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The J. Wilson Newman papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, reviews, legislation, speeches, and public hearing from the period in which Newman served on the Commission on the Bankruptcy Law of the US (1970-1973), the Price Commission (1971-1973), and the President's Task Force on Improving the Prospects of Small Businesses.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was given to the Law School by J. Wilson Newman on 24 June 1985.

 Biographical / Historical

J. Wilson Newman graduated from Clemson College in Clemson, South Carolina, in 1931, and received a law degree from New York University in 1937.

He joined the R. G. Dun Company as a credit reporter in 1931. Dun merged with its major competitor, the John M. Bradstreet Company, in 1933, and the combined company began operating under the new name in 1939.

Mr. Newman was named a vice president in 1946, president in 1952, and chairman and chief executive in 1960. He joined Dun's finance committee when he retired in 1968, and remained a member for 12 years.

During Mr. Newman's tenure, Dun acquired several companies, including R. H. Donnelley, a publisher of the Yellow Pages and trade magazines, and Moody's Investors Service. Dun has since spun off both companies. Mr. Newman also oversaw the computerization of Dun's business databases in the early 1960's. In 1963, each company in the database was assigned an identifying number in Dun's Data Universal Numbering System. The nine-digit D.U.N.S. numbers are still used today.

Mr. Newman was a member of the United States Price Commission, which addressed price gouging, in 1971 and 1972, and of the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws from 1970 to 1973.

He died on July 8, 2003.

"J. Wilson Newman, Ex-Chief of Dun & Bradstreet Company, Dies at 93," New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/obituaries/28NEWM.html (accessed December 8, 2015)

 Bankruptcy -- United States Inflation (Finanace) -- United States Small business United States. Price Commission United States. President's Task Force on Improving the Prospects of Small Business United States. Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States Newman, J. Wilson (James Wilson), 1909-2003 Price Commission RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/64746Meeting records arranged by date with a list of topics addressedArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647451971-72MSS 85-12, Box 1MSS 85-12, Box 2MSS 85-12, Box 3MSS 85-12, Box 4MSS 85-12, Box 5MSS 85-12, Box 6MSS 85-12, Box 7MSS 85-12, Box 8Scope and Contents

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Permanent record of meetings and actionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647471971-72MSS 85-12, Box 9Scope and Contents

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Public hearings re utilities, rent and food pricesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647481972MSS 85-12, Box 9Scope and Contents

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CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647491971-72MSS 85-12, Box 10Scope and Contents

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Fact sheets and staff reports re policy and goal of commissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647501972MSS 85-12, Box 10Issue papers by the Price Commission and outside economistsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647511972MSS 85-12, Box 10Memoranda for the record re the agendaArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647521973MSS 85-12, Box 10Scope and Contents

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Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647531971-72MSS 85-12, Box 11Scope and Contents

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Miscellaneous printed matterArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647541971-72MSS 85-12, Box 11Scope and Contents

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Operating problemsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647551972MSS 85-12, Box 12Policy matrixArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647561972MSS 85-12, Box 12Review of commission operationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647601972MSS 85-12, Box 12Scope and Contents

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Speeches, luncheons, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647611972MSS 85-12, Box 12Statements for commissioners re government employmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647641971MSS 85-12, Box 12Price Commission Related DocumentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/64765Agricultural Economic Report No. 223: Price control programs, 1917-1971Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647661972MSS 85-12, Box 12American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc.: Proposals and recommendations for the Price CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647681971MSS 85-12, Box 12Automobile industryArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647691972MSS 85-12, Box 12Brookings Institute conference: Wage-price policy Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/64771MSS 85-12, Box 13Scope and Contents

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Coal industryArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647721971-72MSS 85-12, Box 13Consumer creditArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647731972MSS 85-12, Box 13Consumer price index: Estimated annualized price rate of increase in the consumer price index for the fourth quarter of 1973 [preliminary]Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647741972MSS 85-12, Box 13Cost of Living Council: "The Wage-Price Freeze: Questions and Answers"Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647751971MSS 85-12, Box 13Cost of Living Council: Transcript of press conference re food pricesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647761973MSS 85-12, Box 13Economic indicatorsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647771972MSS 85-12, Box 13Economic stabilization programArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647781971MSS 85-12, Box 13Grayson, C. Jackson, Chairman of the Price Commission: Statement before the Joint Economic Committee re Side Effects of Price ControlArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/647791972MSS 85-12, Box 13Grayson, C. Jackson: Statement before the Senate Committee on BankingArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648031973MSS 85-12, Box 13Grayson, C. Jackson: CBS Morning News EditorialArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648341976MSS 85-12, Box 13Health careArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648351972MSS 85-12, Box 13Independent Natural Gas AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648361971MSS 85-12, Box 13Inflation, consumer price index and wholesale price indexArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648371972MSS 85-12, Box 13Inflation: Miscellaneous memoranda and statisticsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648561972MSS 85-12, Box 13IRS: Retail-wholesale price monitoring program [proposed]Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/65152n.d.MSS 85-12, Box 13Manufacturing companies with sales of 100 million or overArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648571971MSS 85-12, Box 14Miscellaneous forms and White House press releasesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648581971MSS 85-12, Box 14Nader v. GraysonArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648591972MSS 85-12, Box 14National Retail Merchants Association Program Concerning the Implementation of Phase II Price GuidelinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648601971MSS 85-12, Box 14Newman: Memos and correspondence re effects of price controls on various industries and individualsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648611972-73MSS 85-12, Box 14Scope and Contents

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New York Stock Exchange: Reports on status of member firmsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648621972MSS 85-12, Box 14Pay Board news releasesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648631972MSS 85-12, Box 14"The Pay Board After One Year of Operation"Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648641972MSS 85-12, Box 14Phase I and II: Summary statementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648691971MSS 85-12, Box 14Scope and Contents

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Phase IIArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648831971-72MSS 85-12, Box 15Phase IIIArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648841973MSS 85-12, Box 15Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. v. Price CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648891972MSS 85-12, Box 15Pott Industries v. Price CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648901972MSS 85-12, Box 15Price controlArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648921971-72MSS 85-12, Box 15Price control: Price Control, Present and Future, prepared by the Office of Price PolicyArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648971972MSS 85-12, Box 15"A Price Control Strategy," vols. 1-3, submitted by Robert N. AnthonyArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/648981972MSS 85-12, Box 15Scope and Contents

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"A Price Control Strategy," vol. 4Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649741972MSS 85-12, Box 16Scope and Contents

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"The Productivity Factor in Phase II" by John W. KendrickArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649761971MSS 85-12, Box 16ProductivityArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649771971MSS 85-12, Box 16Resumes for the assistant to the chief executive officerArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649781972-73MSS 85-12, Box 16Secular inflationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649801971MSS 85-12, Box 16Vorando, Inc.: Request for exception from executive guidelines Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/649821971-72MSS 85-12, Box 16Wages: Background information for the Price CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650051971-72MSS 85-12, Box 16Wholesale price indexArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650061972MSS 85-12, Box 16Year-end statement on the economy by the President's Council of Economic AdvisorsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650081972MSS 85-12, Box 16President's Task Force on Improving the Prospects of Small BusinessArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/65009Final reportArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650101968-69MSS 85-12, Box 17Final report and correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650671968-70MSS 85-12, Box 17Task force bulletins and internal correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650691969MSS 85-12, Box 17Scope and Contents

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CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650701972MSS 85-12, Box 17Correspondence: White House, government agencies, trade groups, business associations, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650711969-71MSS 85-12, Box 17Scope and Contents

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Handbook for Small Business: A Survey of Small Business Programs of the Federal GovernmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650721969MSS 85-12, Box 18Legislation defining and affecting small business Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650731968, n.d.MSS 85-12, Box 18Scope and Contents

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Recommendations for legislationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650741968-69MSS 85-12, Box 18Material re Newman's appearance before the Select Committee on Small Business of the U.S. SenateArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650751971, 1975MSS 85-12, Box 18Scope and Contents

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Source material, correspondence and news releasesArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650761970MSS 85-12, Box 18Speeches and miscellaneous papers re economic prospects facing businessmenArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650801955-70MSS 85-12, Box 19Scope and Contents

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Bankruptcy CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/65081Material pertaining to the commission's composition, establishment and purpose Archival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650831970-72MSS 85-12, Box 20Scope and Contents

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Memoranda, background and issue papers re meetings and hearingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650861972MSS 85-12, Box 20Scope and Contents

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Public hearingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650881972MSS 85-12, Box 21Scope and Contents

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Meeting recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650891972MSS 85-12, Box 21Scope and Contents

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Minutes of meetingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/650991971-73MSS 85-12, Box 22Scope and Contents

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Miscellaneous reports, correspondence, etcArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651001970-74MSS 85-12, Box 23Scope and Contents

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Conference on the Economics of Bankruptcy, Brookings InstitutionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651011971 AugustMSS 85-12, Box 23Expenses incurred by Newman while a member of the commissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651021972-73MSS 85-12, Box 23Newman's appearance before the Subcommittee on Citizens' and Shareholders' Rights and Remedies of the Senate Judiciary CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651031977MSS 85-12, Box 23Scope and Contents

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Report by the Rand Corporation and commission memorandum re U.S. bankruptcy lawsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651211972MSS 85-12, Box 24Reports submitted to the commission on the U.S. bankruptcy lawsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/65122n.d.MSS 85-12, Box 24MiscellanyArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/65123Correspondence concerning the Price Commission, Bankruptcy Commission and the Small Business Task ForceArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651241975-77MSS 85-12, Box 24Sweet Briar Institute v. ButtonArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651251966MSS 85-12, Box 24Correspondence re National Industrial Conference BoardArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651261966-78MSS 85-12, Box 24Securities and Exchange Commission v. National Student Marketing CorpArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651271972MSS 85-12, Box 24Scope and Contents

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Material concerning Newman's appearance before the SECArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651281977MSS 85-12, Box 24Historical Working Papers on the Economic Stabilization ProgramArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/651291971MSS 85-12, Box 24