Merle Eugene Curti Papers, 1908-2000

Container Title
Subseries: Books
American Philanthropy Abroad
Box   68-74
Notes: Philanthropy Project
Box   51
Folder   1
Acknowledgements
Box   51
Folder   2
Historical Society Correspondence, 1958-1959
New York Times and New York Tribune Survey
Box   51
Folder   3
Answers to inquiries, 1960-1961
Box   51
Folder   4
Codes
Box   51
Folder   5-6
Data sheets, A-W, and for New York City
Box   51
Folder   7
Green, Judith (research assistant), report and miscellany, 1962
Box   51
Folder   8
Nash, Roderick (research assistant), report, 1962
Box   52
Folder   1
Probate court correspondence, 1960
Box   52
Folder   2
Working papers
Box   52
Folder   3
Miscellany, 1959-1961
Box   52
Folder   4
Reviews and reactions, 1963
Box   52
Folder   5
Roper Public Opinion Research Center Report, 1960 June
Box   52
Folder   6
Rutgers University Press correspondence, 1961-1963
Box   53
Folder   1
Miscellany
Box   53
Folder   2
Ginn and Company High School American History Text (not completed?), correspondence with co-author, Richard Thursfield and Ginn and Company, 1944-1949
The Growth of American Thought
Box   53
Folder   3
Acknowledgements and permissions, correspondence and miscellany, 1943-1944
Correspondence
Box   53
Folder   4
Mostly congratulations, 1942-1943
Box   53
Folder   5-6
1944-1967
Box   53
Folder   7
Reviews and newspaper clippings, 1943-1950
The Learned Blacksmith: Letters and Journals of Elihu Burritt
Box   53
Folder   8
Copies of Burritt's correspondence made for Curti's research notes, includes Burritt-Longfellow Correspondence, original Burritt letter of 1841 January 12
Box   53
Folder   9
Correspondence and clippings, 1937-1938
The Making of an American Community: A Case Study of Democracy in a Frontier County
Box   54
Folder   1
Outline and preliminary Table of Contents
Box   54
Folder   2
Chapter II: “Early Settlement and the Founding of the County,” correspondence, notes and manuscripts (typed), 1953-1955
Box   54
Folder   3
Chapter III: “Transportation and Communication,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   54
Folder   4
Chapter IV: “Social and Economic Structure,” manuscripts (holographs)
Box   54
Folder   5
Chapter IV: “Social and Economic Structure,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   54
Folder   6
Chapter IV: miscellaneous notes and data sheets
Box   54
Folder   7
Chapters IV and V: “Social Relationships,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   54
Folder   8
Chapter V: manuscripts (typed)
Box   55
Folder   1
Chapter VI: “The Social Creed,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   55
Folder   2
Chapter VI: data sheets
Box   55
Folder   3
Chapter VII: “Making a Living on the Farm,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   55
Folder   4
Chapters VII and VIII: “Fortunes of the New Farmers,” notes
Box   55
Folder   5
Chapter VIII: Manuscripts (typed)
Box   55
Folder   6
Chapter VIII: miscellaneous notes, folder #1
Box   56
Folder   1
Chapter VIII: miscellaneous notes, folder #2
Box   56
Folder   2
Chapters VIII and IX: “Making a Living in Town,” miscellaneous notes and manuscripts (typed)
Box   56
Folder   3
Chapter IX: manuscripts (typed)
Box   56
Folder   4
Chapter IX: miscellaneous notes and data sheets
Box   56
Folder   5
Chapter X: “Democracy in the County Government, 1854-1880,” manuscripts (holograph) by J. Van Hise, and typed, plus data sheets
Box   56
Folder   6
Chapter XI: “Democracy at the Grass Roots: Town Government in Lincoln and Pigeon,” manuscripts (typed and holograph by Van Hise)
Box   56
Folder   7
Chapter XII: “Choosing Officials,” manuscripts (typed) and miscellaneous
Box   56
Folder   8
Chapters XII and XIII: “Deciding Issues,” manuscripts (typed)
Box   57
Folder   1
Chapter XIII: manuscripts (typed)
Box   57
Folder   2
Chapter XIV: “Educational and Cultural Opportunities,” manuscripts (typed) and data sheets
Box   57
Folder   3
Chapter XV: “Leadership,” data sheets on major and minor leaders
Box   57
Folder   4
Chapter XV: data sheets
Box   57
Folder   5
Chapter XV: report on George Gale by Show Livermore
Box   57
Folder   6
Chapter XV: manuscripts (typed)
Box   57
Folder   7
Conclusion: manuscripts (typed)
Box   57
Folder   8
Appendices: manuscripts (typed), tables, et cetera
Box   58
Charts for punching computer cards
Micro 584
Microfilm copy
Mss 24
Box   59-60
Computer output and miscellany
Box   61
Folder   1
Correspondence and miscellany, 1931-1968
Note: Includes letter from Hiram Dodge to his nephew, Noah Dodge, 1863 July 23.
Box   61
Folder   2
Correspondence regarding publication (mostly with Stanford University Press), 1957-1959
Box   61
Folder   3
Hypotheses
Box   61
Folder   4
Photographs and maps
Box   61
Folder   5
Preliminary report-paper, “Democracy in a Wisconsin Frontier Community Trempealeau County,” prepared for 6th Newberry Library Conference on American Studies, 1935 May 21, manuscripts (typed), and criticism
Research materials
Box   61
Folder   6
Studies of other counties done by Curti, research assistants and others
Box   62
Folder   1-2
Transcriptions from other Trempealeau County histories
Box   62
Folder   3
Reviews, comments, newspaper clippings, 1939-1960
Box   62
Folder   4
Vermont statistics
Box   62
Folder   5-6
Wisconsin Census data, notes and miscellany
Box   63
Folder   1-2
Miscellany
Box   64-65
Notes
Box   66
Folder   1
Peace or War: The American Struggle, correspondence and clippings, 1936-1938
Prelude to Point Four
Answers to Curti's inquiries
Box   66
Folder   2
1948-1951 November
Box   66
Folder   3
1951 December - 1954
Note: Includes 1952 March 27 reply from Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (signed by secretary).
Box   66
Folder   4
Replies from W.W. Cumberland, 1951-1953
Box   66
Folder   5
Birr, Kendall (Curti's research assistant), correspondence and notes, 1951-1954
Box   66
Folder   6
Reviews and comments, 1954-1955
Box   66
Folder   7
Correspondence with University of Wisconsin Press, 1952-1954
The Rise of the American Nation (with Paul Todd)
Correspondence and miscellany
Box   66
Folder   8
1940-1947
Box   67
Folder   1
1948-1949
Box   67
Folder   2
1950-1955
Box   67
Folder   3
1956-1957
Box   67
Folder   4
1958-1960
The University of Wisconsin: A History (with Vernon Carstensen)
Box   67
Folder   5
Correspondence and miscellany, 1947-1950
Box   67
Folder   6
Reviews, 1949-1950
Box   67
Folder   7
Partial manuscript
Physical Description: 2 typed copies