Scope and Content Note
The papers of Victor Selden Clark (1868-1946) span the years 1827-1944. The papers are organized into the following series: Personal File , Family Papers , Special Files , Research and Writings File , and Oversize .
The Personal File , Special Files , and Research and Writings File series relate to Clark's career as an economist and author. The Special Files are largely comprised of records kept by Clark during his trusteeship of the Institute of Current World Affairs, and include such correspondents as Thomas L. Blakemore, Jr., Hallie Flanagan, John N. Hazard, Walter S. Rogers, and Phillips Talbot. Other papers reflect his membership on the Board of Research Associates in American Economic History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, his work as an arbitrator on railroad cases for the United States Bureau of Mediation, and his service on the Insular Board of Education in Puerto Rico shortly after the territory was acquired by the United States in 1898.
The Family Papers contain farm diaries, business and land records, account books, daybooks, and financial records and legal papers relating to the firm of Green and Davis, Levi Davis, LeRoy Davis, and the Davis and Clark families especially in the Genesse Valley of New York. The Davis records were probably inherited by Clark through his mother Helen, who was a Davis before marriage.