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Staffing, 1925-2004

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The Staffing Subseries includes the records of several leaders in the Studies Department, notably the files of William Diebold, including his correspondence, subject files, writings and lectures, and information on relations with other organizations. Diebold was the overseer of the Council's library for many years, as well as a research fellow and the director of Economic Studies in the early 1940s; he was a mainstay on the economics study group and a senior fellow emeritus. The Staffing Subseries also contains the correspondence of John Campbell, the director of Political Studies from 1955-1962, a senior research fellow from 1962-1978, and the Director of Studies from 1977-1978. Also included in this subseries are papers of the some Council Fellows and heads of study programs or projects.

Fellows and Heads of Study Programs or Projects

Jennifer Whittaker, co-director of the Committee on African Development Strategies

Richard W. Murphy, Senior Fellow for the Middle East and Director of the Middle East Program

Kenneth Maxwell, the Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for inter-American studies at the Council and the head of the Latin American Program

Kenneth H. Keller, the Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Studies (as well as Senior Vice President for Programs, 1993-1995 and Acting Director of Studies, 1994-1995)

Henry Siegman, a visiting Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies and the director of the United States/Middle East Peace Project

Arrangement

The Staffing Subseries is arranged chronologically according to each individual's time at the Council.

Collection History

Accruals

Accruals are expected from the Council on Foreign Relations on an annual basis.

Appraisal

No information about appraisal is available for this collection.

Sponsorship:

Funding for the digitization of records in this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Mudd Library Staff including Jennifer Cole, Dan Santamaria, Kristine Marconi, Joanna Peery Polyn, Jennifer Walele, Stasia Karel, Helene Van Rossum, and Princeton University student workers from 2003-2006 . Finding aid written by Jennifer Cole in 2006 .

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

All Council on Foreign Relations records are closed for 25 years after the date of their creation.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Staffing; Council on Foreign Relations Records: Studies Department Series, MC104-3, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
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Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 347-424

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Existence and Location of Copies

Portions of the Council's records from 1921-1951, include Conferences, Study Groups, Meetings, and the War and Peace Project, are also available on microfiche at Princeton's Firestone Library [MICROFICHE 1637]. The creation of this microfiche was conducted between the University Publications of America and the Council on Foreign Relations and did not involve Princeton University. A guide is available, see Film B Uncataloged box for microfiche 1637 at Firestone Microforms Services (Film). Additionally, many of the Council's reports are available in published form. Please consult the Princeton University Library online catalog for available published reports.

Portions of the Council's audio records described in the Sound Recordings Series have been digitized as part on an ongoing project. Contact the library for additional details.

A paper version of the "Records of Groups Index," covering the years 1922-1973, is available at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

Related Materials

Researchers interested in the Council on Foreign Relations may also wish to consult the interview transcripts from Columbia University's Council on Foreign Relations Visual Oral History Project .

Other Finding Aids

The Council on Foreign Relations Studies Department Records form part of the The Council on Foreign Relations Records (collection MC104). A Finding Aid for the entire collection is available online: Council on Foreign Relations Records Finding Aid .

The Meetings Records of the Council on Foreign Relations are described in a separate finding aid: Council on Foreign Relations Meetings Finding Aid .

Digital sound recordings of some Council meetings are available online. The digital recordings of meeting are described in a separate finding aid: Council on Foreign Relations Digital Sound Recordings Finding Aid .

Bibliography

Information in the Organizational History section was gathered from material within the Council's records (notably historical information from the Administration Series and Annual Reports from the Publications Series), as well as the Council on Foreign Relations' website, www.cfr.org . Of special interest are the annual reports, located at http://www.cfr.org/about/annual_report/ and Peter Grouse's Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921-1996, located at http://www.cfr.org/about/history/cfr/ .

Names:
Keller, Kenneth H.
Maxwell, Kenneth, 1941-
Murphy, Richard W. (Richard William), 1929-
Siegman, Henry
Whittaker, Jennifer