uacolton Inventory of the Joel G. Colton papers, 1942-2002 Processed by: Jill Katte; machine-readable finding aid created by: Sherrie Bowser University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2006Processed by Jill Katte, August 2002; Finding Aid encoded by Sherrie Bowser, University Archives, Duke University, October 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Joel G. Colton papers, 1942-2002 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

2006 Duke University. All Rights Reserved.

 Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Colton, Joel G., 1918-. Joel G. Colton papers, 1942-2002 Material in English 8.5 Linear Feet 8,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Joel G. Colton (b. 1918), Professor of History and administrator at Duke University (1947-1974, 1982- ). Collection contains correspondence, course materials, writings, clippings, committee materials, subject files, and research notes of Colton. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joel G. Colton papers, University Archives, Duke University.

 Provenance

The Joel G. Colton papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer 1967-2002, and 2011.

Processing Information

Processed by Jill Katte, August 2002

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, October 2006

Updated by Kimberly Sims, March 2012

Accessions 70-61, 70-233, 74-162, 74-180, A95-31, and UA2012-0009 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

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 Biographical Note

Joel George Colton was born in New York, N.Y., on August 23, 1918. He earned a B.A. from the City College of New York in 1937 and a M.A. from Columbia University in 1940. From 1942 to 1946, Colton served in the U.S. Army and as a Military Intelligence Officer. He returned to Columbia University and earned a Ph. D. in 1950. Colton joined the faculty of Duke University in 1947, as an instructor in the Department of History. He taught at Duke University until 1974, when he became the Director for Humanities of the Rockefeller Foundation. Colton returned to Duke in 1982 as a Professor of History, specializing in modern European history. Throughout his career at Duke University, Colton held several administrative posts, including Chairman of the Department of History (1967-1974) and Chairman of the Academic Council (1971-1973). He authored numerous articles and books, notably Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics (New York: Knopf, 1966) and A History of the Modern World with R. R. Palmer (New York: Knopf, 1956).

 Collection Overview

Correspondence, course materials, writings, clippings, committee materials, subject files, and research notes of Joel G. Colton relating to his teaching and administration at Duke University, military service, education, awards, and publications.

 Subject Headings

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Colton, Joel G., 1918-. Duke University-Faculty. Duke University. Dept. of History. Rockefeller Foundation. Contents of Collection Container List 11 Boxes 1 Encyclopedia Americana American Historical Association, Pacific Coast branch Time Life Educational Testing Service Koren Prize Committee, Society for French Historical Studies Undergraduate Faculty Council 2 Encyclopedia Americana American Historical Association Faculty Discussion Group Director of Undergraduate Studies, correspondence, 1965-1966 Festschrift University Research Council 3 University Research Council Society for French Historical Studies Herbert Baxter Adams Prize Committee, American Historical Association Southern Historical Association International Relations Committee 4 Meeting of Cultures, typescript Graduate students, correspondence, recommendations [removed] Souvenirs sur d'Affaire 5 Undergraduate Faculty Council of Arts and Sciences Academic Council 6 Alfred Tischendorf Memorial Fund Colton-Cordle course Educational Testing Service, Advanced Placement 7 Course on European labor Souvenirs sur d'Affaire 8 Léon Blum material 9 Publications Board, 1965-1968 Blackburn Committee, 1964-1970 10 A History of the Modern World, revisions Léon Blum material 11 Wartime correspondence, August 1942 - June 1946 R. R. Palmer correspondence Mayflower Award, 1967 Publications Clippings 12France: Older Clippings France: French Socialist Party France: Current Clippings Origins of Modern and Contemporary Art France: Oct. 2002 Lecture France Today in Historical Perspective Joan of Arc Alumni College Abroad The Avignon Papacy French Revolution: Some Clippings and Monographs 13Journal of Interdisciplinary History: Article "Germany Today" Stuttgart International Historical Congress Western Society for French History Honoring Bob Paxton's Works on Vichy Academic American Encyclopedia Biographical Dictionary of Internationalists Aspen Institute Executive Seminar Ideas of Progress: Article Teaching Materials Morocco Commission Internationale d'Histoire des Mouvements Sociaux et des Structures Sociales International Congress of Historical Sciences Technology, Economy, and Society Japanese Translation of Colton Book Book Review Intellectual History in the 1980s Youth and Youth Movements American Bibliographical Center Historical Abstracts Progress and Its Discontents: Off Prints Blum Psychoanalysis and History Exam Blum Glossy Print Blum AHA Article Book Review Colton Oral History Interview Transcript, 1975 14Léon Blum: Correspondence, 1962-1966 Poetry American Academy of Arts and Sciences Materials Used for Paper at SFWS Milwaukee Session Correspondence: Palmer-Colton Selected Correspondence on Contract Negotiations Pocket Watch Illustration Chinese Translation of A History of the Modern World Translations other than Chinese New Directions in History The Historian Looks at the Twentieth Century World Of Time and Chance in History Foundations and Historians Commencement Talk to New Ph.D.s The Humanities: Perspectives and Prospects Transformation of the Idea of Progress Intellectual History in the 1980s The Revolutionary Changes of Our Times Two Bicentennials How Historians Will View the Twentieth Century The Idea of Progress in History 15Humanities Program History World War II Articles Reminiscences: Military History, Correspondence and Source Material Correspondence and Clippings US Army Questionnaire Items of Interest, Miscellaneous French Connections Memoir Talk about Bob Palmer and a History of the Modern World Miscellaneous Materials: Palmer and History of the Modern World Bucharest International Congress of Historical Sciences Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program Blum-Mitterrand Introduction: Blum-Mitterrand Talk on Charles de Gaulle Speech/Talk on Léon Blum