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Laves, Walter H. C. 1902-
Laves mss.
1924-1980
LMC 3006
9,401 items
Materials are in English
Consists of the papers of Indiana
University professor Walter Herman Carl Laves, 1902-1983.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Walter Herman Carl Laves, 1902-1983, was an Indiana University professor. A native of
Chicago, he received his degrees from the University of Chicago and held positions
first at Hamilton College and then at the University of Chicago before coming to
Indiana University. He served as chairman of the Department of Political Science
from 1954 to 1966, was honored as the first holder of the Wendell L. Willkie
Professorship in Political Science, and retired from the University in 1972.
In the interval between his positions at Chicago and Indiana, during World War II and
later, Laves had a career in public service. He served successively in the Office of
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the Office of Civilian Defense, and from 1943
to 1947, in the Bureau of the Budget as consultant in international affairs. He was
present at the founding conferences of the United Nations and United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and served in advisory capacity to
the American delegation at the initial session of the United Nations in London. From
1947 to 1950 Laves was the Deputy Director General of UNESCO in Paris. Subsequently,
he was twice a member of the United States delegation to the UNESCO general
conference and chairman of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
He was the co-author with Charles Alexander Thomson of UNESCO: Purpose, Progress and
Prospects which in 1958 won an Indiana Author's Day citation. He also authored
Cultural Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy, published in 1963, in addition to many
articles for journals.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Biographical; II.
Correspondence; III. Diaries; IV. Financial; V. Indiana University; VI. Photographs;
VII. Subjects; VIII. Writings; IX. Printed; X. Memorabilia.
Scope and Content Note
The Laves mss., 1924-1980, consists of the papers of Indiana University professor
Walter Herman Carl Laves, 1902-1983. The collection includes biographical material,
correspondence, diaries, financial materials, materials related to Indiana
University, photographs, subject files, writings, printed materials, and
memorabilia.
The Subjects series contain materials related to his many activities and interests,
such as community development, the Office of Civil Defense, his many trips abroad,
and various meetings and conferences.
Printed materials include tear sheets and reprints of his publications in various
journals, clippings related to Laves' activities. Also present are publications by
his father, Kurt Laves, 1866-1944, professor of astronomy at the University of
Chicago.
Memorabilia consists mostly of award certificates and citations. There are also
insignia and medals awarded to Laves from the government of Thailand. Completing
this section is a Thai temple rubbing depicting a scene from the Ramakien
legend.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
Names
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Indiana University. Dept. of
Political Science.
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Indiana University --Faculty
--Archives.
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Laves, Walter H. C. (Walter
Herman Carl), 1902-
Topics
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Political
scientists--Indiana--Bloomington--Correspondence.
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Political science--Study and
teaching (Higher)--United States.
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Indiana University
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International relations
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift. 1982
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Laves mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
1
Biographical
(4 folders)
Includes address book and passports.
Correspondence
Additional correspondence may be found throughout the collection. Consult
the Manuscripts Index in the Library for dates of letters of individual
correspondents.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
1
1924, May 28 -
1947
2
1948 - 1952,
Aug.
3
1952, Sept. -
1955
4
1956 - 1969,
June
5
1969, July - 1977
Diaries
Both loose leaf and bound. Includes aide memoirs and memoranda.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
5
1936 - 1942
6
1942 (cont.) -
1947
7
1947 (cont.) -
1953
8
1954 - 1976
Financial
Grant: United Nations Assistance in Political
Development
8
Finances, 1963-1967
Proposal drafts, 1963-1965
(4 folders)
Report to Carnegie, July 1,
1965
Receipts, 1947-1950,
1956-1957.
(3 folders)
Mostly from hotels and restaurants
9
Indiana University
Government Department
Correspondence (inter-departmental), 1964-1966
Class materials for G 417, 1969
Class materials for G 623 (International Organization),
1965/66
(4 folders)
Class notes for G 669, 1968
Development, 1956-1966
(3 folders)
Executive Committee Minutes, 1964-1966
Faculty, 1961-1966
Notes, 1963-1966
International Relations Research Center. 1962
John Watson Foster Project, undated
Latin American Studies
Mini-University lecture, June 25,
1976.Notes
Non-Western Areas in Indiana Undergraduate Education: Bloomington
Conference, Sept. 18-20, 1958
Social Studies Development Center, 1968
Sub-Committee on Governmental Contracts, May 16, 1960
Photographs
9
Huxley, Julian Sorell, 1948
Laves, Ruth (Wilson), undated
Laves, Walter Herman Carl, 1943-1973.
Includes group photographs.
Thailand, 1955.
Thailand, 1964.
(2 folders)
Includes album, additional loose photographs and clippings.
UN Exhibit, 1943
9
Subjects
Subject headings were assigned by Laves and are arranged alphabetically.
African Trip, 1966-1967
Itinerary and Personal expenses
(2 folders)
Summary and Activities
(3 folders)
Conclusions
Afghanistan
Egypt
(2 folders)
Ethiopia
(3 folders)
10
Ethiopia (cont.)
Ghana
Iran
(2 folders)
Israel
Ivory Coast
Kenya
(3 folders)
Lebanon
Libya
Nigeria
(2 folders)
Senegal
Sudan
(2 folders)
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
American Council on Education Conference, 1965
American Society for Public Administration, 1963-1967
Asian Trip, 1959
Community Development
Analysis of potential contribution of community development
to political development. Draft, undated
Community Development Research model, 1969
Cooperative, 1966-1967
The Development of the Colonial Small Community, 1953
Forward Look in Community Development, 1965-1966
Horn, Donna. Two papers on Community Development, 1965-1966
International Development Center, 1964-1965
Materials, 1956-1966
Valsan, E.H. Two papers on Community Development, 1963
Training for Basic Democracy in Pakistan, 1960
Dag Hammarskjold Conference, Denver
(2 folders)
11
Dag Hammarskjold Conference, Denver (cont.)
(2 folders)
Division of Inter-American Activities in the United States,
1942
(2 folders)
Exchange of professional, scholarly and scientific persons.
Princeton Conference, Dec. 2-4, 1954
Food and Agriculture Organization. Interviews, 1963-1964;notes,
1966-1967
(4 folders)
Government Organization for Foreign Relations (State Department),
1944-1946
(4 folders)
Human Rights, 1967-1968
(2 folders)
India, 1957,
1966
(2 folders)
International Development, 1975-1980
International Development Seminar, Honolulu, Aug. 9-Sept. 3,
1965
(9 folders)
12
International Development Seminar, Honolulu, Aug. 9-Sept. 3,
1965
(2 folders)
International Education Program, 1965
International Labor Organization
Geneva, 1967
(2 folders)
Africa, 1966
Interviews, 1963
Inventory, 1966
Working Party Reports, 1964-1966
International Political Science Association, Brussels Conference,
Sept.
18-23, 1967
(2 folders)
International Studies Association, 1971-1975
(4 folders)
Interregional Expert Meeting on Social Welfare Organization and
Administration, Geneva, Aug. 7-18, 1967
(2 folders)
Interviews in relation to project, 1963-1965
Kabul University, 1972-1973
(2 folders)
Korean Trip, 1968
(4 folders)
Lagos Conference, 1971
(4 folders)
Land Reform, 1965-1968
Land Reform by Shaedal, 1965-1969
13
League of Nations Association. Mid-West Office, 1936-1939 (4
folders)
London, 1963
Malaysia, 1964-1966
Moscow/Kiev, 1973 (3 folders)
Murphy Report (American Legion), 1955-1956 (2
folders)
Mutual and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright Act),
1960-1961
National Association for Foreign Students Affairs,
1973
Office of Civilian Defense
1942-1943.General
(2 folders)
Office of War Information, 1943
(3 folders)
Victory Speakers Directors Meeting, Mar. 12-13,
1943
Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1941-1942
(4 folders)
14
Pakistan trip, 1953
Pakistan, 1964-1966
Paris, 1963
Personnel potential, 1952
Philippines trip, 1953
Philippines, 1965-1966
Political and Economic Development Literature, 1962
Political Conditions in LDCs, 1975-1976
Political Development, various papers by Fraser, Haviland and
Morse, 1966
Political Development Assistance by UN organizations, 1964-1972
(4 folders)
Rangoon Conference, Mar. 15-30, 1954
(2 folders)
Rome, 1967
Sweden, 1949
Thailand
Thammasat University, 1955-1959,
1963-1964
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1966-1968
United Nations Research Institute on Social Development, Geneva,
1964-1966
United Nations Inventory and Direct Assistance, 1966
UNESCO, 1946-1977
(7 folders)
15
UNESCO, 1946-1977(cont.)
(7 folders)
UNESCO Experts, 1951-1970
UNESCO Institute for Education, 1955
U.S. Advisory Commission on Education Exchange. 45th Meeting,
1960;46th Meeting, 1960;48th Meeting, 1961
(3 folders)
U.S. Relations to International Organization, 1944-1945
University of Michigan. Suggestions for Vandenberg Foreign Policy
Center, 1951
Washington, 1966
World Bank, 1965
World Health Organization, 1963-1964
Writings
Arranged into the following subseries: Writings by Laves, Speeches by Laves,
and Writings by Others.
Additional writings by Laves and others may be found in the series
Printed.
Writings by Laves
Research and drafts of chapters for a book on international
administration and cooperation completes this section.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
15
14 Questions and Answers about UNESCO, 1954
Civil and Political Rights in the Context of Development
Assistance, a paper prepared for the International Conference on
Human Rights, 1968
Community Development and the development of capacity for
self-government--the role of the United Nations, 1966
Give Joe Doakes a Chance. 1945
Impact of ECA [Economic Cooperative Administration],
1951
(2 folders)
International Administration. 1953
(2 folders)
The Organization and Conduct of United States Foreign
Service. 1946
Problems of Administration of the Foreign Service Act of 1946.
1946
The Reorganization of the Department of State. 1946
Report of the West Indies - South America Administrative
Survey Group, submitted May 26,
1945.
(2 folders)
The United Nations: Reorganizing the World's Governmental
Institutions, 1945
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, 1971.For The Encyclopedia of
Education
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization. Statement prepared at the
request of Mrs. Dana C. Backus for use as a forward for an issue
of 'United Nations News for Women Broadcasters' a monthly radio
clip-sheet,
1953
UNESCO: Center of Cultural Diplomacy, 1959.Chapter XX of Diplomacy in a Changing World,
edited by Stephen D. Kertesz and M.A. Fitzsimmons (Notre Dame, IN:
University of Notre Dame Press, 1959). Page proofs
UNESCO: Purpose, Progress, Prospects (with Charles A.
Thomson), 1957.Page
proofs
The United States German Claims Settlement, 1925/26
Were in the UNO now, 1945
Miscellaneous writings by Laves
Reviews of books by other writers, 1958-1965
Notes on WHO, 1948
Writing projects. Undatednotes
Untitled. re: ...some major problems of governmental
organization to be faced by the United States after the war...,
1946
International administration and cooperation book
16
Research
17
Research (cont.)
18
Research (cont.)
19
Research (cont.)
(5 folders)
20
Research (cont.)
Drafts of chapters
(36 folders)
21
Drafts of chapters (cont.)
22
Drafts of chapters (cont.)
(23 folders)
Speeches
Includes press releases, radio interviews, and hearings in Congress.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
A detailed list of the speeches is available in the Lilly Library.
22
1936-1966
(16 folders)
23
1967-1968
(2 folders)
Writings by Others
Arranged alphabetically by author.
23
LePawsky, Albert Agenda for International Training. 1962(proof)
Lindesmith, Gertrude W. The Individual Needs and Adjustments
of The Participant Graduate Student. 1967
(2 folders)
Schaffner, Joseph Halle, et al. Report (summary) of the
Africa-Middle East Survey Group on the Administrative Level of the
Foreign Service. Copy D. 1945
Silvert, Karl and Frank Bonilla. Education and the social
meaning of Development. 1961
Van Vorys, Karl. [Pakistan] 1961
Warfield, Ethelbert, et al. Report of the European
Administrative Survey Group. Copy D. 1945
Printed
Arranged by materials written by or relating to Laves (writings,
Congressional hearing testimonies, and programs and announcements for his
speeches and lectures), miscellaneous reprints and articles by other
writers, including writings by Laves' father Kurt Laves, and clippings.
Laves, Walter Herman Carl
23
Writings, 1926-1952.
(14 folders)
Contains mostly journals and reprints from journals.
24
Writings, 1953-1975
(14 folders)
Congressional hearing testimonies, 1942-1957
(4 folders)
25
Congressional hearing testimonies, 1958-1961
(2 folders)
Programs and announcements for speeches and lectures by
WHCL
(2 folders)
Writings by Others
25
Laves, Kurt. Various papers, mostly relating to astronomy and
memorial service programs
(3 folders)
Pocket-sized copies: Covenant of the League of Nations,
ca. 1930and Charter of the
United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice,
undated
Miscellaneous writers, 1937-1964
(11 folders)
26
Miscellaneous writers, 1965-1976
(4 folders)
Clippings concerning Laves
1936-1974
(7 folders)
1937-1938.Scrapbook
Clippings concerning miscellaneous topics, 1931-1971
(4 folders)
Memorabilia
Realia
26
Thailand. Order of the Crown insignia. In blue velvet
case
Thailand. Order of the White Elephant insignia. In red velvet
case
Thailand. Two hand-made, replica Thai swords. ca. 7 inches in
length. In light-blue and gold box.
Unidentified pin with crossed machetes
Awards, citations, etc.
Arranged chronologically.
1952, Nov.
12.Department of State. Appointment as U.S.
representative and vice chairman of delegation, 7th Session of
General Conference of UNESCO, Paris
1958, Apr.
20.Indiana University Writers Conference Award for work
on World Affairs by Indiana author: UNESCO: Purpose, Progress,
Prospects, by Laves and Charles A. Thomas
1964, Oct. 8.Indiana
University sends felicitations...conveyed by Walter Laves to
Thammasat University in Thailand
1964, Oct. 8.Order
of the Crown. Conferred by the King of Thailand. In English and
Thai
1964, Oct. 17.The
President of the United States. Appointment as alternate
representative to the 13th Session of UNESCO. Signed by Lyndon
Johnson and Dean Rusk
1968, Mar. 11.Order
of the White Elephant. Conferred by the King of Thailand. In English
and Thai. Accompanied by instructions for wearing the
insignia
1970, June
19.Indiana University, Century-And-A-Half
Club
1971, July
6.Department of State. Appointment as member of the U.S.
Commission for UNESCO. Signed by William P. Rogers
1972, May 2. Indiana
University. Recognition of 18 years of service upon retirement from
teaching
1972, May 13.Indiana
University. Membership in the Emeritus Club
1973, June.University
of Chicago, Emeritus Club. 50th anniversary of
graduation
1973, Nov. 17.U.S.
National Commission for UNESCO. In appreciation as
vice-chairman
1974, Mar.
20.International Society for Educational, Cultural, and
Scientific Interchanges. First annual award
1974, May
17.International Studies Association. In appreciation for
support in Take-The-Pledge Campaign
1975, June
20.Indiana University, Mini-University. In appreciation
for having taught courses
1975, June
25.Indiana University, Mini-University. In appreciation
for having taught courses
Undated. Encyclopedia Britannica. Welcomes Laves as
one of its contributors
Miscellaneous
Folio
Dag Hammarskjold. Black and white stylized print by Olav S.
Matheisen. ca 1961.
(4 copies)
28
Folio
Temple rubbing from Thailand. Black on rice paper