Scope and Contents
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Richard Van Alstyne lecture transcripts
Creator:
Van Alstyne, Richard Warner, 1900-
source:
University of Southern California
Identifier/Call Number: 5090
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date: 1956
Abstract: This collection consists of the transcripts of the Commonwealth Fund lecture series, An American Empire, at University College
London in 1956 given by USC professor of history, Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983).
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the transcripts of the Commonwealth Fund lecture series, An American Empire, at University College
London in 1956 given by USC professor of history, Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983).
Biographical / Historical
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).
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Richard Van Alstyne lecture transcripts, Collection no. 5090, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from USC Department of History in 1980.
Processing Information
Collection is partially processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American history & government
Lectures and lecturing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Lectures series
Transcripts
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources
Van Alstyne, Richard Warner, 1900- -- Archives
University of Southern California