James Robert Huntley papers, 1938-2010

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Summary

Creators:
Huntley, James Robert
Abstract:
Diaries, writings, correspondence, reports, notes, meeting materials, resolutions, statements, and printed matter relating to political, economic and cultural relations among Atlantic community countries and Japan, and private promotion of international cooperation, international education, and international environmental protection.
Extent:
365 manuscript boxes, 5 card file boxes (148.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Robert Huntley papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of James Robert Huntley include diaries, writings, correspondence, reports, notes, meeting materials, resolutions, statements, and printed matter related to political, economic and cultural relations among Atlantic community countries and Japan, and private promotion of international cooperation, international education, and international environmental protection.

During his youth, Huntley was concerned with a shift in world politics towards dictatorships and war. After studying international relations at the University of Washington, he accepted an appointment with the United States Foreign Service in 1952. He was stationed in Germany, involved in democratic education and the solidification of German and United States relations. In 1960, Huntley left the United States Foreign Service to found the Atlantic Institute in Paris, a think tank created to study the problems of Allied cooperation and conflict.

In 1974, Huntley accepted a research fellowship at the Battelle Memorial Institute, traveling to Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand to study the Atlantic-Pacific system. While in this role, he authored World Politics in the 1980s, which was printed privately for Battelle's corporate clients. Correspondence, project proposals, and other materials related to the Battelle Memorial Institute can be found throughout the collection.

Throughout his career, Huntley founded organizations for furthering democracy and the Atlantic community, including the Mid-Atlantic Clubs, the Standing Conference of Atlantic Organizations, the Consortium for Atlantic-Pacific Affairs (CAPA), and the International Standing Conference on Philanthropy (INTERPHIL). He also served in leadership roles for many such organizations, including as president of the Atlantic Council of the United States. In 1979, Huntley co-founded the Committees for a Community of Democracies (CCD), a group committed to strengthening relationships among democracies. In 1992, the Association to Unite the Democracies embarked on the Next Century Initiative (NCI), which was based on the ideas of the Committees for a Community of Democracies and involved many of its early members. The NCI became incorporated as a separate group, eventually becoming the Council for a Community of Democracies. The collection documents Huntley's involvement in these organizations through correspondence, meeting minutes, and extensive notes Huntley wrote about his career.

Huntley kept a diary spanning more than fifty years of his life. His diary entries begin in 1952, the year he was hired by the United States Foreign Service. These diaries, along with a draft of his memoirs, can be found in box 24.

The collection also includes Huntley's speeches and writings concerning democracy, the Atlantic community, international education, and Japan. In 1998, Huntley authored Pax Democratica, in which he argued that democratic countries should work together to create a more peaceful world. Drafts of this book and of other influential works, such as Uniting the Democracies, can be found throughout the collection.

Huntley was interested in international education, writing many articles on the subject. Materials on international education include networking dossiers, documenting Huntley's interaction with various education organizations. The collection also includes files containing materials related to non-governmental organizations, which contain questionnaires recording basic information about the organizations, descriptions of their activities, and use of budgets.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1923
Born, Tacoma, Washington
1948
B.A., University of Washington
1949-1951
Consultant, Washington Parks Recreation Commission, Olympia, Washington
1952-1954
Exchange of persons officer, United States Foreign Service, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Germany
1954-1955
Director of cultural center, United States Information Agency, Hof an der Saale, Germany
1956
M.A., international relations, Harvard University
1956-1958
European regional affairs officer, United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C.
1958-1960
Deputy public affairs officer, United States Mission to European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
1959
Member to the United States delegation to the Atlantic Congress, London, England
1960-1964
Secretary, Education Committee, NATO Parliamentarians Conference, Brussels, Belgium
1960-1965
Executive secretary and director, Atlantic Institute
1965
Author, The NATO Story
1965-1967
Program associate, International Affairs Division, Ford Foundation, New York City, New York
1967-1968
Secretary general, Atlantic College
1968-1974
Writer, consultant, and lecturer on international affairs, Guildford, England
1969-1974
Board of directors, International Standing Conference on Philanthropy
1970
Author, with Warren Randolph Burgess, Europe and America: The Next Ten Years
1970s
Consultant, Wells Management Consultants Ltd.
1971
Author, Man's Environment and the Atlantic Alliance
1974-1983
Research fellow and senior advisor to president on international affairs, Battelle Memorial Institute, Seattle, Washington
1976-1994
Member, Association to Unite Democracies (formerly Federal Union, Inc.)
1979-1992
Founding chairman, Committees for a Community of Democracies
1980
Author, Uniting the Democracies: Institutions of the Emerging Atlantic-Pacific System
Circa 1980
Author, World Politics in the 1980s
1983-1985
President, Atlantic Council of the United States
1985-1989
Consultant, University of South Carolina
1987-1991
Co-founder, 21st Century Foundation
1998
Author, Pax Democratica: A Strategy for the 21st Century
1999-2007
Vice president, Council for a Community of Democracies
2006
Author, An Architect of Democracy: Building a Mosaic of Peace
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives between 1981 and 2010.
Arrangement:

The collection has not been physically arranged. Most materials fall into the following groups.

Box Nos. Groups
71-73, 212 21st Century Foundation file
73-77, 139, 209 Association to Unite the Democracies (formerly Federal Union) file
228-231, 251-253 Atlantic Community file
123-125 Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS) file
2-7, 13, 20-23, 86-87 Battelle Memorial Institute. Includes materials on the Battelle Seminar and Study Program and Advanced International Systems file
287, 316, 341, 366 Biographical file
24, 32, 69, 81-86, 100-102, 322 Committees for a Community of Democracies file
66-68, 96-99, 288-289, 310-311 Consortium for Atlantic-Pacific Affairs (CAPA) file
15, 29, 46-48, 91-93, 199-201, 261-263, 344 Correspondence
24 Diaries
4, 225-228 Environment and ecology file
269-272 Foundations and philanthropy file
62-65 INTERPHIL file
31-32, 39 Japan file
118-122, 220, 317-321 Next Century Initiative (NCI) and Council for a Community of Democracies file
50-58, 108-116, 180-184, 214-215, 304-305 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) file
33, 335-339 Note cards
27, 31, 35-37, 43-45, 48, 147-153, 176, 232, 237-244 Printed matter
1, 6-14, 16-17, 127, 130-132, 211-213, 277-278, 291, 341, 348-355, 370 Speeches and writings
79 United States Information Agency (USIA) file

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Robert Huntley papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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