Finding Aid to the Paul Seabury Papers
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
2015
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Paul Seabury papers
Creator:
Seabury, Paul
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 71/115 c
Physical Description:
21 linear feet
(16 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 1 cassette box)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1937-1990
Abstract: The papers of University of California, Berkeley political scientist and foreign policy expert Paul Seabury.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Paul Seabury papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Marie-Anne Seabury in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels in May 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paul Seabury papers, BANC MSS 91/115 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Seabury (1923-1990) was a nationally-recognized scholar and expert on United States foreign policy and international
politics. He was on faculty in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and served in
an advisory role on President Ronald Reagan's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and to the Department of State. Seabury
also served as Chairman of UC Berkeley's R.O.T.C Advisory Committee, as Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the
Americans for Democratic Action (1961-1962), and as director of the Freedom House and the League for Industrial Democracy.
Seabury wrote prolifically, authoring over a dozen books and numerous articles on foreign policy and other areas of interest.
He received the Bancroft Prize from Columbia University. Seabury also founded the Pumpkin Papers Irregulars, a group that
met for dinner every Halloween to celebrate the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss case.
Scope and Content
The Paul Seabury papers are divided into 6 series: Correspondence; Writings; Subject Files; Teaching; Personalia; and Audio
Cassettes. Correspondence is both personal and professional and includes some correspondence from significant political figures,
such as Henry Kissenger and Richard Nixon. Writings consist mainly of manuscript drafts of Seabury's books and articles as
well as files of printed and published articles. The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically and document various interests
and activities in Seabury's career. These files include materials from Seabury's work, during the 1980s, on the President's
Foriegn Intelligence Advisory Board.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Political Science
United States. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Americans for Democratic Action
Episcopal Church
Freedom House (U.S.)
Political science -- Study and teaching
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
Proxy war
Detente
Affirmative action programs
Higher education and state -- United States
Faculty papers.
Carton 1, carton 2, Folder 1-8
Series 1:
Correspondence
approximately 1945-1990
Arrangement
Carton 1: personal and professional correspondence, 1945-1977. Carton 2: personal and professional correspondence, 1977-1990.
Series 2:
Writings
approximately 1949-1990
Physical Description: Carton 2, folder 9-18; carton 3-7; carton 8, folder 1-8
carton 2, folder 9-17
War: Ends and Means (manuscripts, reviews, and other materials)
1989
carton 2, folder 18
United States Security in the Western Pacific (manuscript)
approximately 1990
carton 3, folder 1-6
Food and Politics (manuscripts and correspondence)
approximately 1983
carton 3, folder 7-12
Book on isolationism (manuscript, drafts)
undated
carton 3, folder 13
The Nature and Future of Soviet Proxy War (manuscript)
undated
carton 3, folder 14-15
Secret/Proxy War (manuscript)
undated
carton 3, folder 16-17
The Irreconcilables (manuscript)
approximately 1970
carton 3, folder 18-19
The Wilhelmstrasse: A Study of German Diplomats under the Nazi Regime (manuscript)
approximately 1954
carton 4, folder 1
The Grenada Papers (uncorrected proof)
1984
carton 4, folder 2
America-Europe-Detente (manuscript)
undated
carton 4, folder 3
American foreign policy book (manuscript)
undated
carton 4, folder 4-7
Great Detente Disaster (manuscript and proofs)
approximately 1975
carton 4, folder 8
Book on detente (unidentified manuscript)
undated
carton 4, folder 9-15
Assorted manuscript fragments for books, some unidentified
approximately 1960-1985
carton 4, folder 16-18
Articles on detente
approximately 1975-1976
carton 5, folder 1-3
Defense industry, writings and other materials
approximately 1983
carton 5, folder 4-5
Escaping the Seventies (articles)
undated
carton 5, folder 6
Politics and Religion (chapter for James Schall's Religion and Politics)
1981
carton 5, folder 7
The Cunningham Memorandum
undated
carton 5, folder 8
The New Cult of Failure
undated
carton 5, folder 9
The Future of Politics in Tomorrowland
undated
carton 5, folder 10
Proxies and Peace (essay)
undated
carton 5, folder 11
Ethics and American Foreign Policy (address to Encampment for Citizenship, Berkeley)
1958
carton 5, folder 12-21, carton 6, folder 1-21, carton 7, folder 1-15
Assorted articles, published and unpublished
approximately 1965-1990
carton 7, folder 16-17
Speeches
approximately 1961-1989
carton 8, folder 1-4
Stories, sketches, notes
undated
carton 8, folder 5
Reviews of Seabury's books and articles on Seabury
undated
carton 8, folder 6-8
Writings by others
approximately 1965-1985
Series 3:
Subject Files
approximately 1950-1990
Physical Description: Carton 8, folder 9-22; carton 9-14; carton 15, folder 1-12
carton 8, folder 10-11
Affirmative Action
approximately 1973-1975
carton 8, folder 12
American-European relationship, materials concerning
approximately 1972
carton 8, folder 13-14
Americans for Democratic Actions (lectures and other materials)
approximately 1959-1961
carton 8, folder 18-22, carton 9, folder 1-3
carton 9, folder 4
Balance of Power board game
1983
carton 9, folder 5
Berkeley Police
approximately 1971
carton 9, folder 6-10
Board for International Broadcasting (Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty)
1980
carton 9, folder 11
Center for Security Policy working papers
1989
carton 9, folder 12-14
Central Intelligence Agency
approximately 1975-1976
carton 9, folder 15-16
Clippings
approximately 1970-1975
carton 9, folder 17
Coalition for an Academic Community
1969
carton 9, folder 18
Commitments
approximately 1970
carton 10, folder 1-3
Conferences, materials for
approximately 1990
carton 10, folder 4
Conference on Soviet Proxy Operations
1987
carton 10, folder 5-8
Conference on The Crisis of the University
1975
carton 10, folder 9
Containment Symposium, National Defense University
1985
carton 10, folder 10
Council for an Academic Community
1970
carton 10, folder 11
Council of Faculty for Academic Responsibility
1970
carton 10, folder 12-14
DDR Proxy
approximately 1978-1988
carton 10, folder 15-16
Energy/Oil/OPEC
approximately 1974-1975
carton 10, folder 17-18, carton 11, folder 1-4
Episcopal Church (Harper's article)
approximately 1978
carton 11, folder 5-7
Ethnic Studies
approximately 1969
carton 11, folder 8
Federal regulation of universities
1977-1978
carton 11, folder 11-12
Fulton, Missouri
approximately 1985
carton 11, folder 13
German universities and ICFU
1976
carton 11, folder 14-15
Glenn, Senator John
1981-1982
carton 11, folder 16
Guggenheim and Brookings
1958-1961
carton 12, folder 1-3
Harvard University International Seminar
1966-1968
carton 12, folder 4
Hoover Institution--proxy war
1987
carton 12, folder 7
Institute of International Studies
1972
carton 12, folder 8
Institute of World Affairs, lecture notes
1944
carton 12, folder 9-12
Intelligence Consortium
1979
carton 12, folder 13-14
Intelligence material
1963-1983
carton 12, folder 15
International Committee on University Emergency
1971
carton 12, folder 16
International consultations
approximately 1970
carton 12, folder 17-19
International Council on the Future of the University
1973-1975
carton 13, folder 1
Kennan, George, Remarks on Soviet-American Relations and Seabury's response
1977
carton 13, folder 2-5, oversize_folder 1
Kennan, George (assorted)
approximately 1975-1985
carton 13, folder 6
Kennedy, Paul, Rise of the Great Powers, materials on
1988
carton 13, folder 7
Magazines, assorted
1989-1990
carton 13, folder 9
Memoranda, speeches, reports
1967-1972
carton 13, folder 10-12
Mexico
approximately 1972
carton 13, folder 14
National Endowment for the Humanities, Ronald Berman
1972
carton 13, folder 15-16
Nimitz Lectures
1984-1988
carton 13, folder 17-20
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
1981-1985
carton 14, folder 1-3
Pumpkin Papers Irregulars
1981-1982
carton 14, folder 4-9
Religion and politics
approximately 1978-1986
carton 14, folder 19
Separation of powers and foreign policy
1986
carton 15, folder 4-6
Strategy Conference, Los Alamos
1978
carton 15, folder 7
United Nations, Moynihan, Gardiner
1976
carton 15, folder 8
U.S. Institute of Peace
1990
carton 15, folder 10
Vietnam and UC Berkeley
approximately 1965
carton 15, folder 12
World Youth Festival, Budapest, materials from
1949
carton 15, Folder 13-20, Carton 16, Folder 1-12
Series 4:
Teaching
approximately 1970-1990
Scope and Contents
Notes and materials from University of California, Berkeley Political Science courses, including 120, 123, 124a, and 128.
Carton 16, Folder 13-19, oversize_folder 1
Series 5:
Personalia
approximately 1941-1990
Scope and Contents
Family history materials, a few photographs, some essays written by Seabury as a student, a security clearance file, and other
assorted personalia.
Carton 16, Folder 20
Series 6:
Audio Cassettes
approximately 1961-1984
Physical Description:
2 audiotape reels
Physical Description:
12 audiocassettes
Physical Description: Carton 16, folder 20; cassette box 1
Content Note
Carton 16, folder 20 includes two reel-to-reel tapes, one with Seabury's City Commons Club 1973 lecture called "The Quota
System," and another with what appears to be a radio interview with Seabury (around 1961). The cassette box includes the following:
Seabury's 1975 lecture before the City Commons Club on The Great Detente Disaster; a KPFA interview on the Grenada intervention
(1983); an interview of Seabury by Steven Kull (1984); a City Commons Club lecture by Seabury on Carter's Foreign Policy (1977);
two tapes with material on Clausewitz; three tapes with unidentified material on diplomatic history; and three unidentified
tapes.
