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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Gabriel A. Almond papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0339
Physical Description:
38 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1939-2002
Abstract: The papers include correspondence,
minutes, memoranda, reports, conference materials, and other items pertaining to Almond's
academic career, 1964-1986; organizations represented include the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, the American Political Science Association, the National Academy of Sciences,
and the Social Science Research Council. Later additions to the papers include
correspondence, 1964-2001; manuscripts, typescripts and reprints, 1946-1986; and lecture
notes and research files.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Gabriel Almond, 1986, and the estate of Gabriel Almond, 2002-2003.
This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in
advance of intended use.
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.
[Identification of item], Gabriel A. Almond Papers (SC0339). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Gabriel Almond received his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. (1938) degrees from the
University of Chicago, and taught at Yale (1949-1951, 1959-1963) and Princeton (1951-1959),
before joining the Stanford faculty as executive head of the Department of Political Science
in 1963. The following year he became chairman of the executive committee of the Institute
of Political Studies, and became professor emeritus in 1976. A distinguished
internationalist, he taught at universities in Japan and Brazil, and in 1972-1973 he was an
overseas fellow at Cambridge University. In 1965-1966 he was president of the American
Political Science Association. During his career he was a frequent consultant to the
Department of State and other policy-making bodies of the government.
Papers in the first accession (accession 1986-047) accession include correspondence,
minutes, memoranda, reports, conference materials, and other papers pertaining to his
academic career, 1964-1986; organizations represented include the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, the American Political Science Association, the National Academy of Sciences,
and the Social Science Research Council. Papers in the 2002-254 accession include
correspondence, 1939-1961, and 1984-2001; lecture notes from the 1970s-1980s; a small group
of speeches, 1964-1991; and correspondence, papers and other materials from a project on
fundamentalism, sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1987-1997. Papers in
the 2003-017 accession (1946-1985) include correspondence, text of talks and articles,
publication contracts and accounts, reprints and book reviews, research files, and other
materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political science -- Study and teaching
Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham)
Stanford University. Department of Political
Science
Social Science Research Council (U.S.)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
American Political Science Association
Stanford University. Department of Political Science.
Faculty