Series 1, Correspondence and Subject Files, 1938-1977, contains correspondence and reference material. While some correspondence relates to Wilson's outside interests, a majority of the material in this series was compiled to aid in preparation for his course lectures. Many of these files relate directly to a particular course. Material for his courses includes syllabi, lecture outlines, and reading lists.
The correspondence and subject files are integrated and arranged in alphabetical order.
Academic Freedom, 1953-1969
Allen, Donna, 1969-1974
American Forum, 1957
American Right Wing, undated
Anti-Communist Case, undated
Anti-Democracy: Facism, USA, 1967
Aronson, James, 1970-1975
Automation: Cybernation, undated
Belfrage, Cedric, 1972-1973
Berle, A.A., 1938
Blacklisting, undated
Boudin, Leonard, 1969-1973
Bronowski, J, 1957
Captive Audience, 1951
Challenge to Democracy, 1962
Chapman, John Jay, 1970-1971
Civil Liberties, 1959
Civil Liberties: Police, undated
Clark, Ramsey, 1970
Cold War Scholarship, 1971-1973
Communist Control Act, 1954-1968
Congress: Presidency, The, undated
Congress: Reorganization, undated
Congressional Investigations, 1963
Contemporary Theory, 1966-1967
Cook, Fred J, 1970-1972
Corporation, undated
Crafts, Charlie, 1971-1976
Cultivation of Ignorance, undated
Dillon, Debbie, 1953-1966
Disarmament, undated
Drinan, Robert F, 1972-1973
Education, 1952-1953
Eisenhower Security Program, 1953
Emergency Detention Act, 1950
Engineering of Consent, undated
Engler, Robert, 1955-1975
Florence, William G, 1975
Force and Violence, undated
Hiss, Alger, 1973
Indifference to Injustice, 1969
Internal Security Act of 1950, 1950
Invasion of Privacy, undated
Labor and Political Power, undated
Lamb, Edward, 1953-1959
Lobbying Attacks, 1938-1951
Loyalty Security, undated
Luce, David Randall, 1976
McCarran Committee, 1943-1952
Marzani, Carl, 1973-1976
Media, 1971-1972
Middle Class, 1960-1961
Military and Political Power, 1962
Nader, Ralph, 1971
Nationalization, 1964
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1954
Passports, 1957
Pietch, Walter, 1975
Pluralism, undated
Police Informers, 1955
Politics 203, 1954-1977
Politics 306, 1961-1976
Politics 306: Correspondence, 1974
Politics 508, 1953
Politics 524, 1959-1964
The Politics of Oil, 1961-1976
The Politics of Poverty, 1964-1971
Porter, Charles, 1975
Power: Lecture Notes, 1962-1971
Power: Bob Lynd, 1955-1960
Power: Prosecutorial Abuse, 1971
Press Subpoena, 1974
Purpose of Politics, undated
Recapitulation, 1956
Reich, Charles A, 1970
Repression, 1970
Rosenberg Case, 1951-1976
School Witch Hunt, 1953
Security in Great Britain, 1948-1953
Seidenberg, Roderick, 1955
Senate, 1971-1976
Soblen, Robert, 1961-1962
Social Scientists' Task Force, 1971
Socialism, undated
Taylor, William Henry, 1955-1961
Unions, undated
University Ideal, 1967
Vietnam: Domestic Effects, 1969-1971
Vietnam: Military Protest, 1970
Welfare State, 1961-1974
What Can Be Done?, 1957-1964
Wilkinson, Frank, 1959-1976
Wooden, Kenneth, 1972-1976
Series 2, Publications and Speeches, 1952-1963, includes copies of a book, articles and speeches. It should be noted that this series represents a small selection of Wilson's publications and speeches. A fuller listing of his published work is also found in this series.
The materials in this series are arranged into two groups: folders 1-4 contain publications and folders 5-7 contain speeches.
Series 3, Federal Bureau of Investigation Files, 1942-1979 contains the dossiers of several prominent Americans, which were compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Wilson began to collect the files in 1975 after Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act. Besides his own file, Wilson obtained the files of such notables as Vern Countryman, Alger Hiss, Nathan Singer, Duane Lockard, and Wilbur H. Ferry. It was Wilson's purpose to "...show the world how destructive, how stupid and how ridiculous the F.B.I. really is."
The dossiers in this series are arranged alphabetically by the last name. Miscellaneous and Federal Bureau of Investigation correspondence are included at the end of the series.
Countryman, Vern, 1950-1976
Drinan, Robert F, 1968-1976
Dunbar, Leslie W, 1975-1976
Falk, Richard, 1964-1976
Ferry, Wilbur H, 1967-1976
Hiss, Alger, 1946-1977
Lockard, Duane, 1971-1979
Luce, David, 1953-1977
Miller, Thomas Lawrence, 1970-1976
Ramsdell, Sheldon Herman, 1967-1975
Rector, Raymond R, 1952-1976
Russell, Ralph, 1964-1977
Singer, Nathan, 1942-1976
Singer, Nathan, 1942-1976
Wilson, H.H., 1952-1977
- Scope and Contents
The H.H. Wilson papers consist of correspondence, course material, speeches, and publications that document Wilson's interest in civil liberties.
- 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.
- Acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Princeton University Library in 1978 by Mrs. Virginia Wilson, with additional material donated in 1979 .
- Appraisal
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Sponsorship:
These papers were processed with the generous support of The National Historical Publications and Records Commission and The John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kristine Marconi with the assistance of Jean Holliday, Rosemary Switzer and Chris Hoyte. Finding aid written by Kristine Marconi with the assistance of Jean Holliday, Rosemary Switzer and Chris Hoyte.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
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- Credit this material:
H.H. Wilson Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/h702q637x
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-8
- Subject Terms:
- Civil rights -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Liberty -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Political science -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Political scientists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Correspondence. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Faculty papers.
Files.
Speeches. - Names:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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