Guide to the Richard Polenberg Papers,
1961-2000

Collection Number: 14-17-3804

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:
March 2010
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, March 2010
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2010 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Richard Polenberg papers, 1961-2000
Collection Number:
14-17-3804
Creator:
Polenberg, Richard.
Quantity:
4.8 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Manuscripts, Printed Materials, Research Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Professional papers relating to his research, teaching, and writings about American History.
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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Polenberg, Richard.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University.Dept. of History.

Subjects:
Historians.
History--Study and teaching.
Freedom of speech--United States.
Ethnicity--United States.
Social classes--United States.
Judicial process--United States.
Trials (Anarchy)--New York State)--New York.

Places:
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Richard Polenberg papers, #14-17-3804. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

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