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Accession 92-096
Office of American Studies,
Records,
1983-1990


Descriptive Entry


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records document the activities of the office, particularly its head, Wilcomb Washburn, and concern scholarly conferences, papers given, book reviews, and related correspondence.

Box 1 of 13

Brazilian Cultural Foundation Files (NYPL Exhibition: "Portugal-Brazil: The Age of Atlantic Discoveries, June-September 1990)

Folder1   Miscellaneous correspondence about Behaim Globe
Folder2   Minneapolis: J.F. Bell Library
Folder3   Miscellaneous books and book catalogues
Folder4   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, possible Brazilian opening
Folder5   Brochure of exhibition
Folder6   Exhibition catalogue
Folder7   Correspondence with Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Comm.
Folder8   Assignment of copyright
Folder9   Miscellaneous correspondence: members of curatorial commission
Folder10   Design for proposed NYPL exhibition
Folder11   Exhibition catalogue (Francis Rogers)
Folder12   Approx. breakdown of exhibition items by type and section
Folder13   Re: express mail
Folder14   General correspondence
Folder15   Invitations
Folder16   Invitation list for opening of exhibition
Folder17   Role of Jews in the discoveries
Folder18   Lecture to docents, May 1990
Folder19   Correspondence with lenders to proposed NYPL exhibition
Folder20   Library of Congress
Folder21   Opening of "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition in Lisbon
Folder22   List of objects for NYPL exhibition (revision of Nov. 9, 1988)
Folder23   Outline of objects for "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, 1987-
Folder24   List of objects for NYPL exhibition--1988 revisions
Folder25   List of objects for NYPL exhibition (revision of Feb. 2, 1989)
Folder26   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition - Jan. 31, 1989 revision of list
Folder27   Bibliography

Box 2 of 13
Folder1   Final list of objects for NYPL exhibition, Feb. 1990
Folder2   Correspondence re: list of objects for exhibition, 1988-
Folder3   Agenda for curatorial meetings
Folder4   Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 19-20, 1987
Folder5   Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 14, 1988
Folder6   Membership correspondence, 1987-
Folder7   Minutes of Portuguese Commission for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder8   Minutes of Board of Directors of Brazilian Cultural Foundation
Folder9   Minutes of Brazilian Commission for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder10   Minutes of U.S. Commission for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder11   Vasco Graco Moura, 1988-
Folder12   Implementation grant proposal to NEH, 1987-
Folder13   Misc. printed material, 1987-
Folder14   Misc. correspondence exchanged with NYPL re: exhibition, 1987-
Folder15   NYPL - Schomburg Collection
Folder16   American objects proposed for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder17   Brazilian objects proposed for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder18   German objects proposed for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder19   Misc. objects proposed for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder20   Portuguese objects proposed for NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder21   Misc. offprints
Folder22   Personnel matters, 1987-
Folder23   Poster exhibition, 1990
Folder24   Press coverage of exhibition, publicity, etc., 1990-
Folder25   NYPL project - Registrar and indemnification materials, 1989-
Folder26   Reports on the NYPL exhibition, 1987-
Folder27   "Image of Brazil in German Books and Prints of 16th and 17th Centuries," Thesis of Dagmar Schaeffer, Aug. 1987
Folder28   Correspondence re: travel, etc., 1987-
Folder29   Misc. notes by W.E. Washburn
Folder30   Notes on materials in NYPL
Folder31   Notes on materials in New Haven
Folder32   Misc. correspondence with S. Bedini
Folder33   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, 1987-
Folder34   Brazilian exhibition meeting, Dec. 4, 1987
Folder35   Meeting notes of Jan. 31, 1989
Folder36   Project letterhead and brochures
Folder37   Research notes on exhibition
Folder38   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, manuscript of catalogue, Dec. 1989
Folder39   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, essays by various authors
Folder40   "Portugal-Brazil" exhibition, contents, Dec. 1989

Box 3 of 13

W.E. Washburn Articles and Reviews

Folder1   "Indian Symbol" article, May 18, 1981, Dartmouth Review
Folder2   "Perceived Crisis in History", April 15, 1981, OAH Newsletter
Folder3   Book reviews and general correspondence, 1974-83
Folder4   Review notes and correspondence, 1964-78
Folder5   Misc. requests for evaluation of manuscripts, 1982-88
Folder6   Book reviews - American Anthropologist, 1964-89
Folder7   Book reviews - American Heritage, 1984
Folder8   Book reviews - American Historical Review, 1961-81
Folder9   Book reviews - American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1987-89
Folder10   Book reviews - American Indian Quarterly, 1974-79
Folder11   Book reviews - American Indian Quarterly, 1980-84
Folder12   Book reviews - American Indian Quarterly, 1984
Folder13   Book reviews - American Neptune, 1984-87
Folder14   Book reviews - American Philosophical Society, 1964-75
Folder15   Book reviews - American Political Science Review, 1971-72
Folder16   Book reviews - American Quarterly, 1966-89
Folder17   Book reviews - The American West 1968-70
Folder18   Correspondence about W.E.W.'s forward to Removal and Its Aftermath
Folder19   Book reviews - The Business History Review, 1978-82
Folders20-21   Ethnohistory, 1958-1988
Folder22   Book reviews - Georgia Historical Quarterly, 1982
Folder23   Book reviews - Great Plains Quarterly, 1986-88
Folder24   Book reviews - Hispanic American Historical Review, 1956-58
Folder25   Book reviews - The Historian, 1975-78
Folder26   Book reviews - Historical Archaeology, 1970
Folder27   Book reviews - History News, 1960
Folder28   Book reviews - Isis, 1965
Folder29   Book reviews - Journal of American History, 1963-84
Folder30   Book reviews - Journal of American Studies, 1979
Folder31   Book reviews - Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1971-85
Folder32   Book reviews - The Journal of Modern History, 1968
Folder33   Book reviews - The Journal of Southern History, 1961-89
Folder34   Book reviews - Manuscripta, 1967
Folder35   Book reviews - Museum News, 1959-80
Folder36   Book reviews - Natural History, 1984-98
Folder37   Book reviews - New England Quarterly, 1963-66
Folder38   Book reviews - New Mexico Historical Review, 1977-83
Folder39   Book reviews - New York Historical Society, 1967-70
Folder40   Book reviews - New York History, 1965
Folder41   Book reviews - North Carolina Historical Review, 1983-89
Folder42   Book reviews - Ohio Historical Quarterly, 1957-62
Folder43   Book reviews - Oxford University Press, Inc., 1957-58
Folder44   Book reviews - Pacific Historical Review, 1963-90
Folder45   Book reviews - Pennsylvania History, 1958-59
Folder46   Book reviews - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1958-89
Folder47   Book reviews - Program in the History of Discovery Journal, 1979-80
Folder48   Book reviews - Public Historian, 1982-83
Folder49   Book reviews - Renaissance Quarterly, 1979
Folder50   Book reviews - Reviews in American History, 1972-73
Folder51   Book reviews - Science 80, 1980
Folder52   Book reviews - Science, 1980
Folder53   Book reviews - Smithsonian Journal of History, 1966
Folder54   Book reviews - Smithsonian, 1976
Folder55   Book reviews - South Carolina Historical Magazine, 1970-71
Folder56   Book reviews - Terrae Incognitae, 1967-74
Folder57   Book reviews - University Press of Virginia, 1964
Folder58   Book reviews - Virginia Historical Society, 1956-75
Folder59   Book reviews - Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1980
Folder60   Book reviews - Virginia Quarterly Review, 1963-71
Folder61   Book reviews - Washington Post, "Book World," 1983-85
Folder62   Book reviews - Washington Works

Box 4 of 13
Folder1   Book reviews - Western Historical Quarterly, 1969-89
Folder2   Book reviews - William and Mary Quarterly, 1955-84
Folder3   Review of Jaulin, Robert, Notes d'Ailleurs (Paris, 1980)
Folder4   Misc. reviews, 1974-85
Folder5   Rejected requests for reviews, 1959-88
Folder6   Rejected requests for contributions to books, 1982-86
Folder7   Misc. promotional comments on books, 1983-91
Folder8   Vinland Map Conference publicity, 1974
Folder9   Vinland Map Conference reviews, 1973-80

Conferences and Meetings

Folder10   "American Attitudes Toward Integration of Minorities," Bombay Conference, India January 1984
Folder11   IEAHC Iroquois Conference, Williamsburg, VA March 30-31, 1984
Folder12   "Ethical Perspectives in North American Ethnology," Annual Meeting of American Ethnological Society, Asilomar Conference Ctr., CA April 18-22, 1984
Folder13   Third Conference on Maryland History, St. Mary's College May 17-20, 1984
Folder14   AAM Annual Meeting, Washington, DC June 10-14, 1984
Folder15   "Longitude Zero" Symposium, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England July 1984
Folder16   American Political Science Association Meeting, Washington, DC August 30 - September 2, 1984
Folder17   "Preparations and Problems of Preparing for the 500th, Anniversary of Columbus's Discovery of America," 5th International Reunion for History of Nautical Science & Hydrography, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 8-12, 1984
Folder18   "Images of the World: The Atlas Through History," Library of Congress October 25, 1984
Folder19   "Perspectives on Liberation Theology," Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC October 31, 1984
Folder20   American Society for Ethnohistory Meeting, New Orleans. LA November 1984
Folder21   Indian Rights Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA December 1984
Folder22   "Increasing Our Knowledge of Pre-Columbian Civilizations by Not Collecting Pre-Columbian Objects," European Coord. Ctr. for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences Meeting, Moscow, USSR February 23-26, 1985
Folder23   Conference on American Revolution, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD March 1985
Folder24   Semi-Annual Meeting of American Antiquarian Society, Charlottesville, VA April 1985
Folder25   Ninth Annual Meeting of NASOH, Salem, MA April 24-26, 1985
Folder26   "Do the American Indian Nations Possess an International Legal Character?", Nordic Association for American Studies Triennial Conference, Bergen, Norway May 9-22, 1985
Folder27   Fifth North American Fur Trade Conference, Montreal, Canada May 29 - June 2, 1985
Folder28   AAM Meeting, Detroit, June 9-13, 1985
Folder29   Eleventh International Conference on the History of Cartography, Ottawa, Canada July 8-12, 1985
Folder30   International Congress of Historical Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany August 25 - September 1, 1985
Folder31   Seventh Naval History Symposium, Annapolis, MD September 26-17, 1985
Folder32   Princeton-Lawrenceville Trip, September 29-30, 1985
Folder33   Newberry Library/SI Conference on Impact of New History on Teaching of U.S. History, Washington, DC October 1985
Folder34   U.S. Inter-American Indian Congress, Santa Fe, October 28-November 1, 1985
Folder35   American Studies Association Convention, San Diego, CA October 31 - November 3, 1985
Folder36   Society for History of Discoveries Annual Meeting, Washington, DC November 1985
Folder37   Southern History Association Meeting, Houston, November 1985
Folder38   UCLA Academic Senate's Exam of Interdepartmental Degree Program in American Indian Studies, December 2-3, 1985
Folder39   American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC December 4-8, 1985
Folder40   "History Died a Little at Stuttgart," (Perspectives, Dec. 1985), WEW's AHA Divestiture Resolution, American Historical Association 1985 Business Meeting, New York, NY December 29, 1985
Folder41   Plains Indian Conference, Lincoln, NE March 1986
Folder42   Cincinnati Historical Society, April 9, 1986
Folder43   OAH Annual Meeting, New York, NY April 10-13, 1986
Folder44   IEAHC Conference on Capt. John Smith, Williamsburg, VA April 1986
Folder45   Semi-annual Meeting of American Antiquarian Society, Wilmington, DE April 15-16, 1986
Folder46   Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Princeton, NJ May 16, 1986
Folder47   Peabody Museum Advisory Board Meeting, Cambridge, MA June 3, 1986
Folder48   Search for Common Ground Conference, July 9-11, 1986
Folder49   "Museum Education: A Profession in Search of its Proper Place," George Washington University and Decatur House, July 14, 1986
Folder50   Columbus Convocation, Phileas Society, Dominican Republic, October 9-12, 1986
Folder51   U.S. Capitol Historical Society Symposium, M.L. King, Jr., Washington, DC October 15, 1986
Folder52   Hakluyt Society/Society for History of Discoveries, Providence, RI October 16-19, 1986
Folder53   SI Council Meeting, October 24-25, 1986
Folder54   American Society for Ethnohistory, Charlotte, SC November 6-9, 1986
Folder55   Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, PA December 3-7, 1986

Box 5 of 13
Folder1   Proposed JHU-SI Program in American Culture at JHU, Baltimore, MD March 20, 1987
Folder2   Organization of American Historians Meeting, Philadelphia, PA April 2-5, 1987
Folder3   Trip to Rio de Janeiro (Brazilian Cultural Foundation), Buenos Aires and Uruguay, April 8-17, 1987
Folder4   Judge-Obregon Debate, Nassau, The Bahamas April 27-28, 1987
Folder5   50th Anniversary, History of American Civilization Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA May 9, 1987
Folder6   Society for History of Discoveries Meeting, London, England September 2-5, 1987
Folder7   12th International Congress on the History of Cartography, Paris, September 7-12, 1987
Folder8   Columbus Quincentennial Conference, Library of Congress, September 22-25, 1987
Folder9   Americans Before Columbus: Ice Age Origins, September 26, 1987
Folder10   6th International Reunion for Historical and Nautical Science and Hydrography, October 1987
Folder11   American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA October 19-23, 1987
Folder12   SI Council Meeting, Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC October 23-24, 1987
Folder13   American Anthropology Association, November 18-22, 1987
Folder14   American Studies Association - Canadian Association for American Studies International Convention, New York, NY November 20-24, 1987
Folder15   Program Officers' Workshop, National Council for International Visitors, Washington, DC December 10, 1987
Folder16   Human Rights Day, U.S. State Department, December 10, 1987
Folder17   American Historical Association Meeting, Washington, DC December 27-30, 1987
Folder18   Federal Bar Association, Albuquerque, NM April 7-8, 1988
Folder19   Museum Studies Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE April 9, 1988
Folder20   "Tidewater Dwelling: The Early Years," University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD April 15-16, 1988
Folder21   American Antiquarian Society, Atlanta, GA April 20, 1988
Folder22   American Indian Perceptions of European Colonization, NMAH, SI April 28-30, 1988
Folder23   "Glorious Revolution in America -- 300 Years After," University of Maryland April 30, 1988
Folder24   Phileas Society Meeting, Genoa, Italy October 1-7, 1988
Folder25   Society for History of Discoveries Meeting (CANCELED), Minneapolis, MN October 13-15, 1988
Folder26   Smithsonian Council Meeting, October 21-23, 1988
Folder27   American Studies Association, Miami Beach, FL October 27-30, 1988
Folder28   American Society for Ethnohistory, Williamsburg, VA November 1988
Folder29   National Defense University, Institute of Higher Defense Studies, Ft. McNair December 1-2, 1988
Folder30   "Indian-White Relations in Southern California: Accommodation and Resistance, 1769-1987," special panel (NOT ATTENDED), Redlands, CA April 1, 1989
Folder31   Organization of American Historians Meeting, St. Louis, MO April 6-9, 1989
Folder32   "The Glorious Revolution, 1688-89: Changing Perspectives," co-sponsored by The George Washington University and the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC April 13-15, 1989
Folder33   "Violence and Resistance in the Americas," SDR Center, SI May 5-6, 1989
Folder34   1989 Visitors Studies Conference, Dearborn, MI May 10-13, 1989
Folder35   North American Society for Oceanic History and Society for the History of Discoveries Joint Meeting, San Francisco, CA June 8-10, 1989
Folder36   13th International Conference on History of Cartography, June 26-July 1, 1989
Folder37   Public Forum and Play Reading, Art Center, Williamsburg Regional Library, VA September 16, 1989
Folder38   Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College September 18-20, 1989
Folder39   IV International Meeting on Portugal, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH September 21-24, 1989
Folder40   "Restoring American Education," Madison Center, Washington, DC October 27-29, 1989
Folder41   Centennial Address, State University of New York, Oneonta, NY September 26, 1989
Folder42   American Studies Association Convention, Toronto, Canada November 2-5, 1989
Folder43   American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC November 14-19, 1989
Folder44   National Defense University, Institute of Higher Defense Studies, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC November 16-17, 1989

Box 6 of 13
Folders1-5   "A Fifty-Year Perspective on Indian Reorganization Act," Paper presented at Meeting of Indian Workshop of EAAS, Published in American Anthropologist, June 1984 (Research Notes, etc.), Florence, Italy March 3, 1983
Folders6-14   "Professionalizing the Muses," Paper presented at AAM Annual Meeting (Research Notes, etc.), Detroit, MI June 9-13, 1985

Box 7 of 13
Folders1-7   9th Inter-American Indian Congress, Santa Fe, NM October 28, 1985 - November 1, 1985
Folders8-13   "Trahison des Clercs: Stephen Saunders Webb's Interpretation of Bacon's Rebellion," Paper presented at Southern Historical Association Meeting, Houston, TX November 13-16, 1985
Folders14-15   Biennial Conference of European Association for American Studies, Budapest, Hungary March 24-27, 1986
Folders16-17   "The Historian Looks at Anthropology," Lecture to Cincinnati Historical Society and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH April 8-9, 1986

Box 8 of 13
Folders1-2   "Representative Government and Garrison Government in the American Colonies in the Late 17th Century," Paper presented at ICHRPI Meeting, Florence, Italy September 22-25 1986
Folders3-4   Harvard 350th Anniversary Celebration, Cambridge, MA September 1986
Folders5-6   2nd Annual Columbus Convention, Phileas Society, Dominican Republic October 9-12, 1986
Folders7-11   17th International Congress of Historical Sciences, Madrid, Spain August 26 - September 2, 1990
Folder12   12th International Congress on the History of Cartography, Paris, France September 7-12, 1987

Box 9 of 13
Folders1-4   12th International Congress on the History of Cartography, Paris, France September 7-12, 1987
Folders5-7   6th International Reunion for History of Nautical Science and Hydrography, Sagres, Portugal October 12-17, 1987 (Research Notes, etc.)
Folders8-10   Conference on the Bahamas in the 15th Century, Freeport, The Bahamas , November 16-17, 1987

Box 10 of 13
Folders1-7   "Anthropological Advocacy in the Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute," Paper prepared for the 86th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, (Research Notes, etc.), Chicago, IL November 18-22, 1987
Folders8-9   European Association for American Studies Biennial Conference, West Berlin, Germany March 28-31, 1988
Folders10-17   "Vexatious Oral Exchange," Draft of talk to Dartmouth Class of 1948 Reunion. Hanover, NH June 15, 1988

Box 11 of 13
Folders1-2   "Vexatious Oral Exchange," Draft of talk to Dartmouth Class of 1948 Reunion. Hanover, NH June 15, 1988
Folders3-5   Symposium on the Criticism of American Culture, Sponsored by WWICS and NMAH, Airlie House, June 15-16, 1989
Folders6-8   13th International Conference on the History of Cartography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 26 - July 1, 1989
Folders9-14   Columbus Landfall Conference, Miami, FL December 9-14, 1989

Box 12 of 13

Drafts and Research Notes

Folders1-13   Samuel Eliot Morison: Materials for article in William and Mary Quarterly, July 1979
Folders14-22   "Chapter 8 -- Exhibiting," Contributions to The Museum: A Reference Guide, edited by Michael A. Shapiro, 1984, (Research Notes, etc.)

Box 13 of 13
Folders1-2   "Chapter 8 -- Exhibiting," Contributions to The Museum: A Reference Guide, edited by Michael A. Shapiro, 1984, (Research Notes, etc.)


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