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Cyril E. Black Papers
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Cyril E. Black, from Dryson City, North Carolina, graduated from Duke University and later earned master's and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. Black joined the Princeton faculty in 1939 and, in 1946, instituted the study of Russian history at Princeton. During World War II, Black served with the State Department, including assignments as United States Political Adviser on the Allied Control Commission in Bulgaria (1944-1945) and adviser to the Ethridge Mission to Bulgaria, Romania, and the Soviet Union (1945). Black, along with other diplomats, was later accused of espionage by the Bulgarian government. In 1958, Black was a member of the United States Delegation to Observe Elections to the Supreme Soviet. Black served as director of Princeton's Center of International Studies from 1968 to 1985.
The collection consists of articles, lectures, addresses, correspondence, notes, and other research material of Black, a Princeton University professor of history (1946-1970s) who instituted the study of Russian history at Princeton and also taught courses on comparative revolutions and comparative modernization. Included are articles and notes on the history and modernization of Russia, modern world history, the Balkans, Yugoslavia, and George F. Kennan, as well as material relating to the false accusations of espionage against Black by the Bulgarian government in 1945 and the subsequent spy trials, his association with the State Department, and his role as a member of a delegation to observe elections in the U.S.S.R. in 1958, where he met with Nikita Krushchev.
Also present are letters (1936-1953) to his parents, a typed journal (1932-1939), a chronology of his life, a bibliography, a copy of his Harvard thesis, The Beginnings of Constitutional Government in Bulgaria, 1878-1885 (1940), and printed matter containing articles and book reviews by Black.
Unprocessed.
Gift of Mrs. Corinne M. Black.
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Folder inventory prepared by Alicia Corona '13 in 2011.
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Subject
- Comparative civilization
- Elections -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- 20th century
- History -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century
- Spies -- Bulgaria -- 20th century
- Trials (Espionage) -- Bulgaria -- 20th century
Place
- Bulgaria -- Constitutional history -- 19th century.
- Bulgaria -- Politics and government -- 1878-1944.
- Bulgaria -- Politics and government -- 1944-
- Russia -- History -- 1801-1917.
- Russia -- Politics and government -- 1801-1917.
- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Alicia Corona '13
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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Two bound copies of the book.
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Includes an interview.
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Includes correspondence relating to science and technology.
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Includes lectures, notes, outlines, etc.
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Includes letters to newspaper, Op-Ed piece, etc.
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Including a 1956 memo by Whitney Oates.
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Includes anunpublished response from Professor Black.
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Includes interview with John Gaddis, biographer of Kennan.
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Includes complete transcript of meeting with Khrushchev
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Material from Washington 1944-1945 and includes materials on the Greek Frontier Commission.
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Includes "From Serfdom to Socialism", "Organizational Participation in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union", "Mechanical Technology in Russia Before World War I", and "The Significance of the Russian Revolution".
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Includes photo and drawing of Cyril Black, obituaries and eulogy, and curriculum vitae.
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Includes clippings about personal life, Georgiev Trial, UN Commission to the Balkans, Neutralization of Southeast Asia book, and Etheridge Mission.
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