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Kalecki, Michal 1899-1970

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Portrait of Kalecki, Michal 1899-1970

Born 1899 · died 1970

Michał Kalecki was a Polish Marxian economist. Over the course of his life, Kalecki worked at the London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and Warsaw School of Economics, and was an economic advisor to the governments of Poland, France, Cuba, Israel, Mexico, and India. He also served as the deputy director of the United Nations Economic Department in New York City.

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Personal papers,with some correspondence, including memoirs and correspondence of his wife Adela Kalecka.

Archives of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Administrative papers relating to work at the University of Oxford, 1939-45

Archives of the Oxford University Institute of Statistics, Bodleian

Administrative papers relating to work at the United Nations, 1945-55

Archives of the United Nations, New York.

Political surveillance reports, 1945-55

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.D.

Professional Papers relating to economic planning, 1946-66

Polish Government Archives, Archiwum Akt, Nowych, Warsaw.

Correspondents

MAURICE HERBERT DOBB, Correspondence 1939-65, Dobb Papers, Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.

RICHARD FERDINAND KAHN, BARON KAHN, Correspondence 1937-40, Kahn Papers, KC, Cambridge.

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, BARON KEYNES, Correspondence 1937-45, Keynes Papers, KC, Cambridge.

JOAN VIOLET ROBINSON, Correspondence 1936-79, Joan Robinson Papers, KC, Cambridge.

GEORGE ALLEN AND UNWIN, Correspondence 1938-55, George Allen and Unwin Archives, University Library, University of Reading.

Printed Sources

Michal Kalecki Dziela edited by Jerzy Osiatynski, 6 volumes (Warsaw 1979-88), includes published works and unpublished papers and correspondence.

Collected Works of Michal Kalecki edited by Jerzy Osiatynski, 8 volumes (Oxford 1990-97) an extended English-language version of Michal Kalecki Dziela.

ODNB , XXX, 865-7; New Palgrave, III, 8-14; IESS, XVIII, 369-72.

Portraits: Kalecki Papers, Polish Academy of Sciences.

 

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Digitised full-text books and writings by Kalecki, Michal 1899-1970 — free to read.

Cite this entry

Kalecki, Michal 1899-1970. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/kalecki-michal-1899-1970/ (accessed 12 Jul 2026).