Register of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. Records
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Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. Records, 1969-1985
MSS 0148
Mandeville Special Collections Library
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Contact Information:
- Mandeville Special Collections Library 0175S
- UC, San Diego
- La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
- Phone: (858) 534-2533
- Fax: (858) 534-5950
- Email: spcoll@ucsd.edu
- Repository Website: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/
This file last updated: October 2003.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. Records,
Date (inclusive): 1969-1985
Collection number: MSS 0148
Creator:
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
Extent:
1.60 linear feet
(4 archives boxes)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD
Abstract: The records (1969-1985) of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies document the
Society's administrative and program activities for the promotion and support of
historical scholarship and research in Iberian history and related fields. The material
includes correspondence, conference programs and papers, meeting minutes, financial and
tax records, and a microfilm of six volumes of the Society's BULLETIN, 1969-1981. The material is arranged in three series:
1) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 2) ANNUAL
CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS and 3) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Researchers must first obtain permission in writing from the General Secretary of the
Society, whose name and address are listed in the current issue of the Bulletin.
Preferred Citation
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. Records, MSS 0148. Mandeville
Special Collections Library, UCSD.
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies was formally established at Wesleyan
University in Middletown, Connecticut, on April 19, 1969, during the Symposium on the
Spanish Republican Emigration of 1939. This symposium was organized by Clara E. Lida
(Wesleyan University), Carlos Blanco Aguinaga (University of California, San Diego),
Edward Malefakis (Northwestern University), Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz (New York
University), and Iris M. Zavala (State University of New York, Stony Brook). At a meeting
composed of historians and public attendees, the group voted to establish a Society with
the mission of promoting historical scholarship and research in Iberian history and
related fields. The members of the organizing committee became the Society's first
Executive Council for 1969-1970 and voted to add two more members, Thomas Glick
(University of Texas, Austin), and Juan Marichal (Harvard University). Thomas Glick was
editor of the NEWSLETTER (later re-named the BULLETIN), the Society's publication, and
Clara E. Lida was the first General Secretary.
The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies establishes awards for outstanding work in
the field and holds an annual conference in the spring. Since 1978, the Society has
occasionally held panel discussions at the annual meeting of the American Historical
Association.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The records (1969-1985) of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
document fifteen years of the professional organization's activities and include
correspondence, conference programs and papers, meeting minutes, financial and tax
records, and a microfilm of six volumes of the Society's BULLETIN, 1969-1981. The records
span the period 1969-1985, occupy 1.6 linear feet and are arranged in three series: 1)
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 2) ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS and 3) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL.
SERIES 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
The CORRESPONDENCE is arranged chronologically and reflects the administrative concerns
of a professional association including membership, funding sources and program planning.
The majority of letters are by the Society's officers during this period--Douglas W.
Foard, Ellen G. Friedmann, Carla Lida, Marvin Lunenfield, Carla R. Phillips, David
Ringrose, Joan C. Ullman, and Douglas Wheeler--in contact with their colleagues, and the
Society's members, regarding conference attendance, travel plans, program topics, and
funding sources. There are also letters from, among others, Julio Caro Baroja, Raymond
Carr, J.H. Elliott, Gabriel Jackson, Juan Linz, Stanley Payne, and Pierre Vilar.
Correspondence is also found in SERIES 2.
SERIES 2: ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
Arranged chronologically, the CONFERENCE series contains draft and final programs,
correspondence regarding topics, speakers, venues, funding, and occasional typescript
copies of papers presented at the annual conferences held each spring. As an affiliate of
the American Historical Association, the Society also held meetings, social gatherings or
presented panel discussions at the winter meetings of the American Historical
Association. Material from these sessions is filed prior to the Society's spring
conference.
SERIES 3: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
This series contains the Society's constitution and minutes of the first meeting, a news
release, promotional and reference material, financial and tax status documents and a
microfilm of the Society's BULLETIN, (originally NEWSLETTER), 1969-1981. It is arranged
alphabetically by topic.
Collection Contents
ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
Box 3, Folder 5
1970. First Annual Conference, April 18-19. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, .
Additional Note
Program, promotional material, list of registrants, budget, and correspondence. Includes
typescripts of some Conference papers.
Box 3, Folder 6
1971. Second Annual Conference, April 17-18. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, .
Additional Note
Program, promotional material, expense report, and correspondence. Includes list of
sources on Spanish history held by institutions in France and typescripts of some
conference papers.
Box 3, Folder 7
1972. Third Annual Conference, April 22-23. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, .
Additional Note
Expense report and typescripts for some conference papers.
Box 3, Folder 8
1973. Fourth Annual Conference, April 7-8. The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, .
Additional Note
Program and correspondence, 1969-1973. Includes the March 15, 1973, issue of the
Society's NEWSLETTER (later BULLETIN) and the "Secretary's Report."
Box 3, Folder 9
1974. Fifth Annual Conference, March 22-24. University of California, San Diego, .
Additional Note
Program and correspondence, 1972-1973. Includes "Comments" by Susan Schneider on some of
the papers presented. Also includes "Old Christian Merchants and the Foundation of the
Brazil Company, 1649," by David Grant Smith.
Box 3, Folder 10
1975. Sixth Annual Conference, April 11-12. City University of New York, .
Additional Note
Program and correspondence, 1974.
Box 3, Folder 11
1976. Seventh Annual Conference, April 9-11. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, .
Additional Note
Program only.
Box 3, Folder 12
1977. Eighth Annual Conference, March 25-26. University of Kentucky, Lexington, .
Additional Note
Draft program, information on panel topics and panelists, list of registrants and
correspondence, 1976-1977.
Box 4, Folder 1
1978. American Historical Association Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies panel: "Clandestineness and Secret
Cells in the Spanish Anarchist Movement, 1868-1937," correspondence only.
Box 4, Folder 2
1978. Ninth Annual Conference, March 31-April 1. The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, .
Additional Note
Program, correspondence 1977-1978, minutes of business meetings. Includes typescript of
"Canovas del Castillo and the Count-Duke of Olivares," by D.R. Headrick.
Box 4, Folder 3
1979. American Historical Association. Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Reception. Correspondence only.
Box 4, Folder 4
1979. Tenth Annual Conference, March 24-25. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, .
Additional Note
List of registrants, minutes of business meeting and correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 5
1980. American Historical Association. Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies panel: "The Spanish Civil War: The
International Impact." Correspondence only.
Box 4, Folder 6
1980. Eleventh Annual Conference, April 11-12. The Spanish Institute, New York, .
Additional Note
Program, list of registrants and correspondence, 1979.
Box 4, Folder 7
1981. American Historical Association. Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies panel: "Political Economy of Urban
Elites in Early Modern Spain." Correspondence only, 1981.
Box 4, Folder 8
1981. Twelfth Annual Conference, April 24-25. Toronto, Canada, .
Additional Note
Program and correspondence, 1980-1981.
Box 4, Folder 9
1982. American Historical Association. Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Reception. Correspondence only, 1982.
Box 4, Folder 10
1982. Thirteenth Annual Conference, April 16-18. University of California, Berkeley, .
Additional Note
Preliminary program and correspondence, 1980-1983.
Box 4, Folder 11
1983. Fourteenth Annual Conference, April 22-24. Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, .
Additional Note
Program, minutes of business meeting and NOTICIAS DE ESPANA, number 5, April 1-15, 1983.
Box 4, Folder 12
1984. American Historical Association. Annual Convention, .
Additional Note
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies panel: "The Future of Spanish and
Portuguese Historical Studies in the United States." Correspondence, 1984-1985 and
outline notes.
Box 4, Folder 13
1984. Fifteenth Annual Conference, April 6-8. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, .
Additional Note
Program, agenda and notes for business meeting and correspondence, 1983-1984. Includes
"The Real Crisis in Iberian Historical Studies: By 2004 Will There Be a New Generation of
Trained Modern Specialists in the Classroom?" by Douglas L. Wheeler, General Secretary of
the Society, address given at the business meeting.
Box 4, Folder 14
Accountants' Report, December 31, 1971.
Additional Note
Prepared by Abrams, Meresman and Company.
Box 4, Folder 15
Articles of Incorporation, Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Inc, 1980.
Additional Note
Includes "Certificate to Resolutions and Security Agreement Governing Bank Account for
Unincorporated Associations," "Notification Concerning Foundation Status," and
correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 16
BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE HISTORICAL STUDIES, .
Additional Note
Volumes 1-6, December 1969 -June 1981. One microfilm roll. Includes typescript index to
volume 4, price information, editorial guidelines, style sheet, and lists of expenses
1970-1972.
Box 4, Folder 17
Constitution, 1969.
Additional Note
[?] Typescript copy of the Society's constitution and "Minutes of the Meeting Held on
April 19, 1969," recording it's founding. Also includes typescript of proposed revisions
to the constitution proposed at the 1979 Conference.
Box 4, Folder 18
Income tax returns, 1974 -1975.
Additional Note
Includes correspondence.
Box 4, Folder 19
Miscellaneous reference material, 1969 -1972.
Additional Note
Information about other historical associations and societies. Includes the "Report on
the Spanish Newspaper Project, 1966-1970 issued by the Hispanic Foundation at the Library
of Congress, April 1970.
Box 4, Folder 20
News Release, April 10, 1969.
Additional Note
Typescript. Includes typescript drafts and photocopies of announcements about the Society
published in the NEWSLETTER of the American Historical Association and HISPANIA, HISPANIC
AMEICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, and RUEDO IBERICO in 1972.
Box 4, Folder 21
Non-Profit Status Data and Applications, 1972 -1982.
Additional Note
Exemption application, supporting documentation, Internal Revenue Service forms, and
correspondence.
