Compilations of graduate courses in all fields were published by a Committee of the Graduate Club of Harvard in cooperation with committees of similar clubs at other universities for the last six academic years of the 19th century:
1893-94 edition
1894-95 edition
1895-96 edition
1896-97 edition
1897-98 edition
1898-99 edition
After the sixth edition for 1898-99, the “The publication of the compendium of graduate courses has, for the present at least, been abandoned. This decision was made by the convention after hearing the report of a very careful investigation of the subject by a special committee appointed at the convention of 1897. It was shown that the very
limited number of copies of the Handbook sold did not warrant the continuance of such an expensive publication.” 1899-1900 edition, pp. 3-4.
Here I have selected the course listings from the 1893-94 edition, pp. 47-49. I’ve checked the course listings for Chicago and found they correspond to the course offerings for 1892-93, hence I put “ca.” in the title to this posting. I have rearranged the order to approximate matching course content across the universities.
The cells in the table provide the following information:
- Instructor
- Course title
- Hours per week, Weeks per course, Usual months offered.
An asterisk means the course in question was also open to undergraduates.
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Chicago |
Columbia |
Harvard |
| A. C. Miller Princip. pol econ. 5, 24, Jul.-D. |
Richmond Mayo-Smith Histor. and pract. pol. econ. 3, 30 |
F. W. Taussig Econom. theory from Adam Smith till present. 3, 31. |
| A. C. Miller Adv. pol. econ. 5, 12, Ja.-Mr. |
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| William Caldwell Descrip. pol. econ. 4, 12, Ja.-Mr. |
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| J. Laurence Laughlin Hist. pol. econ. 4, 12, A.-Ju. |
W. J. Ashley El. econm. opinion, down to Adam Smith* |
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| William Caldwell Hist. pol. econ. 4, 24, Ja.-Ju. |
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| William Caldwell Scope and method pol. econ. 4, 12, A.-Ju. |
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| Laughlin Money and pract. Economics. 4, 24, O.-Mr. |
C. F. Dunbar Banking and hist. of B.* 3, 15, F.-My. |
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| Dr. G. E. Hill Banking. 4, 12. |
C. F. Dunbar Internat. paymts. and flow of precious metals.* 3, 16, O.-Ja. |
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| A. C. Miller Finance. 4, 12, O.-D. |
E. R. A. Seligman Science of finance. 2, 30. |
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| A. C. Miller Financ. hist. U.S. 4, 12, A.-Ju. |
E. R. A. Seligman Financ. hist. U.S. 2, 14, F.-My. |
C. F. Dunbar Hist. finance legis. in U.S.* 3, 16, O.-Ja. |
| Dr. G. E. Hill Railway transportation. 4, 24, O.-Mr. |
E. R. A. Seligman Railroad probs. 2, 16, O.-Ja. |
F. W. Taussig Railway transport. 3, 16, O.-Ja. |
| Dr. G. E. Hill Indust. and econ. hist. 4, 24, Ja.-Ju. |
W. J. Ashley Dev. of land-tenures, agrarian condition in Europe.* 1, 31. |
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| William Caldwell Econ. factors in civilize. 4, 12. |
C. B. Spahr Distrib. Am. Wealth. 1, 30. |
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| Edward Cummings Principles of social.; Dev. of mod. state and its soc. functs.* 2,31. |
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| Dr. G. E. Hill Tariff hist. U.S. 4, 12, A. –Ju. |
F. W. Taussig Hist. tariff legis. U.S. 2-3, 15, F.-My. |
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| E. W. Bemis Social economics. 4, 12, A.-Ju. |
F. H. Giddings Sociology. 2, 16, O.-Ja. |
Edward Cummings Soc. and econom. cond. of working-men.* 3, 31. |
| William Caldwell Social econ., soc. reforms. 4, 12, Jul.-S. |
F. H. Giddings Origins of family, clan, tribe. 2, 14, O.-Ja. |
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| F. H. Giddings Crime and penology. 2, 14, F.-My. |
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| T. B. Veblen Socialism. 4, 24, Ja.-Ju. |
Richmond Mayo-Smith Communistic and socialist. Theories 2,30. |
Edward Cummings Ideal soc. reconstr. from Plato to pres.* 1-2, 31. |
| T. B. Veblen Am. agriculture. 4, 12, O.-D. |
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| Dr. J. A. Hourwich Statistics (el.). 4, 12, O.-D. |
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| Dr. J. A. Hourwich Statistics (adv.). 4, 12, Ja-Mr. |
Richmond Mayo-Smith Statistical sci. 2, 30. |
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| Laughlin Econom. sem. 4, 30, O.-Ju. |
Richmond Mayo-Smith Sem. in pol. econ. and soc. sci. |
All instructors Seminary in economics. 1,31. |
| A. C. Miller Sem. in finance. 4, 36, O.-Ju. |