Register of the Van Alstyne (Richard W.) Papers, 1932-1982

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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.



Register of the Van Alstyne (Richard W.) Papers, 1932-1982

Collection number: Mss219

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

  • Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
  • University Library, University of the Pacific
  • Stockton, CA 95211
  • Phone: (209) 946-2404
  • Fax: (209) 946-2810
  • URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
Processed by:
Don Walker
Date Completed:
October 1998
Encoded by:
Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Van Alstyne (Richard W.) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1932-1982
Collection number: Mss219
Creator: Richard W. Van Alstyne
Extent: 7.5 linear ft.
Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Van Alstyne (Richard W.) Papers, Mss219, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Access Points

personal name

Van Alstyne, Richard W. (1900-1983)

personal name

Beard, Charles

personal name

Billington, Ray Allen

personal name

Lodge, Henry Cabot

personal name

Morgenthau, Hans

personal name

Pomeroy, Earl

personal name

Nevins, Allen

personal name

Tuchman, Barbara

subject

Historians -United States -Correspondence

subject

Diplomacy -United States -History

subject

Nationalism -United States -History

subject

Historians -California

subject

History -Study and teaching -California

corporate name

University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.) -Curricula

Biography

Following receipt of a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University (1928), Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983) taught for seventeen years at Chico State University. In 1945 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California, where he taught for twenty more years. After a year-long fellowship at the Huntington Library, Van Alstyne came to the University of the Pacific as Distinguished Professor of History, a post he held until his death. Long recognized as a leading scholar in the field of American Diplomatic History, Van Alstyne also maintained a keen interest in the development of American Nationalism. His principal works include: "American Diplomacy in Action" (1944); "American Crisis Diplomacy" (1952); "The Rising American Empire" (1960); "Empire and Independence" (1965); and, "The Genesis of American Nationalism" (1970).

Scope and Content

The Van Alstyne Papers contain correspondence (1932-1982); book, article and review manuscripts; samples of lectures and other teaching materials; and, memorabilia. Van Alstyne's correspondants include: Charles Beard; Ray Allen Billington; Henry Cabot Lodge; Hans Morgenthau; Earl Pomeroy; Abraham Nasatir; Allan Nevins; Barbara Tuchman and many other distinguished American historians.

 

Box 1: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS; CORRESPONDENCE, 1932-1946/53 (letter O)

 

1.1: Biographical Materials

 

1.2: Correspondence/Personal and Family

 

1.3: Correspondence/General, 1932-1945

 

1.4: Do. #2, 1932-1945

 

1.5: Do. #3, 1932-1945

 

1.6: Do. #4, 1932-1945

 

1.7: Do. #5, 1932-1945

 

1.8: Do. #6, 1932-1945

 

1.9: Correspondence/General (A-F), 1946-1953

 

1.10: Correspondence/General (G-J), 1946-1953

 

1.11: Correspondence/General (K-L), 1946-1953

 

1.12: Correspondence/General (M-O), 1946-1953

 

Box 2: CORRESPONDENCE, 1946-53 (P) -1953/56

 

2.1: Correspondence/General, 1946-1953 (P)

 

2.2: Correspondence/General, 1946-1953 (Q-R)

 

2.3: Correspondence/General, 1946-1953 (S)

 

2.4: Correspondence/General, 1946-1953 (T-V)

 

2.5: Correspondence/General, 1946-1953 (W-Z)

 

2.6: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (A-B)

 

2.7: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (C-D)

 

2.8: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (F-G)

 

2.9: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (H-L)

 

2.10: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (M)

 

2.11: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (N-R)

 

2.12: Correspondence/General, 1953-1956 (S-Z)

 

Box 3: CORRESPONDENCE, 1956/58 (A) -1958/61 (G)

 

3.1 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (A-C)

 

3.2 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (D-H)

 

3.3 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (I-J)

 

3.4 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (K-L)

 

3.5 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (M-P)

 

3.6 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (Q-S)

 

3.7 Correspondence/General, 1956-1958 (T-Z)

 

3.8 Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (A-B)

 

3.9 Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (C-F)

 

3.10 Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (G)

 

Box 4: CORRESPONDENCE, 1958/61 (H) - 1962/63 (Q)

 

4.1: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (H-K)

 

4.4: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (L-N)

 

4.3: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (O-R)

 

4.4: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (S-Z)

 

4.5: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (year in England)

 

4.6: Correspondence/General, 1958-1961 (year in England)

 

4.7: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (A)

 

4.8: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (B-C)

 

4.9: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (D-G)

 

4.10: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (H-K)

 

4.11: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (M)

 

4.12: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (N-Q)

 

Box 5: CORRESPONDENCE, 1962/63 (R) -1965/70 (B)

 

5.1: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (R-S)

 

5.2: Correspondence/General, 1962-1963 (T-Z)

 

5.3: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (research in French archives)

 

5.4: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (A)

 

5.5: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (B-C)

 

5.6: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (D-G)

 

5.7: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (H-L)

 

5.8: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (M-Q)

 

5.9: Correspondence/General, 1964-1965 (R-Z)

 

5.10: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (A-B)

 

Box 6: CORRESPONDENCE, 1965/70 (C) - 1965/70 (U)

 

6.1: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (C)

 

6.2: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (D-F)

 

6.3: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (G-H)

 

6.4: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (I-L)

 

6.5: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (M)

 

6.6: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (N-P)

 

6.7: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (P)

 

6.8: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (Q-R)

 

6.9: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (S)

 

6.10: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (T-U)

 

Box 7: CORRESPONDENCE, 1965/70 (V) - 1975/78 (P)

 

7.1: Correspondence/General, 1965-1970 (V-Z)

 

7.2: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (A-B)

 

7.3: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (C)

 

7.4: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (D-G)

 

7.5: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (H-K)

 

7.6: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (L-P)

 

7.7: Correspondence/General, 1971-1974 (Q-Z)

 

7.8: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (A-B)

 

7.9: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (C)

 

7.10: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (D-G)

 

7.11: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (H-L)

 

7.12: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (M-P)

 

Box 8: CORRESPONDENCE, 1975/78 (Q) - PUBLISHERS: STANFORD U. #1

 

8.1: Correspondence/General, 1975-1978 (Q-Z)

 

8.2: Correspondence/General, 1979-1983 (A-C)

 

8.3: Correspondence/General, 1979-1983 (D-H)

 

8.4: Correspondence/General, 1979-1983 (I-M)

 

8.5: Correspondence/General, 1979-1983 (N-T)

 

8.6: Correspondence/General, 1979-1983 (U-Z)

 

8.7: Correspondence/Editorial Work-Reference for MVHR, 1949-1952

 

8.8: Correspondence/Publishers (Stanford U. Press - American Diplomacy in Action)

 

Box 9: PUBLISHERS: STANFORD U. #2 - U. of WISCONSIN

 

9.1: Correspondence/Publishers (Stanford U. Press - American Crisis Diplomacy)

 

9.2: Correspondence/Publishers (Blackwell, Oxford, Quadrangle - Rising American Empire)

 

9.3: Correspondence/Publishers (Blackwell, Oxford, Quadrangle - Rising American Empire)

 

9.4: Correspondence/Publishers (Blackwell, Oxford, Quadrangle - Rising American Empire)

 

9.5: Correspondence/Publishers (Wiley - Empire and Independence)

 

9.6: Correspondence/Publishers (Wiley - Empire and Independence)

 

9.7: Correspondence/Publishers (Macmillan - American Diplomacy in Action, Withdrawn; and Mexican War Book, not completed)

 

9.8: Correspondence/Publishers (Misc. - A.H.M. Publ. - University of Oklahoma Press)

 

9.9: Correspondence/Publishers (Misc. - Pacific Books - University of Wisconsin Press)

 

Box 10: PUBLISHERS: BLAISDELL - WRITINGS: Empire & Independence

 

10.1 Correspondence/Publishers (Blaisdell, Ginn, Xerox - Genesis of American Nationalism)

 

10.2 Correspondence/Publishers (Blaisdell, Ginn, Xerox - Genesis of Ameican Nationalism)

 

10.3 Correspondence/Publishers (Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)

 

10.4 Correspondence/Publishers (La Nuova Italia Editrice)

 

10.5 Correspondence/Business and Financial Affairs

 

10.6 Writings/Manuscript - Genesis of American Nationalism, Part I

 

10.7 Writings/Manuscript - Genesis of American Nationalism, Part II

 

10.8 Writings/Manuscript - Genesis of American Nationalism, Part III

 

10.9 Writings/Manuscript - Empire and Independence, Preface-Chap. II

 

10.10 Writings/Manuscript - "Empire and Independence," Chap. III-VI

 

Box 11: WRITINGS: "EMPIRE & INDEPENDENCE"; MISC. MANUSCRIPTS

 

11.1 Writings/Manuscript - "Empire and Independence," Chapt. VII-Bibliographical Essay

 

11.2 Writings/Manuscript - Encyclopedia Articles, 1946-1959

 

11.3 Writings/Manuscript - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles, 1974-1976

 

11.4 Writings/Manuscript - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles, 1976-1979

 

11.5 Writings/Manuscript #1

 

a-"Greece: A Study in American Postwar Responsibilities"

 

b-"Whiter Palestine"

 

11.6 Writings/Manuscript #2

 

a-"The United States and Saudi Arabia"

 

b-"Manchuria: Asiatic Tinderbox"

 

c-"Great Britain: Flagship of European Recovery"

 

d-"History of the North Atlantic Treaty"

 

e-"The White Paper and the China Problem"

 

f-"The United States and Russia in the World War II"

 

11.7 Writings/Manuscript #3

 

a-"Japan and the United States: Immediate Origins of the War, 1941"

 

b-"The Aftermath of the Second World War"

 

c-"Prefact to Canada"

 

d-"From Wilson to F.D.R.: A Cycle in American Diplomacy"

 

e-"Great Britain and Latin America"

 

f-"Canada, 1763-1840"

 

g-"World War I and Its Aftermath"

 

11.8 Writings/Manuscript #4

 

a-"American Nationalism and Its Mythology"

 

b-"Europe, the Rockingham Whigs, and the War for Independence"

 

c-"NATO: What It Is And How It Started"

 

d-"Revolution and Patriotism in America, 1765-1775"

 

11.9 Writings/Manuscript #5

 

a-"Parliamentary Supremacy Versus Independence"

 

b-"Great BritaIn, the War for Independence, and the Gathering Storm in Europe, 1775- 1778"

 

11.10 Writings/Manuscript #6

 

a-"Thomas Walpole's Letters to the Duke of Grafton on American Affairs, 1776-1778"

 

b-"The Vietnam War in Historical Perspective"

 

c-"The United States and the Chinese Revolution, 1949-1972"

 

d-"The Panama Canal: A Classic Case of Imperial Hangover"

 

Box 12: BOOK REVIEWS; NOTES: "GENESIS OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM"

 

12.1 1932-1945

 

12.2 1946-1952

 

12.3 1953-1966

 

12.4 1968-1980

 

12.5 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

12.6 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

12.7 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

12.8 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

12.9 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

12.10 Writings/Research Notes - "Genesis of American Nationalism"

 

Box 13 : RESEARCH NOTES: BRITISH & AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT SOURCES

 

13.1 Writings/Research Notes - British Manuscript Sources

 

13.2 Writings/Research Notes - British Manuscript Sources

 

13.3 Writings/Research Notes - British Manuscript Sources

 

13.4 Writings/Research Notes - Printed Sources, British & American (Revolutionary War)

 

13.5 Writings/Research Notes - Printed Sources, British & American (Revolutionary War)

 

13.6 Writings/Research Notes - American Manuscript Sources (Revolutionary War)

 

13.7 Writings/Research Notes - Summaries from British Foreign Office Corresp. re Mexico, 1825-1862

 

13.8 Writings/Research Notes - Summaries from British Foreign Office Corresp. re Mexico, 1825-1862

 

Box 14: REVIEWS OF VAN ALSTYNE PUBLICATIONS; GUEST LECTURES

 

14.1 "American Diplomacy in Action" (prepublication)

 

14.2 "American Diplomacy in Action" (prepublication)

 

14.3 "American Diplomacy in Action" (prepublication)

 

14.4 "American Diplomacy in Action" (prepublication)

 

14.5 "American Diplomacy in Action;" "RisingAmerican Empire;" Empire & Independence"

 

14.6 Guest Lectures and Remarks #1

 

a-"Sectionalism and Middle Western Isolationism in Foreign Policy"

 

b-"Remarks on the East Indies as Focus of Colonial Policy"

 

c-"Discussion-American Entry into World War I"

 

d-"Discussion-The Middle West and the coming of Two World Wars"

 

e-"Commentary on American Foreign Relations"

 

f-"Imperialism"

 

g-"The Professional Historian"

 

14.7 Guest Lectures and Remarks #2

 

a-"Commentary on American Nationalism: An Interpretive Essay by Hans Kohn"

 

b-"The American Revolution in World Perspective"

 

c-"The Emergence of Anglo-American Friendship"

 

d-"World War I and the First Revolution in American Foreign Policy"

 

e-"The Versailles Treaty and the Counter Revolution in American Foreign Policy"

 

14.8 Guest Lectures and Remarks #3

 

a-"The Approach of the Second World War and the Second Revolution in American Foreign Policy"

 

b-"The United States and World War II: During and After"

 

c-"The Gathering Storm of 1776"

 

14.9 Guest Lectures and Remarks #4

 

a-"Woodrow Wilson and the Idea of the Nation State"

 

b-"The President and Foreign Policy"

 

c-"History Manifest Destiny in American History"

 

14.10 Guest Lectures and Remarks #5

 

a-"The Decline of the Nation State"

 

b-"America, Canada's Problem"

 

14.11 Classroom Lectures - U.S. and U.S. Constitutional History

 

Box 15: CLASSROOM LECTURES & OTHER TEACHING MATERIALS; MEMORABILIA

 

15.1 British Empire

 

15.2 British Commomwealth

 

15.3 History of Canada

 

15.4 Heritage of Man

 

15.5 Reading Notes

 

15.6 U.O.P. Course Outlines and Descriptions

 

15.7 Doctoral Exam Questions

 

15.8 Memorabilia/Announcements of Van Alstyne Books and Lectures

 

15.9 Memorabilia/Clippings

 

15.10 Memorabilia/Certificates

 

15.11 Memorabilia/Photographs

 

15.12 Memorabilia/Reprints of Van Alstyne Articles