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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Vahakn Dadrian papers
Creator:
Dadrian, Vahakn N.
Identifier/Call Number: 6213
Physical Description:
16.31 Linear Feet
15 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1843-2000
Date (bulk): 1915-1990
Abstract: Vahakn Dadrian (1926-2019) was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian and one of the early scholars of the academic
study of genocide. Dadrian was especially recognized as a leading expert on the Armenian Genocide. The Vahakn Dadrian papers
contain Dadrian's research files on the Armenian Genocide. The collection includes copies of published legal papers with Dadrian's
notes, maps of Turkey and Armenia, newspaper clippings, literature relating to Armenian Studies, copies of records from the
German State Archives, research files organized by subject, copies of records from Turkish Military Tribunal hearings, United
Nations session transcripts with notes, a large binder labeled "Report of the Armenian Genocide Archive Project" from 1986,
statistics on genocide, and documentation of 1919-1920 Turkish court martial trials.
Language of Material:
English
, Armenian
, Turkish
, Arabic
, French
, German
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Vahakn Dadrian (1926-2019) was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian and one of the early scholars of the academic
study of genocide. Dadrian was especially recognized as a leading expert on the Armenian Genocide. The Vahakn Dadrian papers
contain Dadrian's research files on the Armenian Genocide. The collection includes copies of published legal papers with Dadrian's
notes, maps of Turkey and Armenia, newspaper clippings, literature relating to Armenian Studies, copies of records from the
German State Archives, research files organized by subject, copies of records from Turkish Military Tribunal hearings, United
Nations session transcripts with notes, a large binder labeled "Report of the Armenian Genocide Archive Project" from 1986,
statistics on genocide, and documentation of 1919-1920 Turkish court martial trials.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Vahakn Dadrian papers, Collection no. 6213, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vahakn Dadrian and the Eskijian Museum, 2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Armenia -- Study and teaching -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- Archival resources
Armenian Americans -- Archival resources
Armenianists -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Authors, Armenian -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Genocide -- Sociological aspects -- Archival resources
Genocide -- Turkey -- 20th century -- Archival resources
clippings files
Newspaper clippings
Maps
Publications (documents)
Research (documents)
Transcripts
Dadrian, Vahakn N. -- Archives