James Gutmann papers on Micronesia, 1966-1976

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0530
Bib ID:
4078847 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Gutmann, James, 1897-1988
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
1 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Other Finding Aids

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/20_GRE-HAL_13.pdf

Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and related printed material relating to the independence of Micronesia. Correspondents include Roger Nash Baldwin, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Alan Reitman, Associate Director, other ACLU officials, Roger W. Gale, Director, Friends of Micronesia, William B. Nabors, a lawyer in the Marianas, and numerous other Micronesians and Americans concerned with Micronesia. There are memoranda by Gutmann and Baldwin as well as lengthy individual memoranda by others including professors Eugene B. Mihaly (University of California, Berkeley) and Leonard Mason (University of Hawaii). Also, miscellaneous notes, a small group of newspaper and magazine clippings, a few selected issues of Micronesian periodicals, and United Nations printed documents relating to Micronesia.

Arrangement

Cataloged and arranged.

Using the Collection

Other Finding Aids

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/20_GRE-HAL_13.pdf

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

This collection is located on-site.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James Gutmann Micronesian papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Archival Materials

Collections related by provenance: James Gutmann Correspondence.

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

Source of acquisition--Gutmann, James. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1977. Accession number--M-77.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

May 2023 PDF/folder descriptions replaced with full finding aid, YH

Biographical / Historical

Professor emeritus of philosophy, Columbia University. Gutmann was the American Civil Liberties Union's representative at the United Nations Trusteeship Council sessions on Micronesia. (Columbia University, A.B., 1918; A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1936).

Subject Headings

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Name
American Civil Liberties Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- : Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gale, Roger W. CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mason, Leonard CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mihaly, Eugene Bramer CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nabors, William B CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reitman, Alan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United Nations. Trusteeship Council CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Micronesia -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Micronesia -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World politics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID