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Title: Eleanor Bisbee Papers
Dates: 1891-1956
Collection Number: 56018
Creator: Bisbee, Eleanor.
Collection Size:
18 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 envelopes
(8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection relates to the history of the government of Turkey in the twentieth century, U.S.-Turkish relations, and Eleanor
Bisbee's book
The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951). It consists of correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, memoranda, notes,
pamphlets, press summaries, clippings, maps, and photographs and includes original writings by Eleanor Bisbee as well as translations
of writings by Resat Güntekin, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Yakup Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emin Yalman, the Milli Partisi, and an interview
with Kemal Atatürk, 1922.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English,
Turkish, and
French
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Eleanor Bisbee Papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1956.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Photographs have been separated to the Photograph Collection.
Hidayet Dagdeviren collection, Hoover Institution Archives
Christina Phelps Harris papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Tarik Zafer Tunaya typescript, Hoover Institution Archives
Ahmet Emin Yalman papers, Hoover Institution Archives
| July 22, 1893 | Born, Beverly, New Jersey |
| 1915 | AB, Tufts College |
| 1929 | PhD in philosophy, University of Cincinnati |
| 1930-1931 | Assistant professor of philosophy and civilization; acting head of department of philosophy, University of Cincinnati |
| 1931-circa 1942 | Professor of philosophy at Robert College and the American College for Girls, Istanbul |
| 1942 | Returned to the United States |
| 1946 | Author, The People of Turkey (East and West Association) |
| 1951 | Author, The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press) |
| 1952 | Research associate for Turkish collections at the Hoover Institution |
| April 18, 1956 | Died, Palo Alto, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection relates to the history of the government of Turkey in the twentieth century, U.S.-Turkish relations, and Eleanor
Bisbee's book
The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951). It consists of correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, memoranda, notes,
pamphlets, press summaries, clippings, maps, and photographs; and includes original writings by Eleanor Bisbee as well as
translations of writings by Resat Güntekin, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Yakup Karaosmanoglu, Ahmet Emin Yalman, the Milli Partisi,
and an interview with Kemal Atatürk, 1922.
The
Correspondence is arranged in four groups according to original order. Although there is some overlap between the alphabetical correspondence
and the correspondence regarding Turkish materials at the Hoover Institution, the latter focuses almost exclusively on Bisbee's
work as a research associate and her knowledge of Turkish library materials.
The research materials in
The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 file
consist largely of clippings and printed matter on Turkish history, politics, geography, economy, and foreign relations.
Especially interesting is the coverage of Turkey's 1950 elections, with more information on this topic in the
Press summaries series.
Almost all of the drafts that are included in the papers are carbon copies of typescripts and include holographic notes and
edits. Additionally, the researcher should be aware that not all drafts are complete.
Similarly, many of the drafts of Yalman's
Turkey in My Time in the
Translations and edited works series are incomplete working drafts. Some bear the title "I Have a Story to Tell," which was changed to "Turkey in My Time"
for publication. Translations of other notable Turkish works are included in this series.
Due in part to Bisbee's close collaboration with a number of individuals in regards to her writings and research on Turkish
affairs, her papers include notes and writings by others, namely Kerim K. Key and Christina P. Harris. Only complete works
were included in the
Speeches and writings by others series; the remaining notes and writings remain in context throughout the collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Turkey--History--1918-1960.
Turkey--Politics and government--1918-1960.
Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938.
Güntekin, Resat Nuri, 1889-1956.
Hisar, Abdülhak Sinasi, 1888-1963.
Karaosmanoglu, Yakup Kadri, 1889-1974.
Yalman, Ahmet Emin, 1889-.