Richard Polenberg papers, 1961-2000.
Collection Number: 14-17-3804

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Richard Polenberg papers, 1961-2000.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-17-3804
Abstract:
Professional papers relating to his research, teaching, and writings about American History.
Creator:
Polenberg, Richard.
Quanitities:
6.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Emeritus professor of American History, Cornell University.
Polenberg came to Cornell in 1966 and is a recipient of the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He has offered seminars on Justice Cardozo and the judicial process and has written books on American History, the Constitution, Robert Oppenheimer, Benjamin Cardozo, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jacob Abrams, class, race, and ethnicity in the United States, and war and society.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional papers relating to his research, teaching, and writings about American history.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Richard Polenberg papers, #14-17-3804. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University. Department of History
Places:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Subjects:
Trials (Anarchy) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Judicial process -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
Ethnicity -- United States.
Freedom of speech -- United States.
History -- Study and teaching.
Historians.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Richard Polenberg papers,
1961-2000
Box 1
Articles, Reviews with Correspondence, Reports, Subject Files
1960s-2000
Box 2
Correspondence, Reports, Papers from Graduate School, Manuscripts, Reviews, Photographs
1950s-1990s
Box 3
Correspondence, Reports, Papers from Graduate School, Manuscripts, Reviews, Photographs
1950s-1990s
Box 4
Cardozo and Sacco-Vanzetti case files, and research files used for writing the book "Fighting Faiths"
Box 5
Cardozo and Sacco-Vanzetti case files, and research files used for writing the book "Fighting Faiths"
Box 6
Cardozo and Sacco-Vanzetti case files, and research files used for writing the book "Fighting Faiths"
Box 7
Cardozo and Sacco-Vanzetti case files, and research files used for writing the book "Fighting Faiths"
Box 8
Cardozo and Sacco-Vanzetti case files, and research files used for writing the book "Fighting Faiths"