University of Chicago Library Guide to the Quincy Wright Papers 1907-1972 © 2018 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 3 Information on Use 3 Access 3 Citation 3 Biographical Note 3 Scope Note 5 Related Resources 6 Subject Headings 7 INVENTORY 8 Series I: Personal 8 Series II: Correspondence 8 Subseries 1: General Correspondence, Chronological 8 Subseries 2: General Correspondence, Alphabetical 15 Subseries 3: Correspondence, Alphabetical 22 Series III: Subject Files 73 Series IV: Advising and Consulting 88 Series V: Academic Employment 94 Series VI: Organizations 100 Series VII: Writings 118 Subseries 1: General 118 Subseries 2: Unpublished works 119 Subseries 3: Published works 121 Subseries 4: Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters 124 Subseries 5: Speaking Engagements 133 Subseries 6: Books 136 Series VIII: Writings by Others 140 Series IX: Restricted 142 Descriptive Summary Identifier ICU.SPCL.WRIGHTQ Title Wright, Quincy. Papers Date 1907-1972 Size 82.75 linear feet (166 boxes) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract Quincy Wright (1890-1970), was a writer and scholar known for his work on war, international relations, and international law. He joined the political science faculty at the University of Chicago in 1923, and was a professor of international law at the University from 1931 to 1956. Wright guest lectured at universities all over the world, and consulted for the government of the United States, including the U.S. Navy Department and the Department of State. He was also a technical advisor to the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg in 1945, and a consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in 1949. The papers document Wright's interests in war, international law, world organization, and international cooperation, as well as the numerous organizations with which he was associated. Records date from 1907 to 1972, with the bulk dating between 1915 and 1971. Information on Use Access This collection is open for research with the exception of material in Series IX. This series contains restricted student work, and is closed until 2043. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Wright, Quincy. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. Biographical Note Quincy Wright, Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, was born to Philip Green and Elizabeth (Sewall) Wright in Medford, Massachusetts, on December 28, 1890. He received his A.B. from Lombard College, Illinois, in 1912, and his A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1913 and 1915 respectively. From 1915 to 1916, he held a research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 3 From 1916 to 1919, Wright was an instructor in international law at Harvard University. In 1919 he accepted a position at the University of Minnesota as assistant professor of political science, eventually becoming full professor in 1922. He married Louise Leonard on June 15, 1922. They had two children, Rosalind and Christopher. In 1923, Wright joined the political science faculty at the University of Chicago. He served as a professor of international law at the University of Chicago from 1931 to 1956. Wright concluded his teaching career as professor of foreign affairs at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, from 1958 to 1961. Professor Wright had a long and varied career. He was a special assistant in international relations to the United States Navy Department in 1918, 1919 and 1921. He was the recipient of the Phillips Prize, given by the American Philosophical Society in 1922 for his essay on American Foreign Relations. In 1943, he was elected to this same society. In 1925, he was a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow and studied the Mandates system in the Near East. Two years later, he was made a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a guest professor at Tsing Hua University in China in 1929. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Wright to the executive committee of the Foreign Bondholders Protective Association in 1933. In 1934 and 1938, he was a guest lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. During World War II, Wright was a consultant to the United States Department of State, the Foreign Economic Administration, and the Lend-Lease Administration. He was also a technical advisor to the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg in 1945. He was a consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in 1949m and to the United States High Commissioner for Germany from 1949 to 1950. Wright guest lectured at numerous universities around the world including the University of Istanbul (1949), the Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi (1957-58, 1962), the University of Manchester (1961), Columbia University (1962-63), the United Nations Seminar for Caribbean Diplomats, Barbados (1963), American University, Cairo (1964), University of Ankara (1964), Dag Hammarskjold Seminar for African Diplomats, Zambia (1964), Cornell University (1964), Maxwell School (1965), Syracuse University (1965), Indiana University (1965), and Rice University (1966). All of these activities were in addition to his teaching duties at the University of Chicago and the many books and articles that he published. Wright authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles, among them A Study of War (1942) and The Study of International Relations (1955). 4 Dr. Wright’s collected papers in the University of Chicago Library reflect the numerous organizations in which he was active or in whose activities he was interested. He held high positions in many of them, both academic and non-academic groups. He was director of the Conference of Teachers of International Law in 1942 and 1946, president of the American Association of University Professors, 1943-1945, president of the American Political Science Association in 1950, and president of the American Society of International Law in 1955. He was a visiting research scholar of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1956. In addition to this, he was also the chairman of the International Relations Committee and executive secretary of the Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation at the University of Chicago, secretary of the World Citizens Association, a trustee of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation from 1935 to 1940, a director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Foundation, and honorary chairman of the American Liberal Association. Quincy Wright died in Charlottesville, Virginia on October 17, 1970. Scope Note The Quincy Wright Papers are organized into nine series: I. Personal II. Correspondence 1) General, Chronological 2) General, Alphabetical 3) Alphabetical III. Subject Files IV. Advising and Consulting V. Academic Employment VI. Organizations VII. Writings 1) General 2) Unpublished Works 3) Published Works 5 4) Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters 5) Speaking Engagements 6) Books VIII. Writings by Others IX. Restricted Records date from 1907 to 1972, with the bulk dating between 1915 and 1971. The collection contains a small amount of personal ephemera; a large body of personal and professional correspondence; notes, clippings, reprints, and other research material collected by Wright in a series of subject files; correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other records pertaining to his advising or consulting work; correspondence, lecture notes, and records of his teaching and scholarly work including the interdisciplinary "Causes of War" study at the University of Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s; correspondence, publications, and ephemera pertaining to organizations in which Wright was involved or interested beyond his teaching and consulting work; notes, manuscript material, correspondence, and promotional material for his books, articles, and public speaking engagements; manuscripts and reprints of writings by others collected by Wright; and student work restricted for eighty years from date of record creation. The papers document Wright's interests in war, international law, world organization, and international cooperation, as well as the numerous organizations with which he was associated. Organizations include the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, the Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation, the Committee to Frame a World Constitution, the Institute of Pacific Relations, the Social Science Research Council, the World Citizens Association, and the University of Chicago. Correspondents include Raymond Buell, Rushton Coulborn, Cordell Hull, Salmon O. Levison, David J. Lewis, James Hamilton Lewis, Salvador de Madariaga, David Riesman, Beardsley Ruml, Rexford Tugwell, Arnold Toynbee, and others. The original order of Wright's papers has been retained wherever possible, especially in Series II, Correspondence, and Series VII, Writings. Due to Wright's various arrangements of this material, researchers may need to consult multiple subseries. There are overlaps in subject matter across Series II-VI, and within the subseries of Series II and VII. Related Resources The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections: 6 http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html Committee to Frame a World Constitution. Records Merriam, Charles E. Papers University of Chicago. Department of Political Science. Records University