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Series II: Teaching, 1950-2011
Series III: Correspondence and Personal, 1940-2012

Kenneth Waltz papers, 1940-2012

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Series I: Scholarship, 1950-2012

Series I contains Waltz's research and writing from his graduate work through his later career. Much of the series consists of files of research on specific topics in International Relations and Waltz's collection of articles by other scholars. Some of this material relates directly to his published work, also contained in the series, while some is more generally on topics connected to studies in the field. A number of the topics covered here are also referenced in the files of teaching materials in series II.

Subseries I.1: Research, 1950-2007

Subseries I.1 includes Waltz's reading notes, folders of articles, and newspaper clippings. Two boxes in this subseries comprise his vertical file, in which he kept printouts and clippings of articles alphabetized, usually by author. The rest of the files are labeled by their subject, covering theories and concepts of international relations, organizations, key terms, and areas of the world. A set of alphabetically filed, typed reading notes appear to be from Waltz's graduate work in the early 1950s, while the rest of the material was collected in the course of his scholarly career between the late 1950s and early 2000s.


Box 7 Folder 1 Master of Arts, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 2 Master of Arts Lectures, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 3 Master of Arts Notes, circa 1950


Box 4 Folder 1 Reading Notes A, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 2 Reading Notes B, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 3 Reading Notes C, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 4 Reading Notes D-E, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 5 Reading Notes F, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 6 Reading Notes G, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 7 Reading Notes H, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 8 Reading Notes I-K, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 9 Reading Notes L, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 10 Reading Notes M, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 11 Reading Notes N-O, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 12 Reading Notes P, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 13 Reading Notes Q-R, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 14 Reading Notes S, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 15 Reading Notes T, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 16 Reading Notes U-Z, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 4 Folder 17 To File - Reading Notes, circa 1950s-1960s


Box 1 Folder 1-2 Vertical File A, 1972-1998

Box 1 Folder 3-5 Vertical File B, 1956-1999

Box 1 Folder 6 Vertical File C, 1959-2000

Box 1 Folder 7 Vertical File D, 1975-2003

Box 1 Folder 8 Vertical File E, 1956-1973

Box 1 Folder 9 Vertical File F, 1953-2000

Box 1 Folder 10 Vertical File G, 1957-2002

Box 1 Folder 11-12 Vertical File H, 1961-1993

Box 1 Folder 13 Vertical File I-J, 1975-1994

Box 1 Folder 14 Veretical File K, 1956-2002

Box 1 Folder 15-16 Vertical File L, 1972-2000


Box 2 Folder 1-3 Vertical File M, 1960-2003

Box 2 Folder 4 Vertical File N, 1955-2001

Box 2 Folder 5 Vertical File O-P, 1952-2001

Box 2 Folder 6 Vertical File Q-R, 1962-1994

Box 2 Folder 7-10 Vertical File S, 1902-2000

Box 2 Folder 11 Vertical File T, 1975-1994

Box 2 Folder 12 Vertical File W, 1965-1992

Box 2 Folder 13 Vertical File X-Z, 1982-1994


Box 6 Folder 11 American Foreign Policy, China, 1955-1965


Box 5 Folder 9 America's Military Foreign Policy, 1999


Box 7 Folder 7 Anti-Democratic Thought, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 19 Behavior Science Materials, undated


Box 3 Folder 66 Cavalry, 1992-1999

Box 3 Folder 60 China Clips 1982, 1982-1997


Box 8 Folder 13 China Notes and Clips, 1973-1997


Box 3 Folder 56 China, Iraq, International Criminal Court, 2000


Box 6 Folder 6 Cuba, 1969-2001


Box 8 Folder 29 Electronic Data, 1998-1998


Box 7 Folder 4 German Political Thought, circa 1950


Box 3 Folder 57 Globalization, 1994-1998


Box 5 Folder 6 Globalization, 1996-1999


Box 6 Folder 12 Guerilla Wars, 1989-2000


Box 2 Folder 16 Harris, Errol, 1970


Box 6 Folder 4 Indochina 1945-1960 Southeast Asia, 1967-1985

Box 6 Folder 3 Indochina Clips, 1965-1975


Box 5 Folder 5 Induction, 1975-1999


Box 7 Folder 16 Interdependence - Anthropology/Sociology, circa 1970s

Box 7 Folder 15 Interdependence, circa 1970s


Box 3 Folder 36 Interdependence in Theory and Practice, 1978


Box 4 Folder 35 Iran for Sagan and Waltz Revisions, 2007-2012


Box 8 Folder 3 Japan Report, 1981


Box 7 Folder 8 Jean Jacques Rousseau, circa 1950


Box 6 Folder 1 Korea Materials, 1954-1985


Box 7 Folder 13 Levellers - French Englightenment Lectures, circa 1950


Box 8 Folder 10 Liberalism for Thesis, circa 1950


Box 7 Folder 5 Marxism/Socialism, circa 1950


Box 3 Folder 49 Militarism, 1982-1999


Box 7 Folder 6 Modern Theory Lectures, circa 1950


Box 6 Folder 7 National Missile Defense, 1969-2003


Box 9 Folder 8 National Missile Defense, 1999-2001

Box 9 Folder 9 National Security Policy, 1980-2002


Box 5 Folder 4 Navy United States, 1964-1990

Box 5 Folder 3 North American Treaty Organization, 1997-2007


Box 8 Folder 15 North American Treaty Organization, 1994-1998


Box 3 Folder 50 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1957-1972

Box 3 Folder 51 North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Rapid Deployment Force, 1982-1992


Box 8 Folder 22 Old Stuff: Hoffman, Rosie, Kaplan, Wallerstein, etc., 1968-1993


Box 7 Folder 17 Organizations, undated

Box 7 Folder 18 Pacifism, undated


Box 2 Folder 14 Philosophy of Science, 1952-1993


Box 7 Folder 10 Property and Liberty, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 12 Reformation, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 14 Renaissance and the Reformation 17th-18th Century, circa 1950

Box 7 Folder 11 Renaissance Science 16th-17th Century Lectures, circa 1950


Box 2 Folder 15 Science/Theory, 1973-1976


Box 7 Folder 9 On Socialism, circa 1950


Box 8 Folder 14 Soviet Union and Russia, Book Notes, etc., undated


Box 3 Folder 52 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, 1972-1980


Box 6 Folder 10 Strategic Defense Initiative, 1969-1993


Box 8 Folder 1 Systems, 1981


Box 4 Folder 18 Terror, 1974-1997


Box 8 Folder 18 Theory Orals, circa 1950s


Box 6 Folder 8 United States Strategy and Reagan, 1958-2002

Box 6 Folder 9 United States Strategy Materials, 1980-1985


Box 9 Folder 5 United States, 1995-2001


Box 6 Folder 5 Vietnam/Formosa, 1954-1966


Box 4 Folder 37 Miscellaneous Notes, undated


Box 8 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Notes, circa 2000


Box 5 Folder 1 Papers to File, 1966-2000

Subseries I.2: Writing, 1950-2012

Subseries I.2 contains Waltz's published works, including files of printouts of his articles from the 1960s to the 2000s. There are a few chapter drafts of his books, including Theory of International Politics (1979), The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: a Debate (1995), Structural Realism after the Cold War (2000), and Realism and International Politics (2008), on which he commented and made notes for revision. The subseries also includes correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements from various publishers.

Box 5 Folder 17 The Political Theory of Thomas Hill Green, Masters Thesis, 1950


Box 9 Folder 14 Original PhD Thesis Outlines, circa 1950s


Box 8 Folder 2 Waltz Publications, 1959-2001


Box 3 Folder 47 Kant, Liberalism, and War, 1962

Box 3 Folder 46 The Stability of a Bipolar World, 1964

Box 3 Folder 45 Contention and Management in International Relations, 1965

Box 3 Folder 48 Journals, 1966-2000

Box 3 Folder 42 The Relation of States to Their World, 1967

Box 3 Folder 43 The Politics of Peace, 1967

Box 3 Folder 44 International Structure, National Force, and the Balance of World Power, 1967


Box 9 Folder 2 America Political Science Association Paper, 1967


Box 3 Folder 41 Realities, Assumptions, and Simulations, 1968

Box 3 Folder 40 The Myth of National Independence, 1970

Box 3 Folder 39 Conflict in World Politics, 1971

Box 3 Folder 38 America's European Policy Viewed in Global Perspective, 1974

Box 3 Folder 37 Theory of International Relations, 1975

Box 3 Folder 36 Theory of International Politics, 1976


Box 4 Folder 34 Waltz Publications, 1978-2011


Box 8 Folder 12 Theory of International Politics Original Chapters 1 and 2, circa 1970s

Box 8 Folder 4-5 Theory of International Politics Drafts, circa 1970s

Box 8 Folder 8 Theory of International Politics First Draft, circa 1970s


Box 3 Folder 35 Will the Future Be Like the Past, 1980

Box 3 Folder 32 The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: More May Be Better, 1981

Box 3 Folder 33 Containment, Soviet Behavior, and Grant Strategy, 1981

Box 3 Folder 34 A Strategy for the Rapid Deployment Force, 1981

Box 3 Folder 31 The Central Balance and Security in Northeast Asia, 1982


Box 4 Folder 34 Patterns of Political Explanation, 1983


Box 3 Folder 30 Balance of Power, 1985

Box 3 Folder 28 Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory, 1988

Box 3 Folder 29 The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory, 1988

Box 3 Folder 25 Nuclear Myths and Political Realities, 1990

Box 3 Folder 26 On the Nature of States and their Recourse to Violence, 1990

Box 3 Folder 27 Conditions for Security in a Multipolar World, 1990

Box 3 Folder 22 Saddam may be Hitler..., 1991

Box 3 Folder 23 How New Will the New World Order Be, 1991

Box 3 Folder 24 America as Model for the World, 1991

Box 3 Folder 20 The New World Order, 1993

Box 3 Folder 21 The Emerging Structure of International Politics, 1993

Box 3 Folder 17 The Validation of International-Political Theory, 1994

Box 3 Folder 18 Don't Worry Too Much About North Korean Nuclear Weapons, 1994

Box 3 Folder 19 International Politics, Viewed from the Ground (Pond Response), 1994

Box 3 Folder 14 Peace, Stability, and Nuclear Weapons, 1995

Box 3 Folder 15 A Reply (Security Studies), 1995

Box 3 Folder 16 Kant, Then and Now, 1995

Box 3 Folder 11 Kant, Democracy, and Peace, 1996

Box 3 Folder 12 Thoughts about Virtual Nuclear Arsenals, 1996

Box 3 Folder 13 International Politcs and Foreign Policy, 1996

Box 3 Folder 9 East-West Relations After the Cold War, 1997

Box 3 Folder 10 Evaluating Theories, 1997

Box 3 Folder 8 Intimations of Multipolarity, 1998

Box 3 Folder 5 Structural Realism After the Cold War, 2000

Box 3 Folder 6 North America Treaty Organization Expansion, 2000

Box 3 Folder 7 Globalization and American Power, 2000


Box 8 Folder 24 Structural Realism After the Cold War Draft, 2000


Box 9 Folder 10 Sagan and Waltz Revisions, 2001


Box 3 Folder 3 America Alone in the World, 2003

Box 3 Folder 4 Assaying Theories, 2003

Box 3 Folder 2 Theory of International Politics, 2004


Box 9 Folder 6 Realism and International Politics, Draft and Index, 2008


Box 4 Folder 36 Nuclear, Foreign Affairs, 2012


Box 9 Folder 7 Columbia University Press, 1957-2005


Box 5 Folder 25 Copyright Clearance Center, 1999

Box 5 Folder 22 Little, Brown and Company, 1966-1978

Box 5 Folder 23 McGraw Hill, 1978-2004

Box 5 Folder 26 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999


Box 3 Folder 1 Royalty Statements, 2001-2007


Box 5 Folder 21 University Press of America, 1979-1990

Box 5 Folder 20 W.W. Norton and Company, 1994-1999


Box 8 Folder 25 Waveland Press, Inc., 2009


Box 5 Folder 24 Withrop, 1969-1971


Box 9 Folder 28 Books, etc., 2000-2007


Box 8 Folder 6 Publishers, 2000-2008

Series II: Teaching, 1950-2011

Series II documents Waltz's teaching at Columbia University, Swarthmore College, Brandeis University, and the University of California Berkeley. It consists mainly of his lecture notes, some of which are organized by subject and others by course. These are handwritten and also include pages of articles and newspaper clippings. There are also course syllabi, student recommendation letters, and coursebooks containing class readings.


Box 5 Folder 29 Filed Recommendations A-C, 1999-2005

Restricted until 2080

Box 5 Folder 30 Filed Recommendations D-F, 1961-circa 2001

Restricted until 2076

Box 5 Folder 31 Filed Recommendations G-I, 1958-2003

Restricted until 2078

Box 5 Folder 32 Filed Recommendations J-L, 1976-2005

Restricted until 2080

Box 5 Folder 33 Filed Recommedations M-O, 1958-2009

Restricted until 2084

Box 5 Folder 34 Filed Recommendations P-R, 1973-2004

Restricted until 2079

Box 5 Folder 35 Filed Recommendations S-V, 1967-2002

Restricted until 2077

Box 5 Folder 36 Filed Recommendations W-Z, 1970-2000

Restricted until 2075


Box 6 Folder 15 American Foreign Policy #2 Soviet Union, 1957-1966

Box 6 Folder 16 American Foreign Policy Executive, 1957-1966

Box 6 Folder 14 American Foreign Policy Lectures Second Copy, undated

Box 6 Folder 13 American Foreign Policy #1, 1952-1963


Box 7 Folder 32 Balance of Power, circa 1980s


Box 3 Folder 58 Constructivism, 1996


Box 4 Folder 29 Constructivism, 2007-2008


Box 9 Folder 26 Constructivism, 1994-2007

Box 9 Folder 32 Constructivism, 1991-2007


Box 8 Folder 17 Contemporary Civilation, circa 1950s


Box 7 Folder 23 Diplomacy, undated

Box 7 Folder 24 Diplomatic History Pre WWI, undated


Box 9 Folder 22 Disarmament, Nuclear Mainly and National Missile Defense Lectures, 1985-2004

Box 9 Folder 3 DuPont and Other Lectures, 1958-1985


Box 6 Folder 2 Far East Lectures 1945, circa 1960s


Box 9 Folder 24 Globalization, 1996-2001


Box 8 Folder 21 Greeks and Romans through St. Augustine Lectures, circa 1960s

Box 8 Folder 20 Greeks and Romans, undated


Box 9 Folder 33 Imperialism Lectures, 1979-2009


Box 7 Folder 29 Imperialism Materials, undated

Box 7 Folder 33 Imperialism Materials, 1971

Box 7 Folder 31 Imperialism Miscellaneous, 1974


Box 3 Folder 63 Interdependence Materials, circa 2001-2002


Box 7 Folder 22 International Law (Political Science 10), undated


Box 9 Folder 11 International Law and Organizations, 1955-2000

Box 9 Folder 12 International Organization Pre League of Nations, Pre United Nations, 1950-2010


Box 4 Folder 23 International Political Theory, 2010


Box 9 Folder 19-20 Lectures National Security Policy IV, 1973-2001


Box 8 Folder 16 Liberal Institutionalsm, circa 1999


Box 7 Folder 21 Liberalism Lectures, circa 1980s

Box 7 Folder 30 Liberalism, 1957-1959


Box 4 Folder 24 National Security Policy I, 1984-2001


Box 6 Folder 21 National Security Policy I, 1983-1995


Box 4 Folder 19 National Security Policy II, 2009


Box 9 Folder 18 National Security Policy II, 1974-1997


Box 6 Folder 17 National Security Policy Index Cards, undated

Box 6 Folder 19 National Security Policy Lectures, 1987-2001


Box 9 Folder 17 National Security Policy Materials, 2003


Box 6 Folder 23 National Security Policy Spring 2000, 2000-2001

Box 6 Folder 20 National Security Policy Spring 2001, 1999-2001

Box 6 Folder 27 National Security Policy Syllabi and Assignments, 2001-2004


Box 9 Folder 21 National Security Policy V, 1942-1995


Box 6 Folder 24 National Security Policy, 1969-2000

Box 6 Folder 26 National Security Policy, 2000-2001


Box 9 Folder 31 Non-Governmental Organizations, 2000-2008


Box 4 Folder 21 Nuclear Weapons = Defense, 2009-2010

Box 4 Folder 31 Nuclear Weapons Materials, 1980-2010

Box 4 Folder 20 Nuclear Weapons, 2006-2011

Box 4 Folder 27 Nuclear Weapons, 2010


Box 6 Folder 18 Nuclear Weapons, 1984-1994


Box 7 Folder 25 Pre WWI, circa 1950s-1960s

Box 7 Folder 20 Collective Security Pre-World War II, undated


Box 8 Folder 9 Socialist Revisionism (II B), undated


Box 6 Folder 28 Terror, 1998-2004


Box 9 Folder 23 Terror, 2001-2005


Box 3 Folder 61 Theory Materials, 1981-2001


Box 8 Folder 19 Theory Syllabi, 1961-1970


Box 3 Folder 58 Theory, 1973-1976


Box 7 Folder 28 Thucydides/Machiavelli/Hobbes, circa 1960s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 34 120/220, circa 1960s-1990s

Box 7 Folder 26 120b, undated

Box 7 Folder 27 Behavioral Science 120, circa 1960s-1980s


Box 5 Folder 11 Political Science 124B Course Readings, 1994

Box 5 Folder 2 Political Science 124B, undated


Box 9 Folder 29 124B Last Lectures: War Termination, undated


Box 7 Folder 38 124b, 1990s


Box 3 Folder 60 220, 1993-2001


Box 7 Folder 37 220, circa 1960s-1970s


Box 5 Folder 38 Political Science 220B Course Readings, 1992


Box 8 Folder 7 Political Science 223 Course Readings, 1997


Box 7 Folder 35-36 Political Science 223 Materials, circa 1970s-1990s


Box 6 Folder 25 228, undated


Box 5 Folder 12 Political Science W 3964y Course Readings, 2001


Box 9 Folder 16 G9803 Course Readings, 2005

Box 9 Folder 36 Syllabi, 1971-2009


Box 4 Folder 26 Course Materials, 1975-2010


Box 3 Folder 66 Miscellaneous Course Materials, 1976-2007


Box 5 Folder 18 Miscellaneous Lectures, 1977-1991


Box 3 Folder 63 Lectures, circa 1980s-2001


Box 5 Folder 16 Lectures, 1981-1997


Box 6 Folder 22 Lectures, 1983-1989


Box 9 Folder 30 For Seminar, 1983-2008


Box 5 Folder 19 Lectures, 1995-1998


Box 9 Folder 35 Lecture Notes and Articles, 1996-2009


Box 4 Folder 28 Lecture Notes, 2000-2010


Box 8 Folder 26 Reader Materials, 2001


Box 4 Folder 30 Course Materials, 2005-2012


Box 8 Folder 23 Student Correspondence, 2009

Series III: Correspondence and Personal, 1940-2012

Series III is a small series that includes a range of documents and objects related to Waltz's personal life and professional correspondence. There are folders of reviews and letters about his work, interviews, and copies of his CV and bio. There is also a file of materials from Waltz's wife Helen's (also called Huddie) death. The series also includes photographs, collected stamps, and military patches and ribbons. Gloves should be used when handling the photographs.


Box 5 Folder 13 Photographs, circa 1940s


Box 9 Folder 13 Personal - Other, 1940-1982


Box 4 Folder 32 Waltz Personal Correspondence, 1952-1965


Box 5 Folder 27 Idol Flattery, 1959-1999

Letters and reviews containing praise for Waltz's work


Box 3 Folder 54 Correspondence (old), 1966-2000

Box 3 Folder 53 Idol Flattery, 1967-2008

Letters and reviews containing praise for Waltz's work


Box 9 Folder 4 Scholarly Work - Comments On, 1967-1985


Box 3 Folder 64 Reviews and Comments on Publications, 1972-1991


Box 9 Folder 1 Jokes, 1973-1990

Box 9 Folder 15 Ranking Scholars, 1978


Box 5 Folder 7 Western Europe Trip, 1979-1980


Box 3 Folder 68 Correspondence, 1980-2004


Box 5 Folder 8 United States International Communication Agency: Asia Pre-1982, 1981-1983

Box 5 Folder 28 Grant Application Information, 1981-1998

Box 5 Folder 37 CVs and Bios, 1981-2012


Box 4 Folder 22 Visit to Shanghai and Beijing, 1991


Box 5 Folder 10 Program for International Studies in Asia, 1991-1993


Box 8 Folder 28 Correspondence, 1996-2006

Box 8 Folder 30 Mailing List/Computer, 1998


Box 9 Folder 27 Legal Questions, 2007-2008

Box 9 Folder 25 Huddie 16 June 2008, 2008


Box 8 Folder 27 Byers, Cornelia, 2012


Box 4 Folder 25 Interview with Kenneth Waltz, undated


Box 5 Folder 14 Stamp Collection, undated

Box 5 Folder 15 Military Ribbons and Pins, undated


Box 9 Folder 34 A Bit of Autobiography, undated