This collection contains records created and compiled by Frank Stockton, a professor of economics and the first dean of the School of Business at the University of Kansas (KU) from 1924 to 1947. Stockton was also the first dean of University Extension at KU from 1947 to 1953 as well as a member of a variety of economic committees at the local, state, and national level. The majority of the records reflect his work at KU and as a member of these committees.

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