Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); James T. Shotwell papers; Box and Folder;
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
| Bib ID: | 4079335 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Shotwell, James Thomson, 1874-1965. |
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| Title: | James T. Shotwell
Papers
[ca.
1896]-1962.
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| Physical description: | ca. 60,000 items (296 boxes)
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| Language(s): | In English
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| Access: |
Reader must use the microfilm copy of the Beer Diary.
The following boxes are located off-site: AA, AAA, 1-296. You will need to
request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least two business days
in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library
reading room.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 2 series
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Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence and other documents relating to the Paris Peace Conference, League of
Nations, and Locarno Pact with which Prof. Shotwell was associated. There is material
relating to Shotwell's THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR, as well as to
his other writings.
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Using the Collection
Partially Offsite
Access Restrictions
Reader must use the microfilm copy of the Beer Diary.
The following boxes are located off-site: AA, AAA, 1-296. You will need to
request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least two business days
in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library
reading room.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies 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 T. Shotwell papers; Box and Folder;
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 09/--/89 Christina Hilton Fenn
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2014-02-27
XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2016-03-29
XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2017-02-23
Finding Aid revised by Vianca C. Victor
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Subject Headings
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Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note:
James T. Shotwell, Bryce Professor of the History of International Relations at Columbia University, devoted most of his life, as he put it, "to the organization of peace." Considering the period his life spanned — he died at 90 in 1965, having studied and taught at Columbia for nearly 50 years — this was no small project. He was present at, indeed instrumental in, the creation of some of the most important international institutions of the twentieth century. He believed that his was the beginning of a new era, a time in which rapid technological advances demanded new conceptions of how states resolved their differences. Both in his scholarship and in his constant, restless button-holing of the rich and powerful around the world, he argued that in the modern world peace is not merely the absence of war but something that needs to be planned and organized. He did all he could to encourage that organization, and in doing so he helped provoke an entirely new academic field — international relations — and proposed many of the policies and instruments by which governments today approach management of their common affairs.
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