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Robert Alan Dahl papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1658

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of interview notes, transcripts, and survey responses used in Robert A. Dahl's book Who Governs?, and background research material about New Haven.

Dates

  • 1910-1959
  • Majority of material found within 1957 - 1959

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Interview notes, transcripts, and survey responses are closed until January 1, 2020.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Eobert Alan Dahl has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact beinecke.library@yale.edu.

Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Robert A. Dahl, 1994.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1658

Abstract

The papers consist of interview notes, transcripts, and survey responses used in Robert A. Dahl's book Who Governs?, and background research material about New Haven.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Alan Dahl was born in Inwood, Iowa on December 17, 1915. He received an A.B. degree from the University of Washington in 1936, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1940. Dahl joined the faculty of Yale's political science department in 1946. He is the author of several books and has received numerous professional awards. Dahl died in Hamden, Connecticut, on February 5, 2014.

Title
Guide to the Robert Alan Dahl Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Christine Weideman
Date
March 2007
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
Yale University Library
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Location

Sterling Memorial Library
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New Haven, CT 06511

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