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Call Number: SC0339
Creator:
Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham), 1911-2002
Title: Gabriel A. Almond papers
Dates: 1939-2002
Physical Description:
29 linear feet (38 boxes)
Summary: The papers include correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, conference materials, and other items pertaining to Almond's
academic career, 1964-1986; organizations represented include the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Political
Science Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Social Science Research Council. Later additions to the papers
include correspondence, 1964-2001; manuscripts, typescripts and reprints, 1946-1986; and lecture notes and research files.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Gabriel Almond, 1986, and the estate of Gabriel Almond, 2002-2003.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Gabriel A. Almond Papers (SC0339). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Gabriel Almond received his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. (1938) degrees from the University of Chicago, and taught at Yale
(1949-1951, 1959-1963) and Princeton (1951-1959), before joining the Stanford faculty as executive head of the Department
of Political Science in 1963. The following year he became chairman of the executive committee of the Institute of Political
Studies, and became professor emeritus in 1976. A distinguished internationalist, he taught at universities in Japan and Brazil,
and in 1972-1973 he was an overseas fellow at Cambridge University. In 1965-1966 he was president of the American Political
Science Association. During his career he was a frequent consultant to the Department of State and other policy-making bodies
of the government.
Papers in the first accession (accession 1986-047) accession include correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, conference
materials, and other papers pertaining to his academic career, 1964-1986; organizations represented include the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the American Political Science Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Social Science
Research Council. Papers in the 2002-254 accession include correspondence, 1939-1961, and 1984-2001; lecture notes from the
1970s-1980s; a small group of speeches, 1964-1991; and correspondence, papers and other materials from a project on fundamentalism,
sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1987-1997. Papers in the 2003-017 accession (1946-1985) include correspondence,
text of talks and articles, publication contracts and accounts, reprints and book reviews, research files, and other materials.
Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham), 1911-2002
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
American Political Science Association.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
Social Science Research Council (U.S.).
Stanford University. Dept. of Political Science--Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of Political Science.
Political science--Study and teaching