Ross Berkes papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes the syllabi, records, publications, photographs, and grade books of Ross Berkes, professor of International Relations at USC from 1941-1991. Records from Berkes' travels to the UK and Germany with USC’s graduate international relations programs are included in this collection. Box 18 contains course roll records and student grades.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-1980s
Creator
- Berkes, Ross N. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Ross Berkes’ scholastic career spanned from 1941-1991 and he served as the director of USC’s School of International Relations from 1949 to 1976. Berkes served as a consultant to the State Department from 1958 to 1962 and was the director of the Institute of World Affairs in Santa Barbara, CA from 1977 to 1980. From 1965 to 1981, Berkes directed USC’s graduate international relations programs in the United Kingdom and Germany. He was director of the Institute of World Affairs annual conferences in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Berkes was awarded the position of professor emeritus 1981, and in 1991 he was awarded the honor of distinguished professor emeritus.
Extent
21.81 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes the syllabi, records, publications, photographs, and grade books of Ross Berkes, professor of International Relations at USC from 1941-1991.
Acquisition
Gift of Robert Berkes, Ross Berkes' son, in 2003.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Berkes, Ross N. -- Archives (Person)
- University of Southern California. School of International Relations (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- International relations
- International relations -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archival resources
- Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources
- Universities and colleges -- History -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Ross Berkes papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu