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Collection Summary

Creator
Groenewegen, Peter Diderik, Professor
Title
Papers of Peter Groenewegen
Date Range
1923 - 2018
Collection Number
MS 10493
Extent
2.1 metres (14 ms boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Content Description

Comprises papers relating to Groenewegen's career and family. Included is professional and family correspondence; research materials; drafts of articles, lectures and other writings; papers relating to his book on Alfred Marshall entitled A soaring eagle; news cuttings; family papers and juvenilia; and ephemera. Correspondents include Heinz Arndt, Bob Hawke, and P.P. McGuiness.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn 8057813).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Peter Groenewegen, National Library of Australia, MS 10493, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Provenance

Acquired from the family of Peter Groenewegen following his death.

Biographical note

Economist, author and Professor of Economics at the University of Sydney.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. General writings by Groenewegen, 1990-2015

Papers relating to general writings by Groenewegen. Included is correspondence; research material; typescripts of papers, articles, contributions to publications; and a book outline.

History of Australian Economics, 1990 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Research material.

Turgot Notes (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Research material relating to French economist and statesman, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, known as 'Turgot'.

Turgot: Generalist on the Division of Labour, 2015 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Typescript drafts of writings on Turgot.

Heertje Re Turgot Conference, 2003 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and research material.

Political Economy & National Realities, Einaudi Foundation,, 1992 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Program and cuttings.

Women in Economics Database 1900-1965, 1995 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re Groenewegen's contribution on Anna Youngman.

Alfred Marshall: Cambridge Economists 1885-1924, 2013 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Typescript outline of a book about Marshall.

Reviews and typescript by Barend de Vries, 1995-1998 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Reviews of Groenewegen's book 'Feminism and Political Economy in Victorian England', together with a typescript draft of the introduction to a book entitled 'Champions of the poor' by Barend A. de Vries.

RAI interview, 1998 (File 9) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re Groenewegen interview for the Italian National Television (RAI, Education Channel) on the history of economic thought.

Marshall and Turgot, 2003 (File 10) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Final typescript draft paper for the Turgot Colloquium and a paper on the spread and significance of Turgot's economic ideas.

The Age of Marshall: A Broad Overview,, 2012 (File 11) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Typescript of paper entitled 'The age of Marshall: a broad overview', for presentation as a plenary lecture at the History of Economics Society meeting, Brock University, Canada.

Alfred Marshall, 2006 (File 12) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Submission for inclusion in the International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences.

Launch of Faculty history, 2009 (File 13) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Launch of Groenewegen's 'A History of the Faculty of Economics and Business', University of Sydney. Program and list of attendees.

Photos (Faculty History) (File 14) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Copies of photographs used in the History of the Faculty of Economics and Business.

A concise history of economic thought', 2009-2012 (File 15) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re a 2nd edition of Groenewegen's book 'A concise history of economic thought'.

Permissions to publish, 2010-2011 (File 16) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Permissions to publish relating to Groenewegen's book 'The minor Marshallians and Alfred Marshall : an evaluation'.

Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia, 2007-2012 (File 17) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and typescript of speech by Tony Aspromourgos.

Marshall & Keynes, 2014 (File 18) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Typescript of entry for the 'Elgar Companion'.

Lombard Enlightenment Conference, 2010 (File 19) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Miscellaneous loose papers, c2000-2010 (File 20) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Comprises mainly correspondence and typescripts.

'A concise history of economic thought'., c2001 (File 21) - Box 1 (MS 10493)

Four computer discs relating to Groenewegen's book 'A concise history of economic thought'.

Panel discussion, 2012 (File 22) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescripts relating to a panel discussion at the University of Denver, Colorado, about Adam Smith and others.

Economics Faculty dispute, 2010 (File 23) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Articles about a dispute within the Economic Faculty of Sydney University.

Turgot, 2001-2003 (File 24) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Correspondence about publications and events relating to Turgot.

History of Economic Thought Society, 2011-2012 (File 25) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Papers relating to conferences arranged by the Society.

Rosa Luxemburg (File 26) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescript of paper about Rosa Luxemburg, together with research material.

JJ Spengler Book Prize (File 27) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescript supporting the nomination of 'The science of wealth: Adam Smith and the framing of political economy' by Tony Aspromourgos.

DH Robertson's 'Study of industrial fluctuation', 2014 (File 28) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescript of Groenewegen's evaluation of DH Robertson's 'Study of industrial fluctuation'.

The Elgar Companion to David Ricardo, 2011-2015 (File 29) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and typescript relating to Groenewegen's contribution to the project.

Frederick Lavington, 2014-2015 (File 30) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescripts and correspondence re a chapter by Groenewegen on Lavington.

Report for Routledge, 2012 (File 31) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Typescript and correspondence re Groenewegen's report for publishers Routledge on a proposed work entitled 'Unprincipled economics'.

Two CDs labelled 'Elgar Marshall', c2009 (File 32) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Series 2. Special leave to study overseas, 1972-2007

Papers and notebooks relating to periods of leave from the University of Sydney requested by Groenewegen to pursue studies overseas.

Special Studies Program, 1984 (File 1) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Groenewegen's report on research carried out during his period of special studies, University of Sydney.

Special Duties, 1988-1996 (File 2) - Box 2 (MS 10493)

Applications and reports relating to periods of special duty leave taken by Groenewegen.

Study Leave, 1972 (File 3) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re appointment as Academic Visitor, London School of Economics.

Study Leave, 1976, 1976 (File 4) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re re request for study leave.

Special Studies leave, 1981 (File 5) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request for special studies leave.

Special Duties Abroad, 1990 (File 6) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request to undertake special duties overseas.

Adam Smith Bicentenary Conference, Edinburgh, 1990 (File 7) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Program and ephemera.

Special Studies leave, 1992 (File 8) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request for special studies leave, Italy and England.

Special Studies leave, 1996 (File 9) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request for special studies leave, USA and Belgium.

Special Studies leave, 1999 (File 10) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request for special studies leave, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, UK, and Italy.

Turgot, 1987-2003 (File 11) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Ephemera from events associated with Turgot.

Special Duties leave, 2004 (File 12) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and paperwork re request for special studies leave.

European Society for the History of Economic Thought Conference, 2006 (File 13) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and typescript of symposium paper.

Special Duties leave- itinerary, 2007 (File 14) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Special Duties Notebooks (File 15) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Notebooks kept whilst on Special Leave for the years: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1997 (seven items).

Notebooks, 2000-2006 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Notebooks kept whilst on Special Leave for the years: 1998-1999, 2000 and 2003, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (seven items).

Notebooks (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 10493)

Four undated notebooks containing diary notes.

Series 3. General correspondence, 1958-2015

Correspondence, listed alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Heinz Arndt, 1968-1994 (File 1) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Tony Brewer, 1993 (File 2) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Ronald Coase, 1986-2005 (File 3) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Bob Coats, 1969-2007 (File 4) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Bernard Corry, 1967-1972 (File 5) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

FM (Frank) Dunn, 1968-2011 (File 6) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1971 (File 7) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Walter Eltis, 1985, 2004 (File 8) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Barry Gordon, 1989-1994 (File 9) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Geoff Harcourt, 2003 (File 10) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

RJ Hawke and John Langmore, 1981 (File 11) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

FA von Hayek, 1973 (File 12) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Sam Hollander, 1985-1986 (File 13) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

TW Hutchinson, 1972-1990 (File 14) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Kelvin Lancaster - obituary, 1999 (File 15) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

PP McGuinness, 2007-2015 (File 16) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re tributes following McGuiness's death.

Russell Matthews - obituary, 2000 (File 17) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Ron Meek, 1963-1978 (File 18) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Correspondence, 1963-1978 and obituary, 1978.

Denis O'Brien, 1972 (File 19) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Luigi Pasinetti, 1971 (File 20) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Ian Parker, 1958-1992 (File 21) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Copies of writings by Parker and news cuttings relating to his death.

Don Patinkin, 1994 (File 22) - Box 4 (MS 10493)

Lionel Robbins, 1965-1973 (File 23) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Joan Robinson, 1983 (File 24) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Tributes following Robinson's death.

Andrew Skinner, 1968-1969 (File 25) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

P Sraffa, 1971-1974 (File 26) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

George J Stigler, 1983-1991 (File 27) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Jacob Viner, 1965-1970, 1993 (File 28) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Correspondence 1965-1970, writings about Viner, 1993.

JH Wilson, 1965 (File 29) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Series 4. Books Read, 1993-2018

Records of books read by Groenewegen.

Books read, 1994-2014 (File 1) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Books read, with short notes, 1993-2003 (File 2) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Books read, with short notes, 2003-2018 (File 3) - Box 5 (MS 10493)

Series 5. University of Sydney and career papers, 1957-2010

Papers relating mostly to Groenewegen's career at the University of Sydney, together with a small group relating to other significant events in his career.

University of Sydney, 1957-1997 (File 1) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Letters, applications, and appointments.

University of Sydney, 1979-1981, 2001 (File 2) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Appointment as Chair in Economics. Papers include correspondence, cuttings and letters of congratulation, 1979-1981. Included is a letter conferring upon Groenewegen the title of Emeritus Professor, 2001.

University of Sydney, 1997-2001 (File 3) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re extension of professorial contract.

University of Sydney, 2002-2009 (File 4) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Papers relating to appointments Honorary Associate in the Discipline of Economics.

Economic Society of Australia, 2007-2010 (File 5) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Correspondence re Distinguished Fellow Award.

University of Sydney, 2002 (File 6) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Retirement and farewells.

Justice of the Peace, 1980-1981 (File 7) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Certificate of appointment as a JP.

Centenary Medal, 2002-2003 (File 8) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and ephemera relating to award of the Centenary Medal 'For service to the community through the Stanton Precinct Committee'.

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 1993 (File 9) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Papers, written in Dutch.

Series 6. A soaring eagle, 1994-1997

Papers relating to Groenewegen's book on Alfred Marshall entitled A soaring eagle, which was published in 1995. Included is correspondence, photographs and negatives.

Correspondence, 1994-1997 (File 1) - Box 6 (MS 10493)

Correspondence with publishers and others, reviews, and ephemera relating to the published book.

Photographs and transparencies (File 2-4) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Illustrations and photographs (File 5-14) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Identified by page number on which they appeared.

Photographs and certificates (File 15) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates.

Photographs and illustrations (File 16-22) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Identified by page number on which they appeared.

Returned permissions, 1990-1994 (File 23) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Series 7. Family correspondence and papers, 1923, 1960s, 1985-2002

Letters, some in Dutch, and papers relating to members of the Groenewegen family.

Family correspondence, 1963-1964 (File 1-3) - Box 7 (MS 10493)

Correspondence between Peter and Eileen Groenewegen and Peter's parents (Jan and Ruth Groenewegen) and Eileen's parents (Kay and Gerald Allan) while Peter and Eileen were living in London and Peter was completing his PhD.

Family correspondence, 1964-1965 (File 4-6) - Box 8 (MS 10493)

Correspondence between Peter and Eileen Groenewegen and Peter's parents (Jan and Ruth Groenewegen) and Eileen's parents (Kay and Gerald Allan) while Peter and Eileen were living in London and Peter was completing his PhD.

Family correspondence, 1964-1965 (File 7-10) - Box 8 (MS 10493)

Letters from Peter to Eileen.

JB Groenewegen (File 11) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and papers relating to the will of Jan Barend Groenewegen, who died in 1988.

Family correspondence, 1951-1961, 1988-2002 (File 12) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Dutch family papers and letters.

Ruth Groenewegen, 1991-1998 (File 13) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and papers relating to the estate of Ruth Groenewegen, who died in 1997.

Correspondence and papers, 1923, 1963-1967, 1985-1998 (File 14-16) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Family letters and ephemera.

Family correspondence, 1976, 1985 (File 17) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Family correspondence, 1972, 1984 (File 18) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Postcards from Peter to his mother, c1990s (File 19) - Box 9 (MS 10493)

Series 8. Index cards

Index cards (File 1-2) - Box 10 (MS 10493)

Five bundles of index cards, possibly bibliographic or references from previous publications.

Series 9. Electronic media, 2006

Computer discs, 2006 (File 1) - Box 10 (MS 10493)

Twelve computer discs from 2006. Labels annotated: CV, Faculty History back-ups, Vaggi project, Aspro (Tony Aspromourgos), catalogue Peter's books, Council Marshall's Economics, Annual books and catalogue, Doc 1 Black / Duckworth / Mills / M. Pell / Portus / Russell Matthews / WC Wentworth / Wolstenholme.

USB stick (File 2) - Box 10 (MS 10493)

containing professional files from home computer (copied over in 2018).

Series 10. Writings and newspaper cuttings on financial issues, 1972-1995

The bulk of the files in this series contain cuttings of articles by Groenewegen, many published in the 'Australian Financial Review', and others on a range of financial issues. There are also typescripts of writings by Groenewegen.

Articles on taxation, 1988 (File 1) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Curran Report, 1988 (File 2) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Typescript of a report prepared by Groenewegen for the NSW Trades and Labour Council.

Australian Encyclopaedia', 1988 (File 3) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Contribution entitled 'Taxation and Public Finance'.

National Taxation Summit, 1985 (File 4) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Correspondence and ephemera.

Whitlam dismissal, 1975 (File 5) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Newspapers carrying coverage of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government, 11 Nov 1975.

Liberal Tax Policy, 1987 (File 6) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Australian Encyclopedia', 1995 (File 7) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Typescript of Groenewegen's revised entry on 'Taxation and public finance'.

Everyone's Guide to Australian Taxation', 1986 (File 8) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Cuttings and correspondence relating to a book by Groenewegen, published in 1986.

The Asprey Committee Report, 1974 (File 9) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Nicholas Kaldor, 1986 (File 10) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Cuttings reporting Kaldor's death in 1986.

Tax Survey, 1980 (File 11) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Newspaper article of a special survey by Colleen Ryan.

Battle of the Rates, 1983 (File 12) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Sales Tax, 1982 (File 13) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Why Food Should be Taxed, 1985 (File 14) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Porter Review, 1985 (File 15) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Consumption tax, 1986 (File 16) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Tax in 1984 election, 1984 (File 17) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Fernand Braudel, 1982 (File 18) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Typescript review by Groenewegen of Fernand Braudel's book 'Civilisation and capitalism'.

Taxation, 1973, 1979 (File 19) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Tax reform, 1977 (File 20) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Typescript of a long article by Groenewegen entitled 'Three budgets after Asprey: where is the tax reform?', together with news cuttings of related articles.

Value Added Tax, 1978 (File 21) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Tax reform, 1974 (File 22) - Box 11 (MS 104930

History of economics (File 23) - Box 11 (MS 104930

Typescripts of two papers entitled: 'Hans von Mangoldt's contribution to 'Marshallian' economics with special reference to the geometry of supply and demand' and 'Notions of progress and Henri de Saint-Simon's 'Du Systeme Industriel'.

Writings by Groenewegen, 1973-1993 (File 24) - Box 11 (MS 104930

A small group of copies of published writings by Groenewegen.

First Henry George Memorial Lecture, 1984 (File 25) - Box 12 (MS 10493)

Bound copy of Groenewegen's paper entitled 'The Physiocrats and the Emergence of Economics as a Science'.

Papers, 1972-1995 (File 26-27) - Box 12 (MS 10493)

A group of miscellaneous loose papers comprising: offprints and copies of published articles; news cuttings; correspondence; Memorandum of Agreement re a book chapter contributed by Groenewegen entitled 'Taxation and fiscal federalism'; and typescripts of reviews.

14th Conference of Economists, 1985 (File 28) - Box 12 (MS 10493)

Correspondence and a copy of Groenewegen's paper 'Political economy and economics: a comment on Professor Arndt'.

Papers, c1980s (File 29) - Box 12 (MS 10493)

A group of miscellaneous loose papers comprising: correspondence; news cuttings; copy of a working paper entitled 'Perspectives on the economics of John Maynard Keynes', authored by Groenewegen, Nevile, and Fisher, 1983; copy of a discussion paper by Groenewegen entitled 'Rationalising Australian taxation revisited', 1983; typescript of a paper by Groenewegen entitled 'Growth and equity: taxation and redistribution', presented at the Forum on growth and equity, 1985; and a paper entitled 'Changing the tax mix,' presented by Groenewegen at a conference organised by the Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, nd.

Writings by Groenewegen, 1968-1994 (File 30-31) - Box 12 (MS 10493)

A group of writings by Groenewegen comprising reviews, articles, and papers.

Series 11. Family papers, 1947-2018

A group of papers relating to Groenewegen's family history, early years, and academic achievements.

Family history, 1969-1970 (File 1) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Typescript of Groenewegen family history, written by Peter's parents.

Juvenilia and personal papers, 1947-2018 (File 2-2a) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Includes school reports; childhood drawings; certificates of academic achievement; family trees for the Groenewegen and de Leeuw families; personal references; letters to parents (1961, 1967); news cuttings, and CV. Also some academic records of Eileen Markey/Allan.

The Illawaran' - Corrimal High School magazine, 1953-1956 (File 3) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Corrimal High School 50th anniversary magazine, 1951-2001, 2001 (File 4) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Groenewegen's Master's thesis, 1962 (File 5) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Bound typescript copy of Groenewegen's Master of Economics thesis entitled 'The economics of ARJ Turgot', University of Sydney, 1962.

Groenewegen's PhD thesis, 1965 (File 6) - Box 13 (MS 10493)

Bound typescript copy of Groenewegen's thesis entitled 'A Study in the History of the Theory of Value, Production and Distribution from 1650 to 1776', University of London, June 1965.

Certificates of achievement, 1961-2001 (File 7) - Box 14 (MS 10493)

PhD, London University, 1965; Masters of Economics 1963; Bachelor of Economics 1961; Centenary medal certificate 2001.

Series 12. Diaries, 1988, 2001

Bicentennial Keepsake Log / Diary, 1988 (File 1) - Box 14 (MS 10493)

Contains diary notes and ephemera.

2001 diary, 2001 (File 2) - Box 14 (MS 10493)

Contains diary notes and ephemera.


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