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Box 199

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Beckoning Frontiers Correspondence, 1951-1957

 File — Box: 199
Identifier: IX
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning Beckoning Frontiers, Eccles' autobiography. In June 1951, Alfred A. Knopf published 5,000 copies of the book, which generated favorable comments from major review sources. Another 1,500 copies were printed in November of that year, and in 1966 the final 1,000 were published. Eccles, who wrote the book with the editorial assistance of Sidney Hyman, called it a "personal as well as an economic history of the past two decades." Over the years, the volume was presented to...
Dates: 1951-1957

List of Book Recipients, 1951-1975

 File — Box: 199, Folder: 1
Identifier: IX
Scope and Contents From the File: Correspondence concerning Beckoning Frontiers, Eccles' autobiography. In June 1951, Alfred A. Knopf published 5,000 copies of the book, which generated favorable comments from major review sources. Another 1,500 copies were printed in November of that year, and in 1966 the final 1,000 were published. Eccles, who wrote the book with the editorial assistance of Sidney Hyman, called it a "personal as well as an economic history of the past two decades." Over the years, the volume was presented to...
Dates: 1951-1975

Correspondence, 1951-1957

 File — Box: 199, Folder: 2-18
Identifier: IX
Scope and Contents From the File: Correspondence concerning Beckoning Frontiers, Eccles' autobiography. In June 1951, Alfred A. Knopf published 5,000 copies of the book, which generated favorable comments from major review sources. Another 1,500 copies were printed in November of that year, and in 1966 the final 1,000 were published. Eccles, who wrote the book with the editorial assistance of Sidney Hyman, called it a "personal as well as an economic history of the past two decades." Over the years, the volume was presented to...
Dates: 1951-1957