Call Number:

CDG-A.Institute of Politics

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.83 linear ft. (10 linear inches.)

Date:

1922-1931 (bulk)

Abstract:

Collection consists of printed materials: Reports of the Round Tables nos. 6-10 (1926-1930) and information related to them and the Institute in general: correspondence, pamphlets, publicity materials and newspaper clippings.

Institute of Politics; also called the Williamstown Institute of Politics; first envisioned in 1913 by the president of Williams College, Dr. Harry A. Garfield, who planned to assemble each summer a group of scholars of international reputation to deliver courses of lectures, to be held at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts; the summer school was not begun until after World War I, in 1919, when the purpose of the Institute was redefined, to be a forum where world problems would be discussed, and to reach an audience far larger and wider than originally envisioned.