James Scobie Papers, 1948-1981 (MSS 29)

OFF-SITE STORAGE: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW TWO TO THREE (2-3) WEEKS FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Restrictions: Original sound recordings are restricted. Listening copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 21.5 Linear feet (29 archives boxes, 7 records carton boxes, 6 card file boxes, 4 map case folders, and 1 flat box)

Papers of historian James Ralston Scobie (1929-1981), an author, educator, and scholar of Latin American history. The bulk of the collection consists of research files and publication materials relating to his study of the the social and economic development of major Argentine cities, including extensive data in the form of census documents, notes, photographs, maps, and bibliographies.

James Ralston Scobie was born in Valparaiso, Chile, in 1929. He graduated from Princeton University in 1950, and fulfilled both his Master's (1951) and Ph.D. (1954) of history at Harvard University. Scobie spent three years in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in Germany and was a part-time instructor in the University of Maryland's overseas program before joining the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, 1957 to 1964. He then joined the department of history at Indiana University, Bloomington, serving as director of the Latin American Studies Program from 1964-1967, and as chairman of the history department from 1970-1974. In 1967 Scobie married historian Ingrid Winthur. He also was a visiting scholar of Latin American studies at Columbia University (1963-1963) and at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University (1974-1975). In 1977, he moved from Indiana to the UC San Diego department of history, where he remained until his sudden death in 1981.

A leading scholar in the field of Latin American urban history, Scobie published a substantial body of fundamental work on Argentine history. He is best known for his field research on the emergence of Buenos Aires as a major Latin American and world metropolis. His major publications include Argentina: A City and a Nation (1964), Revolution on the Pampas: A Social History of Argentine Wheat (1964) and Buenos Aires, Plaza to Suburb, 1870-1910 (1988). Scobie received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1974-1976 for a comparative research project studying the urban development patterns of smaller cities. His research formed the basis for the book Secondary Cities of Argentina: The Social History of Corrientes, Salta, and Mendoza, 1850-1910 (1988), which was compiled and edited posthumously by Samuel L. Baily. Scobie was also noted for his early studies of Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina from 1862-1868. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including two Social Science Research Council fellowships, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the Argentine prize "Todo es Historia" as outstanding historian of 1976.

References cited:

"In Memoriam: James Scobie." Latin American Research Review, Volume 17, No. 1, p. 276, 1981.

"James R. Scobie." Hispanic American Historical Review, 62(1), p. 123-124, 1982.

Papers of historian James Ralston Scobie, an author, educator, and scholar of Latin American history. The bulk of the collection consists of research files and publication materials relating to his study of the the social and economic development of major Argentine cities, including extensive data in the form of census documents, notes, photographs, maps, and bibliographies.

Arranged in seven series: 1) WRITINGS BY SCOBIE, 2) RESEARCH MATERIALS, 3) TEACHING MATERIALS, 4) LECTURES BY SCOBIE, 5) CONFERENCE MATERIALS, 6) GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP MATERIALS, and 7) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS.

Container List

WRITINGS BY SCOBIE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) WRITINGS BY SCOBIE. Arranged into five subseries: A) Buenos Aires, Plaza to Suburb, 1870-1910 (1974), B) Secondary Cities of Argentina: the Social History of Corrientes, Salta, and Mendoza, 1850-1910 (1988), C) Other Books, D) Articles, and E) Book reviews.

A) Buenos Aires, Plaza to Suburb, 1870-1910 (1974) traced the growth and development of Buenos Aires during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Arranged by publication process, the materials are typescripts, research sources, bibliographic notecards, and correspondence with the publisher.

B) Secondary Cities of Argentina: the Social History of Corrientes, Salta, and Mendoza, 1850-1910 (1988) was researched, drafted and partially written by Scobie, and finished and published by Sam Baily in 1988. The book is a cross study comparing the cities' economic and social development. The materials, arranged according to publication process, are typescript drafts.

C) Other Books: Typescript drafts, correspondence, book reviews, and other publishing material for published works. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title.

D) Articles: Organized alphabetically by title, this subseries represents published and non-published articles and encyclopedic entries researched and authored by Scobie between 1950-1981. The folders contain correspondence related to publication, typescripts, and copies of original article.

E) Book Reviews: Reviews written by Scobie between 1965-1979. Arranged chronologically.

Buenos Aires, Plaza to Suburb (1974)

Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence with colleagues, 1973
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence with Oxford University Press, 1961 - 1965

Includes discussion for Latin American book series.

Box 1 Folder 3
Outlines, ideas, and hypotheses, 1965 - 1969

Includes criticisms and comments.

Box 1 Folder 4
Illustration outlines, notes, and tables, 1974

Includes additional correspondence with Oxford University Press.

Box 1 Folder 5-6
Statistical data resources, parts 1-2
Box 2
Bibliographic notecards

Includes newspaper, journal, general works on Argentina, and urban studies references.

Box 3
Bibliographic notecards

Includes geography, culture, history, immigration, Mexico, and Brazil references.

Box 4
Bibliographic notecards

Includes colonial, general Latin America and Argentina references.

Box 5
Bibliographic notecards

Includes references alphabetized P-V.

Box 6
Bibliographic notecards

Includes accounts of travelers, historical works, geography, government, economics, politics, international, social and cultural references from the Museo Mitre.

Box 7 Folder 1-7
Typescript draft, 1969

Parts 1-3, with annotations.

Box 7 Folder 8
Book reviews, 1974

Includes correspondence.

Box 7 Folder 9
Spanish translation book reviews, 1978

Secondary Cities of Argentina (1988)

Box 8 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1975 - 1981
Box 8 Folder 2-4
"A Tale of Three Cities" - Early working title typescript version
Box 8 Folder 5
Chapter summaries notes
Box 8 Folder 6
Guide to contents of the manuscript - Typescript draft
Box 8 Folder 7
Chapter 4: Salta, the Sleeping Beauty - Typescript draft early version
Box 8 Folder 8
Chapter 5: Mendoza, Challenge, and Response - Typescript draft early version - Final copy
Box 8 Folder 9
Chapter 6: The People: Tradition and Change - Typescript draft early version

Originally chapter 10.

Box 8 Folder 10
Chapter 8: Houses and Shacks: Residential Patterns - Typescript draft early version

Originally chapter 9.

Box 8 Folder 11
Chapter 9: Work and chapter 10: Amusements - Typescript drafts early version

Originally chapters 8, 11, and 12.

Box 9 Folder 1-2
Rough typescript draft - Chapters 1-2
Box 9 Folder 3
Typescript draft - Chapter 1-5

Includes edits.

Box 9 Folder 4
Partial typescript draft - Chapter 6-9
Box 9 Folder 5
Promotional typescript draft - Chapters 1-3
Box 9 Folder 6
Final typescript with edits - Pages 3-176
Box 10 Folder 1-3
Final typescript with edits - Pages 177-451, with index
Box 10 Folder 4
Complete typescript

Other Books

Box 10 Folder 5-6
Argentina: A City and a Nation (1964)

Bibliography and appendices drafts; includes research ideas, reader comments and "Two Themes of Argentina's Economic and Social Formation."

Box 11 Folder 1-6
Argentina: A City and a Nation (1964), 1963 - 1965
Box 11 Folder 7
Buenos Aires Hacia 1900: La Ciudad Comercial - Burocrática - Preface and chapter outline, 1969

Typescript draft

Box 11 Folder 8-10
La Lucha por la Consolidacion de la Nacionalidad Argentina, 1852-1862 (1964), 1964

Book reviews, drafts, unbound signatures and cover.

Box 11 Folder 11-12
Revolution on the Pampas: A Social History of Argentine Wheat (1964), 1962 - 1964

Correspondence concerning publishing. Includes statistics, photographs, data, and reviews.

Box 12 Folder 1
Revolution on the Pampas: A Social History of Argentine Wheat (1964) - Bibliographic notecards
Box 13 Folder 1-2
Three years in California: William Perkins' Journal of Life at Sonora, 1849-1852 (1964), 1962 - 1965

Edited by Scobie. Correspondence, contract agreements, and reviews.

Articles

Box 13 Folder 3
"Argentina: History", ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA, 1966

Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 4
"Argentina: History", ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1967
Box 13 Folder 5
"Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay", HANDBOOK FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Introduction, Number 36 - Partial typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 6
"Bolivia: History", ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1965

Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 7
"Buenos Aires", COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1980

Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 8
"Buenos Aires", FUNK AND WAGNALLS NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1980 - 1981

Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 9
"Buenos Aires", WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1976

Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 10
"Buenos Aires as a Commercial-Bureaucratic City, 1880-1910: Characteristics of a Type of Urban Development", 1972

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW. Includes correspondence and typescript draft.

Box 13 Folder 11
"Buenos Aires hacia 1900: La Ciudad Comercial Burocratica" - Article translation, 1969 - 1971

Includes correspondence with Editorial Galerna.

Box 13 Folder 12
"Buenos Aires of 1910: The Paris of South America That Did Not Take Off", 1969

INTER-AMERICAN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, Volume 22, Number 2.

Box 13 Folder 13
"Cabecita Negra" and "Golondrinas", THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE - Unpublished, 1974 - 1976
Box 13 Folder 14-16
"La Estrategia de San Martìn en Perù, 1820-1921" - Notes and drafts
Box 14 Folder 1-2
"Juan Bautista Alberdi: The Father of the Argentine Constitution" - Typescript, 1950
Box 14 Folder 3
"Latin America: An Historical Interpretation" - Chapter outline
Box 14 Folder 4
"Mitre and the Montonera, 1862-1868" - Typescript, 1951
Box 14 Folder 5
"El Puerto y los Ferrocarriles" (Romero project) - Correspondence, 1977 - 1979

Includes typescript and handwritten drafts.

Box 14 Folder 6
"Spanish American Rural History, 1870-1930", CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA, Volume 3

Includes typescript, sample articles, and bibliography.

Box 14 Folder 7-9
"Struggle for Nationhood; Argentina, 1852-1862" - Typescript, parts 1-3, ca. 1954
Box 15 Folder 1
"Struggle for Nationhood; Argentina, 1852-1862" - Typescript, part 4, ca. 1954
Box 15 Folder 2
"Urbanization and Urban Society in Latin America, 1870-1930", CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA, Volume III, 1976 - 1981

Includes correspondence with Cambridge University Press.

Box 15 Folder 3
"Urbanization in Latin America, 1870-1930" - Typescript draft

Includes "Select Bibliography on Latin America Urbanization, 1870-1930" and supporting material.

Book Reviews

Box 15 Folder 4-5
Book reviews by James Scobie, 1965 - 1979

RESEARCH MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) RESEARCH MATERIALS. Arranged into four subseries: A) Argentine Urbanization Patterns Field Data, B) Notes and Statistics, C) Photographs, and D) Maps and Posters.

A) Argentine Urbanization Patterns Field Data: This project was an investigation development of selected Argentine cities from 1869-1914 designed to collected data from census sources, city directories, municipal archives with the intent to publish articles and books from the material. The folders contain the survey data sheets with information then inputted into a statistical computer program.

B) Notes and Statistics: Handwritten notes, photocopied sources, notecards, and newspaper clippings documenting the extensive research Scobie collected on Latin American demographics, metropolitan and rural development, mainly census data. The folders are grouped with materials having folder titles in the beginning and subsequently aggregated by research for specific publications.

C) Photographs: Copies of original photographs of barrios, street scenes, cathedrals, buildings, landscapes, and various people depicting Argentinian life in the late 19th and early 20th century. The photographs reflect the visual research work for Scobie's published works on cities in Argentina.

D) Maps and Posters: Handdrawn, annotated, and printed maps varying in size of Argentine cities: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Mendoza, and Salta from the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the maps are reproduced in Scobie's published books on Buenos Aires.

Argentine Urbanization Patterns Field Data

Box 15 Folder 6-7
Parts 1-2
Box 16 Folder 1-5
Parts 3-7
Box 17 Folder 1-5
Parts 8-12
Box 18 Folder 1-5
Parts 13-17
Box 19 Folder 1
Part 18
Box 19 Folder 2
Computer research grant project, 1978 - 1981

Includes grant application.

Box 19 Folder 3
Upper class families, 1869-1895 - Computer data, Phase 1
Box 19 Folder 4
Published census data, Phase 2
Box 19 Folder 5
Sampling for 1869 and 1895, Phase 3

Notes and Statistics

Box 19 Folder 6
Alberdi, Juan B. - Notes and correspondence transcriptions
Box 19 Folder 7-8
Analysis of statistical data, parts 1-2
Box 19 Folder 9
Archivo General de la Naciòn - Miscellaneous notes

Copies are dated 1852-1855.

Box 20 Folder 1
Archivo General de la Naciòn - Miscellaneous notes and correspondence transcriptions

Copies dated from 1857-1859.

Box 20 Folder 2
Archivo General de la Naciòn - Miscellaneous notes and correspondence transcriptions

Copies dating from 1860-1862.

Box 20 Folder 3
Argentine Foreign Ministry
Box 20 Folder 4
British Foreign Office

Transcriptions of correspondence from 1852-1862.

Box 20 Folder 5
Census data
Box 20 Folder 6
Census data recorded on code sheets for 1865
Box 20 Folder 7
Census data recorded on code sheets for 1869
Box 20 Folder 8-10
Christie - Correspondence

Copies dated 1856-1858; some transcriptions.

Box 20 Folder 11
Code book and master map for census data
Box 20 Folder 12
Criscenti - Microfilm notes

Copies dated 1861-1862.

Box 20 Folder 13
Cushman, John - Paranà
Box 20 Folder 14
Fagan, George - Photocopies of 1859 correspondence
Box 21 Folder 1
Gore - Correspondence

Copies dated 1852.

Box 21 Folder 2
Gore - Correspondence

Copies dated 1853.

Box 21 Folder 3
Hotham, Charles

Transcriptions of 1852-1853 correspondence.

Box 21 Folder 4
Microfilm indices
Box 21 Folder 5
Museo Mitre - Notes
Box 21 Folder 6
Parish - Correspondence

Copies dated from 1854, 1856-1857, and 1859.

Box 21 Folder 7
Paunero, Mariano - Archivo particular - Correspondence transcription
Box 21 Folder 8
Peden, James H. - Buenos Aires

Review of history and importance of Buenos Aires - at end.

Box 21 Folder 9
Pendleton, John S. - Buenos Aires
Box 21 Folder 10
Quantitative - Dublin
Box 21 Folder 11
Tables
Box 21 Folder 12
Thornton - Photocopies of 1860-1861 correspondence
Box 21 Folder 13
Thornton to Russell - 1863 correspondence notes to microfilm
Box 21 Folder 14
United States consulates - Argentina
Box 21 Folder 15
United States consulates - Buenos Aires
Box 21 Folder 16
United States ministers to Argentina - Dispatches, Paraguay
Box 21 Folder 17
Yancey, Benjamin C. - Buenos Aires
Box 21 Folder 18
Microfilm notes and transcriptions of 1863-1870 correspondence
Box 21 Folder 19
Microfilm notes and correspondence transcriptions
Box 22
Miscellaneous bibliographic sources
Box 23
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research

For BUENOS AIRES: PLAZA TO SUBURB, 1870-1910.

Box 24
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research

For BUENOS AIRES: PLAZA TO SUBURB, 1870-1910.

Box 25
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research

For BUENOS AIRES: PLAZA TO SUBURB, 1870-1910.

Oversize FB-472-04
General 1895 census data - Corrientes, Mendoza, and Salta households

Data printout sheets for SECONDARY CITIES: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CORRIENTES, SALTA, AND MENDOZA, 1850-1910.

Oversize FB-472-05
1855 demographic records (reproductions) - City of Mendoza

For SECONDARY CITIES: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CORRIENTES, SALTA, AND MENDOZA, 1850-1910.

Box 26 Folder 1
Foreign influences in the formation of Argentina

For SECONDARY CITIES: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CORRIENTES, SALTA, AND MENDOZA, 1850-1910.

Box 26 Folder 2
Miscellaneous bibliographic references

For SECONDARY CITIES: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CORRIENTES, SALTA, AND MENDOZA, 1850-1910.

Box 26 Folder 3-4
General statistics, Parts 1-2

For SECONDARY CITIES: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CORRIENTES, SALTA, AND MENDOZA, 1850-1910.

Box 27
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research - Mendoza
Box 28
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research - Salta and Corrientes
Box 29
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research - Secondary Cities
Box 30
Miscellaneous handwritten and typed scope notes for general research - Secondary Cities

Photographs

Box 31 Folder 1
Barrio de Piedad - San Nicolàs

Includes plans of city.

Box 31 Folder 2
Barrio de San Miguel
Box 31 Folder 3
Barrio de la Boca

Includes plans of city.

Box 31 Folder 4
Catedral al Norte

Includes floorplans and layouts.

Oversize FB-472-01
Buenos Aires - Palacios
Oversize FB-472-02
Buenos Aires - Street scenes, barrios, industry
Oversize FB-472-03
Buenos Aires - Street scenes, barrios, industry
Box 31 Folder 5-11
Buenos Aires - Miscellaneous
Box 32 Folder 1
Mendoza
Box 32 Folder 2
Corrientes
Box 32 Folder 3
Salta
Box 32 Folder 4
Miscellaneous and unidentifiable

Maps and Posters

Box 32 Folder 5
Buenos Aires - Handdrawn and annotated maps

Includes notes.

Box 32 Folder 6
Corrientes - Handdrawn and annotated maps
Box 32 Folder 7
Mendoza - Handdrawn and annotated maps
Box 32 Folder 8
Salta - Handdrawn and annotated maps
Oversize MC-132-07
Various urban and streets maps dated ca. 1860-1910 (reproductions) - Corrientes

Annotated.

Oversize MC-132-08
Various urban and streets maps dated ca. 1860-1910 (reproductions) - Mendoza

Annotated.

Oversize MC-132-09
Various urban, plat and street maps dated ca. 1860-1942 (reproductions) - Salta and other areas

Annotated.

Oversize MC-140-05
Argentinian political posters - Inauguration of Héctor Cámpora, 1973

Four posters: three posters note the date 25 May 1973 (President Héctor Cámpora's inauguration); the fourth poster features an image of Cámpora and the word, "lealtad" (loyalty).

TEACHING MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) TEACHING MATERIALS. Arranged in three subseries: A) University of California, Berkeley, B) Indiana University, and C) University of California, San Diego.

A) University of California, Berkeley: Course materials including lecture notes and syllabi form Latin American history courses Scobie taught at UC Berkeley from 1957-1964.

B) Indiana University: Latin American history course materials from Indiana University, 1964-1977.

C) University of California, San Diego: Materials from survey and seminar classes, and Department of History correspondence and meeting minutes. Scobie taught undergraduate and graduate history courses at UC San Diego from 1977-1981.

University of California, Berkeley

Box 33 Folder 1
History 8A: History of the Americas, Fall quarter, 1958
Box 33 Folder 2
History 8B: History of the Americas, Spring quarter, 1959
Box 33 Folder 3
History 164: Argentine History, Spring quarter, 1960 - 1964
Box 33 Folder 4
History 165A: Social History of Modern Latin America, Fall quarter, 1960

Indiana University

Box 33 Folder 5
History F442: History of Latin America, Spring quarter, 1965
Box 33 Folder 6
History H840: Graduate Seminar in the Economic and Social History of Latin America, 1850-1900, Fall quarter, 1965
Box 33 Folder 7
History 212: Brazilian Civilization, 1970
Box 33 Folder 8
History H212: Latin American Culture and Civilization, Spring quarter, 1974
Box 33 Folder 9
History S870: Urbanization in Latin America, Fall quarter, 1976
Box 33 Folder 10
Latin American Studies L404-History J495: Contemporary Argentina, Fall quarter, 1976
Box 34 Folder 1
History H212: Latin American Culture and Civilization II, Spring quarter, 1977
Box 34 Folder 2
Faculty summary reports, 1964 - 1974
Box 34 Folder 3
Various bibliographic reading lists, 1953 - 1972

UC San Diego

Box 34 Folder 4-5
History 144: Argentine Growth and Development, Fall quarter, 1977
Box 34 Folder 6
History 298: Direct Readings - Modern Brazil, Fall Quarter,, 1977
Box 34 Folder 7
History 1B: Comparative History of the Americas, Winter quarter, 1978
Box 34 Folder 8
History 240B: Literature of Latin American History, Winter quarter, 1978
Box 34 Folder 9
History 240C: Literature of Latin American History, Spring quarter, 1978
Box 35 Folder 1-2
History 143: History of Brazil, Fall quarter, 1978
Box 35 Folder 3
History 240A: Historiography of Latin America Colonial Period, Fall quarter, 1978
Box 35 Folder 4
History 1B: Comparative History of the Americas, Winter quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 5
History 242A: Seminars - Latin American Urbanization, Winter quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 6
History 242B: Seminars - Latin American Urbanization, Spring quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 7
History 140C: Twentieth-Century Latin America, Summer quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 8
History 144: Argentine Growth and Development, Fall quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 9
History 240A: Historiography of Latin America Colonial Period, Fall quarter, 1979
Box 35 Folder 10
History 1B: Comparative History of the Americas, Winter quarter, 1980

Part 1.

Box 36 Folder 1
History 240B: Historiography of Latin America Nineteenth Century, Winter quarter, 1980
Box 36 Folder 2
Seminar discussion - Desarrollo Urbano, 1980
Box 36 Folder 3-4
Advisory committee on teaching assistant development - Meeting minutes, 1977 - 1979
Box 36 Folder 5
Department of history - Correspondence, 1976 - 1981
Box 36 Folder 6
Department of history - Meeting minutes, 1977 - 1981
Box 36 Folder 7-8
Miscellaneous seminar syllabi, 1963 - 1973

LECTURES BY SCOBIE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) LECTURES BY SCOBIE: Includes typescripts of talks given by Scobie to the academic and non-academic community between 1957-1977. Arranged chronologically.

Box 36 Folder 9
1957-1965
Box 37 Folder 1-2
1966-1977, undated

CONFERENCE MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) CONFERENCE MATERIALS: Documents Scobie's participation in conferences and seminars. The series contains correspondence, notes, and speech transcripts. Arranged alphabetically by title of conference.

Box 37 Folder 3
Agricultural History Society and AHA Convention, San Francisco, CA, December, 1978
Box 37 Folder 4
American Civilization Symposium - Indian Policy in the Americas: A Comparative Approach, Fredonia, New York

March 7-8, 1974. "The Transformation of the Indians of the Pampas, 1870-1900" - Speaker. "Colloquium: A Comparative Study and Discussion of Government Policies and Indian Affairs" - Participant. Includes slides.

Box 37 Folder 5-9
American Historical Association - Conference on Latin American History, 1976-1979

Includes correspondence and committee meeting minutes.

Box 38 Folder 1
Comparative History of the Americas: A Teaching Colloquium, San Diego State University, June 19-30, 1978

Includes "The City in the History of Latin America".

Box 38 Folder 2
Conference on the 400th Anniversary of the Founding of the City of Bueno Aires, September 29, 1980

Library of Congress, Washington. Includes "The Argentine Capital in the 19th Century."

Box 38 Folder 3
Congreso Internacional San Martiniano (Premier), Buenos Aires, November 20-27, 1978

Includes correspondence and research for paper topic.

Box 38 Folder 4
Congreso Internacional de Historia de America, Buenos Aires, October 13-18, 1980
Box 38 Folder 5
Council for International Relations of Argentina (CARI) - "Las Relaciones Argentina Estados Unidos" Conference

Buenos Aires, October 13-16, 1980.

Box 38 Folder 6
International Conference on Methodologies in Urban History, Mexico City, August 27-30, 1974

Includes "Consulta sobre metodos adecuados para analizar los censos nacionales argentinos de 1869 y 1895".

Box 38 Folder 7
International Congress of Americanists, XLI, Mexico City, September 2-7, 1974
Box 38 Folder 8-9
"Latin America in the Second Half of the 19th Century" seminar, Embassy Montevideo, Uruguay, August, 1967
Box 38 Folder 10
Latin American Studies Association National Meeting, Fifth Annual, San Francisco, November 14-16, 1974

Includes "Chile: The Allende Regime and It's Overthrow" - Chairperson.

Box 38 Folder 11
Latin American Urban History Seminar, University of Toronto, February 4-5, 1977

Includes lectures "In Search of a Model for Latin American History?" and "A Tale of Three Cities: Corrientes, Salta, and Mendoza, 1850-1914".

Box 39 Folder 1
"Mexico Today" conference, May 30, 1979

"Mexico-United States: Position and Counterpositions - An Evening with Octavio Paz".

Box 39 Folder 2
Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) - XI General Assembly, Quito, August 15-30, 1977
Box 39 Folder 3
Social Science Department of Ball State Teachers College and Service Center for Teachers of History

Muncie, Indiana, December 5, 1964. Includes "Problems in Communication and Understanding Between North and South America."

Box 39 Folder 4
University of Nebraska Institute for International Studies Symposium on Argentine-U.S. Relations..

October 4-5, 1973. Includes "The Decade Ahead: Heritages of Irigoyen, Peron, and the Roosevelts?"

GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP MATERIALS: Arranged alphabetically into various grant funded research studies and Buenos Aires site visits from 1949-1981. Included is the National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the "Patterns of Argentine Urbanization" field data research project. Materials consist of correspondence, grant applications, and reports.

Box 39 Folder 5
Buenos Aires research fellowship materials, 1949 - 1960
Box 39 Folder 6
Buenos Aires research trip, 1961
Box 39 Folder 7
Buenos Aires research trip, 1968 - 1969
Box 39 Folder 8
Buenos Aires research trip, 1974 - 1975
Box 39 Folder 10
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University - Fellowship, 1973 - 1980
Box 39 Folder 11
Ford Foundation International, 1966 - 1969

"A Study of Interrelationships of the City of Buenos Aires to the Argentine Nation".

Box 39 Folder 12
Indiana University - Grant-in-aid research requests, 1965 - 1976
Box 39 Folder 13
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - Grant, 1967 - 1981

Includes grant applications and reports.

Box 39 Folder 14
Latin American general research project
Box 39 Folder 15
National Endowment for the Humanities

"Patterns of Argentine Urbanization, 1850-1914". Research grant budget, 1974-1979.

Box 40 Folder 1
Social Science Research Council - Grant application, 1967 - 1975
Box 40 Folder 2
Social Science Research Council - Grant application, 1980 - 1981
Box 40 Folder 3
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Latin American Program - Grant application, 1973 - 1980
Box 40 Folder 4
Miscellaneous fellowship award letters, 1958 - 1980
Box 40 Folder 5
Miscellaneous grant applications and information, 1971 - 1980

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS. Arranged into two subseries: A) Early Education and B) General.

A) Early Education: Course materials and notes from Scobie's studies at Princeton University (1946-1950), as well as his graduate student teaching positions in history at Harvard University (1950-1954).

B) General: Personal history documents including biographies, curriculum vitae, various correspondence with colleagues, professional membership materials, photographs, and newspaper articles. The subseries is arranged with biographical materials first, then general subject based materials following.

Early Education

Box 40 Folder 6
European Diplomacy

Includes lecture notes and exams.

Box 40 Folder 7
History of American Civilization

Includes lecture notes.

Box 40 Folder 8
History of Far East Civilization, 1950 - 1951

Includes lecture notes and syllabi.

Box 40 Folder 9
History of the United States

Include lecture notes.

Box 40 Folder 10
Medieval France, 1950 - 1951

Includes lecture notes and exams.

Box 40 Folder 11
Mexico and Caribbean history courses, 1948 - 1950

Includes lecture notes and exams.

Box 40 Folder 12
Spanish background in the new world history, 1948 - 1950

Includes lecture notes and exams.

General

Box 41 Folder 1
Articles featuring James Scobie
Box 41 Folder 2
Biographical information

Includes curriculum vitae.

Box 41 Folder 3
James Scobie memorial, Indiana University, November, 9, 1981

Includes comments by William B. Cohen.

Box 41 Folder 4
Photographs of James Scobie
Box 41 Folder 5
Argentine correspondence, 1971 - 1980
Box 41 Folder 6
Australian National University contacts - Correspondence, 1971 - 1975
Box 41 Folder 7
Australian National University contacts - Bibliography
Box 41 Folder 8
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS), 1977-1978, 1977 - 1978

James Scobie - Member.

Box 41 Folder 9
Clarence Henry Haring prize committee, 1960 - 1974

Includes correspondence concerning establishment of awards.

Box 41 Folder 10
Instituto Torcuato di Tella, 1978 - 1979
Box 41 Folder 11
Latin American studies - Film research
Box 41 Folder 12
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1974 - 1981
Box 41 Folder 13
Miscellaneous library notes
Box 41 Folder 14
Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) - Correspondence, March - July, 1973

Membership related.

Box 42 Folder 1-4
Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) - Correspondence, 1973-1977
Box 42 Folder 5-6
Research microfilm notes from the Mormon Genealogical Society, 1972 - 1974
Box 42 Folder 7
San Diego-Tijuana Latin Americanist Group, 1976 - 1980
Box 42 Folder 8
"Vida y El Canto" - Program interview with James Scobie by Antonio Carrizo, October 25, 1980

Audiocassette recording, 60 minutes - In Spanish.