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Lerner, Abba Ptachya 1903-1982

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

Portrait of Lerner, Abba Ptachya 1903-1982

Born 1903 · died 1982

Abraham "Abba" Ptachya Lerner was a Russian-born American-British economist.

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Professional papers and correspondence with the majority dating from 1939-82; family papers and miscellaneous papers relating to his artistic endeavours.

Abba Ptachya Lerner Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington

Memoranda in Gaitskell Papers, University College London

Memoranda in Kaldor Papers, Modern Archive Centre, King’s College Cambridge

Correspondents

MILTON FRIEDMAN, Correspondence 1959-63, Friedman Papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, BARON KEYNES, Correspondence 1930s and 1940s, Keynes Papers, Modern Archive Centre, King’s College Cambridge

LIONEL CHARLES ROBBINS, Correspondence 1948-62, Robbins Papers, British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES)

JOAN VIOLET ROBINSON, Correspondence 1933, 1934, 1942, Joan Robinson Papers, King’s College Modern Archive Centre, Cambridge

Printed material

American National Biography XIII 500-02; New Palgrave III 167-9

 

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Cite this entry

Lerner, Abba Ptachya 1903-1982. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/lerner-abba-ptachya-1903-1982/ (accessed 12 Jul 2026).