamilton, N.Y., etc. 1937-1941
Box 47
Ames, Iowa, etc. 1943-1949
Box 47
Ann Arbor, Mich., etc. 1949-1968
Box 47
Conferences 1950-1967
Box 47
Peace activities
Box 47
Biorn-Hansen family
Elizabeth Ann Rowe ("Bessie") Boulding (KEB's mother)