03838cpcaa2200697 a 4500 mm 83061499 DLC 20260227111720.0 cr ||||||||||| 831012|||||||||||| eng mm 83061499 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Lerner, Abba Ptachya, 1903- Abba Ptachya Lerner papers, 1929-1986 (bulk 1939-1982). 13,100 items. 38 containers. 15.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diary and dream notes, writings, speeches, reports, interviews, research materials, family papers, legal papers, genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed materials, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Lerner's activities as professor, lecturer, and advisor in the field of economics. Topics include economic policy, economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, money, peace in the Middle East, Lerner's work for Rand Corporation, wealth, and welfare economics. Of special note is Lerner's letter (1979 December 26) to the ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini encouraging reestablishment of peaceful relations between Iran and the U.S. and the release of the American hostages. Also includes papers relating to Lerner's interest in art, particularly photography, mobiles, and pen and ink drawings; and papers of his wife, Daliah Goldfarb Lerner. Correspondents include Haim Ben-Shahar, Raymond L. Buell, Arthur E. Burns, David C. Colander, Gerald R. Ford, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Alfred E. Kahn, William Proxmire, Alice M. Rivlin, and Robert A. Taft, Sr. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Economist and educator. Died 1982. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025 Ben-Shahar, Haim Correspondence. Buell, Raymond Leslie, 1896-1946 Correspondence. Burns, Arthur Edward, 1908-1986 Correspondence. Colander, David C. Correspondence. Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 Correspondence. Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006 Correspondence. Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006 Correspondence. Kahn, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward) Correspondence. Khomeini, Ruhollah Correspondence. Proxmire, William Correspondence. Rivlin, Alice M. Correspondence. Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 Correspondence. Rand Corporation. Art. Drawing. Economics. Economics Study and teaching. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. Keynesian economics. Mobiles (Sculpture) Money. Photography. Wealth. Welfare economics. Iran Foreign relations United States. Middle East Foreign relations. United States Economic policy. United States Foreign relations Iran. Economists. itoamc Educators. itoamc Lerner, Daliah Goldfarb. Daliah Goldfarb Lerner papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025.3 43983 43983