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Collection Title: Leslie Lipson papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-2000
Date (bulk): 1970-1997
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/205
c
Creators :
Lipson, Leslie, 1912-2000
Extent:
Number of containers: 7 cartons.
Linear feet: 8.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Leslie Lipson Papers consist of speeches, writings, lecture
notes, subject files and other materials, primarily documenting his career at University of
California, Berkeley.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite
and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Leslie Lipson Papers, BANC MSS 2002/205 c, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Lipson, Leslie,
1912-2000--Archives
University of California,
Berkeley. Dept. of Political Science
Faculty papers.
The Leslie Lipson Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by David R. Lipson on
December 13, 2001.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Preethi Balakrishnan. Completed in July 2003.
Leslie Michael Lipson was born in London, England on November 14, 1912. He attended St.
Paul's School in London and went on to Balliol College, Oxford University, on a classical
scholarship. He graduated with First Class Honors in Classical Moderations and Litterae
Humaniores ("Greats"). He was granted a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship to study political
science at the University of Chicago where he earned his doctorate. His Ph.D. dissertation
was published as, The American Governor: From Figurehead to Leader, by the University of
Chicago Press in 1939.
He taught at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand from 1939 to 1946. He returned
to the United States, teaching at Swarthmore College from 1947-1949. In 1950, he moved to
the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught political science for more than 30
years. He was also a visiting professor at Columbia, Stanford and Oxford Universities, and
the Universities of Hawaii, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Copenhagen.
Lipson was a member of the American and International Political Science Associations and
many other organizations. In addition to his academic pursuits, he wrote papers for the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He became nationally known for his 13 years of
participation in the PBS television program "World Press," on which he reported on the press
of Great Britain. After his retirement from Berkeley, he taught and was the academic advisor
for the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco.
He wrote several books, including The Great Issues of Politics (1954) and The Democratic
Civilization (1964). Both books have been reprinted in numerous editions and translated into
many languages. His final scholarly book was The Ethical Crises of Civilizatioin: Moral
Meltdown or Advance? His last book was Not Yet the Yeti: Rhymes for the Times. He also wrote
articles that were published in the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Dictionary of Social
Sciences, the American Political Science Review, The Political Quarterly and The Journal of
Politics, among others.
Lipson received the Berkeley Citation in recognition of his excellence in teaching and
scholarship. The Lipson Prize is awarded to Berkeley undergraduates, who undertake summer
research projects directed towards humanistic values and their implementation.
His first wife, Elizabeth Monroe Drews, was a professor of at Portland State University.
After her death, he married Helen Fruchtman. He had one son, David R. Lipson. Leslie Lipson
died on August 11, 2000.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Leslie Lipson Papers consist of speeches, writings, lecture notes, subject files and
other materials, primarily documenting his career at University of California, Berkeley. The
collection has been divided into six series: Lectures; Writings; Course Materials;
Organizations; Subject Files; and Personalia.