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COLLECTION SUMMARY Title: Theodore W. Schultz collection Dates: 1940-1992 (bulk 1956-1989) Creator: Theodore W. Schultz Physical Description: 1.68 linear feet—4 containers Collection number: MA 22 Language: Collection material in English, German, and Spanish. Repository: South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Abstract: Collection is composed mainly of Schultz’s personal collection of articles he authored. Most are offprints from the journal in which the article appeared and many bear Schultz’s signature. Included are a few articles not authored by Schultz which are review articles or contain biographical material about him. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: This collection was found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997. There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid. It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003) Preferred Citation: [Identification of item]. Theodore W. Schultz collection, MA 22, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Processing Information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on November 19, 1998 with revisions on July 8, 2008 (cjg). SELECTED SEARCH TERMS The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Persons:
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BACKGROUND NOTE Theodore William Schultz was born in Arlington, South Dakota, April 30, 1902. He was the oldest of eight children. During World War I, with labor scarce, he worked on the family farm instead of going to high school. The agricultural depression that blighted farms during the 1920s prompted him to go to college to study the underlying causes of what had happened. He studied economics at South Dakota State University and received his bachelor's degree in 1926. He then went on to graduate school at the University of Wisconsin where he received his master's and doctoral degrees in 1930. After graduation, Schultz began his teaching career in agricultural economics at Iowa State University. Four years later he became head of the Department of Economic Sociology. During World War II, scholars at the school collaborated with outside specialists on reports demonstrating how government policy could promote the national interest by influencing agricultural production. One report recommended that margarine be substituted for butter. The Iowa Dairy Industry and the college administration tried to prevent publication. While Dr. Schultz successfully led the charge against censorship, he and several others resigned in protest in 1943. Dr. Schultz went on to the University of Chicago. He soon became department chairman, and his leadership was credited with helping Chicago become an academic center for innovative theory. He became a Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in 1952 and gained emeritus status in 1972 upon his retirement. Schultz popularized the idea of "human capital"--the idea of treating educational spending as an investment. He was also known for his view of agriculture as a contributor to a nation's economic development, not simply a way to feed the work force in other areas of the economy. For this he war presented with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979, a prize he shared with Arthur Lewis. Schultz authored several books and edited others during his long career, and he gained worldwide recognition for his investigations into investment in human resources as a means toward economic progress. He won the Francis A. Walker Medal in 1972, which is given only once every five years by the American Economics Association. He received five honorary doctoral degrees during his career from various universities, including one from South Dakota State University. His long and varied career has included serving as adviser and consultant to some of the nation's largest foundations, numerous federal agencies, the White House, and branches of the military. Theodore married Esther Werth, a native of Frankfort, South Dakota and a graduate of South Dakota State University. They had two daughters; Elaine and Margaret and one son; T. Paul. Theodore W. Schultz formally retired in 1972 but remained an active researcher until he fractured his hip in 1990 and became bedridden. He died February 26, 1998 in an Evanston, Illinois nursing home after suffering from pneumonia. Bibliography: Agriculture in an unstable economy, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1945. HD1761.S27 Crisi economiche nell'agricoltura mondiale, Roma : Instituto nazionale di economia agraria, 1967. HD1415.S3316 Distortions of agricultural incentives, Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1978. HD1405.D57 1978 Economic crises in world agriculture, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press [1965]. HD1415.S34e Economic growth and agriculture, New York : McGraw-Hill, c1968. HD1415.SA342 1968 The economic organization of agriculture, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1953. HD1411.S35e The economic value of education, New York, Columbia University Press, 1963. LB41.S35e The economics of being poor, Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1993. HC79.P6 S335 1993 The economics of research and agricultural productivity, [New York] : International Agricultural Development Service, [1979]. S540.A2 S36 Economics of the family: marriage, children and human capital: a conference report of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago : Published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press, 1974. HQ728.E3 Food for the world, Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1945]. TX353.S35f Human resources, New York, National Bureau of Economic Research, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1972. HB501.5 .F5 1971 Investing in people: the economics of population quality, Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c1981. HD4904.7. S37 Investment in human capital; the role of education and of research, New York, Free Press [1970, c1971]. HB501.5 .S35i La organización económica de la agricultura, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica [c1965]. HD1411.S4318 1965 Lectures in agricultural economics, [Washington] : Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1977. HD1761.L42 1977 O capital humano : investimentos em educação e pesquisa, Rio de Janeiro : Zahar Editores, 1973. HB501.5 .S32 Production and welfare of agriculture, New York, Macmillan, 1949. HD1761.S278 Redirecting farm policy, New York : Macmillan, 1943. HD1761.S28 Restoring economic equilibrium : human capital in the modernizing economy, Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Blackwell, 1990. HD75.S38 1990 Selected presentations from a symposium with Theodore W. Schultz, nobel laureate in economics : a centennial event at South Dakota State University concerning the importance of investing in people, Brookings, South Dakota, September 21-22, 1981, Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota State University, 1981. HD1417.S38 Training and recruiting of personnel in the rural social studies, prepared for the Committee on rural social studies of the American council on Education, Washington, D. C., American council on education, 1941. HT411.S35 Transforming traditional agriculture, Hew Haven, Yale University Press, 1964. HD1411.S35t Vanishing farm markets and our world trade, Boston, World Peace Foundation, 1935. HD1761.S3 Related Material: Miscellaneous Collections, Alumni Files, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. UA 52.1 Miscellaneous Committees, Centennial Steering Committee, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. UA 51.1 South Dakota State University. Schultz-Werth Award Committee, South Dakota State University’s Schultz-Werth award manuscript : correspondence, 1964- LB2383.S61 South Dakota State University. Schultz-Werth Award Committee, South Dakota State University’s Schultz-Werth award manuscript : list of papers and award winners, 1964- LB2383.S612 South Dakota State University. Schultz-Werth Award Committee, South Dakota State University’s Schultz-Werth award manuscript : papers, 1964- LB2383.S6 University of Chicago, Library. Dept. of Special Collections, Theodore W. Schultz papers, [Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Library, 1997?]. HD1771.5 .S38 1997 SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE This collection is composed mainly of Schultz’s personal collection of articles he authored. Most are offprints from the journal in which the article appeared and many bear Schultz’s signature. Included are a few articles not authored by Schultz which are review articles or contain biographical material about him. ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS This collection is arranged into two series: SERIES I: General, 1967-1992 This series is composed of correspondence and a few collected works include either articles about Schultz or items that Schultz reviewed. The correspondence consists of a letter from Schultz to Dr. Leon Raney, Dean of Libraries, South Dakota State University discussing writing a bibliography about Schultz. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Box 1.
SERIES II: Publications, 1940-1988 This series is composed of Schultz’ personal collections of articles, books and reports that he wrote. Most are offprints from the journal in which the article appeared and many bear Schultz’s signature. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by title. Box 1.
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