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Van Alstyne (Richard) lecture transcripts
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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • 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