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Leonard P. Liggio Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b281s2 No online items Register of the Leonard P. Liggio papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2018 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Leonard P. Liggio 2018C43 1 papers Title: Leonard P. Liggio papers Date (inclusive): 1933-2014 Collection Number: 2018C43 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 37 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes(20.5 Linear Feet) Abstract: Writings, correspondence, conference papers, personal documents, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to libertarian political and free market thought. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Leonard P. Liggio papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives 1933 Born, New York City 1955 B.S., Georgetown University 1959 M.A., Fordham University 1968-1975 Faculty, City College of New York 1975-1977 Faculty, State University of New York, Old Westbury 1977 Ph.D., Fordham University 1977-1978 Vice president, Cato Institute 1980-1989 President, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University 1985-2014 Research professor, George Mason University 1994-2014 Executive vice president, Atlas Economic Research Foundation 2002-2004 President, Mont Pelerin Society 2014 Died, Washington, D.C. Scope and Contents of Collection The papers of Leonard P. Liggio in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives document Liggio's career as an economic historian and classical liberal scholar. He was consistent in holding free market and libertarian views throughout his life, and promoted these ideas not only in academic writings but as a journalist, conference organizer and fund raiser. He was associated with the Libertarian Party and with numerous free market organizations in the United States and abroad, among them the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, Cato Institute, Liberty Fund, Philadelphia Society, Institute of Economic Affairs, Templeton Foundation, Mont Pelerin Society and Atlas Economic Research Foundation (subsequently Atlas Network). The Liggio Papers in the Hoover Institution do not cover his life comprehensively. They are most detailed on Liggio's activities during the 1960s and 1970s, with spottier coverage of those after 1980. An interesting feature of Liggio's early development lay in what he felt to be a convergence between Old Right and New Left interpretations of American history. One illustration of this came in 1971, when, with the Vietnam War in the background, he organized a New Deal Foreign Policy Symposium, bringing together revisionist historians of both persuasions. The collection is arranged in ten series. The Correspondence series indicates the range of Liggio's collegial contacts during the 1960s and 1970s in particular. The Speeches and Writings series consists of Liggio's own writings. A large proportion of these are unpublished. Liggio was closely associated with Murray Rothbard and the collection includes extensive drafts by Liggio for Rothbard's two-volume history of the United States, Conceived in Liberty. The Conferences File documents several conferences in which Liggio had a hand, the New Deal Foreign Policy Symposium as well as others. More unpublished scholarly writings by other persons are to be found in the Writings by Others file. The Mont Pelerin Society File consists of the circulated records of the Society distributed to members. Liggio served a term as president of the Society. There are also a Biographical File, a Subject File, a file of Printed Matter, a small Audiovisual File and an Oversize File. The Hoover Institution Library & Archives acquired the Leonard P. Liggio Papers from the Atlas Network in 2018. Register of the Leonard P. Liggio 2018C43 2 papers Subjects and Indexing Terms Free enterprise Liberty Libertarianism Biographical File 1933-2004 Scope and Contents Resumes, certificates and announcements box 1, folder 1 Resumes and bibliography box 1, folder 2 Genealogical charts box 1, folder 3 Academic transcripts and letters of recommendation for teaching position 1951-1976 box 1, folder 4 Selective Service System registration cards and correspondence 1952-1961 box 1, folder 5 Announcements and press coverage 1975-2003 box 1, folder 6 Congratulatory letters 1994-2003 box 1, folder 7 Speaking announcements 1965-2000 box 1, folder 8 Certificates and certifications 1933-2003 box 1, folder 9 Trip to Mediterranean 1955 Scope and Contents Travel documents and brief diary entries box 1, folder 10 Liberty Fund fellowship 1976 Scope and Contents Correspondence and memoranda box 1, folder 11 Press coverage 1955-2000 box 33, folder 1 Passports box 33, folder 2 Library catalog 1994 George Mason University courses 1994-2004 box 33, folder 3 General box 33, folder 4 Syllabi and grades box 33, folder 5 Individual student papers box 33, folder 6-7 Sixty-fifth birthday tribute 1998 Scope and Contents Letters, memoranda and printed volume box 1, folder 12 Miscellany Correspondence 1950-2010 Scope and Contents Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent General 1952-2006 box 1, folder 13 A-D box 2, folder 1 F-H box 2, folder 2 J-L box 2, folder 3 M-P box 2, folder 4 R-W box 2, folder 5 Unidentified box 2, folder 6 Alperovitz, Gar 1970-1971 box 2, folder 7 Armey, Richard K. 1994 box 2, folder 8 Barnet, Richard 1972 box 2, folder 9 Beasley, Michael J. 1957-1959 Register of the Leonard P. Liggio 2018C43 3 papers Correspondence 1950-2010 Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Scope and Contents Includes correspondence of Russell Stetler with the Foundation and issues of the Foundation Bulletin. Individual correspondents include Ken Coates, Christopher Farley, John Gerassi, David Horowitz, Patrick Jordan, Gabriel Kolko, Carl Oglesby, Bertrand Russell, Ralph Schoenman and Arnold J. Toynbee box 2, folder 10 1966 box 2, folder 11 1967 box 2, folder 12 1968-1977 box 3, folder 1 Bovard, James 1994 box 3, folder 2 Bresler, Robert J. 1970 box 3, folder 3 Bruce, Donald C. 1962 box 3, folder 4 Buhle, Paul 1967-1970 box 3, folder 5 Calvert, Greg 1966 box 3, folder 6 Childs, Roy A., Jr. undated box 34, folder 1 City Journal 1996 box 3, folder 7 Dabrowski, Stan 1960-1965 box 3, folder 8 Di Zerega, Gus 1966-1967 box 3, folder 9 Doenecke, Justus D. 1970-1977 box 3, folder 10 Earhart Foundation 2004-2010 box 3, folder 11 Evans, M. Stanton 1997 undated box 3, folder 12 Genovese, Eugene D. 1973-1976 box 3, folder 13 Georgetown University 1950-1959 box 3, folder 14 Glazer, Nathan 1970 box 3, folder 15 Goodell, Charles E. 1970 box 34, folder 2 Grady, Mark F. 1993 box 3, folder 16 Grinder, Walter E. 1971-2000 box 3, folder 17 Haczynski, Leo J. 1961-1972 box 3, folder 18 Hagel, John III 1975-1977 box 3, folder 19 Halbrook, Steve 1969-1970 box 3, folder 20 Harper, F. A. 1963-1969 Scope and Contents Includes bibliographies of Harper box 3, folder 21 Hartwell, Robert M. 1974 box 3, folder 22 Hess, Karl 1969-1971 box 3, folder 23 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace 1976-1980 box 3, folder 24 Horowitz, David 1969 box 3, folder 25 Illich, Ivan 1972 box 34, folder 3 Kauvar, Jane F. 2001 box 3, folder 26 Khadabuh (?), Bryce 1953 box 3, folder 27 Knowland, William F. 1953 box 3, folder 28 Koch, Charles G. 1966-2003 box 3, folder 29 Kolko, Gabriel 1969-1970 box 3, folder 30 Kuklick, Bruce 1968 box 3, folder 31 Lacey, Louise 1968-1971 box 3, folder 32 Lamont, Helen Lamb 1969 box 4, folder 1 Levack, Paul 1960 box 4, folder 2 Liggio family 1950-1955 box 4, folder 3 Love, Robert D. 1967-1969 box 4, folder 4 Lynd, Staughton 1966-1967 box 4, folder 5 McDonald, Forrest 1976 box 4, folder 6 McFarland, Walter P., Jr. 1958-1970 box 34, folder 4 Manne, Henry G. 1982 box 4, folder 7 Martin, James J. 1970-1976 box 34, folder 5 Martino, Antonio 1994 Register of the Leonard P. Liggio 2018C43 4 papers Correspondence 1950-2010 box 4, folder 8 Mellen, James G. 1970-1971 box 4, folder 9 Meyer, Frank S. 1956 box 4, folder 10 Mises, Mrs. Ludwig von 1981 box 4, folder 11 Morley, Felix 1971-1979 box 4, folder 12 National Conference on the Draft 1967 box 4, folder 13 Nichols, Rosalie 1970-1972 box 4, folder 14 Nisbet, Robert 1971-1983 box 4, folder 15 Nixon, Richard M. 1953 box 4, folder 16 O'Brien, James 1968 box 4, folder 17 Oglesby, Carl 1966-1970 box 4, folder 18 Pearson, George H. 1967-1981 box 4, folder 19 Peden, Joseph R. 1960-1977 box 4, folder 20 Presley, Sharon 1969-1972 box 4, folder 21 Rader, Dotson 1970 box 4, folder 22 Radosh, Ronald 1969-1986 box 4, folder 23 Ragan, Pat 1955-1960 box 4, folder 24 Raico, Ronald 1977-1998 box 4, folder 25 Riegle, Donald W., Jr. 1970 box 4, folder 26 Rohlfing, Fritz 1976 box 4, folder 27 Rothbard, Murray N. and Josey 1959-1993 box 4, folder 28 Schoenman, Ralph 1969 box 4, folder 29 Shapiro, Milton M. 1968-1972 box 5, folder 1 Steinbrunner, P. Christian 1952 box 5, folder 2 Stetler, Russell 1968-1971 box 5, folder 3 Stromberg, Joseph R. 1972-1975 box 5, folder 4 Symms, Steven D.
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