RMA02624 Guide to the Walter LaFeber papers, 1961-2008. LaFeber, Walter papers, 1961-2008 Compiled by Bing Mei Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library March 2003

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Finding aid encoded by Martin HeggestadMarch 2003 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Walter LaFeber Papers,1961-2008 Collection Number: 14-17-2624 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library 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 Bing Mei February 1998 Martin Heggestad, March 2003; Serge Agbre, September 2008 Ben Wrubel, October 2018 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Walter LaFeber papers, 1961-2008. 14-17-2624 LaFeber, Walter. 21.5 cubic ft. Professional papers. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Professional papers of Walter LaFeber, a Cornell University historian specializing in American foreign policy. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of History, Cornell University.

Walter LaFeber graduated from Hanover College in 1955, received a master's degree from Stanford University in 1956 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1959. He came to Cornell in 1963 and is currently the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History. He specializes in American foreign policy. His major works include The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, America; Russia and the Cold War; and The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective; as well as editing John Q. Adams and the American Continental Empire.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional papers relating to his research, teaching, and writing about American foreign policy.

 SUBJECTS Names: LaFeber, Walter. Cornell University. Dept. of History. Subjects: College teachers. Places: United States--Foreign relations. INFORMATION FOR USERS Access Restrictions:

Closed for research for five years after the death of the donor and his spouse.

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Walter LaFeber Papers, #14-17-2624. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1 1961-1976 Westminster Foundation; John Quincey Adams Manuscript; miscellaneous correspondence; Correspondence January-June 1976; old recommendations. [Poor condition.] 2 1967 Correspondence. University stuff; Crowell book; CU Presidential Commission 3 1969 Cornell Aeronautical Lab; Dartmouth Conference; Correspondence January-September 1969. 4 1971 Cornell Aeronautical Lab; Correspondence 5 1972-1977 Correspondence. State Department Advisory Committee on Foreign Relation; Chelsea House Publisher) Correspondence. Pacific Historic Review. 6 1976-1979 Correspondence between 1976-1978 7 1968-1981 Constitution correspondence, Correspondence from 1968, 1980, 1981, and some from 1978-1980 8 1981-1984 FDR Foundation; Reuben Askew for President file; file on BPA course 1981-1983; 1984 correspondence 9 1985-1987 OAH-Hanington Paper; 1985-1986 correspondence; Free Speech commission 1986-1987; Seward book 10 1984-1985 Book Contracts and permissions; July-December 1984; January-June 1985 11 1975-1986 July-December 1987; January-June 1988. Matthew McHugh Congress 1975-July-December 1986; a cassettes. 12 1987 Correspondence January-June 1987 13 1989-1990 January-June 1989, January-June 1990 14 1989-1991 July-December 1989; July-December 1990; January-June 1991 15 1971-1978 Correspondence 1975; July-December 1978; letters 1971; Pulitzer Prize July 1975 16 1 1992 May-June correspondence. 16 2 1989-1992 July 1989-February 1992 correspondence. 16 3 1992 March-April 1992 correspondence 16 4 1992 April-June 1992 correspondence 16 5 1992 May-July 1992 correspondence 16 6 1992 July-August 1992 correspondence 16 7 1992 September-October 1992 correspondence 16 8 1992 November 1992 correspondence 16 9 1992 December 1992 correspondence 16 10 1992 Miscellaneous (1982-February 1992) filed with folders for March-December 1992. 16 11 1993 January 1992 correspondence 16 12 1993 February-March 1992 correspondence 16 13 1993 April 1992 correspondence 16 14 1993 May-June 1992 correspondence 16 15 1993 Miscellaneous (April 1970- December 1991) filed with folders for January-October 1992 16 16 1993 July 1992 correspondence 16 17 1993 August-September 1992 correspondence 16 18 1993 September 1992 correspondence 16 19 1993 October 1992 correspondence 16 20 1993 November 1992 correspondence 16 21 1993 December 1993 correspondence 16 22 1997 October 1996-January 1997 correspondence 16 23 1997 February 1997 correspondence 16 24 1997 March 1997 correspondence 16 25 1997 Apr. 1997 correspondence 16 26 1997 May 1997 correspondence 16 27 1997 May 1997 correspondence 16 28 1997 June 1997 correspondence 16 29 1997 July 1997 correspondence 16 30 1997 August 1997 correspondence 17 1 1997 September 1997 correspondence 17 2 1997 October 1997 correspondence 17 3 1997 November 1997 correspondence 17 4 1997 December 1997 correspondence 17 5 1997 "Harry Truman" PBS-TV-"The American Experience" program (4 hours) 17 6 1997 Correspondence, Part II of Truman 17 7 1997 Part three of Truman; Series themes 17 8 1994-96 TR-draft script for parts 1, 2 and 3; correspondence 17 9 1995 "Theodore Roosevelt" PBS-TV-"American Experience" program - 4 hours. 17 10 1995 The American Experience - Theodore Roosevelt, Mar. 3, 1995: Program Script 17 11 1993 Eric Delman phone conversations; his memos on Bush-Pentagon Russian Policy 17 12 1993 Eric Delman's The End of the Cold War: The Triumph of Idealpolitik 17 13 1982-1984 Copy of letter on proposal of the committee on Diplomatic Documentation 17 14 1983-1985 Correspondence and reviews relating to "Inevitable Revolutionary: The United States in Central America" 17 15 1984-1988 Correspondence, newspaper articles and reviews relating to "Inevitable Revolutionary: The United States in Central America" 17 16 1967-1980 USSR correspondence and materials 17 17 1980-1988 USSR correspondence and materials 17 18 1988-1991 USSR correspondence and materials 18 1 1992 + Before Correspondence 18 2 1994 Correspondence January-June (1) 18 3 1994 Correspondence January-June (2) 18 4 1994 Correspondence January-June (3) 18 5 1994 Correspondence July-December (1) 18 6 1994 Correspondence July-December (2) 18 7 1994 Correspondence July-December (3) 18 8 1994 Correspondence January-June (1) 18 9 1995 Correspondence January-June (2) 18 10 1995 Correspondence January-June (3) 18 11 1995 Correspondence July-December (1) 18 12 1995 Correspondence July-December (2) 18 13 1996 Correspondence January-June (1) 18 14 1996 Correspondence January-June (2) 18 15 1996 Correspondence January-June (3) 18 16 1996 Correspondence July-December (1) 18 17 1996 Correspondence July-December (2) 18 18 1996 Correspondence July-December (3) 18 19 1997 Correspondence January-June 19 1 1998 Correspondence January-June (1) 19 2 1998 Correspondence January-July (2) 19 2 1998 Correspondence January-July (2) 19 3 1998 Correspondence January-July (3) 19 4 1998 Correspondence July-December (1) 19 5 1998 Correspondence July-December (2) 19 6 1997-1998 Correspondence "1900" Television Project for PBS 19 7 1996 The American Experience "1900" Script 19 8 1998-2000 Presidency of Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations 19 9 1998 Correspondence January-June 19 10 1999 Correspondence July-December (1) 19 11 1999 Correspondence July-December (2) 19 12 2000 Correspondence January-June (2) 19 13 2000 Correspondence July-December 2000 (1) 19 14 2000 Correspondence July-December (2) 20 1 2001 Correspondence January-June (1) 20 2 2001 Correspondence January-June (2) 20 3 2001 Correspondence July-December (1) 20 4 2001 Correspondence July-December (2) 20 5 2002 Correspondence January-June (1) 20 6 2002 Correspondence January-June (2) 20 7 2002 Correspondence July-December (1) 20 8 2002 Correspondence July-December (2) 20 9 2003 Correspondence January-June (1) 20 10 2003 Correspondence January-June (2) 20 11 2003 Correspondence July-December (1) 20 12 2003 Correspondence July-December (2) 20 13 2004 Correspondence January-June (1) 20 14 2004 Correspondence January-June (2) 21 1 1972-2000 Correspondence July 1972 - October 2000 21 2 1998-2006 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1998-2006 21 3 1998-2006 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1998-2006 21 4 2001-2003 Correspondence 2001-2003 21 5 2004 Correspondence January-May 21 6 2004 Correspondence June 21 7 2004 Correspondence July 21 8 2004 Correspondence August 21 9 2004 Correspondence September 21 10 2004 Correspondence October 21 11 2004 Correspondence November 21 12 2004 Correspondence December 21 13 2005 Correspondence January 21 14 2005 Correspondence February 21 15 2005 Correspondence March 21 16 2005 Correspondence April 21 17 2005 Correspondence May 21 18 2005 Correspondence June 21 19 2005 Correspondence July 21 20 2005 Correspondence August 21 21 2005 Correspondence September 21 22 2005 Correspondence October 21 23 2005 Correspondence November 21 24 2005 Correspondence December 21 25 2006 Correspondence January 21 26 2006 Correspondence February 21 27 2006 Correspondence March 21 28 2006 Correspondence April 21 29 2006 Correspondence May 21 30 2004 Correspondence June 21 31 2006 Correspondence July 21 32 2006 Correspondence August 21 33 2006 Correspondence September 21 34 2006 Correspondence October 21 35 2006 Correspondence November 21 36 2006 Correspondence December 21 37 2004 Photographs 22 1 2007 Correspondence January-June 22 2 2007 Correspondence July 22 3 2007 Correspondence August 22 4 2007 Correspondence September 22 5 2007 Correspondence October 22 6 2007 Correspondence November 22 7 2007 Correspondence December 22 8 2007 - 2008 Photographs 22 9 2008 Correspondence January 22 10 2008 Correspondence February 22 11 2008 Correspondence March 22 12 2008 Correspondence April 22 13 2008 Correspondence May 22 14 2008 Correspondence June - July