NTDMG404.xml Guide to the Erwin Graue Papers1929-1992 Graue (Erwin) Papers Finding aid prepared by Erika Kuhlman Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library © July 2001 Encoded by ArchProteus2003 Finding aid is in English Overview of the Collection University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives MG 404 Erwin Graue Erwin Graue Papers 1929-1992 5.5 cubic feet Correspondence, photographs, and professional materials of a University of Idaho economics professor. English

Born in Germany in 1895, Erwin Graue attended high school in Bremerhaven, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1918. After finishing his bachelor's degree in economics from Cornell University in 1923, he accepted a position as an industrial statistician in New York City, where he worked until 1925. While working in New York, he continued his studies at the New School of Social Research while collaborating with economists at the University of Chicago. Graue returned to Cornell to complete his doctorate in economics in 1928, and then began work as an assistant professor of economics in the School of Business at the University of Idaho. He married Mount Holyoke graduate Sarah Louise Baker in 1929.

Dr. Graue spent a year lecturing in economics at the University of Ankara, Turkey, as a Fulbright Fellow in 1951. From 1954 to 1965, he directed the Public Utilities Executives' Course, conducted each summer at the University of Idaho. During his 37-year career at the University of Idaho, Graue received teaching honors and wrote numerous articles in several scholarly journals. Many of his students went on to hold top positions in businesses and corporations in Idaho and elsewhere. Graue specialized in economic statistics, business, and agricultural economics.

Upon his retirement from the University of Idaho in 1965, Graue accepted a teaching position in Gonzaga University's economics department, where he taught until 1986. At both the University of Idaho and Gonzaga University, Graue earned a reputation as an outstanding teacher and faculty member. He continued to correspond with former students long after they left his classroom. Graue's letters to his students serving in the armed forces during World War II offered them cheer and news of the University of Idaho, to which they eagerly responded. Erwin Graue died on April 21, 1994, at the age of ninety-nine.

The papers of Erwin Graue span the years 1929 to 1992, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1941 to 1945. Included in the collection are Graue's correspondence with students and colleagues, photographs, professional materials (lecture notes, articles on economics, newspaper clippings), and awards and honors. Graue's correspondence includes letters from University of Idaho graduate A.D. Davis, owner of Winn-Dixie Inc., a grocery store chain; correspondence from the U.S. Senator from Idaho Henry C. Dworshak; and other entrepreneurs and politicians.

Erwin Graue's general correspondence was in no particular order when received. Letters and their envelopes were sorted by date and put in folders arranged chronologically. Graue's professional materials were in labeled folders; these were discarded and replaced with acid-free folders. Original folder headings were generally retained, with additional description added for clarification. Several books, reprints, and journals were sent to serials. This reduced the records by six linear feet.

The Records of Erwin Graue were donated to the University of Idaho by James W. Graue in March 1995.

Three letters donated by Jean Cummings Rudolph of Moscow, Idaho, in July 2013. She was a member of the University of Idaho Class of 1942 (Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business) and faculty in Office Administration from 1969 to 1974.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Idaho Colleges and Universities Graue, Erwin--Archives. University of Idaho -- Faculty -- Records and correspondence Economists -- Idaho -- Moscow -- Records and correspondence World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Detailed Description of the Collection Series I. Correspondence 1929-1992 1/1 Correspondence undated 32 items 1/2 Correspondence 1929-1930 7 items 1/3 Correspondence 1931-1932 18 items 1/4 Correspondence 1933-1935 24 items 1/5 Correspondence 1936-1937 16 items 1/6 Correspondence 1938-1939 14 items 1/7 Correspondence 1940-1941 16 items 1/8 Correspondence January - June 1942 9 items 1/9 Correspondence August - December 1942 21 items 1/10 Correspondence January - February 1943 7 items 1/11 Correspondence March - April 1943 15 items 1/12 Correspondence May - June 1943 23 items 2/13 Correspondence July - August 1943 26 items 2/14 Correspondence September - October 1943 18 items 2/15 Correspondence November 1943 13 items 2/16 Correspondence December 1 - December 15, 1943 17 items 2/17 Correspondence December 16 - December 31, 1943 15 items 2/18 Correspondence January - February 1944 20 items 2/19 Correspondence March - April 8, 1944 19 items 2/20 Correspondence April 12 - May 1944 19 items 2/21 Correspondence June - July 1944 14 items 2/22 Correspondence August - September 1944 18 items 2/23 Correspondence October - November 6, 1944 17 items 3/24 Correspondence November 8 - December 7, 1944 18 items 3/25 Correspondence December 12 - December 31, 1944 21 items 3/26 Correspondence January - February 1945 17 items 3/27 Correspondence March 1945 15 items 3/28 Correspondence April 1945 10 items 3/29 Correspondence May 1945 16 items 3/30 Correspondence June - July 1945 16 items 4/31 Correspondence August - September 9, 1945 15 items 4/32 Correspondence September 13 - October 1945 14 items 4/33 Correspondence November - December 1945 19 items 4/34 Correspondence 1946 21 items 4/35 Correspondence January - June 1947 14 items 4/36 Correspondence July - December 1947 8 items 5/37 Correspondence 1948-1949 15 items 5/38 Correspondence 1950 6 items 5/39 Correspondence 1951 - October 1952 14 items 5/40 Correspondence November 1952 - September 1954 13 items 5/41 Correspondence December 1954 - August 1955 9 items 5/42 Correspondence September 1955 - July 1957 11 items 5/43 Correspondence August 1957 - December 1957 5 items 5/44 Correspondence January 1958 - 1959 15 items 5/45 Correspondence 1960 - April 1961 9 items 5/46 Correspondence June - July 1961 9 items 6/47 Correspondence October 1961 - February 1962 7 items 6/48 Correspondence April 1962 - April 1963 13 items 6/49 Correspondence May 1963 - August 1964 12 items 6/50 Correspondence October - December 1964 8 items 6/51 Correspondence January - April 1965 16 items 6/52 Correspondence May 1965 20 items 6/53 Correspondence June 1 - June 22, 1965 25 items 6/54 Correspondence June 23 - June 30, 1965 27 items 7/55 Correspondence July - August 1965 32 items 7/56 Correspondence September - December 1965 21 items 7/57 Correspondence 1966 14 items 7/58 Correspondence 1969 17 items 7/59 Correspondence January 1970 - February 1972 15 items 7/60 Correspondence March 1972 - November 1974 26 items 7/61 Correspondence February 1975 - April 1977 49 items 8/62 Correspondence May 1977 - July 1978 37 items 8/63 Correspondence August 1978 - September 1981 19 items 8/64 Correspondence October 1981 - December 1983 14 items 8/65 Correspondence April 1984 - December 1992 21 items 8/66.1 Photographs undated; 1937-1965 34 items 8/66.2 Letters from Mr. Erwin Graue to Jean Cummings Rudolph 1945, 1949, 1966 3 items Series II. Professional Materials 1929-1985 9/67 Awards and Honors 1935-1965 5 items 9/68 Biographies undated; 1929-1950 33 items 9/69 Capitalism and Banking undated; 1930-1966 11 items 9/70 Corporate and Individual Investment 1957-1963 6 items 9/71 Davis Brothers Correspondence 1936-1964 14 items 9/72 Economic Forecasting undated; 1929-1964 24 items 9/73 Economic Histories undated; 1929-1938 32 items 9/74 Economic Recovery and Keynes 1952-1966 21 items 9/75 Education undated; 1929-1941 18 items 9/76 Foreign Relations undated; 1945-1948 30 items 9/77 Gold and Silver undated; 1932-1964 21 items 9/78 Graue Chair in Economics at Gonzaga University undated; 1976-1977 25 items 9/79 Graue Chair in Economics at Gonzaga University 1978-1981 18 items 10/80 Graue Curriculum Vitae and Publications 1929-1955 20 items 10/81 Guaranty Trust Company 1954-1959 2 items 10/82 Humor 1929-1946 47 items 10/83 International Monetary Policies 1945-1951 21 items 10/84 Land Economics 1924-1944 48 items 10/85 Lectures undated 6 items 10/86 Letters of Recommendation 1985 8 items 10/87 Literature undated; 1924-1932 21 items 10/88 Philosophy undated; 1929-1946 43 items 10/89 Photographs and postcards undated; 1947-1980 30 items 10/90 Poetry clippings 1929-1932 25 items 10/91 Public Utilities Executives' Course undated 2 items 10/92 Published Articles 1929-1966 6 items 10/93 Published Articles on Economics 1930-1965 198 items 10/94 Quotations 1933-1959 32 items 10/95 Retirement 1965-1977 5 items 10/96 Senator Dworshak Correspondence 1945-1957 37 items 10/97 Speech Transcripts and Materials undated; 1936-1966 44 items 10/98 University Awards 1961-1965 2 items 10/99 University Award, and slide rule 1977 2 items