CAIRNCROSS, ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
SIR ALEXANDER KIRKLAND CAIRNCROSS, 1911-98
Professional papers, including undergraduate lecture notes, typescript diary 1941-69, papers from the Committee on the Working of the Monetary System, the Board of Trade (1941-9) and various official committees.
Papers of Sir Alexander Cairncross, University of Glasgow Archive Services, DC106.
Papers relating to his stint at the World Bank Development Institute, 1954-5.
United Nations Careers Project, Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Manuscripts, MS Eng c 4714, folios 168-82.
Correspondents
DUNCAN LYALL BURN, Correspondence 1952-62, Burn Papers, BLPES
FRITZ MACHLUP, Correspondence 1954-82, Machlup Papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
JAMES EDWARD MEADE, Correspondence 1962-85, Meade Papers, BLPES
LIONEL CHARLES ROBBINS, Correspondence 1968-73, Robbins Papers, BLPES
Royal Economic Society, Correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Economic Society and the Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society Archives, BLPES
Printed Material
ODNB; Proceedings of the British Academy; Alec Cairncross, Living with the Century (Countess of Moray’s, 1998); Alec Cairncross, The Wilson Years: A Treasury Diary, 1964-1969 (London, 1994); Alec Cairncross, Diaries of Sir Alexander Cairncross: the Radcliffe Committee: economic adviser to HMG 1961-4 (London, 1996)
Portraits
Portrait, St Peter’s College Oxford; photograph NPG and in ODNB
