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Title: Bernard Brodie papers,
Date (inclusive): 1931-1978
Collection number: 1223
Creator: Brodie, Bernard, 1910-
Extent: 35 boxes (17.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a senior staff member at the Rand Corporation (1951-66), professor of political science at
UCLA (1966-77), fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and author of various books. The collection consists
of professional correspondence, writing files, and various printed materials related to Brodie's interests in political science
and strategic planning.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Fawn Brodie, 1978-79.
[Identification of item], Bernard Brodie Papers (Collection 1223). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709486
Bernard Brodie was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 20, 1910; Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1940; instructor at Dartmouth,
1941-43; associate professor and later Director of Graduate Studies, Yale, 1945-51; senior staff member, Rand Corporation,
1951-66; professor of political science, UCLA, 1966-77; technical expert, UN conference, San Francisco, California, 1945;
fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; author of various books, including:
Sea power in the machine age (1941),
A guide to naval strategy (1944),
The absolute weapon (1946),
Strategy in the missile age (1959),
From cross-bow to H-bomb (1973),
Escalation and the nuclear option (1966), and
War and politics (1973); died November 24, 1978.
Collection consists of professional correspondence, writing files, and various printed materials related to Brodie's interests
in political science and strategic planning.
Arranged in the following series:
- Professional correspondence (Boxes 1-9).
- Writings (Boxes 10-23).
- Pamphlets by others (Boxes 24-32).
- Reviews, notes, lectures, and letters (Box 33).
- Research materials related to strategic planning (Boxes 34-35).
- Scrapbook related to Sea power in the machine age (Box 55).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Brodie, Bernard, 1910- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Political scientists--United States--Archival resources.