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Start Over Collection James M. Buchanan papers Date range 2011

Series 3: Writings Box 115-223, 541, 543

The writings series contains drafts, typescripts, photocopies, notes, and reprints of Buchanan's books, articles, speaking lectures, and unpublished material. There are also research files relating to some of his writing projects, and some correspondence with publishers, coauthors, and reviewers. The series is filed alphabetically by title of the work. Note that some of Buchanan's works went by multiple titles in the draft stage, and may not be filed together as a result. Some papers presented by Buchanan at conferences or given as lectures are located in Series 5: Professional services Subseries 1: Conferences and events.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers

Series 4: Academia 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

Series 5: Professional service Box 266-337, 541-546

This series contains materials relating to Buchanan's professional activities outside of his university and Center for Study of Public Choice responsibilities. The series is divided into two subseries: Conferences and events, and Consulting and organizations. The series is arranged chronologically.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers

Series 7: Jo Ann Burgess papers Box 364-408, 543

Jo Ann Burgess was an administrative assistant at the Center for Study of Public Choice from 1989 to 2014. She was responsible for the library at the Center and for the management of Buchanan's papers. Additionally, she was the secretary for the Public Choice Society and edited much of Buchanan's published works in the 1990s and 2000s, notably The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, published by the Liberty Fund. As her work was closely tied to Buchanan's and the Center, her papers are somewhat integrated with Buchanan's and the Center papers. 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

Series 8: Writings by others 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

Subseries 1: Administration 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
  3. Series 4: Academia

Subseries 1: Alphabetical correspondence 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
  3. Series 2: Correspondence

Subseries 1: Conferences and events Box 266-332, 541-546

This subseries contains correspondence, schedules, planning documents, papers and lecture notes, and travel documents from conferences, speaking engagements, and other events attended by Buchanan during his career. This subseries also contains materials related to conferences organized by Buchanan or Betty Tillman, often in partnership with the Liberty Fund. Note that the subseries is arranged chronologically by date of the materials that exist in the folder, not by date of the conference or event. Event planning could stretch to a year or two before the event took place, especially for events occurring in the first half of the calendar year.

  1. George Mason University
  2. James M. Buchanan papers
  3. Series 5: Professional service

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