Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Biographical Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Norman Jacobson papers
Date (inclusive): 1949-2002
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2006/223
Creators :
Jacobson, Norman
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 cartons, 1 box
Linear feet: approximately 5.6
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
The Norman Jacobson papers, 1949-2002, document his professional career as a professor of Political Science at the University
of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of South Carolina. The bulk of the materials consist of Jacobson's
scholarly writings in the field of political science, his popular writings in other genres, and his course materials.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Materials in these collections are protected by the U.S. Copyright Law
(Title 17, U.S.C.) and may not be used without permission of The Bancroft Library. Use may be restricted by terms of University
of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, licensing terms, and trademarks. All requests to
reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Norman Jacobson Papers, BANC MSS 2006/223, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Additional Notes on Collection:
Joint copyright with Robert Peyton of the movie scripts included in this collection were transferred to Peyton. All requests
to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use these specific materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public
Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such
permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Even if copyright is not granted, persons given access to these materials may, unless otherwise stated, make single reference
photocopies in lieu of note taking.
Related Collections
Mac Heirich papers relating to the Free Speech Movement, 1964-1971. BANC MSS 2003/326 c
Clark Kerr office files regarding the Free Speech Movement, 1964-1985 (bulk 1964-1965), CU-495
Mario Savio correspondence: ALS, Mississippi, to Cheri Stevenson, Berkeley , Calif: 1964, BANC MSS 2006/110
Free Speech Movement: scrapbook, 1964-1967 (bulk 1964-1965). UC Archives 308h.F85.s
Free Speech Movement Participants papers, 1959-1997 (bulk 1964-1972), BANC MSS 99/162
Free Speech Movement records, 1936-1969 (bulk 1964-1965), UC archives, CU-309
Strong, Edward W. and Martin Meyerson Correspondence. 1964-1965, UC Archives CU-436
Malcolm Burnstein papers, 1963-1994 (bulk 1963-1973), BANC MSS 99/294
Katherine Amelia Towle papers, 1948-1968, BANC MSS 71/111
Wayne M. Collins papers, 1918-1974 (bulk 1945-1960), BANC MSS 78/177
Separated Material
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Videotapes/sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Jacobson, Norman--Archives
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Political Science
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
Political science--20th century
Political science--Philosophy
Bucky, Jean-Bernard
Burdick, Eugene
Peyton, Robert
Sanford, Thomas Michael
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Norman Jacobson Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Norman Jacobson on December 2006.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2007.
Biographical Information
Norman Jacobson was born in New York City on October 15, 1922. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. He graduated
from St. John's University in 1946 and received his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, where
he studied with the renowned political theorist Merle Curti, in 1951.
Jacobson had an illustrious career in the Political Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951
through 1989. Following his retirement, he held the title Professor Emeritus and continued to teach and consult at Berkeley,
Stanford University, and the University of South Carolina. Jacobson was the subject of an hour-long television program, "Men
Who Teach" in 1969. He was chosen State of California Professor of the Year in 1988 by the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE).
Jacobson's areas of interest included political theory, the history of ideas, and literature and politics, and he taught a
variety of courses in these subjects. He earned a reputation as a dedicated teacher and, in 1965, was one of the founding
faculty of the University of California, Berkeley's Experimental College Program. Jacobson has published widely on the topics
of European and American political thought from the Renaissance to the present, and on such figures as Machiavelli, Hobbes,
Rousseau, Paine, Lincoln, Dostoevsky, Thoreau, Arendt, Orwell and Camus. His publications include
Pride & Solace: The Functions and Limits of Political Theory.
Jacobson served as an alternate member of the U.S. Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1955, and as a consultant
to Fund for the Republic, an organization dedicated to defending civil rights and civil liberties, from 1957-1958. In addition
to teaching political theory, Jacobson was a psychotherapist in the Department of Psychiatry at Cowell Memorial Hospital in
Berkeley between 1965 and 1970, and led seminars in the Department of Psychiatry at the U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital
in San Francisco in 1970. His interests also extended into the realms of television, film, and theater. Jacobson collaborated
on a number of (unproduced) television scripts with fellow political scientist, Eugene Burdick, and a screenplay about John
Brown with Robert Peyton. He co-produced the U.S. premieres of two pieces by Bertolt Brecht at UC Berkeley in 1969: the symphony
"Primer of War" and the opera "The Measures Taken." Jacobson also co-produced and wrote
Report, a short film about teaching and learning at a large American University in the early seventies.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Norman Jacobson papers, 1949-2002, document his professional career as a professor of Political Science at the University
of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of South Carolina. The bulk of the materials consist of Jacobson's
scholarly writings in the field of political science, his popular writings in other genres, and his course materials.
The collection has been divided into five series: Correspondence; Writings; Political Activities; Professional Activities;
and Course Materials. Though they were arranged to correspond to these logical series, most of Jacobson's original folders,
folder titles, and the original order within each folder were maintained. Jacobson's son, Matt Jacobson, created a preliminary
inventory of the collection. His annotations were used to help identify unnamed materials. Researchers should note that
the original folder titles are abbreviated descriptions of folder contents. They should consult the more detailed folder
titles in the container list for the most accurate descriptions of their contents.