Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. School records
Scope and Contents
The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. School records consist of administrative files created and compiled by the Institute for Advanced Study Director's Office related to the four current and two historic Schools of the Institute.
Materials cover both former and current Schools within the Institute, including the School of Mathematics, School of Economics and Policits/Humanistic Studies, School of Historical Studies, School of Natural Sciences, and School of Social Science. The materials originate from the tenures of the following former Directors: Abraham Flexner, Frank Aydelotte, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carl Kaysen, and Harry Woolf. Files date from approximately 1933 to 1992.
Dates
- 1933-1992
Conditions Governing Access
Select materials in this collection are subject to the Institute for Advanced Study Archival Policy (1986).
Per the Institute for Advanced Study Archival Policy, Institute records remain under restriction for 30 years from the date of the record’s creation. Additionally, all institutional records related to personnel (including human resources record and/or records related to recommendation and/or appointment to the Institute) remain restricted for the lifetime of both the creator and subject.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are welcome to publish, reproduce, and use the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center’s holdings in accordance with U.S. Copyright Law. Under the Fair Use doctrine, users may freely reproduce materials for personal research, teaching, and/or scholarship. Under the same doctrine, users may cite or publish selected passages and/or quotations for comment and criticism. In accordance to U.S. Copyright Law, researchers seeking to reproduce and/or publish materials in the entirety and/or for commercial purposes will require the permission of the copyright holder.
The Institute for Advanced Study holds the copyright to materials generated by Institute employees over the course of their work for the Institute. Where the Institute for Advanced Study holds the copyright, researchers are free to reproduce materials for one-time, non-commercial purposes. For all other cases, researchers are responsible for contacting the Archives Center to request permission at: archives@ias.edu
For all materials for which the Institute is not the copyright holder, researchers that choose to pursue publication and/or reproduction are responsible for determining the individual who does hold the copyright and requesting permission directly from that individual. Researchers with questions regarding the reproduction or use of archival materials can contact the Archives Center to request help at: archives@ias.edu.
Extent
12 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. School records consist of administrative files created and compiled by the Institute for Advanced Study Director's Office related to the Institute Schools. Files date from approximately 1933 to 1992.
Arrangement
Archivists arranged the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. School records into sub-groups for each of the Institute for Advanced Study's Schools.
Custodial History
The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office staff transferred the bulk of these materials to the Historical Studies and Social Science Library following the establishment of the Institute for Advanced Study Archival Policy in 1986. Director's Office staff continued to transfer additions to this collection over the 1980s and the 1990s.
Processing Information
Upon receipt, archivists rehoused material into acid-free containers for long-term storage and preservation.
- Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaysen, Carl Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woolf, Harry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. School records
- Author
- Erica Mosner compiled this finding aid.
- Date
- unknown
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- This finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2022-01-13: Caitlin Rizzo revised this finding aid to comply with DACS standards and revised the record group title.