Jacob Baker

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Abstract

"Labor Bargaining," a speech given by Baker at the Biennial Business Conference of the Econometric Institute at the Waldorf-Astoria in NY on March 31, 1955; "The Profit in a Union Contract," reprinted from the April-June 1940 issue of Advanced Management; "New Taxes for Social Benefit," from the November 1939 issue of Duynamic America, The Nation's Economic Forum; and notes about "single tax," "Ricardian theory of rent," etc. sent to Baker by A. Wright, 1925.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1935 - 1950

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment only. Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied or photographed without permission from library staff.

Biographical / Historical

Husband of Mildred Baker, Jacob Baker was employed as a business and government administrator. Baker was an assistant administrator in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the Civil Works Administration (CWA), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and also served as a board member and executive officer in the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation.