Guide to the Martin Bice Travis Papers
Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: SC0998
Creator:
Travis, Martin Bice, 1917-
Title: Martin Bice Travis papers
Dates: 1952-2006
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Summary: Collection includes correspondence pertaining to the start of the Institute of American History and Government (Coe Program)
at SUNY Stony Brook, 1964-65, and David Potter’s participation in it, 1964-70; letters to Travis from James T. Watkins re
Travis’s position at Stanford, 1952-55; correspondence and some financial records re the selling of Travis’s Stanford house
(528 Alvarado), 1961-62; and obituaries of Travis and his wife Olivia, 2006.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Helen Travis, 2010.
Cite As
[identification of item], Martin Bice Travis Papers (SC0998). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Educated at Amherst College and the University of Chicago, Travis taught briefly at Stanford before joining the faculty of
SUNY Stony Brook where he helped establish the William Robertson Coe Institute of American Studies
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes correspondence pertaining to the start of the Institute of American History and Government (Coe Program)
at SUNY Stony Brook, 1964-65, and David Potter’s participation in it, 1964-70; letters to Travis from James T. Watkins re
Travis’s position at Stanford, 1952-55; correspondence and some financial records re the selling of Travis’s Stanford house
(528 Alvarado), 1961-62; obituaries of Travis and his wife Olivia, 2006; letters received from Prof. David Harris, Kristin
Mullick [Glen], and Quincy Wright, 1962-1968; research notes and sources on the Panama Canal, 1959-1964; research proposal,
notes, and correspondence re research on the Legal Adviser in the Department of State, 1967-61; Travis’ lecture notes for
a course, 1954, and term paper research note cards by students in the course.
Access Terms
Harris, David, (David W. Clancy), 1900-1975.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Potter, David Morris
Watkins, James T. (James Thomas), 1907-1982.
Stanford University--Faculty housing.
Accession ARCH-2011-001
Papers
Box 1, Folder 1
Institute of American History and Government Summer 1965 (Coe Program), SUNY Stony Brook: correspondence, report, syllabi,
bibliography, printed matter
1963-1965
Box 1, Folder 2
Potter, David: correspondence re Potter’s participation in Coe Program at Stony Brook
1964-1970
Box 1, Folder 3
Watkins, James T.: letters to Travis re his position at Stanford
1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 4
Watkins, James T.: obituary and note to Travis from Mrs. Watkins
1982
Box 1, Folder 5
Buck, Philip W.: letters to Travis, clipping on book written by Buck and Travis, and undated letter on death of Buck
1963, 1985
Box 1, Folder 6
Selling of Stanford house (528 Alvarado)
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 7
Obituaries of Travis and his wife
2006
Box 2, Folder 1
Travis’ curriculum vitae, letter of recommendation from Graham H. Stuart, certificate of membership in the American Society
of International Law
Box 2, Folder 2
Travis, clippings
1958-1960
Box 2, Folder 3
Letters received from Prof. David Harris, Kristin Mullick [Glen], and Quincy Wright
1962-1968
Box 2, Folder 4
Committee on Research in Public Affairs (SU Dept. of Political Science) – project proposal re Legal Adviser in the Dept. of
State and correspondence
1957
Box 2, Folder 5
Committee on Research in Public Affairs (SU Dept. of Political Science) – research notes
1957
Box 2, Folder 6
Committee on Research in Public Affairs (SU Dept. of Political Science) – research notes
1961
Box 2, Folder 7
Panama Canal research, notes and sources
1959-1964
Box 2, Folder 8
Panama Canal research, sources
1958-1960
Box 2, Folder 9
Panama Canal research, sources
undated
Box 2, Folder 10
Panama Canal article by Travis and James Watkins in Foreign Affairs (1959): reviews and correspondence, including letters
from Charles Fairman and Richard Nixon
1959
Box 2, Folder 11
Panama Canal article by Travis and James Watkins in The Nation (1960 and 1964): letters from Daniel J. Flood, Col. Thomas
Crystal Jr., and Ronald Hilton
1960-1964
Box 2, Folder 12
Articles by Travis
1957-1964
Box 3
Travis’ lecture notes for Poli Sci 131,
1954
Box 3
Term paper research note cards by students in Poli Sci 131 (William Bosworth, Al Robertson, H. P. Brown, Herbert F. Steeper,
Edmund P. Radwan, Tam Flower, and Robert R. Rezak)
Accession ARCH-2012-053
Additional material
Box 1, Folder 1-2
The 1960 Campaign and Foreign Policy Issues
Box 1, Folder 3
After Two Years of the Kennedy Administration Who Determines Foreign Policy?
1962 Nov
Accession ARCH.2014-103
Additional material
Box 1, Folder 1
JFK: Experiments with Power, MSS (1 of 3)
Box 1, Folder 2
JFK: Experiments with Power, MSS (2 of 3)
Box 1, Folder 3
JFK: Experiments with Power, MSS (3 of 3)
Box 1, Folder 4
Planting Fields, teachers and board
Box 1, Folder 5
William Robertson Coe Foundation at Planting Fields
Box 1, Folder 6
Stanford House Lease
1956, 1963
Box 1, Folder 7
Reminisces of Stanford, 1912-1978
Box 1, Folder 8
Photograph (unidentified subjects)
Box 1, Folder 9
Stanford Daily clippings
1961-1988
Box 2, Folder 1
Edgar E. Robinson & Lisetter Robinson letters
Box 2, Folder 6
Christina and David Harris letters
Box 2, Folder 8
Florence (& Kurt) Stevens letters
1963, 1977
Box 2, Folder 10
Robert North Christmas letter
