The Record of Silberling Forecasts and Investment Policy Since 1927,"

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: 1973 Sept..Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Silberling Financial Reports, 1919-1942Collection number: JL021Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by:Special Collections staffDate Completed:1973 Sept.Encoded by:Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Descriptive SummarySilberling Financial Reports, 1919-1942Special Collections JL021 Silberling, Norman J., 1892-1944. 1.5 linear ft. Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

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Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of Norman J. Silberling to the Jackson Library of Business, 1945. Transferred to Special Collections in 1979.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Silberling Financial Reports, JL021, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Norman John Silberling, a faculty member at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1935-1944), published weekly reports on the economy. In 1929 he organized Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd., which concentrated on financial counseling and forecasting.

1892Year of birth1914Graduated with A.B. from Harvard1915Received A.M. from Harvard1919Received Ph.D. from Harvard1920Instructor of Economics at Harvard1920-1921Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth1922-1929Associate Professor of Economics at University of California1926 MayBegins Publishing the weekly Silberling Reports1929-1930Professor of Economics at University of CaliforniaLate 1929Starts Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd.1930-1932Lecturer of Economics at University of California1931Becomes President of Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd.1935Lecturer in Business Economics at Stanford University1936-1938Acting Professor of Business Research at Stanford University1938-1944Professor of Business Research at Stanford University1944Year of DeathScope and Content

The collection includes copies of Silberling's reports (1926-1936); copies of his "Confidential Weekly Letters" (1937-1942); "Graphic Surveys of Industry and Finance" (1936-1942); and "Corporation Analyses" of leading corporations (1919-1933). Also included is a short report written by Silberling in 1938 on economic developments in the United states from 1927 to 1938.

Access TermsSilberling, Norman J., 1892-1944.Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd.Economic forecasting--United States.United States--Economic conditions--1920-Reports.Container List1Folder containing The Record of Silberling Forecasts and Investment Policy Since 1927," (until 1937) written by Norman J. Silberling himself.2Bound Silberling Reports #1-#87, 1926 May - 1928 Dec.3Bound Silberling Reports #88-#133, 1929 Jan. - Dec.4Bound Silberling Reports #134-#185, 1930 Jan. - Dec.5Bound Silberling Reports #186-#237, 1931 Jan. - Dec.6Silberling Reports #238-#315, 1932 Jan. - 1933 JuneIn looseleaf notebook7Silberling Reports, 1933 - 1936 JuneIn looseleaf notebook#337, 11/25/1933#339, 12/9/1933#346, 1/27/1934#351, 3/3/1934#355, 3/31/1934#356, 4/7/1934#364, 6/2/1934#368, 6/30/1934#369, 2/7/1934#373, 1/5/1935-#444, 1/11/19368Confidential Weekly Letters, 1937 Sept. - 1938 Dec.In looseleaf notebook9Confidential Weekly Letters, 1941In looseleaf notebook10Confidential Weekly Letters, 1942In looseleaf notebook11Graphic surveys of Industry and Finance, #1-#23 (5/23/1936 - 1/23/1942)In looseleaf notebook12Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd. Corporation Analyses , earning charts on 100 leading companies, 1919-1933

Includes listing of the 100 companies (both list and charts in alphabetical order) and full explanation of the charts and the resulting analysis.

13Silberling Research Corporation, Ltd. Corporation Analyses , "Comparison of Gross Earnings (of leading companies) with External Business Factors"

Includes about 50 corporations, in alphabetical order.