Philip Edward Mosely Papers, 1930-1972
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- BAR Ms Coll/Mosely
- Bib ID:
- 4077852 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Mosely, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1905-1972; Kennan, George Frost, 1904-; Chernov, V. M. (Viktor Mikhaĭlovich), 1873-1952
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 39 boxes (10000 items)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following boxes are located off-site: 2-40. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Correspondents include Victor Chernov and George Kennan. Extensive notes by Mosely concern European diplomacy in the 1830s and the South Slavic Zadruga. There are thousands of photographs, chiefly from the Soviet Union ca. 1945-1955. Besides photographs of Soviet, Chinese, and East European political figures, such as Mao Tse-Tung, György Lukʹacs, and Boris Spasskiĭ, there are photographs of such Western figures as Enrico Berlinguer and Pablo Neruda. Subject files and mimeographed and printed materials include files on the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants; papers on Soviet Studies distributed by St. Antony College, Oxford University; State Department research reports, and works by Mosely.
Arrangement
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Notes for "Russian Diplomacy and the Eastern Question. "
- Series III: Materials on the Zadruga
- Series IV: Documents
- Series V: Photographs
- Series VI: Mimeographed and Printed Mateiral
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-40. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1951.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Accessioned 1951.
Papers Processed 06/--/80.
Papers Revised 11/--/80.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2021-10-04 Added boxes 10 and 11, which had been missed when the finding aid was originally encoded. kws
Biographical sketch
Professor of International Relations at Columbia University in 1946-55 and 1963-72 (in 1955-63 he was adjunct professor at Columbia and Director of Studies of the Council of Foreign Relations). He was director of Columbia's Russian Institute, and one of the founders of the Bakhmeteff Archive. He was the holder of many academic and governmental posts, the author of many articles, and the author of "Russian Diplomacy and the Opening of the Eastern Question in 1838-1839" (1934).
Subject Headings
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