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Series 1: H. Hubert Wilson Collection on the Department of Politics, 1924-1977 (mostly 1967-1977)
Series 1: H. Hubert Wilson Collection on the Department of Politics, 1924-1977 (bulk 1967-1977) consists primarily of published sources on topics of interest to Wilson, including the administration, finances and governance of Princeton University, the activities of the Priorities Committee, government ties and sponsored research at Princeton, ROTC, and campus politics. It also contains materials originating in Wilson's teaching at Princeton, including student papers and theses, as well as drafts of a publication titled "This Isn't Princeton".
The materials in Series 1: H. Hubert Wilson Collection on the Department of Politics, 1924-1977 (bulk 1967-1977) remain in the original order in which they were received in the archives.
Investments, 1975-1976
New Jersey's Independent Colleges and Universities: Your Other Stake in Higher Education, undated
"The Education of Women at Princeton: A Special Report," Princeton Alumni Weekly, 1968 September 24
The Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University in World War II, J. Douglas Brown, undated
Orientation, Organization and Programs, Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics, 1967
Catalogues, undated
"Educational Program for Federal Officers at Mid-Career," Woodrow Wilson School, 1975 September
Area Studies : "Princeton University: An International Center for Near Eastern Studies", undated
Forerunners, undated
The Rockefeller Public Service Awards: A Fifteen-Year Report by Robert W. Van de Walde, undated
Campus Map, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Chile, undated
William Bowen, undated
Women, undated
Princeton and Rutgers - The Two Colonial Colleges of New Jersey, by George P. Schmidt, undated
Academics, undated
Protest, undated
Draft, undated
Articles on Justice Department Study, Proctors, Police/University Meetings, Closed Campus, undated
Essays on Being, undated
Profiles, undated
Trustees, undated
Government, undated
Citation Data, undated
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of published sources on topics of interest to Wilson, including the administration, finances and governance of Princeton University, the activities of the Priorities Committee, government ties and sponsored research at Princeton, ROTC, and campus politics. It also contains materials originating in Wilson's teaching at Princeton, including student papers and theses, as well as drafts of a publication titled "This Isn't Princeton".
- Collection Creator Biography:
Wilson, H. H. (H. Hubert)
H. Hubert Wilson was a professor in Princeton University's Department of Politics from 1947-1977. He was known as an ardent supporter of civil liberties, and many of his undergraduate courses invoked that topic.
Harper Hubert Wilson was born on June 18, 1909 in Springfield, Massachussetts. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Springfield College in 1933. After graduation, he taught at the Wilbraham Academy until 1938. He continued his education and received a Master's Degree in Economics in 1939 from Clark University. Wilson then went on to teach for one year at the Staten Island Academy before moving on to the Putney School. He taught at Putney for two years before serving as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin where he received his Ph.D. in political science in 1947.
Wilson joined the Princeton faculty in 1947 as a specialist on American institutions and the British government. His Politics 203 (Political Power in the U.S.) and 306 (Politics of Civil Liberties) courses became favorites of undergraduates. Wilson developed the Politics 203 course to shock and stimulate students to be aware of the problems of power and dissent in American political life. The groundbreaking approach of studying political phenomena through an analysis of the class, group and power structures of a given society was quickly copied by other institutions. Wilson also taught two graduate courses, Politics 508 (American Legislatures) and 524 (Political Power in American Society).
An ardent supporter of civil liberties, Wilson was highly critical of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the United States Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) director J. Edgar Hoover. He organized a conference of legal authorities and educators to criticize Hoover's leadership of the F.B.I., and he helped to form the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee when the American Civil Liberties Union refused to defend self-professed Communists. He was also a member of the National Advisory Committee of Consumers Union, and served on the Advisory Committee of the L.M. Rabinowitz Foundation. In 1966, he participated in the Yale Socialist Symposium and in 1967 took part in the Philadelphia Peace Convention.
Wilson retired in May 1977 and was named Professor Emeritus in July of 1977. In August 1977, Wilson was found dead in a small swimming pool at his home. Wilson escaped to the pool in an attempt to avoid a swarm of bees (to which he was allergic) that he stirred up while mowing his lawn. The official cause of death was drowning associated with anaphylactic reaction due to bee stings.
- Processing Information
Finding aid updated with Contents List by Christie Peterson in February 2012.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
H. Hubert Wilson Collection on the Princeton University Department of Politics; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9z902z87h
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-12
