Call Number:

C0493

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

11 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James G. Smith Papers on New Jersey Industry, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1930-1949 (inclusive)

Creator:

Smith, J. G. (James Gerald), 1897-1946

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century, Manuscripts -- 20th century., and photographs -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of papers of James G. Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton, related to New Jersey industrial history.

A member of the Princeton Class of 1920, James G. Smith went on to become an economist and Princeton University professor.

The collection consists of writings, correspondence, notecards, filmstrips, and printed matter of Smith (Princeton Class of 1920), professor of economics at Princeton. The collection contains his two unpublished typed manuscripts, "Origins of Industries in New Jersey" and "History of New Jersey Manufacturing," with research material on such New Jersey industries as glass, textile, pottery and clay products, copper, iron and steel works, leather and shoes, shipbuilding, chemical, rubber, and telecommunications, covering approximately the period from 1750 through 1850. There are photographs and photostats of pictures of maps, early houses, mills, furniture, and machinery.

Arranged in the following order: Box 1: "History of New Jersey Manufacturing," "Origins of Industries in New Jersey"; Box 2: "Origins of Industries in New Jersey," Subject Files, before 1750, 1750-1800; Box 3: Subject Files, 1750-1800, 1800-1850; Box 4: Subject Files, 1800-1850, Miscellaneous; Box 5: Subject Files, Miscellaneous, Film; Boxes 6-8: Index Cards, reference notes & bibliographic notes on various industries and subjects; Boxes 9-11: occupations (names, place, description).