XOE_CPNWS0145faulkner Guide to the J. Kaye Faulkner Papers 1933-19831931-2013, bulk 1931-1983 Faulkner (J. Kaye) Papers Finding aid prepared by Finding aid revised by Rozlind Koester Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
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Collection materials are in English. 3.0 linear feet 1931-2013, bulk 1931-1983 These papers were collected by former Western Washington University Economics Professor J. Kaye Faulkner. Much of the collection relates to technocracy, a political/economic movement that arose in the 1930s based on the idea that the American government and economy should be managed according to principles derived from science and engineering. There are also records dealing with Faulkner's involvement with the American Federation of Teachers union and his interest in general education labor issues. Faulkner, Joseph Kaye--1931-

The J. Kaye Faulkner papers include correspondence, articles, pamphlets, books, research materials, research bulletins, "Technate of America" maps and related publications collected by former Western Washington University Economics Professor J. Kaye Faulkner. Much of the collection relates to technocracy, a political/economic movement that arose in the 1930s based on the idea that the American government and economy should be managed according to principles derived from science and engineering. There are also records dealing with Faulkner's involvement with the American Federation of Teachers union and his interest in general education labor issues.

The J. Kaye Faulkner papers are organized according to the following series arrangement:

Series I. Personal Papers circa 1931-1992 Series II. Technocracy Materials circa 1934-1972 Series III. Union and Labor (non-university related) Materials circa 1946-1978 Series IV. Western Washington State College/Western Washington State University and Professional Materials circa 1960-1983 Series V. Newspaper Clippings undated

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J.Kaye Faulkner Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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J. Kaye Faulkner donated his papers to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, date unknown.

 Faulkner, Joseph Kaye--1931--Archives American Federation of Teachers--Local 2084 (Bellingham, Wash.) Western Washington State College--Bellingham (Wash.) Western Washington University--Bellingham (Wash.) Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources College teachers' unions--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources Economics--History--Sources Labor unions--Washington State--Bellingham--History--Sources Technocracy--History--Sources Colleges and Universities Labor unions. Personal Papers 1931-1992 Personal Correspondence 1/1 1990-1992 1963-1992, bulk 1990s Papers re: Education 1/2 1957-1961 Smith Creek Lawsuit and WA Superior Court Findings 1/3 1990 Miscellaneous Personal Papers 1/4 1931-1986 Technocracy Materials 1934-1972 Books "The Rise of the Technocrats: A Social History" by W.H.G. Armytage (note inside by Faulkner about Peter Carstens, the person who gave Faulkner the book) 1/5 1965 "Technocracy Study Course" produced by Technocracy Inc. (for members of Technocracy Inc., 1940 ed.) 1/6 1940 Correspondence 1/7 circa 1934-1964 Faulkner Writings 1965-1969 "Forget Marx" 1/8 circa 1965 "The Intellectual and Institutional Relationship of Technocracy to the I.W.W." 1/9 circa 1965 Thesis - "The Emergemence of Technocracy as a Social Reform Movement" 1/10 1965 June Thesis bibliography 1/11 1965 June "Howard Scott & Technocracy: A Case of Scientific Reform" - copy of article Faulkner sent to American Studies Association (w/ letter saying it was too late to include article in ASA meeting program) 1/12 circa 1969 General Files 1934-1940 General File (I.W.W., Technocracy and Radicalism) 1/13 circa 1930s-1960s Newspaper clippings on Technocracy (1. History and Method; 2. Contrive Institutions and the Technocrats; 3. Social and Individual Problems and the North American Solutions; 4. The Future for Technocracy; 5. The Meaning and Validity of Technocratic Theory) 1/14 circa 1930s Articles from Technocracy 1/15 circa 1930s Technocracy Study Course 1/16 1934 Maps - "Technate of America" 1/17-1/18 1940 Newsletters 1949-1963 Southwest Technocrat Bulletin 1/19 circa 1961-1962 Technocracy Briefs 1/20 circa 1949-1959 Technocratic TrendEvents 1/21 circa 1961-1963 Pamphlets 1934-1965 "America Must Show the Way!" 1/22 1938 1953 "Coming of Technocracy" 1/23 undated "The Commitment of the Intellectual" 1/24 circa 1961 "A Continental Hydrology" 1/25 1939 "Continentalism" 1/26 1947 "Continental Power for Continental Defense" 1/27 1942 "Discussions on Technocracy" 1/28 circa 1936-1938 "The Energy Certificate" 1/29 1938 "The Evolution of Statesmanship" 1/30 1939 "History and Purpose of Technocracy" (pamphlet of exchange of letters between Howard Scott and J. Kaye Faulkner) 1/31 1965 "I Am the Price System and the Culture of Abundance" 1/32 1944 "The International Power Elite" 1/33 1959 December "Introduction to Technocracy" 2/1 1933 1938 "Make Way for Social Change" 2/2 1946 "Man-Hours and Distribution" 2/3 1936 August "Marxism and Social 'Laws'" 2/4 1959 November "Our Country Right or Wrong" 2/5 1946 "Power for a Continent" 2/6 1947 March 1948 March "Science versus Chaos!" 2/7 1939 "The Sellout of the Ages" 2/8 1941 "So What?" 2/9 1941 October 1947 October 1948 September "Technocracy" 2/10 1940 June 1941 April "Technocracy - Some Questions Answered" 2/11 1934 "There'll Always Be an England" 2/12 1945 "Total Conscription" 2/13 1942 "W-O-I Area News" 2/14 1963 June Periodicals 1939-1965 8141 2/15 1940-1942 Great Lakes Technocrat 2/16-2/19 1942-1948 Northwest Technocrat 2/20-2/21 1940-1965 (incomplete) The Scientific Worker 2/22 1946 August Technocracy Digest 2/23 1962 November 1963 February 1963 August The Technocrat 2/24 1939-1940 1944 January-May Union and Labor (non-university related) Materials 1946-1980s Activities 1967-1978 Union Activities outside of WWU 2/25-2/26 circa 1970s-1980s General Education Union Activities - articles 2/27 1970s "Inventory of the Ralph Chaplin Collection" 2/28 1967 "Union Organizers: Savvy Strategists" 2/29 1978 August 7 Economic Articles and Pamphlets 1946-1964 "Economic Planning" 2/30 1960 May "Faith Learning Studies - Economics (IX)" 2/31 1964 "Program for Studies of the Modern Corporation" 2/32 circa 1963 "Samuel Adams" 2/33 1946 Political Pamphlets 1960-1967 "Centro, Sentry of the Oil Monopolies" 2/34 circa 1960s "Information Bulletin" 3/1 1967 August 2 "The Middle East Crisis" 3/2 1967 July "The Middle East - Crisis, Causes, and Solution" 3/3 1967 "Tragedy in Greece" 3/4 undated "Western Aid: Who Benefits" 3/5 undated Industiral Workers of the World Pamphlets 1946-1962 "The General Strike for Industrial Freedom" 3/6 1946 June "The IWW - In Theory and Practice" 3/7 undated "IWW Songs" 3/8 1962 May "One Big Union of All Workers - the IWW" 3/9 1957 "Unemployment and the Machine" 3/10 1934 June Western Washington State College/Western Washington University and Professional Materials circa 1960-1990s Correspondence 1959-1989 Professional Correspondence 3/11 1965-1984 Letters of Inquiry re: Professional Positions 3/12 circa 1959-1989 Non-Technocracy Writings by Faulkner circa 1970s "A Rose by any Other Name" 3/13 1972 "Thorstenn Vablen" by Richard Wirthlin and J.K. Faulkner 3/14 undated "Utah Review" including Book Review: "Labor Relations and the Law in West Germany and the United States" 3/15 1971 "Essays on Experience of 30 Years Dealing with College Faculty" 3/16 undated Union Activity at WWSC/WWU 1964-1983 AFT Western Union Activity 3/17-3/19 1970s-1990s AFT Western Union 3/20 1971 March-1983 June Up Western - The Best of Balas and Urso (AFT comics) 3/21 circa 1970s Faculty News, WWSC 3/22 1964 October 1964 November 1965 February 1965 May 1965 September-November Western Front 3/23 1968 November 1973 January-May 1975 February 1976 October Statewide Union Activity 1968-1976 Washington State Education Union Activity - clippings and articles 3/24 1968 1973-1976 Career Related Activity 1969-1972 "Higher Learning in America - Proposals for Doctoral Programs" 3/25 1969 May 6 Table - Campus Population 3/26 1969-1972 Ephemera related to career and personal interests 3/27 circa 1970s "An Analysis of Utility Use of Highway Rights-of-Way in Utah" 3/28 1960 Miscellaneous Career Papers 3/29 1950-1986 Photographs undated Group Photo Outside Edens Hall 3/30 undated Newspaper Clippings circa 1970s Newspaper Clippings 3/31 circa 1970s