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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Ross Berkes papers
Creator:
Berkes, Ross N.
Identifier/Call Number: 0377
Physical Description:
21.81 Linear Feet
20 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1940-1980s
Abstract: This collection includes the syllabi, records, publications, photographs, and grade books of Ross Berkes, professor of International
Relations at USC from 1941-1991.
Language of Material:
English.
Ross Berkes' scholastic career spanned from 1941-1991 and he served as the director of USC's School of International Relations
from 1949 to 1976. Berkes served as a consultant to the State Department from 1958 to 1962 and was the director of the Institute
of World Affairs in Santa Barbara, CA from 1977 to 1980. From 1965 to 1981, Berkes directed USC's graduate international relations
programs in the United Kingdom and Germany. He was director of the Institute of World Affairs annual conferences in the late
1970s and early 1980s. Berkes was awarded the position of professor emeritus 1981, and in 1991 he was awarded the honor of
distinguished professor emeritus.
This collection includes the syllabi, records, publications, photographs, and grade books of Ross Berkes, professor of International
Relations at USC from 1941-1991. Records from Berkes' travels to the UK and Germany with USC's graduate international relations
programs are included in this collection. Box 18 contains course roll records and student grades.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
Gift of Robert Berkes, Ross Berkes' son, in 2003.
[Box/folder# or item name], Ross Berkes papers, Collection no. 0377, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International relations
International relations -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- History -- Archival resources
Berkes, Ross N. -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of International Relations