Harold Hotelling
Papers, 1910-1975
24 linear ft. (ca. 12800 items in 58 boxes)
Biography/History: Harold Hotelling, 1895-1973 mathematical statistician and mathematical economist
taught at Columbia University from 1931 until he left in 1946 to establish the Institute of Statistics at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During the Second World War Hotelling did research
in Columbia University's Statistical Research Group. Later he was involved in research for the
Office of Naval Research at Chapel Hill. He was active in many professional organizations
especially the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, addresses, documents and printed materials. Correspondents
include: Milton Friedman, Samuel S. Wilks, Nathan Pusey, William Proxmire, Helen M. Walker, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, Alfred Cowles, 3d and Ragnar Frisch. The papers also include biographical,
teaching and research materials; publications and drafts of articles and books including his study,
"The Teaching of Statistics," and materials on the concept of "Hotelling's Generalized T Measure of
Multivariate Dispersion".
Finding Aids: Contents list, 14 pages
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication
projects
Restrictions on Use: Permission to quote or publish must be obtained in writing from the Director of The
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, as well as the copyright holder.
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Harold Hotelling, 1985
Processing History: Processed by Henry Rowen, 1986
Microfilm Information: No material on microfilm
Physical Loaction: In sequence
RLIN ID: NYCR86-A66
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Organization of the Papers
Page
Cataloged Correspondence
Arranged Correspondence
Personal Correspondence
Addresses/Memos
Organizations/Publications
Manuscripts
--Works by Hotelling
--Works by others (by author)
--Chapters from Hotelling's Books
Research Data
Titled Problems
Miscellaneous Problems
Lectures & Courses
Employment & Biographical
Printed Material
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Cataloged Correspondence
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Bowley, Arthur K.
Bundy, McGeorge
Cain, Harry P.
Camp, Burton H.
Cowles, Alfred, 3rd
Crane, Robert T.
Debye, Peter
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler
Flexner, Abraham
Fisher, Irving
Friedman, Milton
Frisch, Ragnar
Glover, James
Graham, Frank P.
Graves, Lawrence M.
Kelley, Truman L.
Mayer, Joseph
Mills, Frederick C.
Odum, Howard W.
Pearson, Egon S.
Proxmire, William
Pusey, Nathan M.
Richardson, Roland George Dwight
Sachs, Alexander
Sanford, Terry
Schultz, Henry
Smith, Walter L.
Spurr, William A.
Taylor, James S.
Thompson, James S.
Van Sickle, John V.
Walker, Helen M.
Watkins, Ralph J.
Weaver, Warren
Wheeler, John A.
Wilbur, Ray Lyman
Wilks, Samuel S.
Wilson, Edwin B.
Arranged Correspondence
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A Miscellaneous
B Miscellaneous
Barr, A.S.
Book Binding
Bartlett, M.S.
Bernhard, A.
Bose, R.C.
C Miscellaneous
Camp, B.H.
Chu, J.T.
Cochran, W.G.
Cox, G.
D Miscellaneous
Deming, W.E
Dwyer, P.S.
E Miscellaneous
F Miscellaneous
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Factor Analysis
Fisher, R.A.
Flores, A.M.
G Miscellaneous
Ghurye, S.G.
Grubbs, F.E.
Gupta, S.S.
H Miscellaneous
Hicks, J.R
Hoeffding, W.
Hsu, P.L.
I Miscellaneous
Ito, P.K.
J Miscellaneous
K Miscellaneous
Katz, L.
Kelley, T.L.
Kendall, M.G.
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Box
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King, A.K.
Koopmans, T.
Kozakiewicz, W.
Krishnaiah, P.R.
L Miscellaneous
M Miscellaneous
Madow, W.G.
Mahalanobis, P.C.
1938-1944
Mahalanobis, P.C.
Mahalanobis, Snedecor, King, Panikar
Marsaglia, G.
Mc Miscellaneous
Mittra, P.C.
Morrison, N.
Morrow, D.J.
N Miscellaneous
Neyman, J.
0 Miscellaneous
Ogawa, J.
P Miscellaneous
Passport Correspondence & Security Staff
1953 & 1954
Peach, P.
Pfouts, W.R.
Pitman, E.J.G.
Political Letters
Preinreich, G.A.D.
Q Miscellaneous
R Miscellaneous
Robbins, H.E.
Roodkowsky, N.D.
Roy, S.N.
Rubin, E.
S Miscellaneous
Stacy, E.W.
Schuyler, G.L.
Smith, J.D.
Solomon, H.
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T Miscellaneous
Thomson, G.H.
U Miscellaneous
V Miscellaneous
W Miscellaneous
Wald, A.
Wallis, W.A.
Wallis-Fry
Wolfowitz, J.
Y-Z Miscellaneous
Personal Correspondence
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A-G
H-Z
Condolences: A-H
Condolences: J-Z
Memorial Letters, Material
Christmas and Sympathy cards
Addresses/Memos
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Address List (index cards)
Addresses
Mailing list for Reprints (index cards)
Memos (notes, scratchwork)
Organizations/Publications
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Box
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American Associations for the Advancement of Science
AAAS
Fisher Memorial Committee
American Association of University Professors
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
American Statistical Association
ASA
Committee of Fellows - Details as to Candidates
Annals of Mathematical Statistics
American Mathematical Society
Air Force
Meeting
7 May 1963
Air Research and Development
Courant Committee
Reports and Correspondence (3)
Carnegie Corporation of New York:
Grants
Applicants Who Never Held These Grants
Financial Reports of Work Done Under Grants
Keppel, Dollard, Lester, Jessup (correspondence)
Past Holders of Grants
Reports
Columbia University:
Clairvoyance, Telepathy: Matching Distribution
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Correspondence
Economics Department
Fellowship and Assistantship Applications
Funding Information and Requests
Graduate Record Exam
Parapsychology
Statistical Research Group (S.R.G.) Administration
S.R.G Alternatives to T
S.R.G Bombsights Atlantic City
S.R.G. Bombsight Accuracy £1
S.R.G. Bombsight £2
S.R.G Charts
S.R.G Memoranda Within Group
Students
Box
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Box
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Box
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Econometric Society (2)
Econometrica
Elisha Mitchell Society
Ford Foundation
Advisory Committee (2)
General Electric Company
Havard University
Ad Hoc Committee
Institute for International Education
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
To Dec. 31, 1941
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Agendas
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Committee on History of Statistics
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Committee on Teaching and Placement of Statisticians
Correspondence (4)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Draft for National Roster Organization
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Organization
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Correspondence
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Memoranda
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Memoranda/Correspondence
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Pre-1944
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Proposals for Statistical Institute, Columbia University
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Report
1947
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Reports (2)
I.M.S Committee on the Teaching of Statistics
Southern Regional Education Board
Institute National D'Etude du Travail
Institute for Research in Social Science (2)
Institute of Statistics
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International Congress of Mathematicians
Inter-American Statistical Institute
International Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences
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Box
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Box
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Box
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Box
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Box
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International Statistical Institute (2)
International Statistical Institute
Conference
1960
International Statistical Institute
Conference
1961, 1967
Journal of the American Statistical Association
National Academy of Sciences
National Recovery Administration
National Science Foundation
Personnel Journal
Princeton Bicentennial: Problems of Mathematics
Dec. 1946
U.S. Office of Naval Research:
Appointments
Contract and Renewal Applications
Correspondence
European Trip
1953
European Trip
1957
Finances and Plans
Miscellaneous
Operating Rules
Personnel
Problems
U.S. Office of Naval Research
Reports,
1947-52
U.S. Office of Naval Research
Reports,
1953-1959
Miscellaneous
U.S. Civil Service Commission
U.S. Office of Scientific Personnel
Watumull Foundation
Publishers
Statistical Organizatons Meetings, Conferences
University of North Carolina:
Administrative Transportation
University of North Carolina
Advisory committee
Appointments
Book Exchange
Budget: general
1946 & 1947
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Budget: general
1947-1951
Correspondence
Courses
1948 & 1949
Department Meetings
Departmental Reports
European Trips
1951 & 1953
Fellowship Information and Correspondence
Fellowship and Assistantship Applications
1956
Graduate Council and Administrative Board
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University of North Carolina:
Grad. S-Z
Grad Students
Graduate Programs for Statistics Majors, Regional Conference on
Statistics. R, VA
Mathematical Statistics, Applications for Graduate Appointment
1948
Memoranda
Miscellaneous Directories
New Building
North Carolina State College
1941
Offices and Office Furniture
PhD Candidates
Publicity
Publicity - Future
Sabbatical Leave
Salary Policies
Statistics Department
Statistics Department Directories
Statistics for Students Outside Regular Graduate Group
University Research Funds
War Problems
Working Rules
University of North Carolina:
Statistics Colloquium
Correspondence
Institute of Statistics
1945, 1946 and earlier
Air Force - Design of Experiments
Air Force - Multivariate
Army Air Force Problems
Cloud Seeding
Early Planning
Manuscripts
--Works by Hotelling
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Analysis of a Complex of Statistical Variables in Prinical Components
The Behavior of Some Standard Statistical Tests Under Non-Standard
Conditions
Causes of Birth Rate Fluctuations
Correlation
The Correlation Coefficient and Its Transformations: A New Look
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Cycles and Forecasts
Depreciation
Different Meanings of Experimental Design
Dr Perters' Criticism of Fisher's Statistics
Econometric Paper No. 19-B
Effect of a Tax on the Price of an Isolated Monopolized Article
The Efficiency of the Sample Median
Fitting an Mixture of Two Univariate Normal Distributions by the Method
of Moments ..
Future Research Workers Need Mathematics Now
A Generalized T Measure of Multivariate Dispersion
The General Welfare, to 1938
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The Impact of R.A. Fisher on Statistics
Mathematical Economics
The Mathematical Training of Social Scientists
The Measure of the Hypersphere and Its Interior
Memorandum on the Science of Statistics
The Moments of the Sample Median
The Moniac
More Research Needed Here
The Most Predictable Criterion
Multivariate Analysis
Multivariate Methods on Testing Complex Eqipment
Multiple Partial Correlation
New Light on the Correlation Coefficient and Its Transforms
New State Tax
Note on Matric Theorem of A. Craig
On the Nature of Supply and Demand Functions, et al
The Place of Statistics in the University
Problems of Prediction
Professor I. Fisher's Proposed Income Tax Revision
Prosperity Through Increased Production
Rank Correlations, etc
1935 & 1936
Relations Between Two Sets of Variates
1936
Relations of the Newer Multivariate Statistical Method to Factor Analysis
H. Schultz as Economist
Sir Ronald Fisher 1890 - 1963, the Early Years
Some Mathematical Contributions to Economics, (Max.Min.)
Some New Methods in Matrix Calculation
Statistical Inference(2)
Statistical Theory
Stochastic Processes and Difference Equations
Summary of the Scientific Activity of G. Leti
Tubes in n-space
Utility Functions and Applications
Why We Have the Two-Party System
--Works by others (by author)
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Agricultural Economics (Conference)
Allais, M.
American Standard Association
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Anderson, T.T.
Army Air Force Training Command
Atchinson, W.F.
Bain
Bargman, R
Bechhofer, R.E. et al
Berger, A. and Gold, R.
Bowker, A.
Bradley, R.A. and Terry, M.E.
Brown, F.F. and Masket, A.V.
Byl, A.
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Carlson, J.L.
Chacko, G.K.
Churchman, C.W.
Committee on the Teaching of Statitics
Cowan, T.A.
Cowles, A.
Crutcher, H.L.
Debreu, G.
Demand for Related Goods
Divisia, F.
Dorfman, R.
Dugue, D.
Duncan, D.B.
Emmons, H.W.
Eyraud, D.H.
Fand, D.I.
Frankel, L. and Stock, J.S.
Freeman, H.
Frisch, R.
Furbush, M.
Geisser, S.
Halperin, M.
Hamilton, C.H.
Hildreth, C.
Hoeffding, W.
Horton, W.H.
Houthakker, H.S.
Hunter, J.S.
Hutt, W.H.
Ihm, P.
Institute of Statistics
Johnson, R.B.
Jones, L.K.
Kaiser, H.F.
Kempthorne, 0.
Kettenring, J.R.
Kimball, B.F.
Koopmans, T.
Latane, H.A.
Location of Competitors
Lord, F.M.
Lucas, H.L.
Lum, Mary D.
McKenzie, L.W.
Meany, G. and Thomas, R.J.
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Mudgett, B.D.
Morrison, D.F.
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Morrison, N. (2)
Morrow, D.J.
Murthy, V.K.
National Research Council
N.Y. State Public Service Commission
Nicholson
Ogawa, J. (2)
Olkin
Payne, L.E. et al
Pfouts, R.W.
Price, D.O.
Roodkowsky, N.D. and Thorndike, R.L. (5)
Roy, S.N.
Simon, H.A
Sistani, M.
Smith, W.L.
Social Science Research Council
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Stacy, E.W.
Stein, C.
Stuart, A.
Tufts College
Uspensky, J.V.
Wald, A.
Walker, V.W.
Wilks, S.S.
Williams, E.
Wilson, E.B.
Yang, Chung-How
--Chapters from Hotelling's Books
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Chapter 1 (5): (drafts and research)
Chapter 2 (2)
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapters 5-7
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 9 (3)
Chapter 10 (2)
Chapters 11-12
Chapter 11 (3)
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 (3)
Chapter 14 (2)
Chapter 15
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Chapter 16 (2)
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21 (2)
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24 (2)
Chapters 25-26
Miscellaneous 1 - Least Squares (2)
Miscellaneous (2-5)
Reference for books
Bibliographies
Corrections
Footnote References
Research Data
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Agriculture I, II, III, IV
Building Industry
Correlation Research
1953
Experimental Determination ..
Experiments in Coin Tossing
Hip Girth and Stature
Miscellaneous
Rare Mathematical Notes
Seattle Elections Data
1910-1919
2
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Titled Problems
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Accelerated Iterative Calculation of Principal Components Analysis into
Principal Components
Analysis into Principal Components:
--1) Unpublished material
--1) Calculations
--1) Meeting in December 1931 of Unitary Traits Committee
City Planning
Comparison of Two Tetrachoric Tables
Correlation with Incomplete Data
Couchy Distribution, esp
Calculations Relating to: "Differential Equations and Population
Estimates" 1927
Carious Teeth and Pregnancy
1934
Discriminant Functions
Distributions of Quadratic Forms (2)
Effects of Non-Normality
Exploitation of Irreplaceable Assets
Least Squares Problems of Col. Wm. F. Bark
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Manifolds of Orthagonal ennuples
Methods of Matric Calculation (3)
Multiple R
Multivariate Analysis
Multivariate Periodogram Analysis
Multivariate Analysis of Variance
Population Problems
Sampling Errors of Trends
Selection of Predictors
Spaces of Statistical Parameter
Tinter, G.
Various problems
The Transformation of Statistics
Truncated Normal Distributions
Volume of a Thin Tube in a Curved Space
Miscellaneous Problems
And 1 OVERSIZE folder
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Miscellaneous Problems
1923-1965
Unsolved Problems
Miscellaneous Problems
undated (2)
Lectures & Courses
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Lectures by Hotelling
Lectures by Hotelling: Economics of Obsolescence and
Research
Lectures (by others) (2)
Advanced Mathematical Economics
Advanced Mathematical Statistics
Approximation Techniques
Correlation, Contingency and x2
Determinants and Matrices
Least Squares and Time Series
Least Squares and Time Series - Exams
Mathematical Economics (3)
Mathematical Theory of Probability and Statistics
Statistics
Statistical Inference
1927
Statistical Inference
Statistical Inference - Exams
Stochastic Process
Theses
Time Series Analysis
Exam Questions
Grade Reports
Photographs of Students
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Employment & Biographical
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Employment Opportunities
Misc. Personnel Problems
Prospective Personnel
Refugees and Other Europeans (wanting jobs)
Research Men in Stochastic Process
Secretarial Prospects
Students and Ex-Students Wanting Jobs
Certificates
Biographical materials
Clippings
Financial/Personal
Passports and secutiry clearance
Printed Material
Box
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Works by Hotelling
Box
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Works by other authors
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Works by other authors
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Works by other authors
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Works by other authors
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Works by other authors