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Professor of economics at University of Michigan, 1880-1921, statistician for the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-1911, developed standard accounting procedures for railroads. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, diaries, travel journals, drafts of books, letter books, reports and printed materials concerning his work with the Interstate Commerce Commission, his activities as an expert witness in railroad compensation and tax cases, and University of Michigan affairs.

The Henry Carter Adams papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, diaries, travel journals, drafts of books, letter books, reports and printed materials concerning his work with the Interstate Commerce Commission, his activities as an expert witness in railroad compensation and tax cases, and University of Michigan affairs.

Professor of economics at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and participant in the Society of Friends, the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and peace and disarmament groups. Correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, recordings, and topical files; also materials concerning his wife, Elise Boulding, and his parents, William and Elizabeth Boulding.

The Boulding papers, consisting of approximately 46 linear feet, fall into the following series and sub-series.

1. Correspondence (boxes 1-10)
2. Miscellaneous clippings and printed materials (box 10)
3. Lecture and reading notes (boxes 11-13)
4. Published and unpublished writings (boxes 14-18)
5. Family and personal files (boxes 19-22)
   • Elise Boulding (boxes 19-21)
6. Topical files:
   • Economics (boxes 23-24)
   • Social Sciences (boxes 25-30)
     • California Water Resources Study, 1958-1959 (boxes 24-26)
   • Religion (boxes 30-31)
     • National Council of Churches of Christ, Department of the Church and Economic Life (boxes 30-31)
   • Peace, Conflict Resolution and Disarmament (boxes 32-38)
     • Center for Research on Conflict Resolution (boxes 32-34)
   • University of Michigan (boxes 39-42)
   • Travel (box 42)
   • Foundations (box 42)
7. Speaking Engagements (box 43)
8. Financial Records (boxes 44-45)
9. Sound recordings (box 46)
10. Photographs (box 47)