Papers of Gerald Firth, circa 1935-1993 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 80704
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Firth, Gerald G. (Gerald Gill)
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [ca. 1935-1993]
- 5.40 m. (15 cartons) + 6 boxes.
- Summary:
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Includes diaries, numbered in sequence and dating from about 1935 to 1993, correspondence, subject files, notebooks, articles, talks, lecture notes, surveys, reports, income tax papers, and publications.
The Acc05/62 instalment comprises household account books from June 1950 to March 1956.
- Biography/History:
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Economist, policy adviser and academic. Gerard Gill Firth was born in Leeds, England in 1916 and was educated at University College, London where he took a degree in Economics. He emigrated to Australia in 1938 to take up a research assistant position at the University of Melbourne with economist L.F. Giblin. During World War II Firth moved to Canberra where he worked with economist Roland Wilson in the Reconstruction Division of the Department of Labour and National Service. He played an active role in the formation of national economic policy and was involved in drafting the White Paper on full employment that became central to the post-war economic policy of the Chifley government. Firth returned to academic life after the war ended and in 1947 he moved to Hobart to become Professor of Economics in the University of Tasmania. He retired in 1978. Firth died in Hobart in 1999.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc01.273, MS Acc05.062.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1935-1993
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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