Hart Institute for American History Collection
Sean Stanley
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3977
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu
URL: https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
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The Claremont Colleges Library. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Hart Institute for American History Collection
Dates: 1993-2011
Collection number: PC.0007
Extent:
1.4 Linear Feet
(1 record carton, 1 document box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: This collection includes ephemeral and
audiovisual materials relating to Pomona College's Hart Institute for American History and
its sponsored lecture series.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in
collection: English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
the Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hart Institute for American History Collection (PC-0007).
Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont,
California.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Transfer from Michele Palstring, 2011.
Accurals
Additions to the collection are not anticipated.
Biography / Administrative History
The Hart Institute for American History was established at Pomona College in 2000 as a
part of The Campaign for Pomona College with a gift from Gurnee F. ('51) and Marjorie
Hart. The Hart Institute was established to emphasize primary sources as a basis for
discussion of broad themes and problems in American history and to provide students with a
deeper understanding and appreciation of history. From 2001 to 2011, the Hart Institute
sponsored a lecture series based on topics ranging from American Film to War and Society
and invited prominent researchers and historians to visit the Pomona College campus to
speak about their work. In addition to the annual lecture series, the Hart Institute
organized student-faculty workshops led by visiting lecturers, upper-division student and
faculty seminars, grants for undergraduate summer research in American history, a
publication program, summer workshops for high school and community college teachers, and
projects for local high school students. An alumnus of Pomona College, Gurnee F. Hart is a
retired partner and managing director at the investment firm Scudder, Stevens & Clark.
Mr. Hart majored in economics at Pomona and received a master's in business administration
from the Stanford Business School. After retirement, he spent two terms reading history at
Jesus College at the University of Cambridge.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Hart Institute for American History Collection includes ephemera and audiovisual
recordings related to the institute's annual lecture series. Ephemeral materials from 2001
to 2011 relate to each of the Hart Institute's themed lecture series: "American Dreams,"
"Public Intellectuals/Public Issues," "American Music," "Supreme Court Decisions," "American
Science," "The U.S. in the World," "American Film," "The Environment and American Society,"
"War and Society," and "See Under: History." The collection also includes individual lecture
recordings featuring notable historians, authors, and musicologists. Audio or video
recordings of the various lectures are included in the collection and in some cases both
audio and video recordings of a lecture are available. Please see individual resource notes
for the speaker's name, affiliation, and lecture topic.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following two series:
- Series 1: Ephemera, 2001-2011
- Series 2: Media, 1993-2008
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Terms
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
History
Lectures and lecturing
Genre and Form of Materials
Audio-visual materials
Compact discs
Ephemera
Videocassettes
Series 1:
Ephemera
2001-2011
Box 1, Folder 1
American Dreams
2001-2002
Box 1, Folder 2
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues
2002-2003
Box 1, Folder 4
Legal Borderlands symposium
2004
Box 1, Folder 5
Supreme Court decisions
2004-2005
Box 1, Folder 6
American Science
2005-2006
Box 1, Folder 7
The U.S. in the World
2006-2007
Box 1, Folder 9
The Environment and American Society
2008-2009
Box 1, Folder 10
War and Society
2009-2010
Box 1, Folder 11
See Under: History
2010-2011
Box 2, Object 1
American Dreams, Bailyn lecture, audio tape
2001 October 15
Note
Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University. Lecture: "The Puritan Utopia: Fault Lines,
Diversity, and Holy Rage"
Box 2, Object 2
American Dreams, Davis lecture, audio tape
2001 November 15
Note
David Brian Davis, Yale University. Lecture: "Secular Scripture: The Declaration of
Independence as an Exemplar"
Box 2, Object 3
American Dreams, Scott lecture, audio tape
2002 January 31
Note
Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan. Lecture: "Winning and Losing the Right to
Have Rights: Race and Citizenship in the Era of the Spanish-Cuban-American War,
1898-1903"
Box 2, Object 4
American Dreams, Holt lecture, audio tape
2002 February 28
Note
Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago. Lecture: "Competing Visions of Race and Nation
at the Dawn of the American Century"
Box 2, Object 5
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Warren lecture, audio tape
2002 September 26
Note
Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago. Lecture: "W.E.B. DuBois' Dusk of Dawn: The End
of a Beginning in African Americanist Inquiry"
Box 2, Object 6
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Ehrenreich lecture, audio
tape
2002 October 31
Note
Barbara Ehrenreich, social critic and author. Leture: Updating Veblen: Conspicuous
Consumption and Invisible Workers"
Box 2, Object 7
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Sanchez lecture, audio tape
2002 November 21
Note
George Sanchez, University of Southern California. "Between Islands and Factories:
Southern California through the Eyes of Carey McWilliams"
Box 2, Object 8
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Sherry lecture, audio tape
2003 February 6
Note
Michael Sherry, Northwestern University. Lecture: "Kubrick's Dr. Stranglove:
America's Cold War Strange Love"
Box 2, Object 9
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Cronon lecture, audio tape
2003 March 6
Note
William Cronon, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Lecture: "The Fallout of Rachel
Carson's Silent Spring"
Box 2, Object 10
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Kozol lecture, audio tape
2003 April 17
Note
Jonathan Kozol, author. Lecture: "Amazing Grace: The Ethical Resilience of Low Income
Children in Our Nation's Segregated and Unequal Schools"
Box 2, Object 11
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Ehrenreich lecture, VHS tape
2002 October 31
Note
Barbara Ehrenreich, social critic and author. Leture: Updating Veblen: Conspicuous
Consumption and Invisible Workers"
Box 2, Object 12
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Sanchez lecture, VHS tape
2002 November 21
Note
George Sanchez, University of Southern California. "Between Islands and Factories:
Southern California through the Eyes of Carey McWilliams"
Box 2, Object 13
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Sherry lecture, VHS tape
2002 February 6
Note
Michael Sherry, Northwestern University. Lecture: "Kubrick's Dr. Stranglove:
America's Cold War Strange Love"
Box 2, Object 14
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Cronon lecture, VHS tape
2003 March 6
Note
William Cronon, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Lecture: "The Fallout of Rachel
Carson's Silent Spring"
Box 2, Object 15
Public Intellectuals/Public Issues, Kozol lecture, VHS tape
2003 April 17
Note
William Cronon, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Lecture: "The Fallout of Rachel
Carson's Silent Spring"
Box 2, Object 16
American Music, Russell lecture, audio tape
2003 October 2
Note
Craig Russell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Lecture:
"Feminine Flamboyance in 18th-Century Mexico: The Music from America's First Music
Conservatory"
Box 2, Object 17
American Music, de Flores performance, audio tape
2003 October 2
Note
Concert performance by Ramo de Flores, led by Craig Russell. Performance: "Mexican
Roses: Early Music from the Conservatorio de las Rosas," Mexican Baroque music.
Box 2, Object 18
American Music, Marsalis lecture and performance, audio tape
2003 November 4
Note
Wynton Marsalis, musician. Lecture: "Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life"
Box 2, Object 19
American Music, Russell lecture, VHS tape
2003 October 2
Note
Craig Russell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Lecture:
"Feminine Flamboyance in 18th-Century Mexico: The Music from America's First Music
Conservatory"
Box 2, Object 20
American Music, Marsalis lecture and performance, VHS tape
2003 November 4
Note
Wynton Marsalis, musician. Lecture: "Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life"
Box 2, Object 21
American Music, Crawford lecture, VHS tape
2004 February 12
Note
Richard Crawford, University of Michigan. Lecture: "A Year in the Life: George
Gershwin in 1925"
Box 2, Object 22
American Music, Dawidoff lecture, VHS tape
2004 April 01
Note
Robert Dawidoff, Claremont Graduate University. Lecture: "Jeepers Creepers: The Songs
of Johnny Mercer"
Box 2, Object 23
American Music, Marsalis, CD
1993
Box 2, Object 24
American Music, Chanticleer, CD
1994
Box 2, Object 25
American Music, Pomona Music Sampler, CD
2001
Box 2, Object 26
American Music, Dawidoff, CD 1 & 2
2004 April 1
Box 2, Object 27
Legal Borderlands symposium, welcoming remarks, audio tape
2004 September 10
Box 2, Object 28
Legal Borderlands symposium, panel 1, audio tape 1 & 2
2004 September 10
Note
Panel 1 - "Borders of Identity": Nayan Shah, UC San Diego, Lecture: "Migration, Race,
and Policing Sexual Intimacy in North America, 1910-1930"; Devon Carbado, UCLA School
of Law, Lecture: "Racial Naturalization"; Austin Sarat, Amherst College, Lecture: "At
the Boundaries of Law: Sovereign Prerogative and the Dilemma of American Legality"
Box 2, Object 29
Legal Borderlands symposium, panel 2, audio tapes 1 & 2
2004 September 10
Note
Panel 2 - "Borders of Territory": Amy Kaplan, University of Pennsylvania, Lecture:
"Where is Guantanamo"; Christina Burnett, Princeton University
Box 2, Object 30
Legal Borderlands symposium, keynote and reception, audio tapes 1 &
2
2004 September 10
Note
Linda Kerber, University of Iowa. Keynote address: "Statelessness"
Box 2, Object 31
Legal Borderlands symposium, panel 3, audio tapes 1 & 2
2004 September 11
Note
Panel 3 - "Borders of Power and Influence": Robert Williams, University of Arizona
Law School, Lecture: "The Savage as the Wolf: The Founders' First Indian Policy and
Indigenous People's Rights in the Western Colonial Imaginiation"; Teemu Ruskola,
American University School of Law, Lecture: "The Legal Construction of 'America' in
the 'District of China'"; David Campbell, University of Newcastle, Lecture: "The
Bioploitics of Security: Oil, Empire, and the S.U.V."
Box 2, Object 32
Legal Borderlands symposium, wrap-up panel, audio tapes 1 & 2
2004 September 11
Note
Lisa Lowe, UC San Diego; Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Stanford University; Cheryl Harris,
UCLA Law School; Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School
Box 2, Object 33
Legal Borderlands symposium, keynote, VHS tape
2004 September 10
Note
Linda Kerber, University of Iowa. Keynote address: "Statelessness"
Box 2, Object 34
Supreme Court Decisions, Foner lecture, audio tape
2004 October 28
Note
Eric Foner, Columbia University. Lecture: "Plessy v. Ferguson and the Strange Career
of Civil Rights"
Box 2, Object 35
Supreme Court Decisions, Estrich lecture, audio tape
2005 March 3
Note
Susan Estrich, University of Southern California Law School. Lecture: "Gender Equity
Cases: The Meaning of Equality"
Box 2, Object 36
Supreme Court Decisions, Cole lecture, VHS tape
2004 September 16
Note
David Cole, Georgetown Law School. Lecture: "Bad Guys: The President's Power to
Detain Enemy Combatants in the War on Terrorism"
Box 2, Object 37
Supreme Court Decisions, Foner lecture, VHS tape
2004 October 28
Note
Eric Foner, Columbia University. Lecture: "Plessy v. Ferguson and the Strange Career
of Civil Rights"
Box 2, Object 38
Supreme Court Decisions, Estrich lecture, VHS tape
2005 March 3
Note
Susan Estrich, University of Southern California Law School. Lecture: "Gender Equity
Cases: The Meaning of Equality"
Box 2, Object 39
American Science, Chaplin lecture, audio tapes 1 & 2
2005 September 22
Note
Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University. "Race and Democracy in British America: Who
Counted?"
Box 2, Object 40
American Science, Gusterson lecture, audio tape
2006 February 2
Note
Hugh Gusterson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lecture: "Mr. Powell Goes to
the UN"
Box 2, Object 41
American Science, Searle lecture, audio tape 1 & 2
2006 March 1
Note
John Searle, Univerity of California, Berkeley. Lecture: "Cognitive Science as
Applied Philosophy"
Box 2, Object 42
American Science, Weiner lecture, audio tape
2006 April 6
Note
Jonathan Weiner, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. "Lecture: His Brother's
Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine"
Box 2, Object 43
American Science, Chaplin lecture, CD
2005 September 22
Note
Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University. "Race and Democracy in British America: Who
Counted?"
Box 2, Object 44
American Science, Smith lecture, CD
2005 November 3
Box 2, Object 45
American Science, Gusterson lecture, CD
2006 February 2
Note
Hugh Gusterson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lecture: "Mr. Powell Goes to
the UN"
Box 2, Object 46
American Science, Searle lecture, CD
2006 March 1
Note
John Searle, Univerity of California, Berkeley. Lecture: "Cognitive Science as
Applied Philosophy"
Box 2, Object 47
American Science, Weiner lecture, CD
2006 April 6
Note
Jonathan Weiner, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. "Lecture: His Brother's
Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine"
Box 2, Object 48
The U.S. in the World, Grandin lecture, audio tape
2006 October 5
Note
Greg Grandin, New York University. Lecture: "Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the
United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism"
Box 2, Object 49
The U.S. in the World, Power lecture, audio tape 1 & 2
2007 February 1
Note
Samantha Power, Harvard University. "A Problem from Hell: American in the Age of
Genocide"
Box 2, Object 50
The U.S. in the World, Friedman lecture, audio tape 1 & 2
2007 March 8
Note
Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University. Lecture: "The Moral Consequences of Economic
Growth"
Box 2, Object 51
The U.S. in the World, de Grazia lecture, audio tape 1 & 2
2007 April 12
Note
Victoria de Grazia, Columbia University. Lecture: "Consumer Culture as Taproot of
American Global Hegemony"
Box 2, Object 52
The U.S. in the World, Grandin lecture, CD
2006 October 5
Note
Greg Grandin, New York University. Lecture: "Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the
United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism"
Box 2, Object 53
The U.S. in the World, Khalidi lecture, CD
2006 October 26
Note
Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University. Lecture: "The Iron Cage: The Story of the
Palestinian Struggle for Statehood"
Box 2, Object 54
The U.S. in the World, Power lecture, CD
2007 February 1
Note
Samantha Power, Harvard University. "A Problem from Hell: American in the Age of
Genocide"
Box 2, Object 55
The U.S. in the World, Friedman lecture, CD
2007 March 8
Note
Benjamin Friedman, Harvard University. Lecture: "The Moral Consequences of Economic
Growth"
Box 2, Object 56
The U.S. in the World, de Grazia lecture, CD
2007 April 12
Note
Victoria de Grazia, Columbia University. Lecture: "Consumer Culture as Taproot of
American Global Hegemony"
Box 2, Object 57
American Film, Ross lecture, audio tape
2007 September 27
Note
Steven Ross, University of Southern California. Lecture: "Hollywood Left and Right:
How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics"
Box 2, Object 58
American Film, Basinger lecture, audio tape
2008 February 21
Note
Jeanine Basinger, Wesleyan University. Lecture: "The Star Machine: How Hollywood Made
Movie Stars"
Box 2, Object 59
American Film, Ross lecture, CD
2007 September 27
Note
Steven Ross, University of Southern California. Lecture: "Hollywood Left and Right:
How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics"
Box 2, Object 60
American Film, Basinger lecture, CD
2008 February 21
Note
Jeanine Basinger, Wesleyan University. Lecture: "The Star Machine: How Hollywood Made
Movie Stars"
Box 2, Object 61
American Film, Smith lecture, CD
2008 April 3
Note
Valerie Smith, Princeton University. Lecture: "Memory, Forensics, Justice: Civil
Rights Movement Cold Cases on Film"
