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Stanford University, Department of Political Science,
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Department of Political Science, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0124
Physical Description:
11 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1919-1988
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfers, 1974-1992.
The materials are partially restricted The faculty personnel files and the student grade
files (Boxes 1-7 and 10) are closed to researchers. The student correspondence files, the
departmental records, and the miscellaneous faculty papers (Boxes 8 and 9) are open to
researchers.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections 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, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, Records (SC0124). Department of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Records include personnel files of faculty, 1923-1988; grade files and letters of
recommendation on a sampling of students, 1919-1955; correspondence files of the same
students, 1924-1957; miscellaneous departmental minutes, statistics, and memoranda, 1946-73;
and miscellaneous correspondence, articles, clippings, and other papers of several faculty
members. Of note in the miscellaneous faculty papers is correspondence between Edwin A.
Cottrell and Charles Fairman during World War II while Fairman was on duty with the Armed
Services; text of a debate between Willmoore Kendall and Mulford Sibley, 1959, on "War and
the Use of Force;" and lectures of Chester H. Rowell, 1933, for the course on current
international politics.
The student correspondence files, largely with Edwin A. Cottrell, pertain to their
experiences in graduate school, in the Armed Services, and in their jobs. Of note are files
for Merrill J. Collett pertaining to his work in public administration, 1935-45; J. Lyle
Cunningham on his work with the County of Los Angeles and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior,
1933-46; Robert R. Gros pertaining to Democratic politics, 1940s; and Adolph H. Levy
pertaining to city management, 1934-42.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945
Political science -- Study and teaching
Public administration.