Records of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies document the Society's administrative and program activities for the promotion and support of historical scholarship and research in Iberian history and related fields.
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Records, 1969 - 2007 (MSS 148)
Extent: 2 Linear feet (2 record cartons)
The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies was formally established at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, on April 19, 1969, during the Symposium on the Spanish Republican Emigration of 1939. This symposium was organized by Clara E. Lida (Wesleyan University), Carlos Blanco Aguinaga (University of California, San Diego), Edward Malefakis (Northwestern University), Nicolas Sanchez-Albornoz (New York University), and Iris M. Zavala (State University of New York, Stony Brook). At a meeting composed of historians and public attendees, the group voted to establish a Society with the mission of promoting historical scholarship and research in Iberian history and related fields. The members of the organizing committee became the Society's first Executive Council for 1969-1970 and voted to add two more members, Thomas Glick (University of Texas, Austin), and Juan Marichal (Harvard University). Thomas Glick was editor of the Newsletter (later re-named the Bulletin), the Society's publication, and Clara E. Lida was the first General Secretary.
The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Studies establishes awards for outstanding work in the field and holds an annual meeting in the spring. Since 1978, the Society has occasionally held panel discussions at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The Society changed its name to Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies at its 2009 annual meeting.
Records of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies document the Society's administrative and program activities for the promotion and support of historical scholarship and research in Iberian history and related fields. The material covers primarily the periods 1969-1985 and 1997-2007 and includes correspondence, conference programs and planning materials, meeting minutes, membership records and financial documents.
Arranged in three series: 1) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 2) CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS, and 3) ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS.