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Eric L. McKitrick Papers, 1934-2001

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Series I: Personal Files and Activities

This series contains biographical material and files related to McKitrick's family, personal business, and activities outside of his professional career.

Subseries I.1: Personal Files, 1944-2001

consists of curriculum vitae, headshot photographs, and a few files on personal business. It includes a file on the singing career of McKitrick's father, Fred McKitrick, with the Flint Civic Opera.


Box 12 Folder 8 Pictures (of me), Undated


Box 17 Folder 1 Alumni--Flint Central, Flint J.C., Hillsdale, Columbia G.S., circa, 1949-1987

Box 17 Folder 2 Vita, circa 1968, 1998, 1968, 1998

(This includes information on Stanley Elkins and the project that becameThe Age of Federalism)


Box 23 Folder 9 to 10 Flint Civic Opera, 1944-1951, (2 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 11 Invitations, circa, 1969-1973


Box 26 Folder 2 Extra-C., 1992-2001

Box 26 Folder 3 Cottage File, 2000-2001

Subseries I.2: Personal Activities, 1964-2001

documents McKitrick's activities with the Century Association, Grace Church, and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.

Century Club

(The Century Association)


Box 10 Folder 3 to 7 1973-2001, (5 Folders)

Box 10 Folder 8 Committee on Literature, 1997-2001

Grace Church


Box 12 Folder 9 to 10 1964-1999, (2 Folders)

Music Committee

Box 12 Folder 11 1965


Box 13 Folder 1 to 5 1966-1992, (5 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 6 Calling Committee, 1980

Box 13 Folder 7 Nominating Committee for Vestry, 1993

Box 13 Folder 8 to 11 Worship Committee, 1992-1996, (4 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 12 Grace Church School, 1968-1969

Box 13 Folder 13 Grace Church School History, 1994-1995

Box 13 Folder 14 Canon Law, 1999

Box 13 Folder 15 Church Club, 1968, 1998, 1968, 1998

(Church Club of New York)

Box 13 Folder 16 Janet Kraft, Grace Church, 2000, Undated, 2000, Undated

Box 13 Folder 17 St. John's Church (Sand Point, Michigan), 1998

(Includes photographs)


Box 14 Folder 1 Organ Study, 1993-1994

Box 14 Folder 2 Organ Committee, 1996-1997

Box 14 Folder 3 Patrick Allen: New Organ Search, 2000-2001

Historical Society of the Episcopal Church

Box 14 Folder 4 to 12 1992-2001, (9 Folders)

Words and Worship

Box 14 Folder 13 Lent, 1982


Box 15 Folder 1 Revised, 1998

Series II: Columbia University, 1952-1999

Material related to McKitrick's professional career at Columbia University comprises this series. The teaching material relates both to his work as a lecturer (1952-1954) and as a faculty member of the History Department (1960-1990) at the University

Subseries II.1: General Files, 1952-1999

is made up of personal business files on personnel matters and material related to general events, occasions, and University committees.


Box 16 Folder 14 General Studies (G.S.) U.S. History Survey--Columbia, 1952-1954


Box 41 Folder 1 Columbia-Informal-Colleagues-Miscellaneous, Etc., 1976-1985, 1999, 1976-1985, 1999

Box 41 Folder 2 Retirements-Deaths-Occasions (Columbia), 1989-1999


Box 42 Folder 1 Personal University Business--Salary, Leave, Etc., 1960-1989

Box 42 Folder 2 Columbia Centennial Committee 1880-1980, 1978-1979, 1880-1980, 1978-1979


Box 44 Folder 12 Committee Business, 1961-1965

Subseries II.2: History Department, 1961-1990

consists of McKitrick's files on "department business" and committee work related to the History Department. The committee files include documentation of McKitrick's work on the Curriculum, Executive, and Master's Program committees. McKitrick's chronological files on department business include announcements, correspondence, memoranda, and notes on dissertation defenses.


Box 42 Folder 3 to 4 Curriculum Committee, 1961-1962, 1972-1973, 1961-1962, 1972-1973, (2 Folders)

Department Business

Box 42 Folder 5 to 11 1982-1990, (7 Folders)


Box 43 Folder 1 to 13 1968-1982, (13 Folders)


Box 44 Folder 1 to 11 1960-1971, (11 Folders)

Box 44 Folder 13 MA Committee, 1964


Box 45 Folder 1 Placement, 1972-1973

Box 45 Folder 2 Secretary's Minutes, 1964-1967

(Related to the Executive Committee)

Box 45 Folder 3 Commencement, 1961-1996

Box 45 Folder 4 American History Area Committee, 1983-1984

Subseries II.3: Teaching Activities, 1952-1990

includes course material, chronological files on individual classes, and files on McKitrick's activities with graduate seminars, students, orals and defenses. McKitrick kept files of general course material by course title; these files include syllabi, detailed lecture outlines, and examination questions. He also kept chronological files on individual classes that he taught in the history department. These files include class-specific examination questions, reading lists, syllabi, and correspondence with individual students and teaching assistants. Some of these files, particularly the oldest files, also have additional notes written by McKitrick.

McKitrick kept separate files related to his teaching of the masters and doctoral seminars and on individual graduate students, doctoral candidates, and orals and defenses. These files include course material, student research proposals, notes, and correspondence. There is additional correspondence with dissertation advisees filed in the Alphabetical File of Series V: Correspondence.

Masters Seminar


Box 35 Folder 1 to 10 1960-1973, (10 Folders)


Box 36 Folder 1 to 9 1974-1985, (9 Folders)


Box 37 Folder 1 to 5 1985-1990, (5 Folders)

Masters Students

Box 37 Folder 6 Inherited-Adopted-Miscellaneous, 1989, Undated, 1989, Undated

Box 37 Folder 7 Student List, 1960-1990

Doctoral Seminar

Box 37 Folder 8 to 12 1960-1962, (5 Folders)


Box 38 Folder 1 to 6 1963-1970, (6 Folders)

Individual Doctoral Candidates, 1960-1970

Box 38 Folder 7 to 8 A-E, (2 Folders)


Box 39 Folder 1 to 2 G-Z, (2 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 3 Doctoral Candidates Lists, 1960-1970, 1990, 1960-1970, 1990

Box 39 Folder 3 to 4 Individual Students, 1960s, 1980s, 1960s, 1980s, (2 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 5 Patronage-Job Market, 1960s

Box 39 Folder 6 to 12 Orals & Defenses--A-Z, 1960-1990, (7 Folders)

Chronological Files on Individual Classes


Box 40 Folder 1 to 5 American History Survey Course, 1984-1989, (5 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 6 to 9 Undergraduate Seminar--Jeffersonian America, 1985-1989, (4 Folders)

Box 40 Folder 10 to 25 Lecture Course--Age of Federalism and Jeffersonian Era, 1974-1984, (16 Folders)


Box 41 Folder 1 Lecture Course--Civil War and Reconstruction, 1969 Spring and 1973 Spring, 1969, 1973

Box 41 Folder 2 Colloquium--Jeffersonian American, 1972 Fall, 1972

Box 41 Folder 3 Lecture Course--Middle Period, 1968 Fall and 1972 Fall, 1968, 1972

Box 41 Folder 4 Colloquium--Federalist Era, 1971 Fall, 1971

Box 41 Folder 5 Colloquium--Jeffersonian American, 1970 Spring, 1970

Box 41 Folder 6 Colloquium--Federalist Era, 1969 Fall, 1969

Box 41 Folder 7 Lecture Course--Civil War and Reconstruction, 1967 Spring, 1967

Box 41 Folder 8 Lecture Course--Middle Period, 1966 Fall, 1966

Box 41 Folder 9 Colloquium--Jeffersonian America, 1965 Fall, 1965

Box 41 Folder 10 Lecture Course--Civil War and Reconstruction, 1964 Summer Session, 1964

Box 41 Folder 11 Colloquium--Jacksonian America, 1964 Spring, 1965 Spring, 1966 Spring, 1964, 1965, 1966

Box 41 Folder 12 Colloquium--Jeffersonian American, 1964 Fall, 1964

Box 41 Folder 13 Colloquium--Jeffersonian American, 1963 Fall, 1963

Box 41 Folder 14 Lecture Course--Civil War and Reconstruction, 1961 Spring, 1962 Spring, 1961, 1962

Box 41 Folder 15 Lecture Course--Middle Period, 1960 Fall, 1961 Fall, 1960, 1961

Box 41 Folder 16 Colloquium--Literature of American History (McCaughey-Graff-Garraty),, 1984-1986

Teaching Materials


Box 45 Folder 5 to 6 American History Survey Course 1492-1877, 1984 Fall-1989, 1492-1877, 1984

Box 45 Folder 7 The Age of Federalism 1787-1801 (History W4637x), circa 1980, 1787-1801, 1980

Box 45 Folder 8 The Age of Federalism 1787-1801, 1974, 1787-1801, 1974

(Revised 1983-1984)


Box 46 Folder 1 The Jeffersonian Era 1801-1828, 1975, 1801-1828, 1975

Box 46 Folder 2 Political and Social History of the United States 1828-1860 (History G6675x--Formerly History 177), Undated, 1828-1860, Undated

Box 46 Folder 3 Political and Social History of the United States 1828-1860 (History G6675x--Revised), circa 1966, 1828-1860, 1966

Box 46 Folder 4 Political History of the United States 1860-1877 (Columbia University G6676y & Vassar College 385a), 1967-1968, 1860-1877, 1967-1968

Box 46 Folder 5 G.S. Survey Course--Lecture Outlines, 1952-1954

(American History course taught by Elkins & McKitrick)

Series III: Teaching Activities Outside of Columbia University, 1955-2000

This series includes personal business files and teaching material on positions and visiting professorships that McKitrick held outside of Columbia University.

Subseries III.1: Personal Business Files, 1955-2000

documents personal business issues and activities related to McKitrick's appointments and visiting professorships, and include information on the appointments, housing, departmental meetings, social and speaking engagements, and invitations. There is some general information related to courses taught during these appointments filed with this material.

Cambridge, 1973-1974


Box 15 Folder 2 Pitt Professorship

Box 15 Folder 3 Academic-Professional

Box 15 Folder 4 Cambridge Classes

Box 15 Folder 5 Social Life, Etc.

Box 15 Folder 6 Speaking Invitations England, 1973-1974

Oxford, 1979-1980

Box 15 Folder 7 Harmsworth Professorship Oxford

Box 15 Folder 8 Oxford Faculty of Modern History

Box 15 Folder 9 Oxford Classes, Lectures, and Seminars

Box 15 Folder 10 Queen's College Oxford

Box 15 Folder 11 England Speaking Invitations


Box 16 Folder 1 Social and Miscellaneous

University of Chicago, 1955-1959

Box 16 Folder 2 Evaluations of Student Papers, 1956, Undated, 1956, Undated

Box 16 Folder 3 Appointment, Salary, University College, Etc., 1954-1959

Box 16 Folder 4 Students--Veysey-Kelley et al., 1958-1964

Box 16 Folder 5 Course Syllabi, Undated

Box 16 Folder 6 Smith College Seminar, 1973

Douglass - Rutgers, 1959-1960

Box 16 Folder 7 Miscellaneous/Business, 1958-1960, 1976, 1958-1960, 1976

Box 16 Folder 8 Grades-Courses-Miscellaneous

Box 16 Folder 9 Vassar, 1968-1970

Smith College

Box 16 Folder 10 On Leave, 1967-1968

Box 16 Folder 11 Ziskind Lectures, 1968

Box 16 Folder 12 to 13 Smith-Northampton, 1970s-2000, (2 Folders)

(Some of this material is related to summer research trips)

Subseries III.2: Courses, 1955-1980

includes teaching material for individual classes taught at the University of Chicago, Douglass College at Rutgers University, Vassar College, Cambridge University, and Oxford University. The files include detailed lecture outlines, examination questions, and syllabi.

University of Chicago & Douglass College/Rutgers, circa, 1955-1960


Box 46 Folder 6 Growth of American Civilization Part I

(1492-1840 and 1492-1865, respectively)

Box 46 Folder 7 Growth of American Civilization Part III

(1898-1941 and 1865-1941, respectively)

University of Chicago, circa, 1955-1959

Box 46 Folder 8 Techniques of Argument in Theoretical Writing

Box 46 Folder 9 Problems in American History 1828-1860 (History 373C)

Box 46 Folder 10 Post-Civil War America 1865-1900 (History 373D), 1865-1900


Box 47 Folder 1 Douglass College/Rutgers--Development of Western Civilization (History 101-102),, 1959-1960


Box 46 Folder 4 Vassar College--Political History of the United States 1860-1877 (Columbia University G6676y & Vassar College 385a), 1967-1968, 1860-1877, 1967-1968

Cambridge University, 1973-1974


Box 47 Folder 2 The Era of Federalism: Politics and National Identity, 1787-1801

Box 47 Folder 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction

Box 47 Folder 4 Untitled

(Lecture notes for American History 1492-1877)

Oxford University, 1979-1980

Box 47 Folder 5 The Early American Republic 1787-1809 plus Harmsworth Inaugural Lecture, 1787-1809

Box 47 Folder 6 American Nationalism and the Jacksonian Era, 1812-1844

Series IV: Professional and Research Activities, 1947-2001

This series contains files on activities related to professional organizations and research, writing, and other projects outside of Columbia University.

Subseries IV.1: Organizations, Seminars, and Projects, 1951-2001

includes material related to McKitrick's work in professional associations, seminars, consulting, and research projects. The files include information on his work on grant submissions and projects, evaluation teams for academic programs, advisory committees, and award committees. The files also contain comments on exhibits and projects in his area of expertise, including the Jefferson Papers project. The material includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, proposals, reports, and other materials.


Box 9 Folder 7 to 9 Society of American Historians, 1969-2001, (3 Folders)


Box 10 Folder 1 University Seminar on Early American History, 1991-1996

Box 10 Folder 2 University Seminar in American Civilization, 1964-1969


Box 17 Folder 3 to 4 Institute for Advanced Studies, 1970-1971, 1976-1977, 1970-1971, 1976-1977, (2 Folders)

(Princeton University)

Box 17 Folder 5 New-York Historical Society--Betsy McC., J. Bell, and others, 1980-1987

Box 17 Folder 6 John Jay College, 1970-1971

(NEH Curriculum Program Advisory Committee)

Box 17 Folder 7 West Point United States Military Academy (USMA), 1969-1977

(Evaluation Team of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools)

Box 17 Folder 8 Yale Conference on Local History, 1968

Box 17 Folder 9 University of Virginia Honors Meeting, 1966

(McKitrick served as an external examiner for the History Honors Program)

Box 17 Folder 10 American History Lab Project, 1966


Box 18 Folder 2 Tufts Seminar, 1965

Box 18 Folder 3 Jefferson Papers, 1977-1978

(Response to a request for comments on the Jefferson Papers Project)

Box 18 Folder 4 Madison Papers & allied matters, 1970-1973, 1984, 1999, 1970-1973, 1984, 1999

Box 18 Folder 5 Hamlin Papers-Ames Papers & Miscellaneous Library Business,, 1960-1965

Box 18 Folder 6 Archival Materials-MS Holdings, 1953-1966

Box 18 Folder 7 Franklin Mint, 1968

Box 18 Folder 8 to 9 Critiques of Manuscripts, 1960, 1970-2000, 1960, 1970-2000, (2 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 6 Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia, 1990

(McKitrick's acted as a consultant on 19th century United States history)

Box 19 Folder 7 Rockefeller Foundation, 1953-1962

Box 19 Folder 8 Fellowships-Grants-Foundations, 1951-1958, 1981, 1951-1958, 1981

Box 19 Folder 9 Grant and Fellowship Proposals (All Unsuccessful), 1982-1986

(Includes items related toAge of Federalism)


Box 24 Folder 4 Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Area (SHGAPE),, 1994-1999

Box 24 Folder 5 The Gilded Age--General, 1993-1997

Bancroft Prize

Box 24 Folder 6 1985

Box 24 Folder 8 1967, 1976, 1998, 2001, 1967, 1976, 1998, 2001

Stanley Elkins


Box 34 Folder 6 Comment on Ira Berlin [Paper] (Southern Historical Association),, 1991

Box 34 Folder 7 The First Emancipation (Berkeley), 1961

Subseries IV.2: Writing Projects, 1950-2001

consists primarily of files related to published articles or book reviews, and include correspondence, notes, and drafts. A full set of book reviews, as well as reprint copies of several published articles, are filed in Subseries 6: Publications.


Box 18 Folder 10 The Hofstadter Aegis, 1972-1975

(Book project)


Box 19 Folder 3 Review of Trefousse's Andrew Johnson, 1989-1990

Box 19 Folder 4 Aaron Burr, 1982-1983

(McKitrick's review of Lomask's book)

Box 19 Folder 5 Henry Clay, 1984-1992

(Includes reprint article (1984) and correspondence related to McKitrick's review of Remini's book)

Book Reviews for the New York Review of Books


Box 25 Folder 3 Miller Arguing About Slavery, 1996

Box 25 Folder 4 J. Ellis American Sphinx, 1997

Box 25 Folder 5 Nagel John Quincy Adams, 1997-1998

Box 25 Folder 6 Mayer All on Fire (W.L. Garrison),, 1998-1999

Box 25 Folder 7 Dalzell George Washington's Mount Vernon, 1999

Box 25 Folder 8 Battle of New Orleans , 1999

(Request for review, only)


Box 26 Folder 1 Jefferson Davis, 1999-2001

(Book by William Cooper)


Box 34 Folder 8 The New Prudery, Undated

Box 34 Folder 9 "Conservatism", 1959

(Appears to be "Conservatism Today article, 1959. Includes correspondence.)

Box 34 Folder 10 Literary Musings, 1950s

(various correspondence, "New Models for Literary Criticism" by McKitrick)

Box 34 Folder 11 Political Sociology, 1963

("Political Sociology and the Historian" by McKitrick)

Box 34 Folder 12 Edgar Saltus (Etc.), 1950-1952

(Correspondence on McKitrick's article on Saltus)

Box 34 Folder 13 M. Meyers and J.W. Ward on Jacksonianism, Undated

Box 34 Folder 14 Henry Adams--E. Stevenson Review-Lecture History 201, 1958-1963

(Includes material related to both McKitrick's book review and teaching)

Box 34 Folder 15 Wilson and House, Undated

(Handwritten notes)

Box 34 Folder 16 "Prejudice", 1953-1954

(Includes correspondence and outline on "Prejudice as a problem for functional analysis" )

Subseries IV.3: Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction, 1950s-1960, 1989-1990, 1950s-1960, 1989-1990

includes one research file (a topical index of correspondence) and files related to reader's opinions, reviews, and the Dunning Prize.


Box 19 Folder 1 Reviews of, circa, 1960

Box 19 Folder 2 Readers' Reports-Index-Etc., 1957-1959


Box 34 Folder 4 Dunning Prize, 1960


Box 48 Folder 4 Topical Summary of Reconstruction Correspondence for Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction, circa, 1950s

Subseries IV.4: The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800,, 1967-1998

This subseries includes drafts, fan letters, reviews, research files, and files on prizes received for the book and a related symposium. The research files are extensive. These files are usually grouped together by chapter, but there are also some files on general topics. The files include correspondence with co-author Stanley Elkins, communications with research assistants, conference notes, research notes, source material, and drafts.

There are also several annotated drafts. Each full annotated draft is in three parts and there are four copies; three copies and a "master copy." It appears that these drafts were distributed to readers for comments, but there is no clear identification of the commentator on the drafts - one full set is initialed "K.E.," another single draft has the name Ervin written on it.


Box 10 Folder 12 Society of the Cincinnati, 1995


Box 24 Folder 7 Bancroft Prize, 1994

Box 24 Folder 9 Fan Letters, 1994-1997


Box 25 Folder 1 Reviews, circa, 1993

Box 25 Folder 2 Williams College Symposium, 1998 September

Full Drafts, Undated

(There are 4 annotated draft copies of each part, including a "master copy")


Box 49 Folder 1 to 4 Part 1, (4 Folders)


Box 50 Folder 1 to 4 Part 2, (4 Folders)


Box 51 Folder 1 to 4 Part 3, (4 Folders)

Research Files

America and Great Britain


Box 1 Folder 1 Washington and the War Crisis 1794, 1977, 1794, 1977

Box 1 Folder 2 Negotiating Jay's Treaty, 1977-1978

Box 1 Folder 3 Ratifying Jay's Treaty, 1978

Box 1 Folder 4 The Golden Shower, 1978

The Populist Impulse


Box 2 Folder 1 Democratic Societies--Voluntary Associations, 1979

Box 2 Folder 2 to 3 Whiskey Insurrection, 1979

Box 2 Folder 4 Neville-Clymer Correspondence Wolcott Papers Volume XIX C.H.S.,, Undated

Retirement of Washington

Box 2 Folder 5 Farewell Address, 1979-1980

Box 2 Folder 6 Monroe in Paris, 1979-1980

Box 2 Folder 7 State of Politics in 1796, 1980, 1796, 1980

Box 2 Folder 8 Typed Manuscripts and Miscellaneous, 1979-1980

John Adams and the Dogma of Balance

Box 2 Folder 9 1. The Trouble with Adams, 1980

Box 2 Folder 10 2. Preparing for Crisis, 1980-1981


Box 3 Folder 1 3. First Phase: The XYZ Mission, circa, 1981

Box 3 Folder 2 XYZ Mission: Original MS and Paradigms, 1981-1982

Fever of, 1798

Box 3 Folder 3 MS Draft-Paradigm-Footnotes-Miscellaneous Memos, 1982-1983

Box 3 Folder 4 Stan's Paradigms, Undated

Convention of, 1800

Box 3 Folder 5 French Archives--Reports, Undated

Box 3 Folder 6 Convention of 1800, 1986, 1800, 1986

(Manuscript)

Box 3 Folder 7 Stan's Paradigms, Undated


Box 4 Folder 1 Notes-Documents-Miscellaneous, 1986-1987, Undated, 1986-1987, Undated

Mentality of Federalism in, 1800

Box 4 Folder 2 Mentality of Federalism in 1800, 1986-1989, 1800, 1986-1989

Box 4 Folder 3 Stan's Paradigms, Undated

Box 4 Folder 4 Alien Act-Fries Rebellion-Sedition, 1987-1988

Box 4 Folder 5 Freedom of the Press, 1988

Box 4 Folder 6 Mentality of Federalism in 1800, 1981-1988, 1800, 1981-1988

Box 4 Folder 7 Original MS and Paradigm, 1987-1988

Modes of Thought in the Founding Generation

Box 4 Folder 8 Notes, 1989-1990

Box 4 Folder 9 Paradigm-Draft-Original Typescript, 1989

Box 4 Folder 10 Federalists at Philadelphia and in the 1st Congress, circa, 1989

Box 4 Folder 11 Ch. I Modes of T & F in FG--Footnotes-Loose Ends,, Undated

(Includes table of contents)


Box 5 Folder 1 French Revolution Calendar, Undated

Box 5 Folder 2 Age of Washington and Jefferson--Preliminary Ideas and Paradigms, 1966, Undated, 1966, Undated

Box 5 Folder 3 George Washington, Undated

Box 5 Folder 4 Titles and Protocol, Undated

Box 5 Folder 5 Advise and Consent, Undated

Box 5 Folder 6 Bill of Rights, Undated

Box 5 Folder 7 Tariff of 1789, 1968, Undated, 1789, 1968, Undated

Box 5 Folder 8 Legitimacy Verified (Washington's Tour), Undated

Box 5 Folder 9 Literacy, Undated

Box 5 Folder 10 Age of Washington and Jefferson--Correspondence and Miscellaneous,, 1967-1975

Box 5 Folder 11 Age of Federalism--General. Book Ads, Clippings, Etc., 1983-1985, Undated, 1983-1985, Undated

Box 5 Folder 12 Miscellaneous Notes on Age of Washington and Jefferson, 1977

Box 5 Folder 13 James Madison, 1971, Undated, 1971, Undated

Box 5 Folder 14 Alexander Hamilton, 1968-1977, Undated, 1968-1977, Undated

Box 5 Folder 15 The Classical Tradition, 1973, Undated, 1973, Undated

Box 5 Folder 16 An Age of Ideology, Undated

Box 5 Folder 17 Conference Notes, 1967

Divided Mind of James Madison


Box 6 Folder 1 Ch. IV Divided Mind of James Madison (Introduction), Undated

Box 6 Folder 2 Funding-Assumption-Residence, 1970, Undated, 1970, Undated

Box 6 Folder 3 Theories of Culture, Undated

Thomas Jefferson and the Yeoman Republic

Box 6 Folder 4 European Cities--Paris, London, St. Petersburg., Etc., 1971-1980, Undated, 1971-1980, Undated

Box 6 Folder 5 New York--Culture, Etc., 1971-1980, Undated, 1971-1980, Undated

Box 6 Folder 6 Washington, D.C., 1979-1982, Undated, 1979-1982, Undated

Box 6 Folder 7 MS and Footnotes, Undated

Jefferson as Secretary of State

Box 6 Folder 8 Introduction and Nootka Sound, 1971, Undated, 1971, Undated

Box 6 Folder 9 The Bank, 1971, Undated, 1971, Undated


Box 7 Folder 1 Jefferson and Hammond, Undated

Ch. VII, Emergence of Partisan Politics

Box 7 Folder 2 Hamilton's Industrial Vision, 1973, Undated, 1973, Undated

Box 7 Folder 3 Madison Revises "The Federalist", 1973, Undated, 1973, Undated

Box 7 Folder 4 Hamilton Beleaguered, 1973, Undated, 1973, Undated

Box 7 Folder 5 The Newspaper War, Undated

Ch. VIII, The French Revolution in America

Box 7 Folder 6 Investigating Hamilton, 1974, Undated, 1974, Undated

Box 7 Folder 7 American and France: How Two Peoples Have Viewed Each Other, 1976, Undated, 1976, Undated

Box 7 Folder 8 First Responses to the Revolution, 1976, Undated, 1976, Undated

Box 7 Folder 9 Adams-Jefferson-Paine-Morris, 1976-1981, Undated, 1976-1981, Undated

Box 7 Folder 10 Citizen Genet and His Mission, Undated

Box 7 Folder 11 Defining American Neutrality, Undated

Box 7 Folder 12 Collapse of the Genet Mission, Undated


Box 8 Folder 1 French Revolution and Partisan Politics, 1976-1977

Box 8 Folder 2 Afterthought: The View from Paris, 1977

Box 8 Folder 3 Miscellaneous--Correspondence, Bibliography, Etc., Undated

Box 8 Folder 4 Naval Quasi-War--Miscellaneous Notes and Documents, 1985, Undated, 1985, Undated

Adams and the Dogma of Balance

Fever of, 1798

Box 8 Folder 5 H.G. Otis, Pickering, McHenry, Gerry, Washington, Murray, etc., etc.,, Undated

Box 8 Folder 6 Messages to Congress, Undated

Box 8 Folder 7 Annals, AS & Aurora-Petitions, Undated

Box 8 Folder 8 Abigail Adams, 1983, Undated, 1983, Undated

Adams Temporizes-, February-October, 1789

Box 8 Folder 9 Original MS and Paradigms, 1983-1985


Box 9 Folder 1 Letters

Box 9 Folder 2 Miscellaneous Notes and Documents

The Naval Quasi War

Box 9 Folder 3 Paradigm and Drafts; Final Typescript

Box 9 Folder 4 Documents, Miscellaneous Notes, etc.

Box 9 Folder 5 to 6 Washington D.C. and the Man of Letters: M. Twain and H. Adams, (2 Folders)

Subseries IV.5: Speeches and Lectures, 1950s-1995

includes files on McKitrick's radio and television appearances, lectures, and activities at professional conferences where he either presented or commented on papers. These files include correspondence, notes, drafts, and other material.


Box 10 Folder 9 Lifelong Learners--Lecture, 1995 October 6

Box 10 Folder 10 Caseville Kiwanis, 1995 August 30

Box 10 Folder 11 Middlebury College (Charles Scott)--Lecture, 1995 February 22

Box 10 Folder 13 Smithsonian Lecture, 1993 September 30

Box 10 Folder 14 Manhattan College, 1990 March

Box 10 Folder 15 Association for Documentary Editing, 1983 October 6


Box 11 Folder 1 Columbia Conference on Cities, 1980 September

Box 11 Folder 2 Lincoln-The Politician as a Man of Words, 1978-1986, Undated, 1978-1986, Undated

Box 11 Folder 3 Student Rebellion in the 1960s, 1979, 1960s, 1979

Box 11 Folder 4 Culture and the Wilderness, 1978

Box 11 Folder 5 Washington: The Idea of a Capital City, 1976-1980, Undated, 1976-1980, Undated

Box 11 Folder 6 Best and Worst Vice Presidents, 1996

(McKitrick's comments in "Columbia Today")

Box 11 Folder 7 Civil War Centennial, 1963

Box 11 Folder 8 Richard Hofstadter: American Historian, 1973-1974

Box 11 Folder 9 Frontiers of Influence, 1958, Undated, 1958, Undated

Box 11 Folder 10 American Historical Association(AHA), 1994 January

Box 11 Folder 11 Southern Historical Association--Commentary on M. Perman and L. Benedict,, 1975

Box 11 Folder 12 Organization of American Historians (OAH), 1970

Box 11 Folder 13 Southern Historical Association--Commentary on H. Johnson and R. Ellis,, 1969

Box 11 Folder 14 American Historical Association (AHA)--Commentary on Pease and Shover,, 1969

Box 11 Folder 15 Southern Historical Association, 1968

Box 11 Folder 16 American Historical Association (AHA)--Commentary on C. Kenyon and R. Buel,, 1968

Box 11 Folder 17 American Studies Association, 1966

Box 11 Folder 18 Southern Historical Association, 1965

Box 11 Folder 19 Mississippi Valley Historical Association--Commentary on E.B. Smith,, 1964

Box 11 Folder 20 American Historical Association--Commentary on M. Ringold and R. Nichols,, 1960


Box 12 Folder 1 TV and Radio Appearances, 1962-1964

Talks and Lectures

Box 12 Folder 2 1950s

Box 12 Folder 4 1960-1969, (2 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 5 1970s-1980s

Box 12 Folder 6 White House Luncheon, 1965

Box 12 Folder 7 New Party System/Frontier in American History/Era of Good Feelings,, Undated


Box 18 Folder 1 Conference on Political Parties, 1966

Subseries IV.6: Publications, 1947-1999

includes a complete set of McKitrick's published book reviews (1947-1999) and reprint copies of several articles (1951-1978). The book reviews include McKitrick's reviews of juvenilia (1947-1948) and his professional reviews of works relating to American history (1954-1999).


Box 48 Folder 5 Book Reviews, 1947-1999

Box 48 Folder 6 to 7 Reprints, 1951-1978

Series V: Correspondence, 1937-2001

This series contains three sets of correspondence files: professional, alphabetical, and a small amount of personal correspondence from the 1930s-1940s.

Subseries V.1: Professional Correspondence, 1940s-2001

includes correspondence on job offers, reprint permissions, and with publishers. McKitrick kept chronological files for both general professional and publisher correspondence. He also kept files on specific publishers. The files on publishers include correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, and information on McKitrick's reading and consulting projects.

Professional Correspondence


Box 19 Folder 10 to 11 1950s-1961


Box 20 Folder 1 to 6 1962-1980s

Box 20 Folder 7 to 8 Informal and Miscellaneous, 1940s-1960s

Publishers Miscellaneous

Box 20 Folder 9 to 10 1950s-1964, (2 Folders)


Box 21 Folder 1 to 2 1965-1970s, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 3 Hill and Wang, 1966-1974

Box 21 Folder 4 New York Review of Books, 1965-1996

Box 21 Folder 5 Columbia University Press, 1955-1979

Box 21 Folder 6 to 7 Oxford University Press, 1962-2001, (2 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 8 Harper's, 1962-1990


Box 22 Folder 1 Knopf, 1954-1990

Box 22 Folder 2 Random House, 1975-1976

(Comments on Gore Vidal's 1876 manuscript)

Box 22 Folder 3 American Historical Review, 1964-1993

Box 22 Folder 4 University of Chicago Press, 1959-1991

Box 22 Folder 5 Prentice-Hall, 1962-1972

Box 22 Folder 6 Time, Inc., 1962

Box 22 Folder 7 American Quarterly, 1957-1972

Box 22 Folder 8 Political Science Quarterly, 1954-1974

Box 22 Folder 9 John Wiley--Bill Gum, 1962-1969

Box 22 Folder 10 Harcourt, Brace, 1960-1966


Box 23 Folder 1 Commentary, 1959-1964

Box 23 Folder 2 Scott Foresman, 1964-1968

Box 23 Folder 3 Reprint Permissions, 1969-1986


Box 34 Folder 5 Job Offers, 1952, 1961-1974, 1952, 1961-1974

Subseries V.2: Alphabetical File, 1953-2000

is comprised of files on both personal and professional correspondents. Many files also function as subject files; these files include correspondence not only with the named persons, but also in reference to them in relation to manuscripts, recommendations, and projects. In addition to correspondence, many files include clippings, manuscripts, and memorials prepared by McKitrick.

Most of the correspondents in the alphabetical file are colleagues, dissertation advisees, former students, and historians, but correspondence with members of Grace Church and the Century Association is also included in the files. Important correspondents include Bishop Christopher FitzSimons Allison, Stanley Elkins, Richard Hofstadter, Elizabeth McCaughey (Ross), Lionel Trilling, C. Vann Woodward, and Mike Wallace (co-author ofGotham: A History of New York City to 1898).


Box 26 Folder 4 Allison, Fitz, circa, 1988-2000

(Bishop Christopher FitzSimons Allison)

Box 26 Folder 5 Banner, L & J, 1973-1984

Box 26 Folder 6 Basen, Neil, 1997

Box 26 Folder 7 Beisner, Bob, 1960-1977

Box 26 Folder 8 Ben-Atar, Doron, 1990-1998

Box 26 Folder 9 Bender, Tom, 1979-1987


Box 27 Folder 1 Blanton, Walker, 1961-1971

Box 27 Folder 2 Brandeis: Levy-Meyers-Roche, 1962-1965

Box 27 Folder 3 Brock, William, 1961-1986

Box 27 Folder 4 Brown, Tom, 1978-1981

Box 27 Folder 5 Burton, Ann, 1976-2000

Box 27 Folder 6 Burrows, Ed, 1999

Box 27 Folder 7 Chadwick, Owen, 1974-1991

Box 27 Folder 8 Chatfield, Jack, 1982-1996

Box 27 Folder 9 Copley, Susan & David, 1994-1999

Box 27 Folder 10 Cornog, Evan, 1989-2001

Box 27 Folder 11 Cross, Bob, 1971-2001

Box 27 Folder 12 David, Craig, 1994-2000

Box 27 Folder 13 De Lorenzo, Dominick, 1978-1979

Box 27 Folder 14 De Mott, Ben, 1977-2000


Box 28 Folder 1 Detlefson, [Ellen] Gay, 1972-1979

Box 28 Folder 2 Diamond, Sig, 1994-2000

Box 28 Folder 3 Eisenberg, Carol, 1983-1989

Box 28 Folder 4 to 8 [Elkins], Stan, 1953-2000, (5 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 9 Ellis, Joe, 1988-2000

Box 28 Folder 10 Fields, Barbara, 1992-1993

Box 28 Folder 11 Fiering, Norman, 1981

Box 28 Folder 12 Foner, Eric, 1970-1981

Box 28 Folder 13 Foner, Naomi (Children's Television Workshop),1972-1977


Box 29 Folder 1 Gay, Peter, 1964-1996

Box 29 Folder 2 Goldblatt, Stuart, 1964-1976

Box 29 Folder 3 Greene, Jack, 1970-1983

Box 29 Folder 4 Gronim, Sara, 2001

Box 29 Folder 5 Hazzard, Shirley, 1994-2001

Box 29 Folder 6 Heichler, Kate, 1997-1998

Box 29 Folder 7 Higham, John, 1959-1999

Box 29 Folder 8 Hofstadter, [Richard], 1957-1995

Box 29 Folder 9 Hollander, Jean A., 1963-1964

Box 29 Folder 10 Howard, Chet, 1954-1992

Box 29 Folder 11 Hunt, Draper, 1968-1993

Box 29 Folder 12 Jackson, Ken, 1984-2000

Box 29 Folder 13 James, Ellen Malino, 1963-1998

Box 29 Folder 14 Kaplanoff, Mark, 1973-1979


Box 30 Folder 1 Kenyon, Cecilia, 1998-2001

(Much of this related to a project on the writings of Cecilia Kenyon undertaken by McKitrick and others)

Box 30 Folder 2 Kerber, Linda, 1998

Box 30 Folder 3 Klein, Herbert, 1957-1969

Box 30 Folder 4 Kline, M.-J., 1962-1992

Box 30 Folder 5 Kurtz, Steve, 1962-1996

Box 30 Folder 6 Leonard, Tom, 1976-1977

Box 30 Folder 7 Little, Lester, 1994-1999

Box 30 Folder 8 McCaughey, Elizabeth, 1973-1996

Box 30 Folder 9 McCaughey, Bob, 1971-2001

Box 30 Folder 10 McFarland, Gerald, 1965-1978

Box 30 Folder 11 McTighe, Geraldine, circa, 1971-2000

Box 30 Folder 12 Malone, Dumas, 1959-1974

Box 30 Folder 13 Marcus, Joel, 1984-1986


Box 31 Folder 1 Markoe, Karen, 1978-1991

Box 31 Folder 2 Matson (Formerly Mitten), Cathy, 1982-1985

Box 31 Folder 3 Mattern, David, 1986-1992

Box 31 Folder 4 Meisinger, Diana, 1982-1984

Box 31 Folder 5 Merton, R.K.--Festschrift, 1971-1973

Box 31 Folder 6 Miles, Nelson, 1997-1999

Box 31 Folder 7 Miller, Wilbur R., 1976-1994

Box 31 Folder 8 Mitchell, Joe, circa, 1996

Box 31 Folder 9 Morrison, Jim, 1970-1998

Box 31 Folder 10 Onuf, P., 1975-1978, 1989, 1975-1978, 1989

Box 31 Folder 11 Paxton, Bob, 1994

Box 31 Folder 12 Pernick, Martin, 1972-1983

Box 31 Folder 13 Pole, Jack, 1973-1984

Box 31 Folder 14 Riesman, David, 1953-1959

Box 31 Folder 15 Riesman, Janet, 1982-1991

Box 31 Folder 16 Robarge, David, 1985-1997

Box 31 Folder 17 Robbins, Karen, 1985-1996


Box 32 Folder 1 Rosenberg, Rosalind, 1980-1999

Box 32 Folder 2 Ross, Kristie, 1981-1993

Box 32 Folder 3 Rutledge, Fleming, 1977-2000

Box 32 Folder 4 Saxton, Martha, 1987-1996

Box 32 Folder 5 Schlesinger, Steve, 1989-1993

Box 32 Folder 6 St. George, Andrew, 1985-1987

Box 32 Folder 7 Schuyler, David, 1975-1987

Box 32 Folder 8 Singal, Daniel J., 1970-1984

Box 32 Folder 9 Sloan, Herbert, 1979-1993

Box 32 Folder 10 Spencer, Linda S., 1970-1971

Box 32 Folder 11 Snay, Mitchell, 2000


Box 33 Folder 1 Sprague, Claire, 1964-1967, Undated, 1964-1967, Undated

Box 33 Folder 2 Stebenne, David, 1990-1996

Box 33 Folder 3 Straus, Michael, 1991-2000

Box 33 Folder 4 Swanson, Ken, 1989-1990

Box 33 Folder 5 Tabachnik, Leonard, 1961-1975

Box 33 Folder 6 Taylor, Bill, 1961-1990

Box 33 Folder 7 Trilling, Lionel, 1953-1975, 2000, 1953-1975, 2000

Box 33 Folder 8 Vos, Frank, 1985-1996

Box 33 Folder 9 Waldman, Elaine, 1962-1978

Box 33 Folder 10 Wallace, Mike, 1972-1977, 1999, 1972-1977, 1999

Box 33 Folder 11 Wilson, Jack, 1973-1978, 1995, 1973-1978, 1995

Box 33 Folder 12 Winter, Ernst, 1966-1971

Box 33 Folder 13 Withington, Ann, 1985-1990

Box 33 Folder 14 Wood, Gordon, 1992-1994

Box 33 Folder 15 to 16 Woodward, C. V., 1954-1999


Box 34 Folder 1 Worth, Jr., William A., 1970-1976

Box 34 Folder 2 Young, Jessica, 1974-1988

Box 34 Folder 3 Zvesper, John, 1973-1984

Subseries V.3: Personal and Family Correspondence, 1937-1946

This subseries includes several files of "old letters" kept by McKitrick. These files include correspondence that McKitrick received from his parents, friends, and future wife during World War II.


Box 23 Folder 4 Juvenilia, circa, 1934-1944

(Includes correspondence with Forbes Leigh Satre at Fort Lewis and Camp Abbot)

Old Letters

Box 23 Folder 12 Edyth Stevenson, 1937-1946

(later McKitrick's wife)


Box 24 Folder 1 to 3 Letters from McKitrick's Parents, 1941-1945, (3 Folders)

Series VI: Student Material and Juvenilia, 1934-1953

This series contains juvenilia, drawings, and material related to McKitrick's college education at Hillsdale College and Columbia University.

Subseries VI.1: Juvenilia, 1934-1944

This subseries includes correspondence, dramatic works, drawings, a high school transcript, a short story, and a few items of printed ephemera.


Box 23 Folder 4 Juvenilia, circa, 1934-1944

(Includes correspondence with Forbes Leigh Satre at Fort Lewis and Camp Abbot)

Box 23 Folder 5 The Varlet, Undated

(Unsigned)

Box 23 Folder 6 Drawings, 1938, Undated, 1938, Undated

Subseries VI.2: Student Material, 1940-1953

contains McKitrick's college terms papers and course material. There are two folders of college term papers; the first is from a history class at Hillsdale College (1940-1941) and the second contains several terms papers from McKitrick's work at Columbia University. McKitrick also kept several files of material related to specific courses that he took at Columbia University. These files include syllabi and lecture notes, and include material on classes taught by Jacques Barzun, Robert Merton, and Lionel Trilling.


Box 47 Folder 7 American Literature (Lionel Trilling), 1949-1950

Box 47 Folder 8 American Literature Since 1870 (Lionel Trilling), 1949-1950, 1870, 1949-1950

Box 47 Folder 9 Constitutional History of the United States (History 169-170) (H.S. Commager),, 1949-1950

Box 47 Folder 10 Establishment of the American Nation (History 175) (R.B. Morris),, 1949-1950

Box 47 Folder 11 European Thought and Culture in the 19th Century (History 140) (J. Barzun),, 1950-1951


Box 48 Folder 1 Political and Social History of the United States (History 177-178) (David Donald),, 1951-1952

Box 48 Folder 2 Analysis of the Social Structure (Sociology 215) (Robert Merton), 1953 Winter, 1953

Box 48 Folder 3 College History Term Papers, Hillsdale (Dr. W.H. Roberts), 1940-1941


Box 23 Folder 7 to 8 College Term Papers, 1948, Undated, 1948, Undated, (2 Folders)