Originals of some correspondence are located in Levine's university personnel file.
Louis Levine was born near Kiev, Russia, on December 4, 1883 to Jacob and Anna L. At age four, Levine came to the United States with his father. He attended school in New York City and got his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1912 and married Rose Strunsky the same year. He also studied in Russia, Switzerland, and France. Before coming to the University of Montana in Missoula in 1916, Levine served as an economic consultant and lectured on economics at Columbia University and at Wellesley College.
In 1918 he began work on a study of taxes paid by mines in Montana. Initially he had the consent of the university Chancellor and an understanding that the work would be published by the university. The book was finished by December. In January 1919, the Chancellor's approval was withdrawn and the university was no longer publishing the book. Further, Levine was urged to postpone publication indefinitely. Levine chose to have his book
Levine worked at the magazine for a year. From there he went on to be a foreign correspondent and economics advisor to numerous national and international bodies. His posts included economic advisor to the International Labour Office; advisor to the first U.S. Delegation to the United Nations; staff member of the Brookings Institution; co-founder of the National Planning Association; advisor to the National Resources Planning Board; advisor to the Foreign Economic Association; and staff member of the Office of International Trade, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. He authored many books on economic planning.
In 1925 Levine legally changed his name to Lewis Levitzki Lorwin although he continued to ensure that he was credited with earlier work and writings under the name Louis Levine. He died in 1970.
This collection includes letters, reports and memos related to Louis Levine's 1919 book,
The papers were not filmed in strict chronological order.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Louis Levine's Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Some or all of the original papers were initially held in the Office of the President's records and some were later moved into Louis Levine's personnel file. The location of some original papers is currently unknown. The papers were microfilmed in February 1968.
Date of donation to the Archives is unknown
Arnon Gutfeld used the Louis Levine papers in his 1971 dissertation,
The bulk of Louis Levine's papers are held by the Columbia University Archives under the name Lewis Levitzki Lorwin.
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