Paul Seabury papers, approximately 1937-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Seabury, Paul
Abstract:
The papers of University of California, Berkeley political scientist and foreign policy expert Paul Seabury.
Extent:
21 linear feet (16 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 1 cassette box)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Seabury papers, BANC MSS 91/115 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Paul Seabury papers are divided into 6 series: Correspondence; Writings; Subject Files; Teaching; Personalia; and Audio Cassettes. Correspondence is both personal and professional and includes some correspondence from significant political figures, such as Henry Kissenger and Richard Nixon. Writings consist mainly of manuscript drafts of Seabury's books and articles as well as files of printed and published articles. The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically and document various interests and activities in Seabury's career. These files include materials from Seabury's work, during the 1980s, on the President's Foriegn Intelligence Advisory Board.

Biographical / historical:

Paul Seabury (1923-1990) was a nationally-recognized scholar and expert on United States foreign policy and international politics. He was on faculty in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and served in an advisory role on President Ronald Reagan's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and to the Department of State. Seabury also served as Chairman of UC Berkeley's R.O.T.C Advisory Committee, as Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Americans for Democratic Action (1961-1962), and as director of the Freedom House and the League for Industrial Democracy. Seabury wrote prolifically, authoring over a dozen books and numerous articles on foreign policy and other areas of interest. He received the Bancroft Prize from Columbia University. Seabury also founded the Pumpkin Papers Irregulars, a group that met for dinner every Halloween to celebrate the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss case.

Acquisition information:
The Paul Seabury papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Marie-Anne Seabury in 1991.
Processing information:

Processed by Lara Michels in May 2015.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. The copyright for unpublished manuscript material in this collection is held by the donor. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Seabury papers, BANC MSS 91/115 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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