Warren Benjamin Catlin papers, 1905-1969
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The collection was bequeathed by Warren B. Catlin's Estate in 1969.
Warren Benjamin Catlin papers, George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Born in Nemaha, Nebraska on November 3, 1881, Warren Benjamin Catlin graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1903 and went on to attend Columbia University. He taught high school in Iowa for three years before moving to Cornell University in 1909 where he was an instructor in Economics and Political Science. In 1910, he moved to Brunswick, Maine, and began teaching Economics and Sociology at Bowdoin. He was a member of the American Economic Association and American Association for Labor Legislation and lectured in the 1920s on the merits of legislations that restricted the number of hours women and children could work. Catlin was named the Daniel B Fayerweather Professor of Economics and Sociology in 1912. During the second world war, he served as a public panel member on the regional War Labor Board. Catlin made speeches and lectures across Maine in favor of the 1935 Wagner Act and other pro-union and organized labor stances. He authored "The Progress of Economics: A History of Economic Thought" (1962) and "Labor Problems in the United States and Great Britain" (1926, revised 1935). He became a professor emeritus of Economics in 1952. He died in Brunswick in 1968. Catlin's estate established the Warren B Catlin Scholarship Fund at Bowdoin, as well as the Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics, in 1969.
The Warren Benjamin Catlin papers date from 1905 to 1969 and measure 9.5 linear feet. The papers are arranged in seven series: Course Material, Academic Administrative Records, Correspondence, Talks and Lectures, National War and Labor Board, Research and Subject Files, and Writings and Publications.
The Course Material series (1923-1953) contains lecture notes, exam questions, resources, and other content from Catlin's tenure as a professor of Economics and Sociology at Bowdoin College. They are arranged by course number and provide an insight into his teaching methods and the Economic theories taught at the time.
The Academic Administrative Records series (1929-1951) consists of correspondence, committee meeting minutes, and tuition reports from Bowdoin.
More general correspondence can be found in the Correspondence series (1918-1967). This includes personal letters to family members as well as professional correspondence from organizations like the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Shoe Worker's Protective Union along with other research institutions.
The Talks and Lectures series (1932-1943) is made up of finished and draft versions of various speeches, lectures, and talks that Catlin gave while a professor at Bowdoin. Much of them deal with organized labor, the early twentieth century American economy, and his perspective on the major labor and economic issues of the day.
Catlin served on the War and Labor Board during World War II and his records of his time in service can be found in the National War and Labor Board series (1943-1945). Much of the material is the official reports created by the Board during the war as well as records of issues and cases of contention within the Board.
The Research and Subject Files series (1905-1968) contains an alphabetical collection of Catlin's personal and academic topical files, including material on foreign trade, Marxism, minimum wage, pensions, tariffs, and newspaper clippings on unionism, socialism, and labor politics. The series also includes biographical information, additional professional correspondence, and material from Catlin's organizational involvement such as committee work and conferences.
Catlin's published and unpublished writings can be found in the Writings and Publications series (1910-1967). Much of the series is made up of drafts of his book manuscripts, book reviews, and handwritten notes (often written on the back of mass-produced correspondence that he had received and saved to use as scratch paper). Most of the writings are on the topics of labor, capitalism, class, unions, profits, and the study of economics. A complete revision copy of his monograph "The Labor Problem" can be found in the series. This edition includes Catlin's handwritten revision notes for its 1935 re-printing.
The Course Material series (1923-1953) contains lecture notes, exam questions, resources, and other content from Catlin's tenure as a professor of Economics and Sociology at Bowdoin College. They are arranged by course number and provide an insight into his teaching methods and the Economic theories taught at the time.
Economics I: Assignments and Finals1923-1946
Economics I: Captains of Industrynd
Economics 1-2: General Notesnd
Economics 1-2: General Notes1924-1936
Economics 1-2: Land Problem Notesnd
Economics 1-2: Lectures and Outlines1935
Economics 1-2: Lectures and Outlines1943
Economics 1-2: Report Instructions1932-1944
Economics 2: Changing Banking1933-1936
Economics 2nd
Economics 2: Term Reports1930-1944
Economics 4: Public Finance Notes1919
Economics 5: Advertisementnd
Economics 5: Final Exams1948-1952
Economic 5: Lecture Notesnd
Economics 5: Market Notesnd
Economics 5: Market Notes1946-1948
Economics 51950-1953
Economics 5: Retailing and Commercend
Economics 5: Retailing and Commerce1930-1931
Economics 5: Shipping1927-1929
Economics 5: Term Report Subjects1949-1950
Economics 5: Term Report Subjects1950
Economics 6: Financend
Economics 6: Labor Problem Lecturesnd
Economics 8: Commercend
Economics 8: Commerce1932
Economic 8: Economic Geographynd
Economics 9: Business Leaders1951
Business Management1924-1930
Economics 9: Examsnd
Inudstrial Researchnd
Inspectionnd
Economics 9: Lecture Notesnd
Economics 9: Legal Businessnd
Economics 9nd
Economics 9: Office Managementnd
Economics 9: Overall Business1946-1951
Economics 9: War Profits1942
Economics 10: Class Notes1931-1944
Economics 10: Employmentnd
Economics 10: Exams1929-1950
Economics 10: Financial Inequalitynd
Economics 10: Industrial Trainingsnd
Economics 10: Labor Problem Notesnd
Economics 10: Lecture Notesnd
Economics 10nd
Economics 10: Unions1948
Economics 10: Women in labornd
Economics 13: contemporary readingsnd
Economics 13: examsnd
Economics 13: general contentnd
Economics 13: keynesian economicsnd
Economics 13: lecture notesnd
Economics 13nd
Economics 13: tariffs & tradend
Economics 13: wagesnd
Economics 55nd
Other economics: "your neighbors' taxes"nd
Other economics: business reform1930
Other economics: commerce lecturesnd
Other economics; Dardend
Economics: economic historynd
Other economics: foreman's classnd
Economics: industrial marketingnd
Economics: international trade notesnd
Other economics: labor systemsnd
Other economics: lecture materialsnd
Other economicsnd
Other economics: money & creditnd
Other economics: profits1957
Other economics: public healthnd
Other economics: rural problemsnd
Other economics: scientific managementnd
Other economics: social securitynd
Other economics: tax reformnd
Other economics: taxation and investors1944
Sociology 1: city growthnd
Sociology 1: eugenics & familynd
Sociology 1: examsnd
Sociology 1nd
Sociology 1: notesnd
Sociology 1: sociologistsnd
Sociology 1: sociology of warnd
Sociology 2nd
Sociologynd
Sociology: social evolutionnd
Major examinationsnd
Thesis and major informationnd
Other majorsnd
The Academic Administrative Records series (1929-1951) consists of correspondence, committee meeting minutes, and tuition reports from Bowdoin.
Book service1947
Collegiatae correspondence1955-1961
Curricular requirements1946-1948
Curriculum committee - Bowdoin1947-1951
Faculty committee - retirement1929-1935
Faculty committee1930
Committees - Bowdoin1942-1944
Bowdoin, committee on tuition and feesnd
Committee on student social life and activitiesnd
Special committee on required chapelnd
Faculty rules1947
Tuition report1934
More general correspondence can be found in the Correspondence series (1918-1967). This includes personal letters to family members as well as professional correspondence from organizations like the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Shoe Worker's Protective Union along with other research institutions.
Correspondence, family members1918-1940
Correspondence1925
Correspondence1926
Correspondence, book reviews1926-1928
Correspondence, Harper & brothers publishers1926-1940
Correspondence1927
Correspondence1928
Correspondence1929
Correspondence1930
Correspondence, labor party, secretary WW Henderson1931-1932
Correspondence1931
Correspondence, socialist party of Maine1932
Correspondence1932
Correspondence1933
Correspondence1934
Correspondence1935
Correspondence1936
Correspondence1937
Correspondence1938-1939
Correspondence, Louise W Mears1940-1945
Correspondence1940
Correspondence, conference1941
Correspondence1942-1943
Correspondence1944
Correspondence1945
Correspondence1946
Correspondence1947-1948
Correspondence1949
Correspondence, Iva and Sam1950-1951
Correspondence1950
Correspondence1951
Correspondence1952-1953
Correspondence1954
Correspondence1955
Correspondence1957-1958
Correspondence1959
Correspondence, prof. Nicoll, U Nebraska1960
Correspondence, letters from book reviews1960-1966
Correspondence1960
Correspondence1961
Correspondence1962
Correspondence1963
Correspondence1964
Correspondence1965
Correspondence1966-1967
The Talks and Lectures series (1932-1943) is made up of finished and draft versions of various speeches, lectures, and talks that Catlin gave while a professor at Bowdoin. Much of them deal with organized labor, the early twentieth century American economy, and his perspective on the major labor and economic issues of the day.
An economic diagnosis, address at Waterville, ME1939
Boston Alumni dinner, April 121945
British strikes and political billsn.d.
Draftsn.d.
Economic Diagnosis1939
Introduction of Matthew Woll1935
Labor in Maine, Orono1941
Labor problem today, Bath, ME1938
Maine economics, Orono1941
Need Wagner acts for all industry, town lecture, clipping1930
Pink board test, talkn.d.
Tax possibilities1933
The return tide, Palo Alto1933
The townsend plan1934
Unemployment reserves vs. unemployment insurance1932
Youth and economics1939
Catlin served on the War and Labor Board during World War II and his records of his time in service can be found in the National War and Labor Board series (1943-1945). Much of the material is the official reports created by the Board during the war as well as records of issues and cases of contention within the Board.
Reports - pre August 271943
Reports - August 28 - Sept. 21943
Reports - sept. 4 - 271943
Reports - Oct. 2 - 161943
Reports - Oct. 21 - Nov. 91943
Reports - Nov. 10 - Dec. 31943
Reports - Dec. 8 - 301943
Reports - Jan 8 - Jan 231944
Reports - Feb 3 - 131944
Reports - Feb 14 - Mar 101944
Reports - Mar 11 - 291944
Reports - Mar 30 - Apr 141944
Reports - Apr 17 - May 51944
Reports - May 5 - 261944
Reports - May 26 - Jun 231944
Reports - Jun 25 - Jul 191944
Reports - Jul 19 - Aug 161944
Reports - Aug 19 - Sep 181944
Reports - Sep 21 - Oct 281944
Reports - Now 15 - Dec 281944
Reports1945
Fourth monthly report, Aug 21943
Fifth monthly report, Sept. 31943
Sixth month report, Oct 21943
Eigth monthly report1943
Tenth montly report, Feb 11944
Fourteenth monthly report, June1944
Belfast manufacturing U. clothing workers1944
Bonus Program1945
Central Maine Power Casen.d.
Coal1945
Collective Bargainingn.d.
Costs of livingn.d.
Cotton textile industry1945
Decision summary1943
Decision summary1945
Enforcementn.d.
Equal pay1945
General regulationsn.d.
Jurisdiction disputen.d.
Labor and wage control1945
Maintenance & membership1945
Manual for tri-patriate panelsn.d.
Meeting with NWLB chairman, March 241945
General orders1943
Montgomery case1945
Post war problems1945
Procedure of regional boardsn.d.
Promotion1944
Reconversion period1944
Rules for conduct of hearing1944
Southern bell telephone case1945
Steel industryn.d.
Summary of cases1944
Supervisor rightsn.d.
Vacation pay1944-1945
Wage practice1945
Wage ruling1944
War production accomodation1944
The Research and Subject Files series (1905-1968) contains an alphabetical collection of Catlin's personal and academic topical files, including material on foreign trade, Marxism, minimum wage, pensions, tariffs, and newspaper clippings on unionism, socialism, and labor politics. The series also includes biographical information, additional professional correspondence, and material from Catlin's organizational involvement such as committee work and conferences.
American Arbitration society1945
American civil liberties union1954-1956
American econimic review1952
Awardsn.d.
Biographies1937
Book reviewsn.d.
American management association, AMA, publications1923-1953
Association of colleges in New England1930
Book reviews, "labor problems"1927
Bowdoin college I.D., professor emeritusn.d.
Card catalogue, "index of progress I"1930-1940
Card catalogue, "index of progress II"1930-1940
Card catalogue, "index of progress III"1930-1940
Committee for economic development and fund for adult educationn.d.
Committee of 121940-1942
Committee of the social science research council1927
Committee of legislation1935
Davis fund committee1935-1961
Democratic town committee1932
Economic conference1939
First Parish church, Brunswickn.d.
First Parish, Brunswick1930-1945
Foreign traden.d.
Fundamental measures for the prevention of unemployment, at Tufts college1930
General motors reports1945-1946
Graphics1950
Inter-collegiate correspondence1939-1942
International affairs conference1931
Institute of labor studies, yearbook of american labor1943
Institute of industrial relations, UCLA1962-1963
James Bowdoin Day1951
Kiplinger Washington reports1945
Labor discussion group, "shall pullman porters have a union?", from the brotherhood of sleeping car porters on Black worker organizing1927
League of women voters1962
Lincoln electric - letters to Truman1946
Maine conference of social scientists1944
Marxn.d.
Memorial service1968
Minimum wage correspondence1937
National unemployment league1933
Nebraskan.d.
Newspaper clippings, biographical1962
Newspaper - economical ideas1953
Newspaper clippings, Catlin lecturesn.d.
Newspaper industrial unionism1919
Newspaper - labor and reconstruction1919
Newspaper - labor politics1920
Newspaper1927-1964
Newspaper - socialism and war1918
Newspaper - testimonials and tank yous1935-1962
Newspaper - trusts and unions1907-1917
Newspaper - unions1919-1920
Newspaper - war & labor1914-1918
Old town college club papers1927-1933
Pensions1939
Pamphlets on economic issues, taxes, power, oil1950-1962
Picturesn.d.
Pine grove cemetery blueprintsn.d.
Progress notesn.d.
Publishing - college clubn.d.
Psychological testing1924-1930
Saxe - classman shoen.d.
Social science in New Hampshire1941
Special town meeting1946-1952
Tariff & labor in media1952-1954
Tarriff committee interview script1940
Taxationn.d.
The profit motiven.d.
Thesisn.d.
Town common planning committee1965
Unemploymet, plans, columbia university1932
University of chicago roundtable1953
Unionism and organized labor1930-1952
Department of education: war reportsn.d.
Village improvement society1951
Warranty deed, John W. Adams1905
Catlin's published and unpublished writings can be found in the Writings and Publications series (1910-1967). Much of the series is made up of drafts of his book manuscripts, book reviews, and handwritten notes (often written on the back of mass-produced correspondence that he had received and saved to use as scratch paper). Most of the writings are on the topics of labor, capitalism, class, unions, profits, and the study of economics. A complete revision copy of his monograph "The Labor Problem" can be found in the series. This edition includes Catlin's handwritten revision notes for its 1935 re-printing.
A place for altruism1950
An unsteady price level1950
Book review, Barbara Wooton1955
Book reviews1930-1960
Central economics1940
Darwinian economics1950
General property taxn.d.
History of economics1950
Hours of labor, US history1950
Joy in work1962
Labor problems, agreement with Harper & Brothers publishers1926
Labor problem, circulars from publishers1936
Labor and education1910
Labor problems, draft1925
Labor problem, draft, chapter I1920
Labor problems, drafts, chapter II1925
Labor problem, drafts, chapter III1920
Labor problems, ddrafts, chapter III1925
Labor problem, drafts, part V1925
Labor problems, drafts, chapter XVIII1925
Labor problems, drafts, chapter XIX1920
Labor problem, drafts, conclusions1925
Labor problem, revision copy1925
Letter to the editorn.d.
Cunn and sweet shop, Auburnn.d.
National affairs, town and college club1963
Old age pensions1950
On capitalism and the labor movement and their critiquesn.d.
On income and economicsn.d.
On machinesn.d.
Public industries and pricesn.d.
Proposed research project, american labor and world affairs1938
The pedigree of certain economic ideas, town and college club paper1938
Report on post war problems1946
Tax problems1960
Saving and usingn.d.
Social service and labor1908
Southern competitionn.d.
Ventur capital1944
Wealth and welfare1950
World crisis and American responsibility1960
Yearbook of american labor1942-1943
Progress of economics, acknowledgements and contents1962
Progress of economics, chapter abstracts1962
Progress of economics, drafts, chapter I - IIn.d.
Progress of economics, drafts, chapter II1961
Progress of economics, drafts, chapter XIX, XXII1961
Progress of economics, drafts, chapters XVII - XVIII1961
Progress of economy, drafts, chapter XXXII1961
Progress of economics, drafts, chapter XXV1961
Progress of economics, drafts, chapter XXVIII, IX1962
Progress of economics, drafts and notes1960
Progress of economics, drafts, columbia University press1962
Progress of economics, drafts, handwritten, adam smith1960
Progress of economics, drafts, handwritten1960
Progress of economy, drafts, handwritten1960