Walter Isard papers

Collection — cd: 1946

Identifier: 3959

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

1938-1986.

Creator

Isard, Walter. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cornell professor of Economics (Regional Science and Peace Science) from 1979-2010. Also taught at Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania.

Founded the Regional Science Association (RSA) and Peace Science Society International (PSSI) and was the director and program chair for Economists Allied for Arms Reduction (ECAAR).

Graduated from Temple University (A.B., 1939) and Harvard (M.A., 1941; PhD, 1943)

Extent

113.4 cubic feet. (113.4 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Faculty and professional papers of Walter Isard (1919-2010), Economist and Peace Scientist. Includes records of professional organizations which he founded, including the Regional Science Association (RSA), Peace Research Society International and Peace Science Society International (PSSI).

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

The collection is arranged as follows. Please note that some boxes contain multiple series. Original folder titles have been retained.

SERIES I. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS:

Written by Isard’s advisees

Boxes: 1-5, 6, 46

SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE:

General professional correspondence, as arranged by Isard

Boxes: 11-16, 20-23, 42-44, 53-54, 64, 69-71, 77-78, 105, 109, 113, 119, 121

SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES AND INVOLVEMENT:

Includes correspondence, journals, conference materials, and administrative documents including memoranda, agendas, and financial records. Especially includes material from the Regional Science Association and the Peace Science Society International.

Boxes 1A-2A, 7-8, 17-20, 23, 27, 29, 36-39, 41, 45, 48-49, 51, 55, 58-61, 63, 71-74, 83-88, 93, 104, 108, 111, 113-114, 118

SERIES IV. RESEARCH, DRAFTS AND GRANTS:

Includes articles assembled by Isard for his research, his research notes, and drafts and manuscripts of his books, papers and presentations. Also includes materials related to research funding.

Boxes: 8, 10, 25-26, 28, 30-35, 40, 50, 52, 56-57, 59, 60, 63, 64, 66-69, 71-75, 79-83, 86, 89-90, 92-94, 97-103, 106-108, 110-111, 115, 117

SERIES V. TEACHING, ADVISING AND ADMINISTRATION:

Includes Isard’s correspondence with students, course materials such as syllabi, lecture notes, and material related to administration. This material is mostly from his time at Cornell, but also includes materials from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT.

Boxes 8, 24, 31, 52, 60-65, 71-72, 74, 86, 90-93, 97, 109, 113

SERIES VI: ALPHABETICAL FILES:

Boxes of varying content, which alphabetized Isard by folder title. Including correspondence, research, professional materials, teaching/advising materials etc.

Boxes 9, 47, 112, 116, 120

Physical Description

Correspondence, publications, financial records

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Kathy Li, Leilani Fujimoto, Hilary Dorsch Wong
Date completed:: April, 2013
EAD encoding:: Hilary Dorsch Wong, April 2013
Date modified:: Ben Wrubel, October 2018