Blaustein Lecture Series, 1965-1978

Collection

Identifier: SC MS 0244

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Majority of the collections is a correspondence mostly with Morton Blaustein and Carey Joynt of Lehigh University. There are 18 folders arranged in date order. The collection is in English but a few items, such as Willy Brandt letters, are in German.

Dates

Creation: 1965-1978

Creator

Lehigh University. Provost’s Office (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Conditions Governing Use

Collection is open for research.

Copyright Statement

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Biographical / Historical

The Blaustein Lectures were a series of lectures given at Lehigh University from the years 1965 to 1976 –there were no lecturers in 1976 and 1977. Carey Joynt retired in 1978 and thus signaled the end of the Blaustein Lectures. Created by Jacob Blaustein and continued by his son, Morton Blaustein in 1970, the Blaustein Lectures always featured an able statesman of world renown to discuss a current international issue.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Jacob Blaustein (1892-1970) was a Lehigh University student who was a member of the class of 1913. He left prior to graduating in order to help his father run the new business, the American Oil Company, created in 1910. Blaustein eventually became an industrialist, diplomat, and philanthropist. Blaustein organized a series of lectures beginning in 1965, which brought annually a statesman of renown to speak about an international topic. The folders include but are not restricted to excerpts of the lectures given over the years, personal letters between Morton Blaustein, the son of Jacob Blaustein, and Lehigh University faculty and staff at the time, specifically Carey Joynt, the professor of International Relations and the president of the university, Deming Lewis. There are a large number of significant people mentioned throughout the documents.

Arrangement

Folders are organized chronologically, starting in 1965 and stopping at 1978.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

July 2012, transferred from the Provost’s Office.

Related Materials

Lehigh Audio Tapes collection contains recordings of some of the lectures, such as Abba Eban, W. Averel Harriman, General Maxwell Taylor, Sir Denis William Brogan and James Reston.

Publications in “Jacob Blaustein lectures in international relations”

Separated Materials

Original Kissinger, Harriman, Reston, Wilson, Lee, Rusk, and Scranton autographed letters moved in ALS Collection to be digitized for the “I Remain” digital library project. Photographs of four men (Deming Lewis, Averell Harriman, Morton Blaustein, and Unknown, F8896) and the photograph of Gerhard Schroeder (F8897) moved to Lehigh Photo Collection.