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Papers,
1928-1985 (Part I)
22/6F/204
State University of New York at
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2006. State
University of New York at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Title: Selig Adler Papers,
1928-1985 (Part I)
Extent: 6.26 of 16.26 linear feet
(15 manuscript boxes)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: This collection (filed
under 22/6F/204 and 22/6F/358) contains material regarding Selig Adler's
studies at the University of Buffalo (1928-1931), his graduate work at the
University of Illinois (1931-1934), and notes, drafts and copies of Adler's
research on American foreign policy, isolationism, and United States-Israel
relations. The collection also includes material from Adler's career at the
State University of New York at Buffalo.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, [22/6F/204 or
22/6F/358], Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985, University Archives, The State
University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
The Selig Adler Papers consist of files located in 22/6F/204 and
22/6F/358. Materials in the collection were donated to the University Archives
by Selig Adler on February 20, and May 14, 1969; August 18, 1971; April 20 and
May 6, 1974; July 14-30, 1975; March 20, May 22 and June 24, July 22 and July
29, 1980, Additional materials donated by the Adler Estate, July 18, 1985.
Related materials donated by Norma Segal, May 21-22, 1975; and Milton Plesur,
December 11, 1984.
Terms of Access
The bulk of the Selig Adler Papers, 1928-1985, are open for
research. Some material restricted; consult archivist.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives staff, circa 1980.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
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1909 |
Born January 22 in Baltimore, Maryland |
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1927 |
Graduated from New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, New
York
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1928 |
Entered College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Buffalo
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1931 |
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Buffalo |
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1932 |
M.A., University of Illinois |
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1934 |
Ph.D., University of Illinois |
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1934-1937 |
High School teacher, Buffalo (Grover Cleveland and
Kensington)
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1936 |
Married Janet Sukernek |
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1938-1947 |
Part-time instructor, University of Buffalo summer
programs
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1943-1944 |
Taught civilians and Air Force cadets at University of
Buffalo
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1947 |
Assistant Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1950 |
Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1952 |
Full Professor of History, University of Buffalo |
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1952-1953 |
Visiting professor, University of Rochester |
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1952-1979 |
Appointed by Governor Dewey to Kosher Law Advisory
Board
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1957 |
Published
The Isolationist Impulse: It's
Twentieth-Century Reaction |
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1957-1963 |
Director, Master of Science in Social Studies program |
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1958-1980 |
Samuel P. Capen Professor of American History |
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1960 |
Published (with Thomas E. Connolly),
From Ararat to Suburbia: A History of the
Jewish Community of Buffalo |
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1961-1965 |
Chairman, Educational Policy and Planning Committee of
Faculty Senate
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Executive Committee, Arts and Sciences College |
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Vice President, University Senate |
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1962 |
Chairman, Faculty Committee on merger with State University of
New York
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1963 |
Chairman, Faculty Conference on merger with State University
of New York
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circa 1962-1969 |
State University of New York Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate
Executive Committee
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1965 |
The Uncertain Giant, 1921-1941: American
Foreign Policy Between the Wars |
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1966 |
Chairman, History Department |
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1966- |
Chairman, State Education Department College Proficiency
Examination in American History Committee
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circa 1968-1969 |
Visiting professor at Cornell |
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1974 |
State University of New York Faculty Exchange Scholar |
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1975 |
Distinguished Service professor |
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1980 |
Retired from University of Buffalo |
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1980- |
Archivist, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo |
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?-1984 |
Archivist, Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo at State
University College at Buffalo
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June 1984 |
Archives dedicated as Selig Adler Jewish Archives of Greater
Buffalo
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1984 |
Died, November 8, Buffalo |
Selig Adler (1909-1984), historian and faculty member in the
Department of History, State University of New York at Buffalo, specialist in
twentieth century American foreign policy, isolationism, and United States
relations with Israel.
The collection contains material regarding Selig Adler's studies at
the University of Buffalo (1928-1931), including notes on courses taught by
Julius Pratt and Nathaniel Cantor. The collection also includes material from
Adler's graduate work at the University of Illinois (1931-1934), including
notes on immigration history taught by Marcus Corson. Notes, drafts and copies
of Adler's research on American foreign policy, isolationism, and United
States-Israel relations is also in the collection. Documentation from Adler's
career at the State University of New York at Buffalo includes information on
the History Department, the Faculty Senate Committee on Educational Policy and
Planning (1960-1963), and the Search Committee for a Dean of the School of
Library and Information Science.
Note: boxes 1-15 (series I-IV) are filed
under call number 22/6F/204 and boxes 16-23 (series V-VII) are filed under call
number
22/6F/358
This collection is arranged in seven series:
I.
Biographical Materials
A. General Materials
B. University of Buffalo, 1928-1931
C. University of Buffalo, Department of History
D. University of Buffalo, General Files
E. University of Illinois
III.
Public Lectures and Speeches
IV.
Course Notes and Exams
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I. Biographical Materials |
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This series contains biographical
information on Selig Adler as well as material regarding Adler's studies at the
University of Buffalo (1928-1931), including notes on courses taught by Julius
Pratt and Nathaniel Cantor. The series also includes material from Adler's
graduate work at the University of Illinois (1931-1934), including notes on
immigration history taught by Marcus Corson.
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This series consists of five subseries:
General Materials; University of Buffalo, 1928-1931; University of Buffalo,
Department of History; University of Buffalo, General Files; and University of
Illinois.
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Contents |
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| 1.1 |
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Adler biographical material,
no date
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| 1.2 |
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Adler clipping file,
1959-1985
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I.B University of Buffalo, 1928-1931
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.3 |
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Exams and term papers,
1928-1931
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| 1.4 |
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Junior tutorial,
circa
1929-1930
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| 1.5 |
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Julius Pratt's courses,
1929-1931
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| 1.6 |
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Pratt's "U.S. Since the Civil War," notes and papers,
circa
1930s
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| 1.7 |
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Niles Carpenter's Course,
1931
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| 1.8 |
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Programs and directories,
1930-1931
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I.C University of Buffalo, Department of History
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.3 |
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General files,
1934,
1952,
1967-1975
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| 2.4 |
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Minutes,
1972-1973; includes "Parody of History Department
Meeting, October 11, 1972," written by David Abosch - marked restricted:
consult Archivist
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| 2.5 |
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Letters of recommendation,
1959-1976
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| 2.6 |
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Correspondence regarding Samuel P. Capen
Professorship,
1959,
1973
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| 2.7 |
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Correspondence regarding Distinguished Service
Professorship,
1974-1975
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| 2.9 |
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Correspondence regarding retirement,
1980
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| 2.10 |
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Student papers,
1969,
no
date
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I.D University of Buffalo, General Files
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 3.1 |
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Faculty Senate, Educational Policy Committee,
1959-1961
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| 3.2-3.4 |
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Senate Educational Policy Committee,
1961-1963
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| 3.5 |
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Conference on Year-Round Education,
1960,
1965
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| 3.6 |
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Religious Studies,
1967-1970
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| 3.7 |
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School of Information and Library Studies (SILS) Dean
Search Committee,
1970
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| 3.8 |
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Task Force on University Goals,
1970
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| 3.9 |
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State University of New York Senate Committee on
University Faculty Programs,
1970
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| 3.10 |
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"History of Grosvenor Library,"
no
date
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| 4.1-4.2 |
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Correspondence - general,
1945-1968
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| 4.3-4.8 |
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Correspondence regarding published works,
1933-1975
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I.E University of Illinois
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.9 |
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General files,
1931-1934,
1954
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| 1.10 |
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International Law, notes and papers,
1931-1932
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| 1.11 |
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Marcus Hanson Course, "Immigration History," notes,
1932
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| 2.2 |
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Grover Cleveland High School debate speeches,
1934-1953
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II. Publications |
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This series consists of publications by
Selig Adler.
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This series is arranged in chronological
order.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 5.1 |
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"The Senatorial Career of George Franklin Edmunds,
1866-1891" (abstract),
1934
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| 5.2 |
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Abstracts in
The United States, 1865-1900,
1942-1944
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| 5.3 |
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Book reviews by Adler,
1949-1953,
1964,
1969
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| 5.4 |
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"War Guilt and American Disillusionment, 1918-1928,"
1951
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| 5.5 |
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"The Role of the Bible in American History,"
1955
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| 5.6 |
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Isolationist Impulse, original
ending (manuscript),
1957
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| 5.7 |
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"How I Came to Write
The Isolationist
Impulse...,"1961
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| 5.8 |
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"The Operation on President McKinley,"
1963
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| 5.9 |
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"A Future for American Isolationism?",
1968
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| 5.10 |
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"That Persistent Isolationist Impulse" and "The Campus
Factor," (drafts),
1968-1969
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| 5.11 |
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"The Ghost of Isolationism," (copy and drafts),
1969
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| 5.12 |
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"Cordell Hull and the Good Neighbor Policy," (draft),
1969
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| 5.13 |
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Drafts - reviews and articles,
1969-1970
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| 6.1 |
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"Franklin D. Roosevelt and Zionism: the Wartime record,"
1972
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| 6.2-6.3 |
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Outlines for article on Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and
Zionism,
circa
1972
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| 6.4 |
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"Hoover Foreign Policy and the New Left," (manuscripts,
drafts and correspondence),
1972-1974
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| 6.5 |
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"The United States and the Holocaust,"
1974
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| 6.6 |
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"American Jewry and that Explosive Statehood Question,
1933-1945,"
1976
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| 6.7 |
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"The United States and the Middle Eastern Dilemma,"
1976
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| 6.8 |
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"The Roosevelt Administration and Zionism: the Pre-War
Years, 1933-1939,"
1978
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| 6.9 |
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" Franklin D. Roosevelt Foreign Policy: An Assessment,"
(rough outline for enclosed reprint),
1978
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| 7.1 |
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" Franklin D. Roosevelt Foreign Policy: An Assessment,"
drafts,
1978
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| 7.2 |
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"An Overview of Jewish History,"
1979
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| 7.3 |
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An American Historian: Essays to Honor
Selig Adler,
1980
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| 7.4 |
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"Rating Presidents of this Century" and "All the
Presidents' Women,"
1981
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| 7.5 |
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"The Aftermath: Resurgence of Isolationism,"
no
date
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| 7.6 |
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Recent Isolationism - drafts for articles,
no
date
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| 7.7 |
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Recent Isolationism - articles,
no
date
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| 7.8-7.10 |
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Drafts - articles and reviews,
no
date
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| 7.11 |
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Bibliography - usage of forms,
no
date
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III. Public Lectures and Speeches |
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This series consists of notes and related
materials for speeches given by Selig Adler. Included in the series are also
lecture correspondence and contracts as well as lecture appointment
books.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 8.1-8.2 |
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Lecture programs,
1932-1974
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| 8.3 |
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Lecture correspondence and contracts,
1970
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| 8.4 |
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Lecture appointment books,
1957-1970
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| 8.5 |
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Speech in honor of Julian Park,
1954
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| 8.6 |
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Remarks at Dinner for John T. Horton,
1967
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| 8.7 |
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Remarks at Immaculata College,
1968
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| 8.8 |
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University of Buffalo Roundtable, "Black Revolution and
Civil Rights,"
1967
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| 8.9 |
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"Campus Unrest," notes,
1969
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| 8.10-8.11 |
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"Student Unrest in the 1960s," lecture background
materials, outline, notes,
1969-1971
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| 8.12 |
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"Crisis on the College Campus," lecture, background
material,
1969-1971
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| 9.1 |
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Resurgence of Isolationism, East Stroundsburg State
College,
1970
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| 9.2 |
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Present Crisis of Freedom, copy and drafts,
1970
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| 9.3 |
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American Reaction to the Holocaust,
1972
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| 9.4 |
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Class of 1931, 50th Reunion,
1981
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| 9.5 |
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"Uses and Meaning of History,"
no date
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| 9.6 |
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"Black Revolution and Civil Rights,"
circa
1967-1968
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| 9.7-9.9 |
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Student Unrest,
no date
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| 10.2-10.3 |
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American Historical Association Program Committee,
no
date
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| 10.4 |
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American Historical Association Program Committee,
1966-1967
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| 10.5 |
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America-Holy Land Project,
1975
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| 10.6 |
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America-Holy Land Project,
1973-1974
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| 10.7 |
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America-Holy Land Project,
1972
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| 10.8 |
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America-Holy Land Project,
1970-1971
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IV. Course Notes and Exams |
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This series consists of material, including
notes and exams, from courses taught by Adler.
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This series is arranged chronologically by
course number. Files of a more general nature are at the end of the
series.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 11.1 |
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Army Specialized Reserve Training Program - history
exams,
1944
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| 11.2 |
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History 121 - abandoned
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| 11.3-11.5 |
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History 122 - abandoned
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| 11.6 |
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History 121-222: United States History,
1948-1969
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| 11.7 |
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History 121-122: United States History,
1962-1964
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| 11.8 |
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History 170: United States History since 1865,
1973-1978
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| 11.9 |
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History 170: 20th Century America since 1929,
1967
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| 12.1 |
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History 241-242: United States History,
1969-1972
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| 12.2 |
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History 307 -
1958
exam
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| 12.3 |
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History 355 - discarded notes,
no
date
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| 12.4 |
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History 355: History of United States Foreign Policy,
1971-1972,
1975-1978
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| 12.5 |
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History 419 - old exams,
1945-1965; "America in the 20th Century," (first
half)
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| 12.6 |
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History 419 - lecture notes; "America in the 20th
Century," (first half)
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| 12.7 |
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History 419-420: American History since
1933,
1961-1968
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| 12.8 |
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History 420 - exams,
1948-1963
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| 12.9 |
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History 423: Old South, Civil War, Reconstruction,
1958-1960
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| 12.10 |
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History 423 - exams,
1949-1961; "The Old South, the Civil War and
Reconstruction"
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| 12.11-12.12 |
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History 423 - lecture notes,
1945-1961; "The Old South, the Civil War and
Reconstruction"
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| 13.1 |
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History 435 - lecture notes,
1945-1963; "United States Diplomatic History,"
(first half)
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| 13.2 |
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History 435 - exams,
1944-1959; "United States Diplomatic
History"
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| 13.3 |
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History 436 - discarded notes
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| 13.4 |
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History 439 - exams,
1947-1967; "American Intellectual
History"
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| 13.5 |
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History 439 - lecture notes; "American Intellectual
History"
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| 13.6 |
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History 439 - American Intellectual History,
1957-1967
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| 13.7 |
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History 440 - exams,
1949-1966; "American Intellectual
History"
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| 13.8 |
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History 440 - lecture notes; "American Intellectual
History"
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| 14.1 |
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History 455 - [Foreign Policy],
1971
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| 14.2 |
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American Foreign Policies - notes, semester I and II,
no
date
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| 14.3 |
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History 455 - Pre-1914, early notes,
no
date
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| 14.4-14.6 |
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Government 493 - American Party System notes,
no
date
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| 14.7 |
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History 502: Research Techniques,
1967-1979
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| 14.8 |
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History 503: Between the Wars, 1919-1939, Domestic
Problems,
1972-1979
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| 14.9 |
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History 520: [American History, 1750-1900],
1962-1964
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| 14.10 |
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History 531: Research,
1953-1965
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| 14.11 |
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History 537: Coming of the Civil War,
1961-1962
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| 15.1 |
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History 562: United States in the 20th Century,
no
date
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| 15.2 |
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History 585 - Cold War,
no
date
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| 15.3 |
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History 585: 20th Century American Diplomacy,
1979
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| 15.4 |
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History 592: Interpretations - United States,
1977-1979
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| 15.5 |
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History 606: Research Techniques in European-American
Cultural Relationships,
1967
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| 15.6 |
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History 623 [formerly 522]: American Historiography,
1942-1976
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| 15.7 |
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History 626: America in the 1920s,
no
date
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| 15.8 |
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History 630: [Foreign Diplomacy],
1970
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| 15.9 |
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History miscellaneous - outlines, documentation,
instructions,
1959-1972
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| 15.10 |
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Senior Comprehensive Exams - Department Exams,
1935-1965
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives.
Isolationism
State
University of New York at Buffalo. Dept. of History
State University of New
York at Buffalo--Archives
United States--Foreign
relations
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Graduate work
University of Buffalo. Dept. of History
Zionism
Clippings
Correspondence
Examinations
(documents)
Lecture notes
Publications
Speeches
Separated Materials
See
22/6F/358
for Part II of the Selig Adler Papers.
Related Resources
MS
150.2 , Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, Selig Adler Papers
Milton Plesur Papers, 1947-1982, 22/6F/614, for a draft of a
festschrift in honor of Selig Adler.
