Ronald Spector papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains formal and informal correspondence, syllabi, assignments, quizzes/exams, lecture notes, student records, professorship paperwork, resumes, promotional information, research scans and notes, unpublished drafts, conference materials, antique collecting receipts, and copies of published work. The materials date from 1968-2019, with the bulk of the materials dated from 1990-2014. The records document historian Ronald Spector’s teaching and writing career, and also include other materials about history projects with which he was involved.
Dates
- 1968-2014
- Majority of material found within 1990-2014
Creator
- Spector, Ronald H., 1943- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research but contains some restricted material related to students and employees at George Washington University. Access to student records is governed by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which protects the privacy of student education records. Researchers interested in boxes from Series 1, 2 and 3 should contact Special Collections staff to request materials. SCRC staff may need to review folders before researchers can access them.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections
Biographical / Historical
Ronald Spector (1943-) taught history at George Washington University from 1990-2019. His career began in the United States Marine Corps, where he served in the Vietnam War. He received a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. from Yale University. In addition to teaching, he has published five books and made several contributions to scholarly journals. He has received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for his contributions to military history, and his book Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan won the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History in 1986. Some of his other major publications include After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam (1993) and In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia (2007).”
Extent
13 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains formal and informal correspondence, syllabi, assignments, quizzes/exams, lecture notes, student records, professorship paperwork, resumes, promotional information, research scans and notes, unpublished drafts, conference materials, antique collecting receipts, and copies of published work. The materials date from 1968-2014, with the bulk of the materials dated from 1990-2014. The records document historian Ronald Spector’s teaching and writing career, and also include other materials about history projects with which he was involved.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: Correspondence, Course Materials, Professional Activity
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site, and will require additional retrieval time. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ronald Spector, 2019 July 16 (2019.052)
- Asia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College teachers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Historians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Spector, Ronald H., 1943- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ronald Spector papers, 1968-2019
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
