Guide to the Robin Williams Papers,
1954-1997

Collection Number: 14-25-3646

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
December 2007
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, December 2007
Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2011

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robin Williams papers, 1954-1997
Collection Number:
14-25-3646
Creator:
Robin Murphy Williams
Quantity:
1 cubic foot.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Photographs, Printed Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes biographical material, correspondence, photographs, and papers related to various symposiums.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor Emeritus of Social Science, Cornell University , 1946-2003.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes biographical material, correspondence, photographs, and papers related to various symposiums.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Williams, Robin Murphy.
Cornell University--Faculty.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.Dept. of Sociology.

Subjects:
Sociology.
Social ethics.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Robin Williams papers, #14-25-3646. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Biographical Material
Box 1 Folder 1
1980s-1990s
Photographs of Williams
Box 1 Folder 2
1963-1966
Publications by Williams
Box 1 Folder 3
1956-1971
Publications Annotated by Williams
Box 1 Folder 4
1965
"The Social Sciences and the World of Tomorrow"-report on the Social Sciences at Cornell-Robin Williams chair
Box 1 Folder 5
1954
Womens Roles Proposal
Box 1 Folder 6
1954-1956
Womens Roles-Award letter, correspondence
Box 1 Folder 7
1953-1954
Womens Roles-Plans for the project, letters,draft proposal
Box 1 Folder 8
1957-1960
Womens Roles-Correspondence with researchers
Box 1 Folder 9
1955-1959
Womens Roles-Financial records
Box 1 Folder 10
1953-1954
Womens Roles-Correspondence-Commission on the Education of Women
Box 1 Folder 11
1960
Women's Roles-First person to use the data
Box 1 Folder 12
1964
Nursing Profession-Progress report-Robin Williams, principal investigator
Box 1 Folder 13
1984
Symposium-"Unanticipated Consequences of Social Structure" - honoring Robin Williams
Box 1 Folder 14
1986
Symposium-"Games, Social Cooperation and War"-honoring Robin Williams
Box 1 Folder 15
1996
Symposium honoring Robin Williams
Box 1 Folder 16
1986
Symposium-Planning Materials
Box 1 Folder 17
1996
Symposium-Pre-planning material
Box 1 Folder 18
1996
Symposium-Publicity
Box 1 Folder 19
1996
Symposium-letters from guests
Box 1 Folder 20
1996
Symposium-book published as a result-"A nation divided:Diversity, Inequality and Community in American Society"
Box 1 Folder 21
1996
Symposium-Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 22
1996
Symposium-Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 22
1996
Symposium-Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 22
1996
Symposium-Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 22
1996
"Reflections on the life of Robin Williams" by Peter Rose-Smith College
Box 1 Folder 23
1997
Speech in Seattle
Box 1 Folder 24
1997
Response by Robin Williams
Box 1 Folder 25
1971-1980
Papers Prepared for Symposia
Box 1 Folder 26
1980
Reprints by Williams on Pitirim Sorokin and Talcott Parsons
Box 1 Folder 27