A Guide to the Martin Meyerson Papers 1909-2007 (bulk 1952-2004) 178.0 Cubic feet UPT 50 M613M Prepared by Kaiyi Chen, revised by Joseph-James Ahern 2000, revised June 2010 The University Archives and Records Center 3401 Market Street, Suite 210 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3358 215.898.7024 Fax: 215.573.2036 www.archives.upenn.edu Mark Frazier Lloyd, Director Martin Meyerson Papers UPT 50 M613M TABLE OF CONTENTS PROVENANCE...............................................................................................................................1 ARRANGEMENT...........................................................................................................................1 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE................................................................................................................2 SCOPE AND CONTENT...............................................................................................................4 CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS.........................................................................................6 INVENTORY.................................................................................................................................. 7 GENERAL FILES.....................................................................................................................7 CORRESPONDENCE.............................................................................................................95 DATEBOOKS AND SCHEDULES.....................................................................................123 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO...................................................126 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.................................................................................137 WORKS BY.......................................................................................................................... 270 PERSONAL FILES...............................................................................................................298 TRAINING MANUAL......................................................................................................... 300 SUBJECT FILES...................................................................................................................318 MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................................................................. 323 WORKS BY OTHERS......................................................................................................... 324 AUDIO...................................................................................................................................325 VIDEO................................................................................................................................... 326 Martin Meyerson Papers UPT 50 M613M Guide to the Martin Meyerson Papers 1909-2007 (bulk 1952-2004) UPT 50 M613M 178.0 Cubic feet Prepared by Kaiyi Chen, revised by Joseph-James Ahern 2000, revised June 2010 Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. PROVENANCE The Martin Meyerson Papers were donated to the University Archives by Mrs. Margery Meyerson, Accession Number (2007:049). Additional material originally stored by President Meyerson at the Records Center was transferred to the Archives in 2008. ARRANGEMENT The Martin Meyerson Papers are organized in thirteen series: General Files (66 cu ft, 1965-2004), Correspondence (21.25 cu ft, 1966-2004), Datebooks and Schedules (2.5 cu ft, 1967-2007), State University of New York at Buffalo (6.5 cu ft, 1964-1970), University of Pennsylvania (56.25 cu ft, 1970-2004), Works By (7 cu ft, 1952-2003), Personal Files (1.5 cu ft, 1966-2004), Training Manual (11 cu ft, 1970-1994), Subject Files (2.25 cu ft, 1960-2003), Miscellaneous (.25 cu ft, 1970-2003), Works By Others (1 cu ft, 1969-2001), Audio Tapes (.5 cu ft, 1973-1985), Video Tapes (2 cu ft, 1987-2000). - 1 - Martin Meyerson Papers UPT 50 M613M BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Martin Meyerson enjoyed a long career in American higher education, first as a faculty member in the academic discipline of city planning and then as a senior academic administrator culminating in the presidency of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1948 to 1963, he was successively a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. From 1963 to 1966, he was Dean of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley. In his final year at Berkeley he was also Acting Chancellor. From 1966 to 1970, he was President of the State University of New York at Buffalo and from September 1970 through January 1981 he was President of the University of Pennsylvania. He was then named President Emeritus and remained active at Penn in that role until his death. During his early career in city planning, Meyerson's theoretical contributions called for the integration of social science and an understanding of economic markets. An expert on national, regional, urban and industrial development, Meyerson served on numerous advisory boards, consulted internationally, and was active with various professional organizations. The only child of Samuel and Etta Berger Meyerson, Martin Meyerson as born on November 14, 1922, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He received his bachelors degree from Columbia University in 1942, followed by a Masters of City Planning from Harvard University in 1949. After briefly working for the Philadelphia Planning Commission, Meyerson went to the University of Chicago in 1948 as an assistant professor of social sciences. While in Chicago he also held planning positions with the Chicago Housing Authority and the Michael Reese Hospital. Many of Meyerson's ideas relating to planning came from his observing the effects of public housing projects in Chicago at this time. In 1952 he came to the University of Pennsylvania as associate professor in the Department of City and Regional planning in the Graduate School of Fine Arts (now the School of Design). In the early years of his career, Meyerson's books became important contributions to establishing the theoretical foundations of urban planning in the post-World War II era. Most notably he co-authored with Edward C. Banfield Politics, Planning and Public Interest: The Case of Public Housing In Chicago (1955) which supported the idea that physical planning had to be integrated into socio-economic planning, and the political process. While at Penn, Meyerson taught a course and developed a friendship with Lewis Mumford - whose idea of "polytechnics" closely matched Meyerson's own ideas. In 1957 Meyerson returned to Harvard University as the first tenured Williams Professor of City Planning and Urban Research, as well as the founding director of the Joint Center for Urban - 2 - Martin Meyerson Papers UPT 50 M613M Studies between Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1963 to 1966 he served as dean of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkley. In 1965 Meyerson was given his first roll in university administration when the Free Speech Moment caused tension on campus between students and the Board of Regents, forcing Chancellor Edward W. Strong out of office. Seeking to restore order to campus, University President Clark Kerr asked Meyerson to serve as acting chancellor, and Meyerson's performance in handling the situation received wide acclaim. After Berkley, Meyerson served as the tenth president of the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1966 to 1970. His arrival coincided with the challenge of a rapidly expanding State University system in an old industrial city in decline. During his tenure he oversaw the academic reorganization of the school, the planning and groundbreaking of the North Campus in Amherst, the establishment of the School of Architecture and Environmental Design, and the purchase of the Darwin D. Martin house as the home for the University President. Following the retirement of Gaylord P. Harnwell, Meyerson was selected to be the next president of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1970 to 1981 he was able to draw upon his expertise as one of the nation's preeminent planners to bring about his "One University" plan. At the time of his appointment Penn was confronting the issue of how to expand a university in a declining urban environment - a challenge much like the one Meyerson had dealt with in Buffalo. Meyerson was responsible for creating a true center of campus by closing streets, building landscaped walkways, and creating Blanche P. Levy Park on College Green. He also unified the liberal arts and sciences on campus through the creation of the School of Arts and Sciences in 1974 to combine the College, Graduates School of Arts and Sciences, College for Women, College of General Studies and the social science departments of the Wharton School. Other notable accomplishments during the Meyerson administration include the creation of the College House system, the freshman seminar program, the practice of responsibility center budgeting, the creation of boards of overseers, the University's first affirmative action program for women and minorities in 1972, and a significant fundraising campaign - "Program for the Eighties" - which helped turn around the University's finances. Following his retirement in 1981, Meyerson remained on campus as emeritus president and University Professor of Public Policy Analysis and