A Guide to the Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1979-1989 Nuechterlein, Donald E., Papers, 1979-1989 10798

A Guide to the Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1979-1989

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Accession Number 10798

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10798

Title

Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers 1979-1989

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 450 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1979-1989, Accession # 10798, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library by Donald E. Nuechterlein of Charlottesville, Virginia on November 8, 1988.

Biographical/Historical Information

Nuechterlein, a political scientist, has taught international relations at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville since 1968, and was a visiting professor at St. Antony's College in Oxford, England from September to December 1982. He is the author of several books on American foreign policy, including National Interests and Presidential Leadership: The Setting of Priorities (Western Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1978) and America Overcommitted: U.S. National Interests in the 1980s (University of Kentucky Press, 1985).

Scope and Content Information

This collection of ca. 450 items, 1979-1989, consists chiefly of newspaper columns written by Don Nuechterlein, along with a few letters to the editor and reader responses. Included are columns on world affairs and American foreign policy written chiefly for The Daily Progress , as well as for the Roanoke Times & World-News and the Culpeper Star-Exponent . Letters, 1983-1988, commenting on Nuechterlein's columns include ones from Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr. (February 6, 1984) and Robert E. Merrill (March 24, 1984).