Aaron W. Warner Papers, 1936-2004

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Series III: The University Seminars


Subseries III.1: Conferences


South Asia Conference, 1983-1985



Box 41 Folder 1 Correspondence related to the Southeast Asia Seminar, Modern China Seminar, and Conference on Asia


Box 41 Folder 1 Prospectus for the Southeast Asia Seminar, 1982-83; list of possible topics and participants


Box 41 Folder 1 Photocopy of list of chairs and secretaries for seminars related to East Asia


Box 41 Folder 1 Memoranda related to the Conference on Asia, 1982


Box 41 Folder 1 "Project summary: The United States, Japan and Southeast Asia: The Issues of Interdependence," The East Asian Institute at Columbia; list of Project Administration


Box 41 Folder 1 "Conference and Proceedings on Asia: Selected Aspects," the Academy of Political Science and CU Seminars, April 1982


Box 41 Folder 1 Handwritten notes


William Vickrey conference:



Box 42 Folder 1 Vickrey Full Employment Conference Planning, 1998


Box 42 Folder 1 Materials related to the first "Vickrey Symposium: Commitment to Full Employment,", November 5, 1998


Box 42 Folder 1 AW's handwritten notes


Box 42 Folder 1 Press clippings about William Vickrey


Box 42 Folder 1 Invitations


Box 42 Folder 1 Correspondence


Box 42 Folder 1 Seating arrangements


Box 42 Folder 1 RSVP lists


Box 42 Folder 2 Vickrey Full Employment Conference, 1998


Vickrey Conference Planning, 1997-1998


Box 42 Folder 3 Correspondence, mostly printed emails, related to planning for the Vickrey Conference in, November 1998


Vickrey Transport Conference Planning, 1997


Box 42 Folder 4 Further materials related to the Vickrey Conference; consolidate


Box 42 Folder 4 Clippings about Vickrey


Box 42 Folder 4 Paper by William Vickrey, "Current Issues in Transportation"


Vickrey Memorial Conference, 1998


Box 42 Folder 5 Further materials related to the Vickrey Conference; consolidate


Vickrey:


Box 42 Folder 6 Further materials related to the Vickrey Conference; consolidate


Files on People (443) Folders in this box contain CVs and bios, academic papers, and correspondence btw. Aaron Warner and the following individuals:



Box 43 Folder 1 Ruth Nanda Anshen


Box 43 Folder 2 Richard Bartel


Box 43 Folder 3 Ed Beck


Box 43 Folder 4 Marilyn Bentov


Box 43 Folder 5 Robert Bickner


Box 43 Folder 6 David Brook


Box 43 Folder 7 Arthur Burns


Box 43 Folder 8 George Collins


Box 43 Folder 9 Sam Devons


Box 43 Folder 10 Sandy Flitterman-Lewis


Box 43 Folder 11 Edith Gann


Box 43 Folder 12 James Gutmann


The University Seminars; Files on People (Hardman-Varma) (432) Folders in this box contain CVs and bios, academic papers, and correspondence btw. Aaron Warner and the following individuals:



Box 44 Folder 1 J.B. Hardman


Box 44 Folder 2 Alfred Howell


Box 44 Folder 3 John Kallos


Box 44 Folder 4 James Kuhn


Box 44 Folder 5 Merrill Lipsey


Box 44 Folder 6 Paul Neurath


Box 44 Folder 7 Chauncey Olinger


Box 44 Folder 8 Robert Payton


Box 44 Folder 9 Joanne Peskin


Box 44 Folder 10 Igor Pikovsky


Box 44 Folder 11 Laura Randall


Box 44 Folder 12 Sumner Rosen


Box 44 Folder 13 George Rupp


Box 44 Folder 14 Charles Shami


Box 44 Folder 15 M. LeSueur Stewart


Box 44 Folder 16 Thaddeus Tren


Box 44 Folder 17 Baidya Varma


Files on People / Recommendations:


Correspondence: Ron Gross



Box 45 Folder 1 Correspondence w/ Ron Gross regarding article publication / payment (Change magazine), book corrections (presumably to the edited collection Invitation to Lifelong Learning ), seminar meetings, and (primarily) Independent Scholarship Project (including newsletters)


Palestine: Paul Riebenfield, Eugene Rostow:


Box 45 Folder 2 Douglas Feith, "The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine"


Box 45 Folder 2 Paul S. Riebenfeld, "The Legitimacy of Jewish Settlement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza"


Box 45 Folder 2 Eugene V. Rostow, "The Peace-making Process UN Resolutions 242 and 338"


Box 45 Folder 2 Eugene V. Rostow, "The Perils of Positivism: A Response to Professor Quigley" (1992)


Box 45 Folder 2 Assorted memorandums from Riebenfeld


Box 45 Folder 2 Israel's Legitimate Claims Under International Law: A Conference on International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1990)


Pamela Kacser Recommendation:


Box 45 Folder 3 Recommendation for Pamela Kacser, Senior Economist, Office of Energy Research Policy


Box 45 Folder 3 Correspondence recommending Kacser for President of the University of North Florida, including drafts, CV(s).


Box 45 Folder 3 Includes US Department of Energy plans, dated 1978 & 1979, 1978, 1979


Recommendations:


Box 45 Folder 4 Primarily letters of recommendation for placement in schools (secondary, graduate, medical, law), but also includes letters for scholarship aid, promotions, teaching positions, tenants, purchasers of apartments, the bar, representative on stock exchange.


Box 45 Folder 5 Continuation of Folder 4: Letters of recommendation for placement in schools (secondary, graduate, medical, law); includes letters for scholarship aid, promotions, teaching positions, tenants, purchasers of apartments, the bar, representative on stock exchange.


Rabi Visiting Scholar:



Box 46 Folder 1 Correspondence between Aaron Warner and others regarding I.I. Rabi (then 80 years old) from the mid-1980s


Box 46 Folder 1 Letter from Rabi to Michael Korda: "some remarks about 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'"


Box 46 Folder 1 Copy of an interview between William T. Golden and I.I. Rabi


Box 46 Folder 1 Pupin Laboratories 50th Anniversary: Proposal to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish an I.I. Rabi University Professorship, August 1977


Box 46 Folder 1 Correspondence between Samuel Devons and Philip DuBois, Vice President of Rowland Foundation


Box 46 Folder 1 Report: "Science in the Curriculum of the School of International Affairs"


Box 46 Folder 1 Letter from Courtney Brown to Uris Foundation: copy sent to Aaron Warner, still in envelope


Box 46 Folder 1 Program from dedication of the I.I. Rabi Memorial Room, 813 Pupin Hall, 1996


Box 46 Folder 1 Course listings for History and Philosophy of Science at CU (year?)


Rabi Obituary:


Box 46 Folder 2 Draft of obituary for I.I. Rabi


Box 46 Folder 2 Announcement of the establishment of a professorial chair named for I.I. Rabi, 11/21/1985 by the CU Office of Public Information, 11/21/1985


Box 46 Folder 2 Announcement of the death of I.I. Rabi (d. 1/11/1988) by the CU Office of Public Information


Box 46 Folder 2 Letter from Prof. Wolfgang Jacob to Aaron Warner


Box 46 Folder 2 Envelope addressed to Aaron Warner, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center


Box 46 Folder 2 Warner correspondence related to the death of I.I. Rabi and Memorial Service at St. Paul's Chapel in, 1988


Box 46 Folder 2 Photocopies of obituaries for I.I. Rabi: NY Times, LA Times, The New Mexican


Box 46 Folder 2 Newspaper article on I.I. Rabi for the Columbia University Record


Box 46 Folder 2 Letter from Milton Copland to Courtney C. Brown declining, on behalf of the Uris Brothers Foundation, to contribute toward the Chair in the name of Prof. Rabi


Rabi Talks


Box 46 Folder 3 Transcript of lecture by I. I. Rabi


Box 46 Folder 3 Correspondence between Aaron Warner and Samuel Devons re: Pupin-Rabi Committee, late, 1970s


Box 46 Folder 3 Proceedings of the "Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Pupin Laboratories" at Columbia U., November 4-5, 1977


Box 46 Folder 3 Additional copies and drafts of the program for the 50th anniversary event, 11/4-11/5/1977


Box 46 Folder 3 Proposal for establishment of an I.I. Rabi Professorship-- "a University Chair in Rabi's name and honor"


Rabi Memorial:


Box 46 Folder 4 Materials related to the 50th Anniversary of the Pupin Laboratories and the proposal to establish a professorship in the name of I.I. Rabi, 1977 -- overlap with Folder 2, Rabi Talks, 1977


Box 46 Folder 4 Correspondence between Aaron Warner, Samuel Devons, Courtney Brown, and others, primarily regarding campaign for I.I. Rabi Professorship and the Pupin-Rabi committee


Box 46 Folder 4 Copies of proposal for Rabi chair; programs, agendas, and minutes of Pupin-Rabi committee meetings


Box 46 Folder 4 Handwritten note with the heading: "To those who think Rabi was never around"


Box 46 Folder 4 Long list of names and addresses of Program Invitees for Pupin 50th Anniversary, with individuals' background and credentials listed in the right column


Box 46 Folder 4 Draft: "The Pupin Building's 50th Anniversary," from the CU Office of Public Information


Box 46 Folder 4 List of Recipients of CU Honorary Degrees, 1950-1971 (2 copies), 1950-1971


Box 46 Folder 4 Typewritten list: "Lawrence Wein's list for Rabi Chair," includes names/addresses


Box 46 Folder 4 Two copies of Columbia University Record with article on establishment of the I.I. Rabi Professorship, 1985


Box 46 Folder 4 Booklet: Biographical Memoir of Michael Idvorsky Pupin by Bergen Davis


Newsletters, 1980s-1990s



Box 47 Folder 1 Drafts and final copies of University Seminars newsletters from the late 1980s through the 1990s, 1980s, 1990s


Correspondence, 1980-1983



Box 48 Folder 1 Correspondence, personal and professional


Box 48 Folder 1 Paper drafts


Box 48 Folder 1 Minutes from meetings


Box 48 Folder 1 Notes on possible manuscripts and publishing projects


Correspondence, 1984-1985


Box 48 Folder 2 Correspondence, personal and professional


Box 48 Folder 2 Paper drafts


Box 48 Folder 2 Minutes from meetings


Box 48 Folder 2 Invitations


Box 48 Folder 2 Announcements


Box 48 Folder 2 Schedules


Clippings:


Box 48 Folder 3 Clippings, 1980s and 1990s, 1980s, 1990s


Correspondence; Office Procedures, 1984-1989


Seminars, late, 1970s-1985



Box 49 Folder 1 Correspondence with Aaron Warner related to University Seminars business and fundraising, primarily from the early to mid, 1980s


Box 49 Folder 1 Descriptions and budgets for specific seminars


Box 49 Folder 1 Information sheets on University Seminar procedures and the responsibilities of rapporteurs


Seminars Correspondence, 1980s


Box 49 Folder 2 Correspondence between Aaron Warner and University Seminar members and associates, 1980s


Box 49 Folder 2 Handwritten notes


Box 49 Folder 2 Documentation for work-study hires


Seminars, late, 1990s


Box 49 Folder 3 Lists of University Seminars Continuing Seminars for 1997-98 and, 1999-2000


Box 49 Folder 3 Correspondence with Aaron Warner related to University Seminars business and fundraising, primarily from about 1996 through 2000, 1996, 2000


Box 49 Folder 3 Descriptions and budgets for specific seminars


Seminars Correspondence, 1997-1999


Box 49 Folder 4 Magazine clippings


Box 49 Folder 4 Correspondence between Aaron Warner and University Seminar members and associates, 1997-1998 printed emails as well as handwritten and typed letters, 1997-1998


Seminars Business and Correspondence, 1980s-90s:


Box 49 Folder 5 Correspondence related to University Seminars business and fundraising


Box 49 Folder 5 Proposals for new Seminars


Box 49 Folder 5 Handwritten notes related to continuing seminars and their schedules


Faculty House; EPIC (439):


Correspondence, 1984-1998



Box 50 Folder 1 Announcement for evening hosted by University Seminars, February2, 1977 paper presented by Eli Ginzberg; chaired by Aaron Warner, February2, 1977


Box 50 Folder 1 Correspondence related to University Seminars activities in, 1993-1995


Box 50 Folder 1 Advisory Council Roster, 1988


Box 50 Folder 1 Form filled out by AW, CU Annual Disclosure Statement of Officers Concerning Conflicts of Interest, March1997 additional Conflict of Interest Disclosure Forms, March1997


EPIC:


Box 50 Folder 2 Materials related to meetings of Emeritus Professors In Columbia (EPIC) in the late, 1990s


Box 50 Folder 2 Schedule for meetings in, 1999


Box 50 Folder 2 Handwritten notes by AW


Box 50 Folder 2 EPIC Donors Report (May 1999)


Box 50 Folder 2 Information about catering by Restaurant Associates at Faculty House


Box 50 Folder 2 Correspondence


Box 50 Folder 2 Proposal to form an association of CU Professors Emeriti, February1999


Box 50 Folder 2 Bio for William Vickrey


Box 50 Folder 2 Photocopy of pamphlet for University of California Retirees' Association at Los Angeles


Box 50 Folder 2 Photocopy of the By-Laws and Rules of Order of the Trustees of Columbia University adopted, March7, 1892


Box 50 Folder 2 Trustees of Columbia College Minutes, October 1, 1900-June 3, 1901


Box 50 Folder 2 Statutes of the Trustees of Columbia University, adopted 1892 and amended 1902, 1892, 1902


Box 50 Folder 2 Photocopy of the Faculty Handbook, CU, 1987


Seminars' Move (Faculty House):


Box 50 Folder 3 Order forms for furniture


Box 50 Folder 3 Photocopies of blueprints of faculty house


Box 50 Folder 3 Operational Assessment of Foodservices, CU Faculty House, May a Ranchod, Office of Support Services, March1997


Box 50 Folder 3 Proposal for foodservice operation at CU Faculty House, Flik International Corp


Box 50 Folder 3 Correspondence about purchases for the office; Ricoh copier, HP fax machine, furniture, lighting, etc.


Box 50 Folder 3 Minutes of Meeting of the Faculty House Board of Advisors, 11/30/1995


Faculty House Committee:


Box 50 Folder 4 Announcements and correspondence of the Faculty House Board of Advisors, late 1990s faxes between Ene Sirvet and Faculty House Board of Advisors, 1990s


Box 50 Folder 4 Minutes of meetings of the Faculty House Board of Advisors, 1990s


Box 50 Folder 4 Graduate Student Membership application form for the Faculty House


Box 50 Folder 4 Contact information for Faculty House Board of Advisors


Box 50 Folder 4 Paper by Maurice Matiz, "Model Classroom: A Multimedia Podium for the Instructor,", September 1, 1993


Box 50 Folder 4 Handwritten notes


Box 50 Folder 4 RSVPs to Faculty House Board of Advisors meetings/events


Box 50 Folder 4 Faculty House Board of Advisors Report of the Warner Committee for Honoring Chef Enrico Bazzoni


Box 50 Folder 4 Photocopy of newspaper article about the Faculty Club at Johns Hopkins


Box 50 Folder 4 Faculty Club Survey, fiscal year ending, 06/1991


Box 50 Folder 4 Columbia University Dining Services Departmental Profit and Loss Statement, Faculty House, May 1990


Box 50 Folder 4 Invoice from Faculty House to Painewebber, Inc.


Box 50 Folder 4 Personnel Policy Manual for Managers and Supervisors, 1993


Box 50 Folder 4 Brochure for special events at Faculty House


Faculty House, 1984-1985


Box 50 Folder 5 Correspondence related to activities of the Faculty House in the mid-1980s


Box 50 Folder 5 Minutes of Meetings of the Faculty House Board of Advisors, 1980s


Box 50 Folder 5 Newspaper clippings


Box 50 Folder 5 Handwritten notes


Box 50 Folder 5 Programs for concerts held at Faculty House


Box 50 Folder 5 Copy of the Constitution of Faculty House


Box 50 Folder 5 Summary of expenses of the Faculty House, December 1985


Box 50 Folder 5 Job listing for Faculty House Manager


Faculty House, 1986-1987 (402):, 1986-1987


Faculty House, 1986-1987



Box 51 Folder 1 Announcements


Box 51 Folder 1 Invitation to General Meeting of Faculty House Members


Box 51 Folder 1 Minutes of Advisory Board meetings, 1986


Box 51 Folder 1 Copy of the Constitution of the Faculty House


Box 51 Folder 1 Programs for "An Hour of Music" recitals at Faculty House


Box 51 Folder 1 Schedules for the Luncheon Lecture Series


Box 51 Folder 1 Blank Seminar Associate Membership Applications


Box 51 Folder 1 Resumes and correspondence related to the hiring of Faculty House personnel


Box 51 Folder 1 Newspaper clippings related to events at Faculty House


Box 51 Folder 1 Membership form for the Faculty Club at the University of Pennsylvania


Box 51 Folder 1 Princeton faculty club newsletter


Faculty House, 1990s


Box 51 Folder 2 Announcements


Box 51 Folder 2 Minutes of Advisory Board meetings


Box 51 Folder 2 Correspondence and records regarding food service at Faculty House, including Restaurant Associates' proposal for management


Box 51 Folder 2 Report of the Commission on Faculty Clubs


University Seminars [Budgets and Proposals] (424)


Seminar Lists, 1980s



Box 52 Folder 1 Lists of chairpersons and secretaries for each seminar for each AY of the 1980s includes names and addresses, 1980s


Box 52 Folder 1 List of advisory committees


Box 52 Folder 1 A few University Seminars newsletters, early, 1980s


Box 52 Folder 1 Copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the University Seminars


Box 52 Folder 1 Correspondence


Box 52 Folder 1 Handwritten notes


Seminar Proposals, 1970-1980


Box 52 Folder 2 Proposal for Center on Labor Studies; two copies and handwritten notes


Box 52 Folder 2 1976 proposal for Executive Seminar: The Public Interest and Private Planning in the US Economy, 1976


Box 52 Folder 2 Correspondence with William Golden


Box 52 Folder 2 Agendas for meetings of the seminar on Economic Planning


Box 52 Folder 2 Program for a 1981 workshop at the Center of Asian Studies at St. John's University, addressing responses to Neo-Confucianism in Tokugawa Japan, 1981


Box 52 Folder 2 Program for 1981 symposium, the seminar on Primitive & Pre-Columbian Art at Columbia University, 1981


Seminars Brochure, 1980


Box 52 Folder 3 Draft of the University Seminars brochure, 1980


Box 52 Folder 3 List of seminars by broad subject categories (Politics, Cultural Studies, etc.)


Box 52 Folder 3 Price list for publication of the brochure


Box 52 Folder 3 List of accounts of the University Seminars 1976-77


Box 52 Folder 3 Handwritten notes and phone messages, receipts, two printing requisition forms


Box 52 Folder 3 Memorandum to advisory committee regarding manuscript for the brochure


Seminar Budgets, 1980s


Box 52 Folder 4 Handwritten notes and calculations, drafts of Budget Summaries for, 1980s


Box 52 Folder 4 Printed reports related to budget


Box 52 Folder 4 Newspaper and magazine clippings


Box 52 Folder 4 Summaries of expenses


Box 52 Folder 4 Forms with budgets for individual seminars for, 1980s


Seminar Budgets, 1970s


Box 52 Folder 5 Handwritten notes and calculations, drafts of Budget Summaries for, 1970s


Box 52 Folder 5 Printed reports related to budget


Box 52 Folder 5 Newspaper and magazine clippings


Box 52 Folder 5 Summaries of expenses


Box 52 Folder 5 Forms with budgets for individual seminars for, 1970s


Seminar History, 1950s-1960s


Box 52 Folder 6 Graduate faculties newsletter, 1960


Box 52 Folder 6 Photocopy of an essay on the University Seminars Movement at Columbia University


Box 52 Folder 6 Materials related to event honoring James Gutmann


Box 52 Folder 6 List of donations from 1961-1973/74


Box 52 Folder 6 Some correspondence from James Gutmann


Correspondence, 1980s


Box 52 Folder 7 Correspondence, especially related to donations


Box 52 Folder 7 Newspaper and magazine clippings


Box 52 Folder 7 Postmarked envelopes


Box 52 Folder 7 United Nations Personal History report for Donald B. Fillinger


Box 52 Folder 7 List of research activities and publications of Donald B. Fillinger