This collection includes general and editorial correspondence, manuscripts and publications of significant works, research material, teaching material, national and international professional contributions, and information about Yale's Labor and Management Center. Correspondence, subject files, note cards, lecture notes, and publications of economist E. Wight Bakke. Among the topics covered in this collection are: the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, including correspondence on the founding of the school; manuscripts, reviews, and correspondence of or about Bakke's many publications; the Yale Labor and Management Center; reports on the graduate education of women at Yale; Bakke's teaching materials; articles by Bakke on industrial relations, management, manpower policy, organizational behavior, and student movements; and minutes and reports from task forces, professional boards, and committees, including the National Manpower Policy Task Force and the New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).