Guide to the Joseph L. Fisher papers, 1930s-1992 C0028 Joseph L. Fisher

Guide to the Joseph L. Fisher papers, 1930s-1992 C0028

Joseph L. Fisher


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Eron Ackerman

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0028
Title
Joseph L. Fisher papers 1930s-1992
Quantity
58 Linear Feet, 116 boxes
Creator
Fisher, Joseph L.
Language
English .
Abstract
This collection relates to Fisher's career as an economist, educator, and U.S. Congressman. The materials include lectures and comments on conservation and natural resources, scrapbooks, pamphlets, appointment books, and correspondence. Materials that relate to his political career in U.S. House of Representatives include correspondence, speeches, press releases, reports, newsclippings, issue papers, testimony, statements, questionnaires, background publications, guidelines, charts, and legislation.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Joseph L. Fisher papers, C0028, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Margaret Fisher in 1992-1996.

Processing Information

Processed and finding aid compiled by Barbara Haase and Kay Liebermann in 1995. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty. Finding aid updated in June 2013 by Greta Kuriger Suiter.

Biographical Information

Joseph Lyman Fisher (1914-1992), economist, educator, author, and congressman, was born in Salesville, Rhode Island on January 11, 1914. After earning his undergraduate degree at Bowdoin College, Fisher went on to graduate work at the London School of Economics, Harvard University, and George Washington University. In 1942 he married the former Margaret Saunders Winslow. Fisher's career, spanning over fifty years, included planner for the National Resources Planning Board, economist for the United States Department of State, executive officer and economist for the Council of Economic Advisors, president of Resources for the Future, a member of the United States House of Representatives (1974-1981), Virginia Secretary of Human Resources, special assistant to the president of George Mason University, and president of the National Academy of Public Administration. In addition, Fisher was deeply involved in community activities, having been chairman of the Arlington County Board, chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), president and chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments (COG), and moderator and chairman of the board of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He also wrote several books, including World Prospects for Natural Resources (1964) and Resources in America's Future (1963).

Scope and Content

This collection is divided into three series.

Series 1 of the collection relates to Fisher's political career in the U.S. House of Representatives (1974-1981). The materials cover the years 1974-1992 and include correspondence, speeches, press releases, reports, newsclippings, issue papers, testimony, statements, questionnaires, background publications, guidelines, charts, and legislation.

Series 2 relates to Fisher's career as an economist, educator, and U.S. Congressman. The materials cover the years 1930s-1992 and include lectures and comments on conservation and natural resources, class notes, papers, and dissertation and thesis, scrapbooks, pamphlets, appointment books, and correspondence.

Series 3 consists of two flat boxes that contain awards, certificates, and diplomas for both Joseph and Margaret Fisher, as well as campaign posters, a large newspaper clipping, a large photograph, and scrapbook covers. Materials date from 1943 to 1992.

Arrangement

Organized into three series.

Series Series 1: U.S. House of Representatives, 1974-1992 Series 2: Academic Career/Government Appointments, 1930s-1992 Series 3: Oversize, 1943-1992

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center also holds the papers of other local and national politicians from Northern Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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Container List

Series 1: U.S. House of Representatives
1974-1992
Scope and Contents note

Papers relate to Fisher's political career in U.S. House of Representatives (1974-1992). The materials cover the years 1974-1992 and include: correspondence, speeches, press releases, reports, newsclippings, issue papers, testimony, statements, questionnaires, background publications, guidelines, charts, and legislation.

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Series 2: Academic Career/Government Appointments
1930s-1992
Scope and Contents note

Papers relate to Fisher's career as an economist, educator, and U.S. Congressman. The materials cover the years 1930s-1992 and include: lectures and comments on conservation and natural resources, class notes, papers, and dissertation and thesis, scrapbooks, pamphlets, appointment books, and correspondence.

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Series 3: Oversize
1943-1992
Scope and Contents note

This series consists of two flat boxes that contain awards, certificates, and diplomas for both Joseph and Margaret Fisher, as well as campaign posters, a large newspaper clipping, a large photograph, and scrapbook covers. Materials date from 1943 to 1992 and are arranged alphabetically.

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