Richard Van Alstyne lecture transcripts
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the transcripts of the Commonwealth Fund lecture series, An American Empire, at University College London in 1956 given by USC professor of history Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983).
Dates
- Creation: 1956
Creator
- Van Alstyne, Richard Warner, 1900- (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
Following receipt of a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University (1928), Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983) taught for seventeen years at Chico State University. In 1945 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California, where he taught for twenty more years. After a year-long fellowship at the Huntington Library, Van Alstyne came to the University of the Pacific as Distinguished Professor of History, a post he held until his death. Long recognized as a leading scholar in the field of American Diplomatic History, Van Alstyne also maintained a keen interest in the development of American Nationalism. His principal works include: "American Diplomacy in Action" (1944); "American Crisis Diplomacy" (1952); "The Rising American Empire" (1960); "Empire and Independence" (1965); and "The Genesis of American Nationalism" (1970).
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the transcripts of the Commonwealth Fund lecture series, An American Empire, at University College London in 1956 given by USC professor of history Richard Van Alstyne (1900-1983).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from USC Department of History in 1980.
Processing Information
Collection is partially processed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Richard Van Alstyne lecture transcripts
- 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