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Start Over Collection James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014 Date range 1970

Series 4: Academia, 1946/2013 Box 223-265, 541, 543, map-case 21.4

This series contains materials relating to Buchanan's work at various universities, notably University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI or Virginia Tech), and George Mason University. The series is divided into five subseries: Administration, Teaching, Grants, Thomas Jefferson Center for Studies in Political Economy, and Center for Study of Public Choice.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014

Series 6: Betty Tillman papers, 1968/2008 Box 337-364, 543, map-case 21.4

Betty Tillman was an administrative assistant for James M. Buchanan and the Center for Study of Public Choice from 1962 to 2007. Her work included typing Buchanan's correspondence, scheduling his travel and conference events, and liaising with publishers and outside parties on Buchanan's behalf. As a member of the Center and eventual administrative director, she made arrangements for the visiting scholars program, managed personnel, kept financial records, and coordinated events and conferences, among many other duties. As her work was integral to Buchanan's and the Center, her papers are somewhat integrated with Buchanan's and the Center papers as well. In the course of processing, some of her papers were able to be identified as a discrete series.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014

Series 8: Writings by others, 1930/2014 Box 408-522, 542

This series contains articles, books, and other writings by authors other than Buchanan. Some materials have notes and annotations. Some materials contain correspondence with the authors. Some writings are about Buchanan and his ideas. Some writings were filed by author, others were in folders containing writings from multiple different authors. No additional filing out of writings was done under the NEH grant. The series is arranged alphabetically by surname of author. Materials where Buchanan is a coauthor are found in Series 3: Writings.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014

Subseries 1: Administration, 1946/2013 Box 223-233, 543

This subseries contains reports, memoranda, correspondence, CVs, photographs, calendars, and planning documents relating to Buchanan's work at various universities, primarily Virginia Polytechnic Institute (also known as Virginia Tech or VPI) and George Mason University. Topics include economics department functioning and planning, Buchanan's academic output, schedules, and university events and policies. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014
  3. Series 4: Academia, 1946/2013

Subseries 1: Alphabetical correspondence, 1951/2014 Box Box 18, 26 - 110, 541, 543

Alphabetical correspondence is correspondence filed alphabetically by subject, by the surname of the correspondent, or by the name of the organization. Filing was likely done by Betty Tillman. Some correspondence is grouped under a single letter, for example, a folder titled "A" contains multiple correspondents and organizations that start with the letter A. Some are grouped in a range of letters, for example, a folder title "E-F" contains correspondents starting with either E or F. It is unclear why some were filed out into individual folders and others were left in large files under a single letter or letter range. Note that there are some issues with the original filing, for example the surname "da Empoli" is sometimes filed under D and sometimes under E. Sometimes letters discussing a person are filed under that person's surname, and sometimes under the surname of the person requesting the information. Additionally, previous processors filed out some correspondence into individual folders. No additional re-filing was done under the NEH grant.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers, 1800/2014
  3. Series 2: Correspondence, 1951/2014

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