Charles Homer Haskins Papers, 1834-1960 (mostly 1909-1937)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Haskins, Charles Homer (1870-1937)

Title:

Charles Homer Haskins Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bn999675h

Dates:

1834-1960 (mostly 1909-1937)

Size:

34 boxes and 16.8 linear feet

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-34

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of selected papers of American historian Charles Homer Haskins reflecting his academic career and government appointments.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of selected papers of Haskins reflecting his academic career and government appointments. Included are correspondence files concerning his membership on and participation in the Edward M. House Commission to Prepare Data for the Peace Conference ("The Inquiry," 1917-1918), the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, of which Haskins was chief of the Division of Western Europe (1918), and the Versailles Peace Conference (1919).

Also present are articles, lectures, notes, and an extensive collection of printed matter relating to Haskins' studies in medieval history, including correspondence and related papers of the American Historical Association (president, 1922), the Medieval Academy of America (president, 1926-1927), and Harvard University (professor, 1902-1931). In addition, there are papers of George Lee Haskins, Charles Allen Haskins, and other family members, and appointment books, documents, maps, and photographs.

An additional accession consists of two typed articles (with holograph corrections) by Josiah Cox Russell--"The Social Significance of the Order of Charter Witnesses in 13th Century England" (New Mexico Normal University, 39 pp.) and "Thirteenth Century Anglo-Norman Writers" (New Mexico Normal University, 23 pp.)--with an accompanying letter to Prof. Haskins dated March 15, 1930.

Collection Creator Biography:

Haskins

An American historian, Haskins taught at Johns Hopkins (1889-1892), Wisconsin (1892-1902), and Harvard (1902-1931). He was a leading medievalist of his generation and a prominent member of the group of presidential advisers known as "The Inquiry," 1917. As delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919, Haskins advanced the solution eventually adopted for the Saar.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of Prof. George L. Haskins and Mrs. Charles H. Haskins. Some Material transferred from Mudd Library.
Appraisal: No appraisal information prior to 2024 is available. In 2024, one of the glass plate negatives was found to be badly damaged. The pieces were reassembled for digitization, and then deaccessioned.
Processing Information: This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

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