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Jordan Patty
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0089
Title
Herbert Feis papers 1952 - 1972
Quantity
1 Linear Feet, 1 box
Creator
Feis, Herbert, 1893-1972
Location
R 30, C 4, S 4
Language
English
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Abstract
This collection contains research materials and correspondence of Herbert Feis, including three letters from Ruth Feis to
her husband's assistant, Arline Pratt.
Herbert Feis papers, C0089, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Arline Pratt.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009.
Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in January 2023.
Herbert Feis was an author and historian, whose work focused on American foreign policy and international economic affairs.
Born in 1893, arly in his career Feis worked as Economic Advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. State Department under
the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations. His thirteen published books include "The Road to Pearl Harbor" (1950), "Europe,
the World's Banker, 1870-1914" (1964), "From Trust to Terror: The Onset of the Cold War" (1970), and the Pulitzer Prize-winning
"Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference" (1960). Since his passing, the American Historical Association has named an
award after Feis - the Herbert Feis Prize - which is awarded annually for excellence in public history and independent scholarship.
He died in 1972.
This collection contains research materials and correspondence of Herbert Feis, including three letters from Ruth Feis to
her husband's assistant, Arline Pratt.
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