Collection Overview
Title: Tony Brouwer Collection, 1946-1971
ID: COLL/028
Creator: Brouwer, Tony (1917-1971)
Extent: 5.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Professor of economics at Calvin College. The collection includes research papers, course notes, examinations, and clippings on politics, warfare, education, labor relations, and poverty. These papers contain much of his student work in university-level economics such as course notes, examinations, and papers. Brouwer’s notes used as a teacher of economics also comprise a large part of this collection. The dates of these papers range from student notes of 1946 to Brouwer’s article of September 1971—only one month before his death.
Biographical Note
Tony Brouwer was born in Colton, South Dakota, in 1917. He later moved to Chicagoland where he went to Chicago Christian High School. Brouwer enrolled in Calvin College and later received his PhD in economics at the University of Michigan. While in college he married Winifred Molemaker. They had two daughters—Clarice and Marilyn. For a short period Brouwer worked at Grand Rapids Christian High School. Brouwer served the US Navy during WWII.
Brouwer taught economics at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Munkingum College. In 1959 accepted a faculty position at Calvin College where he was the chairman of the Economics Department. Brouwer was a member of the Christian Reformed Church and ran for Michigan Democratic State Representative in 1964. Brouwer retired in 1970.
Brouwer concerned himself, however, with a wide variety of topics besides his academic economic pursuits. Such topics as politics, warfare, Parochiaid, poverty, education, and labor relations are dealt with in these papers. Brouwer also wrote several articles, most of them dealing with economics, for various periodicals.
As he was dying, Brouwer consented to the production of a film about his journey. The film was produced by private capital (no family or college involvement) and no copies are known to be available for viewing. Brouwer died from cancer in 1971.
Administrative Information
Alternate Extent Statement:
2.50 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of T. Brouwer.
Other Note:
See also the Campus Titles Database.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Biographical information
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical information
- Series 2: Student notes while at the University of Michigan --- 1946-1950
- Box 1
- Folder 2: Economics 51: Principles of Economics --- 1946
- Folder 3: Economics 52: Economic Analysis and Public Policy --- 1946
- Folder 4: Economics 101: Money and Credit --- 1946
- Folder 5: Economics 102: Money and Credit --- 1946
- Folder 6: Economics 121 & 122: Labor --- 1946
- Folder 7: Economics 122: "Workers' Education in the US" --- 1946
- Folder 8: Economics 131: Corporations --- 1946
- Folder 9: Economics 132: Industrial Competition and Monopoly --- 1947
- Folder 10: Economics 141: International Trade --- 1947
- Folder 11: Economics 163: American Economic Development --- 1946
- Folder 12: Economics 183: Federal Taxation --- 1950
- Folder 13: Economics 184: Fiscal Policy --- 1948
- Folder 14: Economics 196: Business Cycles --- 1950
- Folder 15: Paper: "Analysis of the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Act" --- 1947
- Series 3: Student notes and Doctoral Pursuit --- 1946-1953
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Economics 223: British Health Services, with class report --- 1950
- Folder 2: Economics 224: Labor Movements --- 1950
- Folder 3: Economics 226: Economics of Labor --- 1949
- Folder 4: Economics 251: National Income --- 1946
- Folder 5: Economics 254: Mathematical Economics --- 1950
- Folder 6: Economics 256: Economic Thought, and paper, "John Hobson, Economic Heretic" --- 1950
- Folder 7: Economics 259: Distribution Theory --- undated
- Folder 8: Economics 351: Macroeconomics --- 1951
- Folder 9: Economics 356: "Public Control of National Emergency Strikes" --- 1950
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous Economic literature --- undated
- Folder 11: Book review: J. M. Clark's "Social Control of Business" --- undated
- Folder 12: Problems and Practice Sets for Essentials of Accounting --- undated
- Folder 13: History 173: Constitutional History --- undated
- Folder 14: History 174: American History --- 1947
- Folder 15: Preliminary PhD exam --- 1951
- Folder 16: Discussion of thesis topic --- 1953
- Series 4: Lecture notes as teacher of economics on the college level --- 1949-1956
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Economics 51: Introduction to Economics --- 1951-52
- Folder 2: Economics 91: Consumers Economics --- 1956
- Folder 3: Lecture notes on Public Finance --- 1956
- Folder 4: Economics 101 & 102: Money and Banking (1) --- 1956
- Folder 5: Economics 101 & 102: Money and Banking (2) --- 1956
- Folder 6: Economics 101: Money and Credit --- undated
- Folder 7: Economics 209a: Introduction to Economics, also tests --- 1949
- Folder 8: Economics 209b: Applied Economics --- undated
- Folder 9: Economics 209c: Values --- undated
- Folder 10: Economics 326: Investments --- 1956
- Series 5: Teaching Materials --- 1940-1969
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Lecture notes on Economics 335: Public Control --- 1955
- Folder 2: Book reports submitted by economic students --- undated
- Folder 3: Notes and materials for economics course for "Upward Bound" --- 1968
- Folder 4: Plans for an Interim course, "TV Interim." Not given due to his final illness --- 1971
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous articles and programs
- Folder 6: The Christian and Literature --- undated
- Folder 7: Class of 1940 membership list --- 1940
- Folder 8: "Abraham Kuiper and Education"by S. Vander Weele --- undated
- Folder 9: Program for 1964 Bible Conference --- 1964
- Folder 10: Speech by Brouwer: "Economic Education in the Schools" --- 1969
- Folder 11: Parochial material --- 1969
- Folder 12: Education and Politics in 1963-1964: Position papers --- undated
- Folder 13: Labor Unions, Economics, and Unemployment --- 1948-1960
- Folder 14: Christianity and Labor --- 1942-1952
- Folder 15: Job Corps literature --- undated
- Folder 16: Poverty; youth --- undated
- Series 6: Miscellaneous material --- 1958-1971
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Elector's Suit: Challenging the Hanna-Brucker Plan. Petition by Calvin and Aquinas professors, including Brouwer --- 1964
- Folder 2: Michigan Conference of Concerned Democrats --- 1967
- Folder 3: National Election: E. McCarthy --- 1968
- Folder 4: Map of Grand Rapids on precincts --- 1970
- Folder 5: Vietnam: Synod, clippings, articles --- 1968
- Folder 6: Anti-ballistic missiles --- 1969
- Folder 7: Articles written by T. Brouwer
- Item 1: "Political Impact or Paralysis,"Reformed Journal --- 1968
- Item 2: "Poor People and the Economic System,"Reformed Journal --- 1968
- Item 3: "Trade Union Scandals,"Reformed Journal --- 1958
- Item 4: "Go Not in Peace,"Reformed Journal --- 1959
- Item 5: "A Calvinistic Social Ethic,"Calvin Forum --- 1958
- Item 6: "The Name that is You" --- 1971
- Folder 8: Chemical and Petroleum Industries --- 1958
- Folder 9: Chemical and Petroleum Industries, added in 1982 (found in the economics office files) --- undated
- Folder 10: Anti-trust materials --- undated