Guide to the Eliot Grinnell Mears Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0815
Creator:
Mears, Eliot Grinnell
Title: Eliot Grinnell Mears papers
Dates: 1921-1927
Physical Description:
0.25 linear foot
Summary: Collection consists of two items: a copy of his report, RESIDENT
ORIENTALS ON THE AMERICAN PACIFIC COAST, published by the Institute of Pacific Relations
in 1927; and his typescript report to Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur on the fifth
annual session of the Institute of Politics, Williams College, held during July and
August, 1925. The 1925 report includes his personal observations (11 pages); sample
programs, schedules, and publicity; report by Mears (as the Round Table Secretary) on
Arnold J. Toynbee's presentation on the Mediterranean area, with special reference to
the Arab countries; diary of significant topics discussed; a photograph of the
participants; and printed proceedings of earlier sessions of the Institute
(1921-23).
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
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Eliot Grinnell Mears Papers (SC0815). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Mears (1889-1946) was on the Stanford faculty from 1921 until his death in 1946,
teaching in the Department of Economics and the Graduate School of Business, and serving
as a director of the Hoover Library. He earned his A.B. (1910) and M.B.A. (1912) at
Harvard and was U.S. trade commissioner in Turkey, 1919-1920.
Collection consists of two items: a copy of his report, RESIDENT ORIENTALS ON THE
AMERICAN PACIFIC COAST, published by the Institute of Pacific Relations in 1927; and his
typescript report to Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur on the fifth annual session of
the Institute of Politics, Williams College, held during July and August, 1925. The 1925
report includes his personal observations (11 pages); sample programs, schedules, and
publicity; report by Mears (as the Round Table Secretary) on Arnold J. Toynbee's
presentation on the Mediterranean area, with special reference to the Arab countries;
diary of significant topics discussed; a photograph of the participants; and printed
proceedings of earlier sessions of the Institute (1921-23).
Mears, Eliot Grinnell
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889-1975.
Williams College. Institute of Politics.
International law --Congresses.
International relations --Congresses.
World politics --Congresses.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Papers