Walter LaFeber papers, 1961-2008.
Collection Number: 14-17-2624

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Walter LaFeber papers, 1961-2008.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-17-2624
Abstract:
Biographical and administrative files, extensive correspondence, research subject files, typed and handwritten research index cards, notes, teaching material, books, articles, reviews and drafts, a few photographs, memorabilia, ephemera and tributes of the professor and others, audio cassettes of history lectures and talks, CDs, DVDs and VHS of historical documentaries and Cornell related events, and digital material of the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor of History, Cornell University, Walter LaFeber (1933-2021), document his research, teaching, and administrative activities, dating from 1942-2020.
Creator:
LaFeber, Walter.
Quanitities:
29.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical Note

Walter LaFeber (1933, 30 August- 2021, March 9), the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor emeritus at Cornell University was born in Walkerton, Indiana. In 1955, he earned his B.S. from Hanover College and, a year later, his MA from Stanford University. In 1959 he completed his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, focusing on the revision of US diplomatic history. His dissertation was titled "The Latin American Policy of the Second Cleveland Administration." LaFeber joined Cornell University in 1959, remaining until his retirement. He specialized in American foreign policy. He was a leading member of the Wisconsin School of American diplomatic history, inspired by William Appleman Williams, suggesting that United States foreign policy was also motivated by imperialism. He is also known for providing widely read revisionist histories of the Cold War. He is the author and co-author of 20 books. His book, "The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion, 1860–1898" (Cornell Univ. Press, 1963), a Beveridge Prize of the American Historical Association Winner, traces the phenomenon of American empire building from 1860 to 1898. Other books include "America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–1966" (Wiley, 1967); "The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective" (Oxford Univ. Press, 1978), "The Creation of American Empire" (as co-author; Rand McNally College Pub), which is an analysis of American diplomacy from 1970 to present; "Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America" (‎W. W. Norton & Company, 1984, revised 1992; Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award); "The Clash: US–Japanese Relations throughout History" (W. W. Norton, 1997; Bancroft Prize, Ellis W. Hawley Prize of the Organization of American Historians); "Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism" (W. W. Norton, 1999), in which basketball is viewed as a metaphor for globalization, and more. LaFeber participated in historical documentaries, among others, in episodes of The American Experience series from PBS, and broadcasts for television and radio, including the ABC-TV special on the 1984 Winter Olympics, NBC-TV's "White Paper" on the Middle East, CBS-TV's Community College Series on U.S. Foreign Policy and National Public Radio's "Book Corner". LaFeber was the first recipient of the Clark Distinguished Teaching Award for junior faculty members teaching undergraduates at Cornell in 1966, and a year later, he gained the Marie Underhill Noll Professorship. In 1976, Professor LaFeber was the first faculty member invited to deliver Cornell's commencement address, and in 2002 he was named the first Andrew H. and James S. Tisch distinguished professor. He taught long-lasting, reputable courses, such as American Foreign Relations, History of American Foreign Relations, and more. In 2006, almost 3000 Cornellians filled the Beacon Theater in Manhattan in his farewell lecture, titled "A Half-Century of Friends, Foreign Policy and Great Losers". He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (President 1999), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1989). He received the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction and, in 1971, was named to the American Historical Association's seat on the Department of State Historical Advisory Committee. He also served as editor of several journals, such as the Political Science Quarterly and more. He got married to Sandra Gould in 1955. He had two children, Scott and Suzanne.

The Walter LaFeber Papers document the research, teaching, and administrative activities and publications of the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor of History, Cornell University, Walter LaFeber (1933-2021), dating from 1942-2020. The collection includes primarily extensive correspondence, ranging from 1968 to 2020, related to several historical documentaries the professor contributed to, his research, publications, collaborations, and interactions with other institutions and professors. The collection also contains research files, including subject files, handwritten and typed index cards divided by theme; Teaching material; Articles, reviews, and notes by Walter LaFeber; several articles and drafts by others, student thesis and books; Administrative and personal files, such as Cornell university-related files, photographs, several personal interest ephemera, including a newspaper comic by Herblock in 1981, titled "200 years since Yorktown" and a printed portrait of James Madison; Memorabilia, containing an Authentic Red Twill Tape from the Original Civil War records on a plate, a Berlin Wall historic artifact and more; Tributes, certifications, and awards; Audiovisual material pertained to documentaries Walter LaFeber contributed, lectures, Cornell-related events, and several other historic documentaries in VHS and DVD form; A list of audio cassettes, pertaining primarily to lectures in history. Finally, there are digital files, some of which are non-commercially produced copies of existing audio-visual material, such as CD-Rs or other born-digital materials.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

Access restricted for boxes 1 to 22 until five years after the death of the donor and his spouse.

Separated Materials

Audiovisual: Peter Katzenstein. (1993). "A World of Regions Trilateral or Tripolar". Tape 3. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19936 Peter Katzenstein. (1993) "Europe and America. An Atlantic Community". Tape 2. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19937 Peter Katzenstein. (1993) "A New Europe: West and East". Tape 1. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19938 Isaac Kramnick. (1993). "Capitalism: Pure or Mixed?". Tape 3. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19939 Isaac Kramnick. (1993)."Democracy and its Limits". Tape 2. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19940 Isaac Kramnick. (1993)."Individualism and Community". Tape 1. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19941 Isaac Kramnick. (1993)."Individualism and Community". Tape 1. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19942 Isaac Kramnick. (1993). "Individualism and Community". Tape 1. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19943 Isaac Kramnick. (1993). "Individualism and Community". Tape 1. Cornell University. School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. [Cassette] tr-19944 DVD. Cornell University. A half-century of friends, foreign policy, and great losers. New York: Cornell University.     DVD- 4560
Books: Becker, C. L., & Snyder, P. L. (1967). Detachment and the writing of history: essays and letters of Carl L. Becker. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. Brown R. M. Fehrenbacher D. E. & Stanford University. (1977). Tradition conflict and modernization : perspectives on the american revolution. Academic Press. Inscribed by the author. Evani︠a︡n Ė. A. (1997). Belyĭ dom protiv kremli︠a︡ = kremlin vs white house. publisher not identified. Inscribed by the author. Gerlach, L. R. (Ed.) (1978) Legacies of the American Revolution. Inscribed by Michael Kammen to Walter LaFeber. Groneman C. Norton M. B. & Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. (1987). "To toil the livelong day" : america's women at work 1780-1980. Cornell University Press. Inscription for LeFeber from Norton, M. B. Jellison R. M. Greene J. P. Bushman R. L. & Kammen M. G. (1976). Society freedom and conscience : the american revolution in virginia massachusetts and new york (1st ed.). Norton. Inscribed by Kammen, M. G. With dust jacket. Notes by LeFeber. Kammen M. G. (1967). Politics and society in colonial america: democracy or deference? (1st ed.). Dryden Press Peter Smith. Inscribed by the author. Kammen M. G. (1985). The problem of Constitutionalism in American culture: Bicentennial lecture on Constitutionalism, presented at the University of Dallas on April 24, 1985. University Of Dallas." Essay in pamphlet form. Inscription to LaFeber by Michael Kammen. Kammen M. G. (1991). Mystic chords of memory: the transformation of tradition in American culture (1st Vintage books). Vintage Books. Inscribed by the author to Walter LaFeber and his wife in October 1991. Kammen M. G. (1992). Meadows of memory : images of time and tradition in american art and culture (1st ed.). University of Texas Press. Inscription to LaFeber by Michael Kammen. Kammen, M. G. (1996). The lively arts: Gilbert Seldes and the transformation of cultural criticism in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. Inscribed by Kammen, M. G. Kammen, M. G. (Ed.). (1986). The Origins of the American Constitution: a documentary history. New York, NY: Penguin. Inscribed by Kammen, M. G. Notes by LeFeber. Kammen M. (2009). Digging up the dead: a history of notable American reburials. University of Chicago Press. Inscribed by the author Kramnick, I., & Sheerman, B. (1993). Harold Laski: a life on the left. (1st American ed.). New York: Allen Lane, Penguin Press. With dust jacket. Inscribed to Walter LaFeber. LaFeber, W. (1984). Inevitable revolutions: the United States in Central America. New York: W.W. Norton. "LaFeber, W. (1989). Revoluciones inevitables: La política de Estados Unidos en Centroamérica. UCA Editores. Langbart D. A. (1983). The road to riga: the state department and the american search for information about russia 1917-1922 (dissertation) Lane H. Blumenfeld (1989). The great turn in American Russian diplomatic relations: Changes in the U.S. public and official perspective of tsarist Russia, 1867-1881 (Cornell dissertation) Lehman, J. S. (2008). An optimistic heart: what great universities give their students ... and the world. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. With dust jacket. Inscribed to Walter LaFeber by the author. Lorrain P., Corson D. R. (1970). Electromagnetic fields and waves: including electric circuits (2nd ed.). Freeman. Inscription to LaFeber from Dale Corson Norton, M. B. (1972). The British-Americans: the Loyalist exiles in England, 1774-1789. ([1st ed.]). Boston: Little, Brown. Inscription for LeFeber from Norton, M. B. Norton, M. B. (1980). Liberty's daughters: the Revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800. Boston: Little, Brown. There is also an attached note to the editor Norton, M. B. (2011). Separated by their sex: women in public and private in the colonial Atlantic world. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Inscription for LeFeber from Norton, M. B. Norton, M. B. (1996). Founding mothers & fathers: gendered power and the forming of American society. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Inscribed by Norton, M. B. With dust jacket. Ovodenko, A. (n.d.). Interpreting threats American intelligence in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. (Cornell dissertation). Polenberg, R. (1966). Reorganizing Roosevelt's government: the controversy over executive reorganization 1936-1939. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674436114" Inscribed by the author. Polenberg, R. (1972). Radicalism and reform in the new deal. Addison-Wesley Pub. Inscribed by the author to Walter LaFeber and his wife. Polenberg, R. (1997). The world of Benjamin Cardozo: personal values and the judicial process. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Inscribed by the author. Polenberg, R. (2000). The era of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945: a brief history with documents. Bedford/St. Martin's. Inscribed by the author. Polenberg, R. (1987). Fighting faiths: the Abrams case, the Supreme Court, and free speech. New York, N.Y.: Viking. Inscribed by the author. With dust jacket. Rhodes, F. H. T. (2001). The creation of the future: the role of the American university. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. Inscribed by Rhodes, F. H. T. With dust jacket. Seldes G. (2001). The 7 lively arts [the classic appraisal of the popular arts] (Unabridged republ). Dover. Introduction and inscription by Michael Kammen. Sibley, J. H.; Bogues, A.G.; Flanigan, W.H. (1978). The History of American electoral behavior. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Inscribed by the author, Sibley, Joel to Walter LaFeber and his wife. Shultz, G. P. (2010). Ideas & action: featuring the 10 commandments of negotiations. Free to Choose Press.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Department of History
Places:
United States -- Foreign relations.
Central America -- Foreign relations.
Subjects:
Historians.
College teachers.
Cold War.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Correspondence
1968-2020
By Date
Box 11
July-December 1987; January-June 1988. Matthew McHugh Congress 1975-July-December 1986; a cassette.
1975-1986
Box 16 Folder 4
April-June 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 5
May-July 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 6
July-August 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 7
September-October 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 8
November 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 9
December 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 16 Folder 10
Miscellaneous (1982-February 1992) filed with folders for March-December 1992.
1992
Box 16 Folder 11
January 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 12
February-March 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 13
April 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 14
May-June 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 15
Miscellaneous (April 1970- December 1991) filed with folders for January-October 1992
1993
Box 16 Folder 16
July 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 12
Correspondence January-June 1987
1987
Box 13
January-June 1989, January-June 1990
1989-1990
Box 14
July-December 1989; July-December 1990; January-June 1991
1989-1991
Box 15
Correspondence 1975; July-December 1978; letters 1971; Pulitzer Prize July 1975
1971-1978
Box 16 Folder 1
May-June correspondence.
1992
Box 16 Folder 2
July 1989-February 1992 correspondence.
1989-1992
Box 16 Folder 3
March-April 1992 correspondence
1992
Box 18 Folder 1
Correspondence
1992 + Before
Box 18 Folder 2
Correspondence January-June (1)
1994
Box 18 Folder 3
Correspondence January-June (2)
1994
Box 18 Folder 4
Correspondence January-June (3)
1994
Box 18 Folder 5
Correspondence July-December (1)
1994
Box 18 Folder 6
Correspondence July-December (2)
1994
Box 18 Folder 7
Correspondence July-December (3)
1994
Box 16 Folder 17
August-September 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 18
September 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 19
October 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 20
November 1992 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 21
December 1993 correspondence
1993
Box 16 Folder 22
October 1996-January 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 23
February 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 24
March 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 25
April 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 26
May 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 27
May 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 28
June 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 29
July 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 16 Folder 30
August 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 17 Folder 1
September 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 17 Folder 2
October 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 17 Folder 3
November 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 17 Folder 4
December 1997 correspondence
1997
Box 20 Folder 14
Correspondence January-June (2)
2004
Box 21 Folder 1
Correspondence July 1972 - October 2000
1972-2000
Box 21 Folder 2
Miscellaneous Correspondence 1998-2006
1998-2006
Box 21 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Correspondence 1998-2006
1998-2006
Box 21 Folder 4
Correspondence 2001-2003
2001-2003
Box 21 Folder 5
Correspondence January-May
2004
Box 21 Folder 6
Correspondence June
2004
Box 21 Folder 7
Correspondence July
2004
Box 21 Folder 8
Correspondence August
2004
Box 21 Folder 9
Correspondence September
2004
Box 21 Folder 10
Correspondence October
2004
Box 21 Folder 11
Correspondence November
2004
Box 21 Folder 12
Correspondence December
2004
Box 21 Folder 13
Correspondence January
2005
Box 21 Folder 14
Correspondence February
2005
Box 21 Folder 15
Correspondence March
2005
Box 21 Folder 16
Correspondence April
2005
Box 19 Folder 8
Presidency of Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations
1998-2000
Box 19 Folder 9
Correspondence January-June
1998
Box 19 Folder 10
Correspondence July-December (1)
1999
Box 19 Folder 11
Correspondence July-December (2)
1999
Box 19 Folder 12
Correspondence January-June (2)
2000
Box 19 Folder 13
Correspondence July-December 2000 (1)
2000
Box 19 Folder 14
Correspondence July-December (2)
2000
Box 20 Folder 1
Correspondence January-June (1)
2001
Box 20 Folder 2
Correspondence January-June (2)
2001
Box 20 Folder 3
Correspondence July-December (1)
2001
Box 20 Folder 4
Correspondence July-December (2)
2001
Box 20 Folder 5
Correspondence January-June (1)
2002
Box 20 Folder 6
Correspondence January-June (2)
2002
Box 20 Folder 7
Correspondence July-December (1)
2002
Box 20 Folder 8
Correspondence July-December (2)
2002
Box 20 Folder 9
Correspondence January-June (1)
2003
Box 20 Folder 10
Correspondence January-June (2)
2003
Box 18 Folder 8
Correspondence January-June (1)
1994
Box 18 Folder 9
Correspondence January-June (2)
1995
Box 18 Folder 10
Correspondence January-June (3)
1995
Box 18 Folder 11
Correspondence July-December (1)
1995
Box 18 Folder 12
Correspondence July-December (2)
1995
Box 18 Folder 13
Correspondence January-June (1)
1996
Box 18 Folder 14
Correspondence January-June (2)
1996
Box 18 Folder 15
Correspondence January-June (3)
1996
Box 18 Folder 16
Correspondence July-December (1)
1996
Box 18 Folder 17
Correspondence July-December (2)
1996
Box 18 Folder 18
Correspondence July-December (3)
1996
Box 18 Folder 19
Correspondence January-June
1997
Box 19 Folder 1
Correspondence January-June (1)
1998
Box 19 Folder 2
Correspondence January-July (2)
1998
Box 19 Folder 2
Correspondence January-July (2)
1998
Box 19 Folder 3
Correspondence January-July (3)
1998
Box 19 Folder 4
Correspondence July-December (1)
1998
Box 19 Folder 5
Correspondence July-December (2)
1998
Box 22 Folder 9
Correspondence January
2008
Box 22 Folder 10
Correspondence February
2008
Box 22 Folder 11
Correspondence March
2008
Box 22 Folder 12
Correspondence April
2008
Box 22 Folder 13
Correspondence May
2008
Box 22 Folder 14
Correspondence June - July
2008
Box 21 Folder 17
Correspondence May
2005
Box 21 Folder 18
Correspondence June
2005
Box 21 Folder 19
Correspondence July
2005
Box 21 Folder 20
Correspondence August
2005
Box 21 Folder 21
Correspondence September
2005
Box 21 Folder 22
Correspondence October
2005
Box 21 Folder 23
Correspondence November
2005
Box 21 Folder 24
Correspondence December
2005
Box 21 Folder 25
Correspondence January
2006
Box 21 Folder 26
Correspondence February
2006
Box 21 Folder 27
Correspondence March
2006
Box 21 Folder 28
Correspondence April
2006
Box 21 Folder 29
Correspondence May
2006
Box 21 Folder 30
Correspondence June
2004
Box 21 Folder 31
Correspondence July
2006
Box 21 Folder 32
Correspondence August
2006
Box 21 Folder 33
Correspondence September
2006
Box 21 Folder 34
Correspondence October
2006
Box 21 Folder 35
Correspondence November
2006
Box 20 Folder 11
Correspondence July-December (1)
2003
Box 20 Folder 12
Correspondence July-December (2)
2003
Box 20 Folder 13
Correspondence January-June (1)
2004
Box 22 Folder 1
Correspondence January-June
2007
Box 22 Folder 2
Correspondence July
2007
Box 22 Folder 3
Correspondence August
2007
Box 22 Folder 4
Correspondence September
2007
Box 22 Folder 5
Correspondence October
2007
Box 22 Folder 6
Correspondence November
2007
Box 22 Folder 7
Correspondence December
2007
Box 21 Folder 36
Correspondence December
2006
By Theme
Box 2
Correspondence. University stuff; Crowell book; CU Presidential Commission
1967
Box 3
Cornell Aeronautical Lab; Dartmouth Conference; Correspondence January-September 1969.
1969
Box 4
Cornell Aeronautical Lab; Correspondence
1971
Box 5
Correspondence. State Department Advisory Committee on Foreign Relation; Chelsea House Publisher) Correspondence. Pacific Historic Review.
1972-1977
Box 6
Correspondence between 1976-1978
1976-1979
Box 7
Constitution correspondence, Correspondence from 1968, 1980, 1981, and some from 1978-1980
1968-1981
Box 8
FDR Foundation; Reuben Askew for President file; file on BPA course 1981-1983; 1984 correspondence
1981-1984
Box 9
OAH-Hanington Paper; 1985-1986 correspondence; Free Speech commission 1986-1987; Seward book
1985-1987
Box 10
Book Contracts and permissions; July-December 1984; January-June 1985
1984-1985
Box 1
Westminster Foundation; John Quincey Adams Manuscript; miscellaneous correspondence; Correspondence January-June 1976; old recommendations. [Poor condition.]
1961-1976
Box 17 Folder 5
"Harry Truman" PBS-TV-"The American Experience" program (4 hours)
1997
Box 17 Folder 6
Correspondence, Part II of Truman
1997
Box 19 Folder 6
Correspondence "1900" Television Project for PBS
1997-1998
Box 19 Folder 7
The American Experience "1900" Script
1996
Box 17 Folder 7
Part three of Truman; Series themes
1997
Box 17 Folder 8
TR-draft script for parts 1, 2 and 3; correspondence
1994-96
Box 17 Folder 9
"Theodore Roosevelt" PBS-TV-"American Experience" program - 4 hours.
1995
Box 17 Folder 10
The American Experience - Theodore Roosevelt, Mar. 3, 1995: Program Script
1995
Box 17 Folder 11
Eric Delman phone conversations; his memos on Bush-Pentagon Russian Policy
1993
Box 17 Folder 12
Eric Delman's The End of the Cold War: The Triumph of Idealpolitik
1993
Box 17 Folder 13
Copy of letter on proposal of the committee on Diplomatic Documentation
1982-1984
Box 17 Folder 14
Correspondence and reviews relating to "Inevitable Revolutionary: The United States in Central America"
1983-1985
Box 17 Folder 15
Correspondence, newspaper articles and reviews relating to "Inevitable Revolutionary: The United States in Central America"
1984-1988
Box 17 Folder 16
USSR correspondence and materials
1967-1980
Box 17 Folder 17
USSR correspondence and materials
1980-1988
Box 17 Folder 18
USSR correspondence and materials
1988-1991
Box 23 Folder 1
Correspondence and postcards
2019-2020
Box 23 Folder 2
Correspondence with Andrew H. Tisch, Part 1
2001-2005
Scope and Contents
Andrew H. Tisch is Co-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Loews Corporation. He holds a B.S. degree from Cornell University (1971) and an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1977).
Box 23 Folder 3
Correspondence with Andrew H. Tisch, Part 2
2006
Box 23 Folder 4
Correspondence with Andrew H. Tisch, Part 3
2007-2021
Box 23 Folder 5
Correspondence with C. Evan Stewart
2005-2019
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book reviews, and more.
Box 23 Folder 6
Correspondence with other professors
1978-1995
Scope and Contents
Raymond O'Connor (University of Miami); the University of California, Los Angeles (1988); Billie R. DeWalt (University of Kentucky).
Box 23 Folder 7
Correspondence on grands
1992, 2016
Series II. Research Files
1942-2009
II. A. Subject Files
1942-2008
Box 23 Folder 8
American Empire
1979, 2000-2006
Box 23 Folder 9
Book chapters on imperialism
undated
Box 23 Folder 10
Book reviews and essays on various topics
1986-2002
Scope and Contents
George Armstrong Custer; The intellectual menopause and changing one's major by Williams, A. William; The Great Pacific War, reviewed by Thomas J. Mayock and more.
Box 23 Folder 11
Boxer Rebellion
2000
Box 31 Folder 1
Copies of Sermon by Rev. Walter Hays (Presbyterian), Palo Alto, CA. 1910
undated
Box 23 Folder 12
Democracy (George Bush and Rice) and further material on Iran, Central Asia, and the UK. Part 1
1993, 2002-2007
Scope and Contents
Condoleezza Rice (National Security Advisor).
Box 23 Folder 13
Democracy (George Bush and Rice) and further material on Iran, Central Asia, and the UK. Part 2
1993, 2002-2007
Box 23 Folder 14
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 1
1994-2007
Box 23 Folder 15
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 2
2000-2007
Box 23 Folder 16
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 3
2001-2007
Box 23 Folder 17
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 4
2001-2007
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings.
Box 23 Folder 18
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 5
2002-2006
Box 23 Folder 19
Democracy and Wilsonianism. Part 6
undated
Box 31 Folder 2
Intelligence report. Political change and probable trends in Guatemala
1958-04-01
Scope and Contents
Prepared by the Division of Research and Analysis for American Republics.
Box 23 Folder 20
Newspaper clippings on several topics
1999-2008
Scope and Contents
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (2006), Israel and Palestine (2002), Japanese Businesses (2002).
Box 31 Folder 3
Records of Inter- and intra- departmental committees: inter-American economic affairs committee 1945-1950
1950
Scope and Contents
Includes Kennan on Germany, Japan, and China in March 1950. pp.88, 90.
Box 23 Folder 21
Ronald Reagan paper doll booklet and sticker
1984
Box 23 Folder 22
Russian- American relations
1991-2004
Box 31 Folder 4
Straight, Willard project. Part 1
undated
Box 23 Folder 23
Straight, Willard project. Part 2
undated, 1995
Scope and Contents
Includes transparencies.
Box 23 Folder 24
Straight, Willard project. Part 3
undated
Box 23 Folder 25
Straight, Willard project. Part 4
2000-2004, undated
Box 24 Folder 1
Straight, Willard project. Part 5
undated
Box 31 Folder 5
Two copies of 1945 despatch by Kennan on the Soviet atomic energy program
1942, 1945, 2008
Box 24 Folder 2
War on Terror, Afganistan
1992-2008
II. B. Index Cards
1945-2009
Box 24 Folder 3
Acheson, Dean G. (1945-1953), Part 1
1945-1990
Box 24 Folder 4
Acheson, Dean G. (1945-1953), Part 2
1945-1990
Box 24 Folder 5
Acheson, Dean G. (1945-1953), Part 3
1945-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings.
Box 24 Folder 6
Acheson, Dean G. (1945-1953), Part 4
1945-1990
Box 24 Folder 7
Acheson, Dean G. (1945-1953), Part 5
1945-1990
Box 24 Folder 8
Niebuhr, Reinhold
1986-2009
Box 24 Folder 9
Nixon, Richard and Kissinger, Henry, Newspaper Clippings. Part 1
undated
Scope and Contents
Newspaper Clippings.
Box 24 Folder 10
Nixon, Richard and Kissinger, Henry, Newspaper Clippings. Part 2
undated
Box 24 Folder 11
Nixon, Richard and Kissinger, Henry, Part 1
undated, 1973
Box 24 Folder 12
Nixon, Richard and Kissinger, Henry, Part 2
undated, 1970-1973
Box 24 Folder 13
Seward, William H. Part 1
1915-1993
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of articles, handwritten notes.
Box 24 Folder 14
Seward, William H. Part 2
undated
Box 24 Folder 15
Theodore Roosevelt, Japan War, Cold War, and Asia, Part 1
undated
Box 24 Folder 16
Theodore Roosevelt, Japan War, Cold War, and Asia, Part 2
1947, 1976-2004
Box 24 Folder 17
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 1
1980-2002
Box 24 Folder 18
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 2
undated
Box 24 Folder 19
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 3
undated
Box 25 Folder 1
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 4
undated
Box 25 Folder 2
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 5
undated
Box 25 Folder 3
Theodore Roosevelt, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 6
undated
Box 25 Folder 4
Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 1
undated, 2000-2004
Box 25 Folder 5
Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 2
undated, 2000-2004
Box 25 Folder 6
Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 3
undated, 2000-2004
Box 25 Folder 7
Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 4
undated, 2000-2004
Box 25 Folder 8
Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Willard Straight, (1870-1914), Part 5
undated, 2000-2004
Box 25 Folder 9
United States- Asia (1941-1946); ESP US-Indochina, Part 1
1950, undated
Box 25 Folder 10
United States- Asia (1941-1946); ESP US-Indochina, Part 2
1946-1989
Box 25 Folder 11
Wilson, Woodrow, Part 1
1978, 1983, undated
Box 25 Folder 12
Wilson, Woodrow, Part 2
undated, 1984, 1986
Series III. Teaching Material
1976-2004
Scope and Contents
See also Audiovisual Material—cassettes History 314.
Box 25 Folder 13
Cornell's Adult University (CAU) Lecture
2004-08-05
Box 25 Folder 14-17
Government 387. The United States and Asia. Part 1-3
1982-1992
Box 31 Folder 6
Government 387. The United States and Asia. Part 4
1982-1992
Box 26 Folder 1-4
Government 387. The United States and Asia. Part 5-8
1982-1992
Box 26 Folder 5
History 313, Tocqueville on foreign relations and related Issues (Democracy in America)
1997, 2004
Box 26 Folder 6-9
History 383, History of American Foreign Relations
1976
Box 26 Folder 10
History 493/693. Problems in Modern Chinese History
2001
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings.
Box 26 Folder 11
History 414. Undergraduate Seminar in American Political History
2000
Series IV: Publications
1925, 1942-2018
IV. A. Articles, Reviews and Notes by Walter LaFeber
1952-2005
Box 26 Folder 29
Article on a conference proceeding titled "Eisenhower: An American Conservative in the Cold War."
1981-10-9-1981-10-11
Scope and Contents
Eisenhower remembered a conference on the Presidency of Dwight David Eisenhower.
Box 26 Folder 30
Articles in Democracy, Foreign Service Journal, More and other magazines
1958-1983
Scope and Contents
Topics related to Vietnam, the Panama Canal, America's new empire, Kennedy, problems of disarmament, and more.
Box 26 Folder 31
Articles in Executive, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and the Constitution magazines
1981-1991
Box 27 Folder 1-2
Articles in Inquiry magazine
1979-1983
Scope and Contents
December 19, 1977; May 29, 1978; June 11 & 25, 1979; March 5, 1979; August 6 & 20, 1979; April 21, 1980; September 22, 1980; February 4, 1980; May 5, 1980; April 13, 1981; March 29, 1980; December 1982; October 1983.
Box 27 Folder 3
LaFeber notes on the History of the Roman Empire
Summer 1952
Scope and Contents
Mostly from Carey.
Box 27 Folder 4
Newspaper articles
1968-1986
Scope and Contents
Henry Kissinger and the Web of Diplomacy (1983, June 12), The Washington Post; Lest we Forget the Bay of Pigs (1986, April 19), The Nation; The Region: inevitable revolutions (1984, January 28), The Nation; Making revolution, opposing revolution (1983, July 3), New York Times; and more.
Box 27 Folder 5
Review essays, articles and lectures
1974-2005
Scope and Contents
The Unmasterable Past (1999). The U.S. Emerge as a world power (1986); Reagan and Monroe: A doctrine in Transition, 1923-1985 (1984); Columbia human rights law review (1982-1983); The third cold war (1980); Roosevelt, Churchill, and Indochina: 1942-1945 (1975); The impact of war on the United States in the 20th century (1974); Consensus and cooperation: a view of United States Foreign policy, 1945-1980 (undated). An article in the Spanish language. Triumph of Globalism: American Trade Politics (2005), by Orin Kishner.
Box 27 Folder 6
LaFeber speech on Harry Truman
undated
Scope and Contents
The Truman Doctrine: How our choices he has been shaped in the Cold War.
Box 27 Folder 7
LaFeber's reviews and comments on articles and other publications
1978-1985
Scope and Contents
Translation of the "The Rise of American Imperialism" (1978) by Wehler; Political Economy of American Expansion 1893-1920 by W. Becker; Ludia Maria child: Abolition Critic of American Foreign Policy by Edward P. Crapol (1985). Walter Brown's Diary (1945). Includes a handwritten list of names for copies of his book The Clash.
Mapcase Folder 1
Photocopy of Walter LaFeber's article " Slam Dunk Capitalism", The Bookpress
May, 1999
IV. B. Articles, thesis, and drafts by others
1968-2018
Scope and Contents
Included LaFeber's notes on some of those publications.
Box 26 Folder 12
American military-related studies
1968-1971
Scope and Contents
The American involvement in Vietnam, Congressional inquiry into military affairs and the American military experience
Box 26 Folder 13
Articles by Ronald W. Pruessen and correspondence
1988-1990
Scope and Contents
The United States and the Geneva Summit Conference of 1955 by R.W. Prussen (1988); Beyond the Cold War. Again 1955 and the 1990s.
Box 26 Folder 14
Articles by William Roger Louis
1985, undated
Scope and Contents
American anti-colonialism and the dissolution of the British Empire by W.R. Louis (1985); "Dulles, Suez and the British" by William Roger Louis
Box 26 Folder 15
Copies of papers and book chapters
2018, undated
Scope and Contents
Fanny Seward (2018) and The Rise of the New Women, 1860-1920
Box 26 Folder 16
Proposed papers and several articles
1978, 1991
Scope and Contents
Paul A. Rahe. (1978). "Spartan Slavery, Spartan Freedom (1978)"; Securing the Great Crescent: occupied Japan and the Origins of Containment in Southeast Asia by Micheal Schaller; Forced Liberalization, the Cases of Germany and Japan by T. Schwartz (1991).
Box 26 Folder 17
Reprints
1981-2018
Scope and Contents
Chichiro Hosoya, (1981). Japan's response to U.S. policy on the Japanese peace treaty: the Dulles-Yoshida talks of January - February 1951. Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics; Annales, Économies Sociétés Civilisations (1989). A paper in the Japanese language on the ideas which supported the Foundation of the American Nation by Professor Takeshi Igarashi and more.
Box 26 Folder 18
Reprints and copies of articles by Mary Beth Norton
1972-2003
Box 26 Folder 19
Reprints and magazine articles by Michael Kammen and Avihu Zakai
1974-2001
Box 26 Folder 20
Senior honors thesis: Higher law and the legal career of William Henry Seward by R.L. Greenblatt
1990
Box 26 Folder 21
Senior honors thesis: New prespectives on the sterling crisis and the devaluation of the pound sterling in 1949 by D.S. Asofsky
1987-1988
Box 26 Folder 22
Senior honors thesis: The Western Alliance and the Change for peace, 1953. By M.S. Fish
1984
Box 26 Folder 23
Students' Essays and Thesis
1980-1998
Scope and Contents
A Case Study of Unites States Foreign Policy: American Sanctions on Zimbabwe by Zachary Z. Kinney (1980); Contradiction and Accommodation: Woodrow Wilson, W.E.B. Du Bois and the Pan-African Congress' Influence on the Paris Conference, 1919 by Joel Goldberg (1998); Self-Determination and Sacro Egoismo: American liberals and Italy, 1914-1920 by Eve T. Saltman (1986); The retreat from Strategic Realism: Abglo-American misrepresentations of German disarmament, 1919-1927 by David Posner (1989).
Box 26 Folder 24
Thesis: Empire of Weakness: Lessons learned from the United States colonial Experience in the Philippines, 1898-1934, by Will Evans
2006
Scope and Contents
Honor Thesis. Professor Walter LaFeber (advisor).
Box 26 Folder 25
Thesis: From Former enemy to Cold War ally: the ironic Japanese peace settlement by R.L. Brauer
1981-04-30
Scope and Contents
Honor Thesis. Professor Walter LaFeber (advisor).
Box 26 Folder 26
Thesis: United-States France, Economic blocs, and the origins of the Cold War by Jeffrey A. Engel
1993
Scope and Contents
Research grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar Program. Professor Walter LaFeber (advisor).
Box 26 Folder 27
Transcription of W.H.Seward, Phi Beta Kappa Speech, Union College July 22, 1844 by Daniel Matz (edited and transcribed)
1999
Box 26 Folder 28
Walkerton Area Historical Society
2019
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings.
IV. C. Books
1925, 1942-2008
Box 28 Folder 01
Additional material of LaFeber's book The clash: a history of U.S.- Japan relations
1997-2007
Box 28 Folder 02
Additional material of the book "The Declaration of independence: a study in the history of political ideas"
1997
Box 28
Becker, C. L. The Declaration of independence: a study in the history of political ideas. New York: A. A. Knopf.
1942
Scope and Contents
Several handwritten notes by Walter LaFeber. See also Folder Additional material at the book "The Declaration of Independence: a study in the History of political ideas."
Box 28
Blumin S. M. The urban threshold: growth and change in a nineteenth-century American community. University of Chicago Press.
1976
Scope and Contents
Includes notes by Walter LaFeber and the author's biographical note. Author's inscription.
Box 28
Herbert Croly. Willard Straight. The Macmillan Company
1925
Box 28
Kammen M. G. & American Historical Association. The past before us: contemporary historical writing in the united states. Cornell University Press.
1980
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber by Michael Kammen. Lightly annotated, includes index card (p. 186).
Box 28
​Kammen M. G. Politics and society in colonial America: democracy or deference? (1st ed.). Dryden Press Peter Smith.
1967
Box 28
Jameson J. F. The American revolution considered as a social movement. Beacon Press.
1965
Scope and Contents
First published in 1926 in the U.S.A.
Box 28
Kammen C. First-person Cornell: students ' diaries, letters emails, and blogs. Cornell University Library.
2006
Box 28
Kammen M. G. Deputyes & libertyes: the origins of representative government in colonial America ([1st ed.]). Knopf.
1969
Scope and Contents
Hard cover. Inscription by the author.
Box 28
Kammen M. G. Empire and interest: the American colonies and the politics of mercantilism. Lippincott.
1970
Scope and Contents
Hard cover. Inscription by the author.
Box 28
Kammen M. G. Empire and interest: the American colonies and the politics of mercantilism. Lippincott.
1970
Scope and Contents
Paperback. Inscription by the author.
Box 28
Kammen M. G. People of paradox: an inquiry concerning the origins of American civilization. Vintage Book.
1972
Scope and Contents
Inscription by the author.
Box 28
Kammen M. G. Selvages & biases: the fabric of history in American culture. Cornell University Press.
1987
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber by Michael Kammen.
Box 28
Kammen M. G. Spheres of liberty: changing perceptions of liberty in American culture. Banner Books/University Press of Mississippi.
1986
Scope and Contents
Inscription by the author. Includes correspondence from LeFeber to Kammen.
Box 28
Kammen, M. G. The contrapuntal civilization: essays toward a new understanding of the American experience. New York: Crowell.
1971
Box 28
Koseki, A. Japan's road to the San Francisco peace conference: the Yoshida-Dulles negotiations 1950-1951. (Cornell dissertation)
1983
Scope and Contents
It includes correspondence from the author to Walter LaFeber on May 23, 1983.
Box 28
LaFeber W. The clash: a history of U.S.- Japan relations (1st ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.
1997
Scope and Contents
Included newspaper clippings, correspondence, and additional material. See the folder "Additional Material to LaFeber's book The Clash: a history of U.S.- Japan relations.
Box 28
Milʹshteĭn, M. A. США - военно-стратегические концепции. Moskva: Nauka.
1980
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by the author.
Box 28
Mink, B. E. Edward Bernays, public relations, and the news.(Cornell dissertation)
1985
Box 28
New York history: quarterly journal of New York State Historical Association. v. 60, no. 4
1979
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber by Michael Kammen.
Box 28
Newsletter of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Vol 21-22, no.3
Sepetmber 1990-1991
Box 28
Polenberg, R. War and society: the United States, 1941-1945. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
1972
Scope and Contents
Hard cover. Inscription by the author. Includes notes by Walter LaFeber.
Box 28
​ Shapiro R. Y. The meaning of American democracy. Academy of Political Science.
2005
Box 28
Silk M. & Walsh A. One nation divisible: how regional religious differences shape American politics. Rowman & Littlefield Pub.
2008
Scope and Contents
Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscription by the author.
Box 28
Болховитинов, Н. Н. Русско-американские отношения и продажа Аляски, 1834-1867. Moskva: "Nauka,".
1990
Scope and Contents
Personal note in French. Inscribed by the author.
Box 29
Norton, M. B. "Eardley-Wilmot, Britannia, and the Loyalists: A painting by Benjamin West." Offprint from Perspectives in American History. volume vi.
1972
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber from Norton, M. B. with notes.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C., & Blumin, S. M. Rude Republic: Americans and their politics in the nineteenth century. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
2000
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber from the authors.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C., & Grossvogel, D. I. Changing channels: America in TV guide. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
1992
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by Glenn Altschuler.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C. Better than second best: love and work in the life of Helen Magill—Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
1990
Scope and Contents
Inscription by Glenn Altschuler. With dust jacket.
Box 29
Library of Congress Symposia on the American Revolution. The development of a revolutionary mentality: papers presented at the first symposium, May 5 and 6, 1972. Washington: Library of Congress.
1972
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by Norton, M. B.
Box 29
The American Revolution. The Japanese Journal of American Studies. Tokyo: Japanese Association for American Studies. n.2
1985
Box 29
Norton, M. B. "Eardley-Wilmot, Britannia, and the Loyalists: A painting by Benjamin West." Offprint from Perspectives in American History. Volume vi.
1972
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber from Norton, M. B. with notes.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C., & Blumin, S. M. Rude Republic: Americans and their politics in the nineteenth century. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
2000
Scope and Contents
Inscription for LeFeber from the authors.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C., & Grossvogel, D. I. Changing channels: America in TV guide. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
1992
Scope and Contents
Inscription by Glenn Altschuler.
Box 29
Altschuler, G. C. Better than second best: love and work in the life of Helen Magill. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
1990
Scope and Contents
Inscription by Glenn Altschuler. With dust jacket.
Box 29
Library of Congress Symposia on the American Revolution. The development of a revolutionary mentality: papers presented at the first symposium, May 5 and 6, 1972. Washington: Library of Congress.
1972
Scope and Contents
Inscription by Norton, M. B.
Box 29
The American Revolution. The Japanese Journal of American Studies. Tokyo: Japanese Association for American Studies. n.2
1985
Series V. Administrative and Personal Files
1973-2018
Box 27 Folder 8
Clarinet Music
2018
Box 27 Folder 9
College of Arts and Science guide and envelopes
2002
Box 27 Folder 10
Cornell University-related handbooks, directories, guides, and brochure
1997-2002
Box 27 Folder 11
Guest Book for 127 Roberts Place
1992
Box 27 Folder 12
LaFeber's biographical note, photographs and other personal interest ephemera
1973-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes professor's professional cards.
Box 27 Folder 13
Programs, articles, and correspondence related to films
2000, 2005
Scope and Contents
V-13808 (Reaching Out for Liberty and Light: The Life of Frances Payne Bolton); V-13838 Transforming America;
Box 21 Folder 37
Photographs
2004
Box 22 Folder 8
Photographs
2007 - 2008
Series VI: Memorabilia, Tributes, Certifications and Awards
1972-2020
VI.A. Memorabilia
1972-2007
Box 30 MU-4148
Authentic Red Twill Tape from the Original Civil War records on a plate
undated
Scope and Contents
The National Archives and Records Administration.
Box 30 MU-4152
Berlin (the) Wall historic artifact
undated
Scope and Contents
This is a Christmas gift from LaFeber's children (Tom and Suzy) to their father. Includes a declaration of Origin. Includes a second smaller piece of the Berlin Wall by a different sender.
Box 31 MU-4159
Bust of Eisenhower, along with an engraved plaque
undated
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber, in grateful appreciation, Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology. A limited edition of one thousand. No, 842.
Box 30 MU-4155
Coins from Nicaragua; Costa Ricca; Japan; Israel (Five)
undated
Box 31 MU-4158
Desert Rose stone
undated
Box 27 Folder 15
Great baseball players of the past. Postcards and stamps
1978
Box 30 MU-4150
Hockey puck, Canada - Russia 1972
1972
Scope and Contents
Possibly from the Summit Series.
Box 30 MU-4153
Iraqi most Wanted playing cards
undated
Box 30 MU-4156
Magnet tile with a vintage advertisement. Ted's Creamy Root Beer
undated
Scope and Contents
Ted Williams (Redsocks baseball player).
Mapcase Folder 1
Oversized posters and ephemera
1999, 2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Colored lithography, titled "Our Statue of Liberty--she can stand it" by Taylor Charles J.; Colored print with Cornell University (n. 8 out of 21); Poem by G.F. Kennan Titled Their Peculiar Fate; A print of John Quincy Adams.
Box 30 MU-4154
Pins
undated, 1988
Scope and Contents
Nixon now pin; Moscow Summit 1988; Pin with T.G. Masaryk head; Peking University; Sardi's; USA, CSR pin; Opening Day; Posters of LaFeber- Silbey Endowment in American History Lecture Series.
Box 30 MU-4149
Plate from the event "Managing the Future: A Summit on the Transformation of Business", Johnson School, Cornell University
undated
Box 30 MU-4151
Republican Chickenhawks of America playing cards
undated
Box 30 MU-4160
Sardi's Restaurant stirrer
undated
Box 30 MU-4157
Juan Marichal signed Rawlings official baseball, National League
undated
VI.B. Tributes, Certifications and Awards
1981-2020
Box 27 Folder 14
Awards, Certifications and Diplomas
1998-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes a sealed diploma from the Quill and Dagger Society.
Box 27 Folder 16
A Collection of Tributes and special memories. In honor of Walter LaFeber, volume 2, Part 1
2006
Box 27 Folder 17
A Collection of Tributes and special memories. In honor of Walter LaFeber, volume 2, Part 2
2006
Box 27 Folder 18
A Collection of Tributes and special memories. In honor of Walter LaFeber, volume 2, Part 3
2006
Box 27 Folder 19
A Collection of Tributes and special memories: A Half-century of Friends, Foreign Policy, and Great Losers", Part 1
2006-04-25
Box 27 Folder 20
A Collection of Tributes and special memories: A Half-century of Friends, Foreign Policy, and Great Losers", Part 2
2006-04-25
Box 27 Folder 21
A Collection of Tributes and special memories: A Half-century of Friends, Foreign Policy, and Great Losers", Part 3
2006-04-25
Box 27 Folder 22
Farewell event, last public lecture
2006
Scope and Contents
Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. 25 April 2006. H Halft-Century of Friends, Foreign policy and great Losers.
Box 27 Folder 23
In memoriam Curtis Nettels, Thomas J. Mc Comick
1981, 2020
Box 27 Folder 24
List of RSVPs to attend "Bailey on Broadway" on April 25th, 2006, and relevant correspondence and articles
2006
Box 27 Volume 1
Samuel "Sandy" R. Berger in memoriam
2015
Box 27 Folder 25
Words of appreciation on the occasion of Walt LaFeber's 60th birthday
1993-08-30
Series VII. Audiovisual Material
VII.A. Documentaries Walter LaFeber contributed
1996-2011
Box 31 DVD-4530
DVD. The American Experience. Panama canal: gateway to the american century.
2011
Scope and Contents
PBS production. (TRT) 90:00. Walter LaFeber comments on aspects of Theodore Roosevelt's career.
Box 31 DVD-4531
DVD. Turmoil & triumph : the George Shultz years.
2010
Scope and Contents
Free To Choose Media. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13840
VHS. The American Experience: Wood Wilson. Episode 2. "The redemption of the world". PBS
2002
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber served as an advisor to the documentary.
Box 29 V-13841
VHS. The American Experience: Wood Wilson. Episode 2. Online. Temporary sound. PBS
2001
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber served as an advisor to the documentary.
Box 29 V-13848
VHS. Crusible of Emprire: The Spanish-American War. Great Projects Film Company
1999
Scope and Contents
2hours. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13850
VHS. Japan. University of the Air "Contemporary American Policies"
1999
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber participated in this film. Shown in Japan, 1999. Videotaped and Interview. Late 1996. The University of the Air is the former name of the Japanese distance learning university now known as The Open University of Japan.
Box 29 V-13806
VHS. Mandel, K. Crucible of empire: the Spanish-American War. [Alexandria, Va.?]: PBS Home Video [distributor].
1999
Box 29 V-13808
VHS. Reaching Out for Liberty and Light: The Life of Frances Payne Bolton.
2000
Scope and Contents
Creator/Publisher: TELOS Productions in association with History Enterprises. (TRT) 86:00. The program of the premier and a photocopy of a newspaper article about the documentary can be found in the folder " . Walter LaFeber participates in the documentary.
Box 31 V-13853
VHS. The 20th Century: The 1940s: War, Recovery and Rebirth. MPI.
2000
Box 31 V-13852
VHS. The 20th Century: The 1950s: Promoting the American Dream. MPI.
2000
Scope and Contents
Producer Marty Callaghan; 2000.
Box 31 V-13854
VHS. The 20th Century: The 1970s: Power Play. MPI.
2000
Box 31 V-13855
VHS. The 20th Century: The 1980s: A Decade of Decadence. MPI.
2000
Box 31 V-13856
VHS. The 20th Century: The 1990s: America's Hard Drive. MPI.
2000
Box 29 V-13839
VHS. The American Experience: Wood Wilson. Episode 1. "A Passionate man". PBS
2002
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber served as an advisor to the documentary.
Box 29 V-13809, V-13810
VHS. The American Experience: America 1900. Part I, II. PBS
1998
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber served as an advisor to the documentary.
Box 29 V-13825
VHS. The American Experience: Theodor Roosevelt. PBS
1995
Scope and Contents
Part 1. Eraly-years-death of wife and mother; 2. Badlands-McKinley death. David Grubin Production. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13826
VHS. The American Experience: TR, The story of Theodore Roosevelt, parts 3 and 4
1996
Scope and Contents
Politics; 1908; Africa; TR Death. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 31 V-13829, V-13830
VHS. The American Experience: TR, The story of Theodore Roosevelt, parts I-II
1996
Scope and Contents
PBS production. (TRT) 240:00. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 31 V-13827, V-13828
VHS. The American Experience: TR, The story of Theodore Roosevelt, parts I-II
1996
Scope and Contents
PBS production. (TRT) 240:00. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13831, V-13832, V-13833
VHS. The American Experience: Truman Documentary, Parts I-III
undated
Scope and Contents
5 hours. Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13834
VHS. The Century: America's Time. 1981-1989 A New World
1999
Scope and Contents
Walter LaFeber was an advisor.
Box 29 V-13836
VHS. Theodore roosevelt. Part 2. The Rider
undated
Box 29 V-13837
VHS. Transforming America: U. S. History Since 1877, Lesson 15, Part 1, The Cold War
2005
Scope and Contents
Directed and produced by Julia Dyer, fl. 1996-2015; Dallas TeleLearning, Dallas, TX: Dallas County Community College District, 2005). Walter LaFeber contributed to the documentary.
Box 29 V-13838
VHS. Transforming America: U. S. History Since 1877, Lesson 7, Part 1, The Question of Empire
2005
Scope and Contents
Directed and produced by Julia Dyer, fl. 1996-2015; Dallas TeleLearning, Dallas, TX: Dallas County Community College District, 2005). Walter LaFeber contributed to the documentary.
VII.B. Lectures and Cornell-related events
1993-2006
Box 31 DVD-4563
DVD. Cornell University. A half-century of friends, foreign policy, and great losers. New York: Cornell University.
2006
Box 31 DVD-4529
DVD. Cornell University's 138th Commencement
2006-05-28
Scope and Contents
Professor, who got retired the same year (2006), after 46 years of service at the Department of History, gave a speech.
Box 31 V-13865
HVS. Sheila Heslin 1985. The Caspian Area. Cornell University
1997
Scope and Contents
Department of History.
Box 29 V-13864
VHS. Cornell Memorial Service
2001-09-14
Box 29 V-13849
VHS. Cornell Sports Network. Great Teachers Walter LaFeber
undated
Box 29 V-13803
VHS. Lecture David Davis, T13658
1998-04-8
Box 29 V-13804
VHS. Lecture of Congressman Bob Filner, T-14103
undated
Scope and Contents
Cornell alumnus.
Box 29 V-13805
VHS. Lecture of Robert Einhorn T-19418
2001-11-08
Box 29 V-13857
VHS. Talbott, S. (1997). Strobe Talbott lecture.
1993
Scope and Contents
Includes the lecture "New NATO, new Europe," an inaugural speech of LaFeber.
VII.C. Other Documentaries
1972-2005
Box 29 V-13858
VHS. America's politic in Japanese language
undated
Box 29 V-13843
VHS. Darryl F. Zanuck's Wilson. 20th Century Fox Video.
1972
Scope and Contents
Shot in In Technicolor, by Henry King in 1944. It is a biographical film about the 28th American President, Woodrow Wilson.
Box 29 V-13802
VHS. History Declassified: Nixon in China, ABC News Productions
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Includes a handwritten note by Chen Jiun about this TV documentary based on the fully declassified record of President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
Box 29 V-13807
VHS. Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos by Saul Landau and Sonia Angulo.
2000
Box 29 V-13851
VHS. Micheal Jordan interview. TV Morning News, Fox Network
1999
Box 29 V-13844
VHS. Moneyworld. Episodes 10-12. Source Media inc.
undated
Scope and Contents
10. Who's on First; 11. Resistance is futile; 12. Shaking the foundations.
Box 29 V-13845
VHS. Moneyworld.Media; Music; Entrepreneurs. Source Media inc.
undated
Box 29 V-13842
VHS. Nation Within: The History of the American annexation of Hawaii [Coffman, Tom]
2007
Box 29 V-13846, V-13847
VHS. The American Experience: The Kennedys. Part I, II. WGBH
1992
Box 29 V-13811, V-13812
VHS. The American Experience: Eisenhower. Part I, II. WGBH
1992
Scope and Contents
Narrated by David McCullough.
Box 29 V-13813, V-13814, V-13815, V-13816
VHS. The American Experience: FDR, Vol 1-4
1994
Scope and Contents
PBS Home Video; Distributed by Warner Home Video. (1997). Fdr.
Box 29 V-13817, V-13818
VHS. The American Experience: Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ). Part 1 and 2. PBS
1991
Box 29 V-13819, V-13820
VHS. The American Experience: Nixon Parts I-III.PBS
1998
Scope and Contents
By David McCullough, a series host. [Alexandria, Va.]: PBS Video, c1992. Airs February 20, 1998. Includes a handwritten note by Chen Jines offering this tape to Walter LaFeber.
Box 29 V-13821, V-13822, V-13823, V-13824
VHS. The American Experience: Reagan, Parts 1-4. PBS
1997
Box 29 V-13835
VHS. The Chu Chi Tunnels documentary
1991
VII.D. Audio Cassettes
1999
Box 31 tr-19948
Cassette. All things considered, on central.
undated
Box 31 tr-19946
Cassette. Diane Rehm. Walter LaFeber "Michael Jordan.."
1999-07-27
Scope and Contents
See also VHS. Micheal Jordan interview. TV Morning News, Fox Network.
Box 31 tr-19961
Cassette. History 314. April 12 and 17 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19962
Cassette. History 314. April 15 and 20 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19963
Cassette. History 314. April 26 and 29 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19960
Cassette. History 314. April 8 and 10 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19951
Cassette. History 314. February 1 and 4 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19954
Cassette. History 314. February 18 and 20 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19955
Cassette. History 314. February 22 and 25 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19956
Cassette. History 314. February 27 and March 4 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19952
Cassette. History 314. February 6 and 11 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19953
Cassette. History 314. February 8 and 13 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19950
Cassette. History 314. January 28 and 30 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19957
Cassette. History 314. March 11 and 13 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19958
Cassette. History 314. March 15 and 20 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19959
Cassette. History 314. March 18 and April 1 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19964
Cassette. History 314. May 1 and 3 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19965
Cassette. History 314. May 6 and 8 Lectures
undated
Scope and Contents
History of American Foreign Policy, 1912 to the Present.
Box 31 tr-19945
Cassette. Jim Bohannon Show. Walter LaFeber
1999-07-26
Box 31 tr-19947
Cassette.Super-Silent- Phase Accuracy Cassette Mechanism
undated
Box 31 tr-19949, tr-19973, tr-19974
Cassettes (3). Unlabeled
undated
Series VIII. Digital Material
2003-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes non-commercially produced copies of audio visual material, such as CD-Rs, or other born digital materials.
Box 31 DVD-4549
Brundibar Opera
undated
Box 31 DVD-4550
Corson Symposium Speech
2004-06-29
Box 31 DVD-4548
Election 2004: Results and Repercussions
2004-10-04
Scope and Contents
Sponsored by the President's Council of Cornell Women.
Box 31 DVD-4551
F.G. Marcham DVD
2006
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence by John Marcham asking for any comments Walter LaFeber may provide about the DVD.
Box 31  DVD-4533
Images by Jon-Reis, for Walter LaFeber
2006
Box 31  DVD-4534
Images from Walter LaFeber Lecture in New York City, organized by Cornell University
2005-05-18
Scope and Contents
A half- Century of friends, foreign policy, and great losers in Beacon theater.
Box 31 DVD-4543
Manifest Destiny. Ch.1: To Conquer or Redeem, Produced by Sharon Wood
2009-05-26
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:30:41; JAK Films inc. Includes script.
Box 31 DVD-4545
Manifest Destiny. Ch.2: Making the World Safe for Democracy, Produced by David Schneider
2010-07-10
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:28:50; JAK Films inc. Includes script. Rought cut of George Lucas films. "Manifest Destiny -Part 3" (1989-2009).
Box 31 DVD-4544
Manifest Destiny. Ch 3: Monsters to Destroy, Produced by Sharon Wood
2009-05-21
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:29:02; JAK Films inc. Includes script.
Box 31 DVD-4540
Manifest Destiny. Part 1: To conquer or redeem, Produced by Sharon Wood
2010
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:29:38; JAK Films inc.
Box 31 DVD-4541
Manifest Destiny. Part 2: Making the World Safe for Democracy, Produced by David Schneider
2010
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:27:02; JAK Films inc.
Box 31 DVD-4542
Manifest Destiny. Part 3: Monsters to Destroy, Produced by Sharon Wood
2011
Scope and Contents
RT: 1:30:00; JAK Films inc.
Box 31  CD-7691
Odyssey. A Daily talk show of ideas. "Why diplomacy failed?
2003-03-19
Box 31 DVD-4546
Rought cut 2/11 of George Lucas' documentary "Manifest Destiny -Part 3" (1989-2009).
2010
Box 31 DVD-4535
The American Experience: Panama Canal, PBS
2011-01-24
Scope and Contents
Documentary. RT: 1:21:10. Press Preview only.
Box 31  DVD-4532
The Case for a Primary Diplomatic Relationship with China
2005-02-05
Scope and Contents
2004, November 8, The Honorable Mark Kirk, introduced by Professor Walter La Feber
Box 31 DVD-4536
Turmoil and Triumph. The George Shultz Years, Part. 1. David deVries Films
2009-09-29
Scope and Contents
Documentary. Hour 1, Draft. Free To Choose Media.
Box 31 DVD-4537
Turmoil and Triumph. The George Shultz Years, Part. 2. David deVries Films
2009-09-29
Scope and Contents
Documentary. Hour 2, Draft. Free To Choose Media.
Box 31 DVD-4538
Turmoil and Triumph. The George Shultz Years, Part. 3. David deVries Films
2009-09-29
Scope and Contents
Documentary. Hour 2, Draft. Free To Choose Media.
Box 31 DVD-4539
Two Dale Corson lunch talks
2007-11-16
Scope and Contents
The first talk was on August 2, 2007, and the second was on November 14, 2007.
Box 31 DVD-4547
Walter LaFeber interviewed by John Marcham on the subject of Frederick G. Marcham
2006-04-09
Scope and Contents
Organized by Cornell University.
Box 31 CD-7690
WNYC Broadcast "The Next big Thing," Show 323. Track 3. LaFeber on Spanish-American War
2003-02-01-2003-02-02