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Millard Walter Hastay Papers, 1937-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hastay, Millard Walter, 1916-
Title
Millard Walter Hastay Papers
Dates
1937-1981 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 containers., (12 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 592
Summary
Correspondence, research notes and teaching materials. Some materials concern research on expectations and business cycles.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Millard Hastay was born in Montana, Sep. 8, 1916. He graduated from high school at Portland, Oregon, in 1934. He completed undergraduate education at Reed College in 1941. His graduate education was at Stanford University and at Columbia University. He received the Ph.D. degree from Columbia in 1958. From 1946 to 1958 he worked as an economics researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York. He also taught economics at the City College of New York from 1954 to 1958. In 1958 Hastay began employment at Washington State University. There he specialized in economic theory, econometrics, statistics and related subjects. He retired in 1981.

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Content Description

The papers of Millard Hastay consist of research materials and drafts associated with research projects, both at the National Bureau of Economic Research and at Washington State University, as well as correspondence, memoranda, and a variety of documents concerning economics classes and graduate education at Washington State University. The arrangement is that in use by Hastay at the time the papers were transferred to the Libraries.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 592, Millard Walter Hastay Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This arrangement groups the papers into six series: 1) Columbia River water economics research projects, 2) Instruction and teaching, 3) National Bureau of Economic Research, 4) Graduate student projects; miscellaneous projects, 5) Professional and university faculty concerns, 6) Oversize and legal size materials.

Acquisition Information

Papers of Millard W. Hastay, Professor of Economics at Washington State University, were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Mr. Hastay in l981 (Accession No. MS81-36).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Economics -- Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Pullman

Personal Names

  • Hastay, Millard Walter, 1916- --Archives (creator)

Corporate Names

  • National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Washington State University--Faculty -- Archives

Occupations

  • Economics teachers -- 20th century--Washington (State)--Pullman--Archives

Finding aid prepared by Harvey Young
2012

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