Finding aid for the Vahakn Dadrian papers 6213

Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2020 September
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


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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Content Description

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.

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[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