Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, 1917-1981.
Collection Number: 14-17-1256
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, 1917-1981.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-17-1256
Abstract:
Includes papers relating to political issues.
Creator:
Nettels, Curtis P. (Curtis Putnam)
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of American history.
Curtis Putnam Nettels taught American History at Cornell University from 1945-1967.
His memberships included the American Historical Association and Phi Beta Kappa.
Includes correspondence, clippings, congressional voting lists, articles, letters
to editors, and other papers relating to political issues such as the Panama Canal
treaties (Feb. 1978-Dec. 1979), the Taiwan Treaty (1979), U.S. isolationism, foreign
aid, the Marshall Plan, and other topics; book reviews; articles by Nettels; correspondence
with politicians including Robert Dole, Samuel J. Ervin, Gerald R. Ford, William Loeb,
George McGovern, Matthew F. McHugh, Edmund Muskie, William Proxmire, Margaret Chase
Smith, and John Tunney; other correspondence files, including correspondence with
Van Wyck Brooks; autobiographical sketch, "Boyhood Days in a Prairie Town: Memories
of Life in Topeka, Kansas, 1905-1917;" statement by Nettels, "The Doctrine of Containment,"
and a revised edition of the statement; American history bibliography; and other papers
of Curtis Putnam Nettels.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, #14-17-1256. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963.
Dole, Robert J., 1923-
Ervin, Sam J., Jr. (Sam James), 1896-1985.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Loeb, William, 1905-1981.
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012.
McHugh, Matthew F. (Matthew Francis), 1938-
Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996.
Proxmire, William.
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995.
Tunney, John.
Places:
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Neutrality.
United States -- Foreign policy -- Taiwan.
Subjects:
Politics, Practical.
Panama Canal Treaties, 1977.
Economic assistance, American.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Book reviews
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1927-1940 |
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Scope and Contents
Reviews which have appeared in the Wisconsin Magazine of History, English Historical Review, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, New England Quarterly, The Journal of Modern History, American Historical Review
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Book reviews
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1941-1951 |
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Scope and Contents
Reviews which have appeared in the Journal of Southern History, The New England Quarterly, Pennsylvania Magazine of History of Biography, Mississippi Historical Review, Annals of the American Academy, Journal of Economic History, William and Mary Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, English Historical Review
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Book reviews
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1951-1956, 1958-1962, 1965, 1974, 1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Reviews which have appeared in The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Tribune Magazine of Books; Annals of the American Academy, Pennsylvania History, American Historical Review, Journal of Political Economy, Saturday Review Magazine, New York Times Book Review, New England Quarterly, New York History, The Historian, Presidential Studies Quarterly
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Various book reviews
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1934-1939, 1946, 1954, 1962-1963 |
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Scope and Contents
Some of Professor Nettel's writings are reviewed, for example: The Money Supply of the American Colonies before 1720, The Roots of American Civilization, and George Washington and American Independence. The reviews were published in newspapers, magazines and professional journals across
the United States, Canada and England
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Printed copies of historical writings by Professor Nettels
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1924, 1947-1953, 1960, 1962, 1965 |
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Scope and Contents
1924, 1947-1953, 1960, 1962, 1965
Two xerox copies and one typescript copy of the Ithaca Journal's 150 year Anniversary section, May 22, 1965. The newspaper includes the article "Pioneer Conditions Prevailed in 1815." Two printed copies of "The English Colonies in America, 1607-1763;" one typescript letter dated Sept. 19, 1947, and several published reviews
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1971-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence is of a poltical nature to and from senators, congressmen, and govenors.
Some examples are: Robert Dole, Sam J. Ervin, Gerald R. Ford, William Loeb, George
McGovern, Margaret Chase Smith, John Tunny
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Articles pertaining to political controversy and thought wirtten by Porfessor Nettels
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1959, 1971-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters written to the New York Times, Manchester New Hampshire Union Leader, and the Ithaca Journal. Many of these newspaper clippings are related to letters in folder six
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Foreign Banks and Government Debts
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1975, 1979-1980 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence, letters to newspapers and printed reports re the issue of foreign
ownership of portions of United States banks
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, congressional voting lists re Panama Canal Treaties
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Feb. 1978-Dec. 1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Articles and letters written to various newspapers around the country
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1917, 1922-1925, 1946-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
The topics deal with United States isolationism, Kansas populism, foreign aid, the
Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Pact
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence and articles re the Taiwan Treaty
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1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Letters to editors of various newspapers
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1968-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters mainly to the New York Times and the Ithaca Journal, and also to professional journals re former and current United States presidents,
presidential power, impeachment, Richard Nixon, the United States Constitution, and
Ronald Reagan's candidcay and election
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Press conference of New York's Gov. Nelson Rockefeller on Mar. 4, 1969
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1969-1970, 1977 |
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Scope and Contents
Also, a bill to deal with college campus disorders, which was made into state law.
Act of Apr. 21, 1969
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
A - Correspondence with other historians (people actively involved in the field),
colleagues, publishers
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1923, 1931-1934, 1941, 1951-1953, 1977, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
B - Correspondence with historians, colleagues, publishers, and others
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1928-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
C - Correspondence
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1924, 1932, 1936, 1943, 1947-1953, 1960-1966, 1978-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
D - Correspondence
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1931, 1933, 1937, 1975-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
E - Correspondence
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1947-1949, 1956, 1963-1964, 1976, 1980-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
F - Correspondence
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1931-1937, 1947-1952, 1961, 1975-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
G - Correspondence
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1939, 1941, 1962-1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
H - Correspondence
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1922-1924, 1931-1938, 1944-1953, 1966-1967, 1975-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
I - Letter
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Mar. 16, 1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
J - Correspondence
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1932-1941, 1955-1956, 1975, 1978-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
K - Correspondence
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1921, 1930-1934, 1938-1949, 1955-1956, 1961-1963, 1976, 1980-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
L - Correspondence
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1962, 1972-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Mc - Correspondence
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1951, 1975-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Me - Correspondence
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1925, 1933, 1939, 1945, 1951-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Mi - Correspondence
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1932-1933, 1937, 1946, 1951-1953, 1957-1959, 1976-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
N - Correspondence
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1922-1924, 1930-1939, 1946-1981 |
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Scope and Contents
Articles and letters which have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
O - Letters
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1921, 1923, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
P - Correspondence, articles
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1933-1934, 1938-1943, 1955, 1974-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Q - Letters
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1974, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
R - Correspondence
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1925, 1931-1934, 1938-1945, 1952-1964, 1968-1969, 1976-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Sa - Correspondence
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1922-1924, 1931-1933, 1937-1942, 1946-1968, 1975-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Sm - Correspondence
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1934, 1952, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
T - Letters
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1925, 1977-1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
V - One copy of a letter and monograph: Benjamin Franklin by Alexander Vianu
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Nov. 6, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
W - Correspondence, journal articles
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1929, 1935, 1943-1944, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1972-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Z- Letter
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Mar. 26, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Three repreints of published articles:
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Scope and Contents
1. "A Link in the Chain of Events Leading to American Independence," from the William and Mary Quarterly, Jan. 1946
2. "The American Doctrine of Containment." 1980 (2 copies)
3. The Origins of the Union and of the States. Separate from the Proceedings of the
Massachusettes Historical Society. Vol. 72, (1957-1960)
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Twenty-six letters from Curtis Nettels to Van Wyck Brooks, the American author, critic,
and translator
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1952-1954, 1958-1963 |
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Scope and Contents
The letters deal mainly with American writers and American literature, some political
issues and also discussion of Mr. Brook's books. Some examples of his well known books
are: The Wine of the Puritans, 1909; America's Coming of Age, 1915; The Ordeal of Mark Twain, 1920; The Pilgrimage of Henry James, 1925; The Life of Emerson, 1932; The Flowering of New England, 1936; New England: Indian Summer, 1940; The World of Washington Irving, 1944; The Confident Years, 1952; The Writer in America, 1953; Helen Keller, Sketch for a Portrait, 1956; Days of the Phoenix, 1957
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Letters
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1952, 1959 |
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Scope and Contents
This folder contains seven photocopies of letters from Van Wyck Brooks to Mr. Nettels.
Also, one photocopy of a newspaper clipping written by Curtis Nettels re Van Wyck
Brooks
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| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
One seventy-two page typescript manuscript: "Boyhood Days in a Prarie Town, Memories
of Life in Topeka, Kansas, 1905-1917," by Curtis Nettels (2 copies)
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1905-1917 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Students of Curtis Nettels listed in Who's Who in America
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| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
"A Bibliography of Works on American History Published before 1966" (598 works are listed). Presented by Curtis Nettels. Privately printed
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1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
"The Doctrine of Containment," by Curtis P. Nettels. Introductory note and article.
9 pages
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| Box 2 | Folder 1-7 | Apr. 1941-Sept. 30, 1947 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 8-13 | Nov. 1947-Dec. 31, 1947 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 14-18 | Jan. 1948-Oct. 31, 1948 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 19-23 | Nov. 1948-Apr. 30, 1949 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 24-28 | May 1949-Dec. 31, 1949 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 29-30 | Jan. 1950-1973 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 1-3 | Jan. 1950-1973 | |