William Moskoff Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into three series: Eastern Europe Research Files, Women - Work and Athletics Research Files, and Courses Taught. Series I and Series II contain research notes, data and survey results, bibliographies, manuscripts, and correspondence. Series III primarily contains syllabi, with some notes, correspondence, and assignment prompts.
Series I: Eastern Europe Research Files, 1958-1979 contains material related to the economy of Eastern Europe, primarily Romania and the former Soviet Union. Materials include research notes, data and survey results, bibliographies, manuscripts, and correspondence. Also includes material related to Moskoff’s doctoral dissertation on the leather footwear industry of the Soviet Union. Arranged alphabetically.
Series II: Women - Work and Athletics Research Files, 1966-1980 contains material related to the economic, social, and legal status of women, primarily women’s experiences in the work force and athletics. Materials include research notes, data and survey results, bibliographies, manuscripts, and correspondence. Arranged alphabetically.
Series III: Courses Taught, 1972-1979 contains material related to courses taught by Moskoff. It primarily contains syllabi, with some notes, correspondence, and assignment prompts. Arranged chronologically according to course term.
Dates
- 1958-1980
Creator
- Moskoff, William (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS).
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.
Biography
William Moskoff was born April 24, 1940 in New York City, New York. He received his B.A. in Economics from Hunter College in New York City in 1962. In 1965 he received his M.A. in Economics and a certificate in Russian Area Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by his Ph.D in Economics in 1970. More recently, Moskoff received his M.S. in Biology specializing in ornithology from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Moskoff began his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Economics at St. Norbert’s College from 1965-1970, after which he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Lake Forest College from 1970-1972. In 1972 Moskoff joined Sangamon State University as an Associate Professor of Economics. He returned to Lake Forest College in 1983 as its chair of the Department of Economics and Business, where he remained until his retirement in 2001.
Moskoff’s research focused on the economy of the former Soviet Union, on which he has written multiple books including ‘The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR During World War Two,’ (1990) and ‘Hard Times: Impoverishment and Protest in the Perestroika Years,’ (1993). In 1976, he studied in Romania as a recipient of a Senior Fulbright Research Grant.
Extent
1.33 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Transferred to the UIS Archives by William Moskoff on October 25, 1985.
Property Rights
UIS owns the property rights to this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed in February 2025.
Creator
- Moskoff, William (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the William Moskoff Papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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