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Abstract:
Professor of history and international relations at
Clark University (1903 – 1943). The collection deals with both his university
and diplomatic activity and covers the period from 1888 to 1962.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
George Hubbard Blakeslee (1871-1954) taught history and
international relations at Clark University from 1903 until
his retirement in 1943. Dr. Blakeslee created and edited the
first journal devoted to the study of international relations:
the Journal of Race Development (it was later renamed the
Journal of International Relations and in 1922 it merged with
Foreign Affairs). He also founded at Clark University in 1909
a pioneering series of conferences about international
relations. Because Dr. Blakeslee was a leader in the academic
study of international relations, he was a longtime advisor
for the State Department, both while he was teaching at Clark
and after he was named emeritus professor.
Dr. Blakeslee's family donated the collection and its
literary rights to the university in 1971. The papers occupy
about nine linear feet of shelf space. The collection
includes his pamphlets, addresses, letters, scrapbooks, and
reports. The collection deals with both his university and
diplomatic activity and covers the period from 1888 to 1962.
Although this collection contains no official
correspondence between Dr. Blakeslee and the State department,
there remains much material of great historical interest.
Among other things, this includes material concerning the
Washington Disarmament Conference of 1921, the Lytton
Commission of 1931-32, and the post-World War II Far East
Commission. It also includes information about Clark
conferences concerning China and Latin America; American
relations with Japan, China, and Russia; post-World War II
issues; problems concerning the Philippines, Australia, and
the Mandated Islands.
There is additional Blakeslee related material held in
the Clark University Archives that is not part of the
Blakeslee Papers. Among the other collections that contain
material related to him are the papers of presidents Hall,
Atwood, and Jefferson, Professor Dwight Lee's papers, and the
photo collection.
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