Lerner, Abba Ptachya 1903- creator mixed material monographic eng 13,100 38 15.2 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. Open to research. 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 Educators Lerner, Daliah Goldfarb. mm 83061499 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001025.3 Open to research. DLC 831012 20260227111720.0 mm 83061499