Sigmund Diamond papers, 1950-1990

Sigmund Diamond papers, 1950-1990

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0343
Bib ID:
4079812 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Diamond, Sigmund
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
52 linear feet (ca. 62,300 items in 125 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, subject files and research notes of Sigmund Diamond. Included among the correspondence are Diamond's letters to and from various distinguished members of Columbia University and other academic insitutions, as well as correspondence with many noted sociologists and historians. Included in the manuscripts is Diamond's "In Quest." The subject files comprise material from Diamond's tenure at Columbia and include some material pertaining to his forced departure from Harvard in the 1950's due to his previous communist affiliation, and his active role in maintaining the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act. The research files include microfilms and notes.

Arrangement

Cataloged correspondence, Box 1; Arranged correspondence, Boxes 1-26;Arranged manuscripts, Boxes 27-30; Subject files, Boxes 31-38; Research files, Boxes 89-112; Printed materials, Boxes 113-124;Miscellaneous printed material, Box 125.

Using the Collection

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 is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Sigmund Diamond papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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--Diamond. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/05/1990. Accession number--M-90-11-05.

Gift of Sigmund Diamond, 1990.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed JSM 09/02/1992 and Henry Rowen 11/99.

Revision Description

2010-01-27 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Sigmund Diamond (1920-1999),Giddings Professor of Sociology and Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia University, 1955-1986.

Sigmund Diamond was born in in Baltimore, Md. on 14 June 1920 and died in Norwich CT on 14 October 1999. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University A. B. 1940, Harvard University, Ph. D. 1953. He spent his career at Columbia University assistant professor then professor of historical sociology 1955 He wrote and edited numerous books including The Nation Transformed 1963, The Soviet Union Since Khrushchev, 1965, In Quest: Journal of an Unquiet Pilgrimage, 1980, and Compromised Campus: The Collaboration of Universities with the Intelligence Community, 1945-1955 1992. He served as Editor Political Science Quarterly from 1963 on.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Addresses
Articles
Bibliographies
Budgets
Financial papers
Lectures
Lists (document genres)
Memorandums
Notebooks
Notes (documents)
Oral histories (literary works)
Photographic prints
Photographs
Questionnaires
Reports
Reviews (documents)
Speeches (documents)
Surveys (documents)
Tables
Testimonies
Theses
Transcripts
Name
Bundy, McGeorge
Columbia University
Columbia University -- Faculty
Columbia University. Bureau of Applied Social Research
Harvard University
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Place
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
United States -- Social conditions
Subject
Authors, American
College teachers
Communism -- United States
Historians
History -- Study and teaching
Social problems
Sociologists
Sociology -- Study and teaching

Series I: Catalogued Correspondence


Box I

Isaac Stern

Series II: Arranged Correspondence


Box 1

Abramovitz - Blackington


Box 2

Blau - Cowan


Box 3

Calligan - Fishmay


Box 4

Fraenkel - Halberstam


Box 5

Hammock - Hurvitz


Box 6

Hurvitz - Lerner


Box 7

Levy - Litwack


Box 8

Lorusso - Miller


Box 9

Mintz - Osherov


Box 10

Oved - Rysman


Box 11

Sacks - Schapiro


Box 12

Shenker - Ward


Box 13

Warshawski - Zuckerman


Box 14

1950-1951


Box 15

1962-1965


Box 16

1966-1967


Box 17

1968-1970


Box 18

1971-1973


Box 19

1974-1976


Box 20

1977-1979


Box 21

1980


Box 22

1980-1981


Box 23

1982-1984


Box 24

1985


Box 25

Miscellaneous


Box 26

Sociology Department Miscellaneous

Series III: Arranged Manuscripts


Box 27

"In Quest"


Box 28

"In Quest"


Box 29

"In Quest", Photocopies


Box 30

"In Quest", Financial reports, photocopies, miscellaneous


Box 31

Transcript of oral history


Box 31

Early version of paper delivered at American sociological association


Box 31

"A casual view of America"

Series IV: Subject Files


Subseries IV.1: Columbia University


Box 31a

GSAS committee Executive committee on curriculum


Box 31b

GSAS committee Executive committee on curriculum


Box 32

GSAS committee Executive committee on curriculum


Box 33

GSAS committee Executive committee on curriculum


Box 34

GSAS committee Executive committee on curriculum


Box 35

Executive committee Reports & printed material


Box 36

Executive committee Reports & printed material


Box 37

Executive committee Reports & printed material


Box 38

Committees, commissions, senate & misc.


Box 39

Committees, commissions, senate & misc.


Box 40

Committees, commissions, senate & misc.


Box 41

Committees, commissions, senate & misc.


Box 42

Faculty housing


Box 42

Institute of early American history and culture


Box 42

Fulbright


Box 43

Committees & conferences


Box 43

Sabbaticals


Box 43

Archival correspondence


Box 44

Sub-committee on Ph.D. program in Architecture and urban planning


Box 45

University Senate


Box 46

University housing & rent protests


Box 47

Bicentennial celebration


Box 47

--Hudson institute project


Box 47

--Evaluation--Rutgers


Box 48

School of Public Health


Box 49

Commission on academic priorities in arts & sciences


Box 49

--Disciplinary committee


Box 49

--Student disorders


Series IV.2: Sociology Department


Box 50

Chairperson of sociology dept.


Box 51

Director of graduate studies


Box 52

Director of graduate studies


Box 53

Director of graduate studies


Box 54 & 55

Oral exams


Box 56

Student papers


Box 57

Student papers


Box 58

Student papers


Box 59

Student papers


Box 60

Student papers


Box 61

Student papers


Box 62

Ph.D dissertations


Box 63

Ph.D dissertations


Box 64

Ph.D dissertations


Box 65

Ph.D dissertations


Box 66

Ph.D dissertations


Box 67

Ph.D dissertations


Box 68

Ph.D dissertations


Box 69

Ph.D dissertations


Box 70

Sociology department--Legitimation--Historical sociology for graduates


Box 71

Miscellaneous

Series V: Miscellaneous Subject Files


Box 72

American Academy of Arts and Sciences


Box 73

ACLS


Box 74

Behavioral & Social Sciences Survey Committee


Box 75

Book reviews


Box 76

Conferences & trips


Box 77

Etzioni, Amitai


Box 78

Etzioni, Amitai


Box 79

Etzioni, Amitai


Box 80

Grants


Box 81

National Endowment for the Humanities


Box 82

National Research Council Behavior modification therapy


Box 83

Political Science Quarterly


Box 83

--Jewish Social Studies


Box 84

Publishers - contracts, correspondence


Box 85

Serge Lang


Box 86

Serge Lang


Box 87

Miscellaneous academic: National science fund; Short term lectureships; Dirctor of scholars, 1979-80; Miscellaneous, 1980


Box 88

Institute for Advanced Studies NYU appointment & lectures, Vassar

Series VI: Research Files


Box 89

Anti-semitism


Box 90

Anti-semitism


Box 91

Bilingualism project


Box 92

Bilingualism project


Box 93

Freedom of information


Box 94

Freedom of information


Box 95

Jewish materials - organizations & projects


Box 96

Jewish materials - organizations & projects


Box 97

Jewish materials - organizations & projects


Box 98

Miscellaneous files


Box 99

Miscellaneous files


Box 100

Notes for bibliography on background of civilization & notes on colonization


Box 100

Miscellaneous notes on notecards


Box 101

Miscellaneous notes on notecards


Box 102

Miscellaneous notes on notecards


Box 103

Miscellaneous notes on notecards


Box 104

Miscellaneous notes on notecards


Box 105

Photocopies from archives nationales & bibliotheque nationale


Box 106

Photocopies from archives nationales & bibliotheque nationale


Box 107

Photocopies from archives nationales & bibliotheque nationale


Box 108

Photocopies from archives nationales & bibliotheque nationale


Box 109

Microfilm from archives de ministere


Box 110

Microfilm from archives de ministere


Box 111

Microfilm from archives de ministere


Box 112

Microfilm from archives de ministere

Series VII: Printed Materials


Box 113

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 114

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 115

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 116

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 117

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 118

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 119

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 120

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 121

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 122

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 123

Articles, speeches & reprints


Box 124

Offprints inscribed


Box 125

Miscellaneous printed material