1966 Committee to select Poly Sci Dept. Chairman, Univ. Of Penn, 1966-1967
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Records related to Walter Isard’s career.
Material from professional organizations, especially the Regional Science Association and Peace Science Society International. Includes correspondence, administrative records, reports, and conference programs and papers, and publications such as the Journal of the RSA, Papers, and the Journal of Peace Science.
Records from his role as faculty at Cornell, Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, including course materials and students' theses. Includes articles assembled for research, his notes, and drafts of his books and papers.
Includes alphabetized correspondence.
Also, a CD containing photos of Isard.
Commonly used acronyms/abbreviations include the following:
- AEA: American Economic Association
- ASSA: Allied Social Science Associations
- ECAAR: Economists Allied for Arms Reduction (formerly Economists Against the Arms Race)
- PEPS: Peace Economics and Peace Science (journal)
- PRSI: Peace Research Society International
- PSSI: Peace Science Society International
- RSA: Regional Science Association
- RSRI: Regional Science Research Institute
- WAAS: World Academy of Arts and Sciences
- WU: World University
Dates
- 1966-1967
Creator
- From the Collection: Isard, Walter. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
113.4 cubic feet. (113.4 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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