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David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Pinkney, David H.

Title

David H. Pinkney papers

Dates

1941-1992 (inclusive)

Quantity

11.42 cubic feet (12 boxes)

Collection Number

Summary

Papers of UW professor of history

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Some records are stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages

English, French

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

David H. Pinkney received his doctorate in history from Harvard University in 1941. He joined the University of Washington faculty in 1966, teaching French history, with a particular focus on the period of the Revolution through the mid 19th century. Pinkney also taught as a visiting lecturer at several universities and made guest lecture appearances nationally and internationally. He was also active in a number of professional associations and served as president of the American Historical Association in 1980. He retired from the University of Washington in 1985.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Papers of a professor of French history, University of Washington

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in three accessions:

Accession no. 4127-001, David H. Pinkney papers, 1958-1988
Accession no. 4127-004, David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992
Accession no. 4127-005, David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992

Preservation Note

Some records are stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Processing Note

Partially processed by Stephanie Brown in 2012.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 4127-001: David H. Pinkney papers, 1958-1988Return to Top

6 cubic feet (6 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, fellowship materials, conference and convention files, and minutes of meetings, 1958-88.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Acquisition Info: Donor: David Pinkney, July 02, 1990

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Correspondence
Box	Accession
1-3	4127-001	Correspondence	1964-1988
		Series 2: Speeches and Writings
		Academic American Encyclopedia Articles	1977-1979
Box	Accession
3	4127-001	American Names in Paris
3	4127-001	The Belgian Revolution of 1830; Introduction: Closing the Gap Teachers and Writers of History in the 1970s.	1979
3	4127-001	The Decisive Years: France 1840-1847	1982
		De Gaulle	1963
		The Dictionary of French History, 1815-1850 Articles
Box	Accession
3	4127-001	"The Dilemma" Article	1975
3	4127-001	"The Dilemmas of American History of Modern France"	1958
3	4127-001	"The Dilemmas of American Historians of Modern Europe"	1980
3	4127-001	"France: An Historical Overview"	1984
3	4127-001	'The French and Their Army"	1971
3	4127-001	"Forgers vs. Historians"	1960
		Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Articles	1980-1983
Box	Accession
3	4127-001	Girabaldi's Claim to American Citizenship: Some Unpublished Documents."	Undated
3	4127-001	"Growth of Paris: Some New Ideas"	1983
3	4127-001	Hassman, Georges Eugene	1980
3	4127-001	"An Historians Movable Feast: France"	1977
		An Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic Articles	1980-1981
Box	Accession
3	4127-001	"History to Catch the Conscience of Us All"	1982
Box	Accession
3	4127-001	Honors Student Talk	1983
3	4127-001	"The Impact of the Civil War on France	1963, 1965, 1967
3	4127-001	"Inncocents Abroad? American Historians and the European Past"	1980
3	4127-001	"Love and Frustration in a Hexagon: American Historians in France."	1974
3	4127-001	"The Myth of the French Revoultion of 1830	1960
3	4127-001	Nantes Lecture	1980
3	4127-001	"Napoleon: An Historical Enigma"	1968-1969, 1974-1977
4	4127-001	"Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris	1956-1960, 1971-1972, 1976
4	4127-001	NDEA Institute Lecture	2968
4	4127-001	"A New Look at the French Revolution of 1830"	1959
4	4127-001	"Pacification of Paris: Military Lessons of 1830"	undated
4	4127-001	"Paris Rebuilt: 1850-1870"	1981
4	4127-001	"Paris Transformed" 1850-1870"	1984, 1986
4	4127-001	"Parisian Crowds in the 1830s"	undated
4	4127-001	"The Past in Our Future"	1976
4	4127-001	Portland State Lecture	1967
4	4127-001	"Raspail, Francois Vincent"
4	4127-001	"Revolution in Paris: 1830"	1972
4	4127-001	"The Revolution of 1830	1971-1975
4	4127-001	"The Revolution of 1830 Considered"	1980
4	4127-001	"The Revolution of 1830" Revisions	1980
4	4127-001	"The Revolution of 1830" Seminar	1974
4	4127-001	The Revolution of 1830" Translation	undated
4	4127-001	"The Revolution of 1830:" Translation
4	4127-001	The Revolutions of 1789 and 1830 Lectures	1966
4	4127-001	"Search for Identity: France 1840-1847	1982
4	4127-001	"The State of the Profession"	1980
4	4127-001	"The Teaching of History in the U.S.	1983
4	4127-001	"Ubiquity of Urbane History"	1965
4	4127-001	University of Victoria Faculty Lecture	1979
		Urbanization, France Notes for Harvard Talk	1969
Box	Accession
4	4127-001	Water, Sewer and Sanitation in Paris One Hundred Years Ago	1969
Box	Accession
4	4127-001	"The World of Europe"	1978
4	4127-001	"The Writing of History in the United States	1983
		Series 3: Fellowhip Materials
Box	Accession
4	4127-001	Fellowhip Materials	1976-1977
		Series 4: Conferences
Box	Accession
4	4127-001	Conferences	1982-1983
		Series 5: Subject Series
Box	Accession
4	4127-001	American Academy of Arts and Sciences, election to	1984
4	4127-001	European Exchange Committee	1983-1987
4	4127-001	French American Review	1976-1978
4	4127-001	French Historical Studies	1958-1984, 1987
4	4127-001	Harvard	undated
4	4127-001	Koren Prize	1977-1979
4	4127-001	Leave Application	1976, 1978
4	4127-001	Lectureship	1977
4	4127-001	Oberlin College	1979-1980, 1985
4	4127-001	Presidential Address	1980-1982
4	4127-001	University of North Carolina Visit	1982-1983
4	4127-001	University of Washington	1965-1966
item
Series 6		Other Organizations/Committees
Box	Accession
5-6	4127-001	American Historical Association	1973-1984
6	4127-001	Society for French Historical Association	1973-1984
6	4127-001	Nantes University Exchange Committee	1984-1986
4	4127-001	Western Society for French History	1975-1989
4	4127-001	W.U. Annual Faculty Lectureship Committee	1983-1984
4	4127-001	W.U. Graduate School: Faculty Governance Committee (ad hoc)	1982-1983
4	4127-001	W.U. History Department: Priorities in Expansion Committee	1969

Accession No. 4127-004: David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992Return to Top

2 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, reviews, course materials, writings of others, 1941-1992; correspondence regarding "Problems of Civilization" publications by Forum Press, 1974-1985.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: David Pinkney, July 07, 1992

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Biographical Features
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	4127-004	Biographical Features	undated
		Series 2: General Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/2-11	4127-004	Chronological	1989-1992
1/12-15	4127-004	Garland Publishing Company	1973, 1985-1990
1/16	4127-004	Kaspi, Andre	1984-1988
1/17	4127-004	Wolff, Phillippe	1985-1986
		Series 3: General Correspondence Regarding
Box/Folder	Accession
1/18	4127-004	American Academy of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington	1987-1991
1/19	4127-004	American Historical Association Receptions	1978, 1983, 1984, 1987
1/20	4127-004	Bertier de Suavigny, Guillaume de	1979
1/21	4127-004	French Lunch Group	1990
1/22-23	4127-004	Journal of Modern History	1955-1957
1/24	4127-004	Lecture Visits	1978-1981
1/25	4127-004	Lytle, Scott -- Obituaries	1990
1/26	4127-004	Paris: 1800-1914	1985-1986
1/27-28	4127-004	Paris Lecture – East Coast	1986-1987
1/29	4127-004	Society for French Historical Studies	1989-1990
1/30	4127-004	Society for French Historical Studies – El Paso Texas	1990
1/31	4127-004	Societe D’Histoire De La Restauration Et De La Monarchie Constitutionnelle	1987-1988
1/32	4127-004	University of Indiana and Case Western Reserve University Lectures of 1990	1989-90
1/33	4127-004	Wayne State University Review Commission	1991
1/34	4127-004	Western Society for French History	1990-1992
1/35	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Miscellaneous	1977
1/36	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Bailyn, Bernard	1981-1983
1/37	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Borrows, Susanna	1983
1/38-39	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Davis, Natilie	1986-1988
1/40	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: d’ Encausse, Helene Carrere	1984-1985
1/41	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Duroselle, J.B.	1968-1969, 1976-1977
1/42	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Fohlen, Claude	1977-1978, 1987-1989
1/43-44	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Furet, Francois	1986-1989
1/45	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Landes, David	1981
1/46	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Marrus, Michael	1979-1980
1/47	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Roelker, Nancy	1987
1/48	4127-004	Visiting Lecturers: Trilling, Julia	1988
		Series 4: Interdepartmental Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/49	4127-004	History Department	1989-1992
		Series 5: Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
1/50	4127-004	Dissertation: Paris in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Urban Growth	1941
1/51	4127-004	Miscellaneous	1983-1987
		Series 6: Reviews and Critiques
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1-11	4127-004	Reviews and Critiques	1951-1991
		Series 7: Course Materials
Box/Folder	Accession
2/12	4127-004	Field Exams 1959-1986
2/13	4127-004	Exam Questions	1959-1986
2/14	4127-004	Lecture Ideas	1970-1990
2/15	4127-004	Lecture -- Rebuilding of Paris, 1850-1870	1987
2/16	4127-004	Lecture -- The Fifth Republic and the Second Rebuilding of Paris, 1960-1990	1986-1990
2/17	4127-004	Lecture Notes-- The Second Rebuilding of Paris	1990
2/18	4127-004	Lecture Notes -- 1840’s
2/19	4127-004	Lecture Slides -- The Second Rebuilding of Paris, 1960-1990	1986-1990
2/20	4127-004	Proposed Courses	1982-1983
2/21-22	4127-004	History 423 -- France Since 1814	1984, 1989
2/23	4127-004	History 331 -- French Revolution and Napoleon	1963-1965
2/24	4127-004	History 498 – French Revolutions	1983
2/25	4127-004	History 510	1990
2/26	4127-004	History 521 -- Modern European History, 1814-1914	1979
2/27	4127-004	History 533 -- Modern European History: France	1966
2/28	4127-004	Talk to Wilton Fowler’s Class	1991
		Series 8: European Exchange
Box/Folder	Accession
2/29	4127-004	European Exchange	1990
		Series 9: "Problems of Civilization," Forum Press
Box/Folder	Accession
2/30	4127-004	General Correspondence: Davidson, Harlan	1982-1987
2/31	4127-004	General Correspondence: Welsh, W.A.	1979-1982
2/32-33	4127-004	General Correspondence: Young, Erby	1975-1979
2/34	4127-004	General Correspondence Regarding: Allen, William S. – Hitler’s Third Reich	1977-1978
2/35	4127-004	General Correspondence Regarding: Brower, Daniel – The Russian Revolution	1977-1978
2/36	4127-004	General Correspondence Regarding: Cohen, William – Imperialism	1977-1979
2/37	4127-004	General Correspondence Regarding: Friguglietti, James – French Revolution	1977-1979
2/38	4127-004	General Correspondence Regarding: Helmreich, Ernst – Free Church	1974-1979
2/39	4127-004	General Correspondence: Jones, Tom – Dawn of Civilization	1977-1980
2/40	4127-004	General Correspondence: Klassen, Peter – The Reformation	1977-1979
2/41	4127-004	General Correspondence: Page, Stanley – Lenin	1976-1977
2/42	4127-004	General Correspondence: Smith, Lacey – Elizabeth I	1977-1978
2/43	4127-004	General Correspondence: Sterns, Peter – The Rise of Modern Woman	1977
2/44	4127-004	General Correspondence: Williamson, Samuel – Origins of World War One	1977-1980
2/45-47	4127-004	General Correspondence: History of France	1978-1985
2/48	4127-004	General Correspondence: History of France Revisions	1979-1985
2/49	4127-004	General Correspondence: The World of Europe	1978-1979, 1981
2/50	4127-004	General Correspondence: Books in Progress	1977-1978
2/51-52	4127-004	General Correspondence: Books Proposed	1977-1982

Accession No. 4127-005: David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992Return to Top

3.42 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: correspondence, manuscript revisions.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Suzanne Young, January 11, 2006.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Pinkney, David H.--Archives

Corporate Names

University of Washington. Department of History--Faculty

Geographical Names

France--History--19th century
France--History--July Revolution, 1830
France--Research
Paris (France)--History--19th century

Titles within the Collection

Paris in the Nineteenth Century: A study in Urban Growth

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives (curator)

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Table of Contents

David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Preservation Note

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 4127-001: David H. Pinkney papers, 1958-1988Return to Top

Accession No. 4127-004: David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992Return to Top

Accession No. 4127-005: David H. Pinkney papers, 1941-1992Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Titles within the Collection

Other Creators

Corporate Names

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