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British Library of Political and Economic Science

ANDREWS, Professor Philip Walter Sawford, 1914-1971, Professor of Economics; BRUNNER, Professor Elizabeth, 1920-1983, Professor of Economics

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 ANDREWS-BRUNNER

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: ANDREWS, Professor Philip Walter Sawford, 1914-1971, Professor of Economics; BRUNNER, Professor Elizabeth, 1920-1983, Professor of Economics

Date(s): [1932-1970]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 263 boxes

Name of creator(s): Andrews | Philip Walter Sawford | 1914-1971 | Professor of Economics
Brunner | Elizabeth | 1920-1983 | Professor of Economics

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

(Andrews). Born in Southampton, 1914; educated at the University of Southampton; Open Foundation Scholar, University College Southampton, 1931-1934; British Association Exhibitioner, 1934; Assistant Lecturer in Economics, University College Southampton, 1935-1936; Worker, Education Association (Southern District), 1936-1937; Research Staff, Social Studies Research Group, Oxford, 1937-1941; Lecturer in Economics, New College, Oxford University, 1941-1948; Chief of Statistics, Social Reconstruction Survey, 1941-1946, and Fellow, 1946-1967, Nuffield College, Oxford University; first Bley Stein Memorial Lecturer, University of California, USA, 1963; Special University Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University, 1967-1971; General Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics, 1952-1971, and member of the Editorial Board, Oxford Economic Papers, 1948-1952; died 1971.
No information available for Elizabeth Brunner at present.
Publications: (Andrews and Brunner) Capital Development in Steel: a study of the United Steel Companies Ltd (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1951); The Life of Lord Nuffield: a study in enterprise and benevolence (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1955); The Eagle Ironworks Oxford: the story of W. Lucy and Company Limited (Mills & Boon, 1965); Studies in pricing (Macmillan, London, 1975); (Andrews and Frank Adzley Friday) Fair Trade: resale price maintenance re-examined (Macmillan & Co, London; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1960); (Andrews) Manufacturing business (Gregg Revivals, Aldershot, 1994); (Brunner) Holiday Making and the Holiday Trades (Oxford University Press, London, 1945).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Material collated by Professors Philip Walter Sawford Andrews and Elizabeth Brunner, [1932-1970], during their teaching and research in the field of industrial economics, including records of the Oxford Economists Research Group, [1930s], and of the Oxford Research Group in Economics, [post World War Two]; papers relating to economics teaching at the Universities of Oxford and Lancaster; extensive research materials on microeconomics and the theory of the firm, especially the British steel industry and the international nitrogen cartel; papers relating to Andrews' practice as an economics expert for the Restrictive Practices Court, including description of practice in many manufacturing industries.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in order imposed by Andrews and Brunner.

Conditions governing access:

Closed until listed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist for copyright details. Some documents may be photocopied.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Parts of the collection are available via the BLPES Archives on-line catalogue.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Originally deposited in the University of Lancaster, who gave it to the British Library of Political and Economic Science in 1987.

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

The BLPES holds material relating to Andrews and Brunner in the papers of the Economic History Society (Ref: EHS).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science catalogue; Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97.Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.