Philip Stewart Papers on the Nixon Library, 1979-1990, bulk 1981

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Summary

Creator:
Stewart, Philip, 1940-
Abstract:
Philip Stewart is a professor emeritus of Romance Studies at Duke University. Stewart served on the Subcommittee on Library Relations, which was convened by Duke's Academic Council in September 1981 as part of a faculty initiative to study the potential impact of locating the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on the university campus. Materials in this collection primarily relate to the research of the Library Subcommittee, and include correspondence from Duke President Terry Sanford, who initiated the Nixon Library proposal in August 1981; correspondence from Duke faculty and trustees; press clippings; Academic Council meeting minutes; and the Library Subcommittee's report to the Academic Council. The collection also contains research and reports from the Academic Council's Subcommittee on Governance, another group formed in the wake of the Nixon Library proposal.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials are in English.
Collection ID:
UA.29.02.0258
University Archives Record Group:
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals

Background

Scope and content:

Materials in this collection primarily relate to the research of the Duke University Academic Council's Subcommittee on Library Relations, which was formed in September 1981 as part of a faculty initiative to study the potential impact of locating the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on the university campus. Materials also include research of the Academic Council's Subcommittee on Governance, formed at the same time, which was to examine the authority of the university president and the faculty's role in making decisions at the university.

The materials include correspondence from Duke President Terry Sanford, faculty, and trustees; press clippings; minutes of Academic Council meetings between August-November 1981; research, drafts, and the final report from the Library Subcommittee; and research and reports related to the Governance Subcommittee. The collection also contains documents regarding the Faculty Compensation Committee and some press coverage of the opening of the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, in 1990.

Biographical / historical:

In early August 1981, Duke University President Terry Sanford told Duke faculty that he had opened negotiations to house the Presidential Library of Richard Nixon – a Duke Law School alumnus – on the Duke campus. In response, Duke's Academic Council, which represented faculty interests, formed two major committees to discuss how the decision was made and to propose the direction of future negotiations regarding the Nixon Library: the Subcommittee on Governance and the Subcommittee on Library Relations.

Philip Stewart, then a professor in the Department of Romance Studies, served on the Academic Council's Subcommittee on Library Relations, charged on September 17, 1981, to answer the question: "Can a Nixon Presidential Library be developed at Duke that does not compromise the integrity of Duke University?" The subcommittee examined several areas of Duke's intersection with the proposed library, including use of land, the library's potential scholarly value, and whether the library would have a museum component. The Library Subcommittee submitted its report to the Academic Council on October 21, 1981, with recommendations on conditions to be met in order for negotiations to proceed.

Philip Stewart was born May 21, 1940. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1967, and came to teach at Duke in 1972. Stewart's books include Imitation and Illusion in the French Memoir-Novel, 1700-1750 (1969), Engraven Desire: Eros, Image, and Text in the French Eighteenth Century (1992), and Editer Rousseau: Enjeux d'un Corpus, 1750-2012 (2012). He has also produced and edited a number of translations and critical editions in the field of French literature. Stewart is a former president of the American Association of Teachers of French and was selected for membership in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, a French society that honors educators in French language and culture. As of August 2016, he is Benjamin E. Powell Professor Emeritus of Romance Studies at Duke University.

Acquisition information:
The Philip Stewart Papers on the Nixon Library were received by the Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library, as a gift in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Erin Ryan, August 2016.

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2015.0032

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Subjects:
Presidential libraries -- United States
Names:
Duke University -- Faculty
Duke University. Nixon Library Committee
Duke University. Academic Council
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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