R-MC 050Guide to the Richard P. McCormick Papers, 1929-2006 Melinda ZackJanuary 2005Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

R-MC 050

Guide to the Richard P. McCormick Papers, 1929-2006

By Melinda Zack

January 2005

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	McCormick, Richard Patrick, 1916-2006
Title:	Guide to the Richard P. McCormick Papers
Dates:	1929-2006
Quantity:	40 cubic ft. (95 manuscript boxes, 3 flat/oversized boxes, and 2 index card boxes)
Abstract:	The papers of Richard P. McCormick document the career of a prolific scholar, educator, and college administrator. The papers consist of materials accrued during his life as a historian of the United States, New Jersey, and Rutgers University, and his academic and administrative career at Rutgers University. The collection dates from 1929 to 2003, with the bulk of the material from the period between 1940 and 1997. The records are contained in eighteen series: I. Biographical/Personal, II. Correspondence, III. Speaking Engagements, IV. Research Files, V. Writings and Manuscripts, VI. Historians' Reviews of McCormick's Work, VII. Teaching Materials, VIII. Rutgers University Files, IX. Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations, X. American Historical Association, XI. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, XII. New Jersey Historical Commission, XIII. New Jersey Historical Society, XIV. Organization of American Historians, XV. Calendars/Calendar Sheets, XVI. Photographs, XVII. Student, Faculty, and Alumni Papers, and XVIII. Voting Data, Oversized Material, and Census Data.
Collection No.:	R-MC 050
Language:	English
Repository:	Rutgers University. Special Collections and University Archives

Biographical Sketch of Richard P. McCormick

Richard P. McCormick began his career at Rutgers as an undergraduate student in 1934, and contributed to Rutgers in a number of ways. McCormick served Rutgers as Professor of History, University Historian, Dean of Rutgers College, and distinguished alumnus. McCormick's relationship with Rutgers, which continued beyond his retirement, is documented throughout the collection.

As a historian, McCormick focused his research and writing on the history of New Jersey, the history of Rutgers University, and the broader scope of American political history. He was affiliated with, and active in, numerous national historical and professional organizations, including the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. He was not only affiliated and active in many New Jersey historical organizations, but he was instrumental in the establishment of several, including the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, and the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission. His longtime relationship with the New Jersey Historical Society, which is reflected in the collection, dates back to his involvement in the revitalization of the Historical Society and as President of the Society beginning in 1950.

A prolific writer of history, McCormick was the published author of nine books, more than forty articles, and a number of guides, pamphlets, and reports. McCormick spoke frequently on the topics of New Jersey and American political history, and the collection is enriched by a large number of speech outlines and drafts, and the correspondence related to those speaking engagements.

The following chronology lists the highlights of the career of Richard P. McCormick. For a more detailed biographical account, see Michael Birkner's introductory essay in McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (2001), as well as the oral history interviews conducted with McCormick that follow Professor Birkner's introduction.

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Chronology of Events
	Date	Event
	1916, December 24	Richard Patrick McCormick (RPM) born in Ridgewood (Queens), New York.
	1927	McCormick family moves to Upper Nyack, New York.
	1929	Graduates from Upper Nyack Elementary School.
	1929	Family moves to Cresskill, New Jersey. RPM attends Tenafly High School.
	1933	Graduates from Tenafly High School. RPM continues on at Tenafly High, taking the requisite courses necessary for admission to Rutgers University.
	1934	Begins freshman year at Rutgers College.
	1938	Receives A.B. degree from Rutgers.
	1940	Receives A.M. degree from Rutgers, completing a thesis, "The War Aims of President Wilson and Congress."
	1940, September	Begins Ph.D. program at University of Pennsylvania.
	1942, Spring	RPM completes all of his doctoral course work and examinations under the advisement of Professor Roy Nichols.
	1942-1944	RPM works as a civil historian at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot and writes two lengthy studies: "A History of Storage and Distribution at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, 1917-1943," and "The Physical Plant, 1917-1942."
	1944	Teaches ASTRP (Army Specialized Training Reserve Program) students at the University of Delaware. Meets Katheryne Levis, a graduate fellowship student in chemistry at the University of Delaware.
	1945, July	RPM starts teaching full time in the history department at Rutgers University. During this summer, RPM begins to center his research on New Jersey history, which leads to his focus on New Jersey in the critical period of 1781 to 1789 for his dissertation.
	1945, August	Marries Katheryne Levis in Baltimore, Maryland. Katheryne McCormick begins teaching at the New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass College) in September 1945. The two become the proud parents of two children: Richard (1947) and Dorothy (1950).
	1948	RPM completes his dissertation, "Experiment in Independence: New Jersey in the Critical Period, 1781-1789" and receives his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
	1948	Appointed Rutgers University Historian.
	1948	Receives grant from Rutgers Research Council to begin a study of electoral machinery in New Jersey
	1948	Named Chairman of the Conference of New Jersey Historians, of which he conceived, organized, and implemented.
	1948	Inaugurates a full-year, college-level course on New Jersey History at Rutgers.
	1950	Experiment in Independence: New Jersey in the Critical Period, 1781-1789 is published by Rutgers University Press.
	1950-1957	Serves as President of New Jersey Historical Society.
	1951	Rutgers University publishes McCormick's New Jersey History course quiz as a flyer entitled, "How Well Do You Know New Jersey?"
	1952-1961	Serves as Research Advisor to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
	1953	The History of Voting in New Jersey: A Study of the Development of Election Machinery, 1664-1911 published by Rutgers University Press.
	1953-1954	Serves on the Governor's Commission on Morven.
	1956-1957	Receives grant from Social Science Research Council for a year-long leave to research Early American political behavior and organize the "Conference on Early American Political Behavior" (June 1957). RPM later publishes a summary of the conference proceedings.
	1958	Plays an instrumental role in organizing New Jersey government to appoint a commission to arrange a statewide celebration of the New Jersey Tercentenary in 1964. He briefly serves as Acting Chair of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission.
	1959	"Suffrage Classes and Party Alignments: A Study in Voter Behavior" published in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review.
	1960	"New Perspectives on Jacksonian Politics" published in the American Historical Review.
	1960, June-August	British colonial records trip for New Jersey Tercentenary Commission. The Commission published his findings as a report that same year.
	1960	Receives New Jersey Award for distinguished contributions to the study of New Jersey history.
	1961-1962	Receives a Fulbright award to lecture on American history at Cambridge University, England.
	1963	Serves as Chairman of the State Committee on Historic Sites Evaluation.
	1964	Receives Lindback Award for distinguished teaching and research at Rutgers University.
	1964	New Jersey from Colony to State, 1609-1789 published by Van Nostrand. A second edition is published by the Rutgers University Press in 1970 and a paperback edition published by the New Jersey Historical Society appears in 1981.
	1965	The Second American Party System: Party Formations in the Jacksonian Era receives the biennial book prize from the American Association for State and Local History prior to its publication.
	1966	Although completed in 1962, The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1966.
	1966	Rutgers, A Bicentennial History published by Rutgers University Press.
	1966-1969	Serves as Chair of history department of Rutgers College.
	1967-1970	Serves as Chairman of New Jersey Historical Commission.
	1968	Awarded the biennial book prize from the American Association for State and Local History for Rutgers: A Bicentennial History.
	1969	Serves as Chair of a Special Faculty Committee to deal with demands of black students at Rutgers in wake of protests on the Newark, New Brunswick, and Camden campuses.
	1969-1970	Serves as Chairman of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission.
	1970, January 29-30	Lectures at the Commonwealth Fund and Colloquium in England.
	1971	Serves as Chair of Coeducation Committee at Rutgers College.
	1971-1974	Member of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
	1974	Appointed by the Rutgers Board of Governors as University Professor of History.
	1974-1977	Serves as Dean of Rutgers College.
	1977-1978	While on sabbatical, RPM conducts research for his 1978 report, Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick, 1962-1978: the Federated College Plan, which contributes to the 1981 restructuring of the University.
	1980	The Selected Speeches of Mason Welch Gross, edited by RPM and Richard Schlatter, is published by Rutgers University Press.
	1982	Retires from Rutgers faculty and from position of University Historian. Becomes Emeritus Professor of History.
	1982	Receives honorary doctor of letters degree from Rutgers.
	1982	The Presidential Game: The Origins of American Presidential Politics published by Oxford University Press.
	1984	Political Parties and the Modern State, the proceedings of a conference marking RPM's retirement from the Rutgers faculty in 1982 and edited by Richard L. McCormick, is published by the Rutgers University Press.
	1985	Resigns from the Board of the New Jersey Historical Society.
	1988-1989	Serves as President of the Historians of the Early American Republic.
	1988	"A Historian's Education," appears in the William and Mary Quarterly.
	1989	The Case of the Nazi Professor, coauthored with David M. Oshinsky and Daniel Horn, is published by Rutgers University Press.
	1990	RPM is inducted into Rutgers' Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
	1990	The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers is published by Rutgers University Press.
	1994	Equality Deferred: Women Candidates for the New Jersey Assembly, 1920-1993, coauthored with Katheryne C. McCormick, is published by the Center for the American Woman and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
	2001	Michael J's Birkner's book McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian, is published by Greenwood Press. The book contains selections from eight oral history interviews conducted with RPM between 1995 and 2000.
	2002, December	RPM's son, Richard L. McCormick, is selected as the nineteenth President of Rutgers University. During his career, Richard L. McCormick had held positions as a faculty member and Chair of the Rutgers History Department, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers, Provost at the University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and President of the University of Washington.
	2003, January	RPM receives the 2002 Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association, the most prestigious award presented by the association, in recognition of his lifetime contribution to historical scholarship.
	2006, January 16	Richard P. McCormick dies after an extended illness at the age of 89. He had served Rutgers University and the State of New Jersey with distinction for over six decades.

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Scope and Content Note

The Richard P. McCormick Papers consist of approximately 40 cubic feet of personal papers created and collected by McCormick. The papers are housed in ninety-five manuscript boxes, two index card boxes, and three flat (oversized) boxes. The collection spans the years between 1929 and 2006, but the bulk of the materials falls between 1940 and 1997. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of published and unpublished books and publications, manuscripts of speeches and speech outlines, research materials, articles and reviews, teaching materials, engagement calendars, class roll books, photographs, ephemera, newspaper clippings, notebooks, certificates, and diplomas.

The collection is divided into series groupings based on their topics. The series are organized into subseries, several of which are further arranged into sub-subseries, and then arranged alphabetically, chronologically, or both.

The Biographical/Personal series, is divided into four subseries, and covers a broad span of time, 1929 to 2006. However, the bulk of the material falls within the years 1934 through 1990. The series documents McCormick's personal and professional life both inside and outside Rutgers, and includes clippings and photos collected by McCormick himself. The Correspondence series is divided into three subseries, and consists of letters and materials received from other historians, university faculty and staff, politicians, and family members. The correspondence covers the years between 1945 and 2001, with the bulk between 1949 and 1992. At certain times, the three subseries are similar in content and subject matter regardless of the nature of the correspondence, whether it is personal or professional.

The Speaking Engagements series is divided into four subseries that document McCormick's participation at a variety of speaking engagements, including college and university graduation ceremonies, local history group events, and regional and national history colloquia and symposia. The series covers the period 1947 to 1998, and it often provides supplemental information regarding McCormick's research interests or professional affiliations at the time of the speaking engagements. Other speech materials may be found within other series, such as in the material from his travel to Japan in 1983 (located in the "Biographical/Personal" series) and in his research on New Jersey and the Federal Constitution (Box 25, Folders 10 and 11 in the "Research" series).

The Research series is divided into three subseries—two of which are further subdivided into sub-subseries—dating from the 1950s to the late 1990s. The series documents McCormick's research interests in the history of Rutgers, New Jersey, and American political history in general. When combined with the manuscript material from the Writings and Manuscripts series (1940-1997), and the class lecture notes and research from the Teaching Materials series (1947-1977), McCormick's prolific research, writing, and teaching career demonstrate his influence on students, scholars and historians, as the topics range from specific to wide-ranging and they cover a large number of years. McCormick's impact on other historians is also documented in the collection of reviews of his works in the Historians' Reviews of McCormick's Works series (1959-1995).

The Rutgers University Files are divided into three subseries, and cover the period of McCormick's professional career at Rutgers, 1948 to 1995, with the bulk falling between 1963 and 1986. Throughout his professional tenure at Rutgers (as University Professor and University Historian) and beyond (as Emeritus Professor of History), McCormick was highly active in university and faculty committees, as well as in university organization and activities, many of which impacted the day-to-day organization and function of the university (e.g., Joint Commission on University Governance, Coeducation Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee of the University Committee on Personnel Procedures).

McCormick's involvement was not limited to Rutgers. The Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations series documents the roles he played in a number of New Jersey and national historical/professional associations and organizations from 1947 to 2001. This series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, and other material; it documents the relationships he developed with the historians, politicians, and other members of the groups, as well as his level of involvement with each group.

There are five series that further document McCormick's professional affiliations with other historical associations dating back to the late 1940s. These include the American Historical Association series, (1947-1977, bulk 1960-1974) the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission series, (1968-1976) the New Jersey Historical Commission series, (1960, 1966-1985) the New Jersey Historical Society series, (1950-1951, 1960-1993) and the Organization of American Historians series (1968-1974). McCormick's association with each group ranged from general membership and annual involvement to more significant and day-to-day relationships with them.

The Calendar/Calendar Sheets series covers the years between 1951 and 1995, and is one of the most exhaustive of the series in terms of its continuous documentation of McCormick's daily activities and appointments.

The next series, Photographs, (1938-1990s) consists of a variety of photographs related to McCormick's personal and professional life, including photos from his Biographical/Personal Files and his trip to Fukui, Japan in 1983.

The Student, Faculty, and Alumni Papers series dates from 1947 to 1977, and the series functions as a record of the impact McCormick had on his students through their choices of research topics and the comments provided by him in response to their research papers.

Lastly, the Voting Data, Oversized Material, and Census Data series contains a manuscript box with two volumes of state-by-state voting data used by McCormick in his studies including "Suffrage Classes and Party Alignments" and The Second American Party System. The Oversized Material consists of calendar sheets, ephemera, maps, newsletters, certificates and diplomas, and a photograph. The index card boxes contain cards with data pertaining to the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. These were used as part of McCormick's 1971 Junior Honors Seminar.

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Arrangement Note

The Richard P. McCormick Papers are divided into eighteen series as follows:

I. Biographical/Personal (1929-2006, bulk 1934-1990)

II. Correspondence (1945-2001, bulk 1949-1992)

III. Speaking Engagements (1947-1998)

IV. Research Files (1950-2000)

V. Writings and Manuscripts (1940-2003)

VI. Historians' Reviews of McCormick's Work (1950-1995)

VII. Teaching Materials (1947-1977, undated material)

VIII. Rutgers University Files (1948-1995, bulk 1963-1986)

IX. Professional Affiliations & Historical Organizations (1947-2001)

X. American Historical Association (1947-1977, bulk 1960-1974)

XI. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1968-1976)

XII. New Jersey Historical Commission (1960, 1966-1985)

XIII. New Jersey Historical Society (1950-1951, 1960-1993, with gaps)

XIV. Organization of American Historians (1968-1974)

XV. Calendars/Calendar Sheets (1951-1995)

XVI. Photographs (1938-1990s)

XVII. Student, Faculty, and Alumni Papers

XVIII. Voting Data, Oversized Material, and Census Data

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Separated Material

The following miscellaneous items were removed from the collection. They are either located elsewhere in published form or are in other archival collections.

Miscellaneous Items Removed:

Photocopies of the "Ordinances of the Continental Congress" were discarded due to their poor condition and their availability in Journals of the Continental Congress.

Photocopies of the Minutes of the Council of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey, 1688-1712, were discarded due to their bad condition and their availability on microfilm at Special Collections and University Archives.

Poster of the famous Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze painting Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth documenting General George Washington and the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, which can be found at the Monmouth County Historical Association, removed to Special Collections and University Archives.

Poster, "Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey," removed permanently from the collection due to condition and a duplicate's availability at Special Collections and University Archives.

Poster, "New Jersey Tercentenary: A Historama of Colonial New Jersey," removed permanently from the collection due to condition and a duplicate's availability at Special Collections and University Archives.

Publications Removed from "Professional Affiliations & Historical Organizations: New Jersey/Regional":

Colonial Williamsburg: Report by the President for the Year 1952.

Publications removed from "American Revolution Bicentennial Commission: General Information and Correspondence" to the New Jersey Collection, Special Collections and University Archives:

America's 200th Anniversary. Report of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. (Senate Document #91-76, 91st Congress, 2nd Session, July 6, 1970).

Discovery and Rediscovery. Science, Technology and the American Bicentennial. A Survey of Planned Activities and Suggestions for Themes and Programs. (A Report Produced by the Institute of Government Research, University of Arizona, for the National Science Foundation.).

Hearings before the Subcommittee on Federal Charters, Holidays, and Celebrations of the Committee on the Judiciary. (U.S. Senate, 92nd Congress, 2nd Session, August 12, 1972.)

Horizon '76 Committee Report on Planning for "Call for Achievement." (2nd Revision, September 20, 1971).

Report of the Secretary of the Interior to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1970.

Report on the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration, 1976.

Report to the Congress of the United States. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Annual Report, 1970.

Report to the Congress of the United States. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Annual Report, 1972.

Report to the President, July 4, 1970.

The Operation of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. (House Committee Print, 92nd Congress, 2nd Session, December 21, 1972).

Volume 1, Summary Report. Recommendations for Northeast Corridor Transportation. (U.S. Department of Transportation, Final Report Released September 1971).

"Mercer County and the Bicentennial" Trenton, July 1975.

Landmarks of the Revolution in New York State: A Guide to the Historic Sites Open to the Public (1972)

Independence and Statehood: A Framework for Observing the Bicentennial in New York State.

Johnny Horizon '76 Program material, including the "Johnny Horizon Environmental Record."

Publications Removed from "New Jersey Historical Commission: Subject Files":

Burlington: Its Island and Its Future. (Colonial Crossroads Bicentennial Corporation)

New Jersey '76: Liberty Park

Audio visual items removed to Audio /Visual Collections of the Rutgers University Archives:

"WRSU—Thirty Years on the Banks" (Narrated by Nat Shoehalter, April 26, 1978) Vol. I

"WRSU—Thirty Years on the Banks" (Narrated by Nat Shoehalter, April 26, 1978) Vol. II

"WRSU—Thirty Years on the Banks" (Narrated by Nat Shoehalter, April 26, 1978) Vol. III

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Name and Subject Headings

Researchers can facilitate access to related materials in other collections by searching the Rutgers University Libraries' online public catalog (IRIS) and other union catalogs under the following index terms used for people, organizations, and subjects represented in these records.

Personal Names

Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-

Bergel, Leinhard, 1905-1987

Bloustein, Edward J.

Boyd, Julian P. (Julian Parks), 1903-

Busch, Charles

Bush, Bernard, 1929-

Byrne, Brendan T.

Clothier, Robert C. (Robert Clarkson), 1885-1970

Cunningham, John T. (John Taylor), 1915-

Disbow, Levi

Edelstein, Tilden

Ellis, Lewis Ethan, 1898-

Ellis, William

Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-

Grobman, Arnold B. (Arnold Brams), 1918-

Gross, Mason Welch, 1911-1977.

Haines, Henry

Hauptmann, Friederich

Heimlich, Simon W.

Horn, Daniel

Hughes, Richard J.

Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-

Lamping, Jack

Lord, Clifford Lee, 1912-

McCormick, Richard P. (Richard Patrick), 1916-

McDonough, Roger

Meder, Albert E.

Newton, Earle

Nichols, Roy F. (Roy Franklin)

Oshinsky, David M., 1944-

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

Schlatter, Richard, 1912-1987

Shalhope, Robert E., 1941-

Silvers, Alan

Stevens, S. K.

Susman, Warren, 1927-

Troast, Paul L.

Whipper, William

Winkler, Henry R. (Henry Ralph), 1916-

Worley, Parker

Young, James E.

Corporate Names

American Historical Association

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.

New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

New Jersey Historical Commission

New Jersey Historical Society

New Jersey Tercentenary Commission

Organization of American Historians

Proprietary House Association (Perth Amboy, N.J.)

Rutgers College. Alumni Association

Rutgers College--Administration

Rutgers University. College of Arts and Sciences

Rutgers University. Dept. of History--Faculty

Rutgers University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences--History

Rutgers University. Federated College Plan

Rutgers University. Joint Commission on University Governance

Rutgers University--Biography

Rutgers University--History--Sources

Rutgers University Press

Rutgers University--Students--History

Westminster Historical Society

Subjects

Educators--United States

Golf for Women

Historians--United States--Biography

History--Study and Teaching--New Jersey

Literature (Writings)

Universities and Colleges--New Jersey--History

Geographical Terms

Middlesex County (N.J.)--History

Newark (N.J.)--History

New Brunswick (N.J.)--History

New Jersey--History--Study and teaching

Form and Genre Terms

Calendars

Diaries

Drafts (preliminary versions)

Lecture notes

Manuscripts

Reports

Rolls

Speeches

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Richard P. McCormick Papers (R-MC 050), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Acquisition and Processing Note

The Richard P. McCormick Papers were accessioned by Special Collections and University Archives at different intervals, and before final processing the collection amounted to 43 cubic feet. Early material was received from Richard P. McCormick on December 4, 1969, and included manuscript drafts, galley proofs and page proofs for The Second American Party System.

The next accession of papers (13 cubic feet) was received prior to 1985, and processing (arrangement and description) was completed by Gayle Mason in August 2, 1985. Three more feet of records were accessioned in May 1987, and processing was completed by Joseph Klett, Laura McBride, and Maxine Lurie between 1987 and 1989.

In the Spring of 1998, Professor McCormick donated 25 additional feet of files. The entire collection was combined, arranged and described between January and June 2002. The most recently accessioned boxes were initially surveyed, then rehoused, and arranged/described according to series by Melinda Zack. When original order could be identified, it was maintained. Otherwise, an order had to be imposed on the collection. Many of the series developed out of those previously established by the original processors, as well as those conceptually laid out according to McCormick's filing order, as best it could be discerned. The series were then organized into subseries, some into sub-subseries, and further arranged alphabetically or chronologically. A draft finding aid was completed by Melinda Zack and the final donation of material by Professor McCormick was interfiled by Alexandra Rimer and Alex Addison, who updated the finding aid during the Fall of 2003. The final version of the finding aid has been reviewed and edited by Thomas J. Frusciano, University Archivist, Erika Gorder, Associate University Archivist, Fernanda Perrone, Archivist and Head, Exhibitions Program, Caryn Radick, Archivist, and Professor McCormick. An electronic version of the Guide has been prepared by Alex Addison, Caryn Radick, and Thomas J. Frusciano.

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Detailed Description of the Papers/Container List

This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the folders and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise this collection.


I. Biographical/Personal 1929-2003, bulk 1934-1990
	Arrangement: This series is divided into four subseries: A. Personal Files, B. School Materials (Undergraduate and Graduate Course Work), C. Travel, and D. Faculty Biographical Files. The series are arranged alphabetically or chronologically.
	Summary: The "Certificates, Diplomas, and Prizes" file includes McCormick's Elementary School (1929) and High School (1933) diplomas, as well as various prizes and awards, such as his award of Phi Beta Kappa (March 23, 1938), the Rutgers University Certificate/Award Letter "R" for Debating Team (May 12, 1938), the Award of Merit from the New Jersey Historical Society (1960), and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindbeck Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching at Rutgers (1964). The Voting Data, Oversized Material, and Census Data series (Series XVIII), contains McCormick's undergraduate (A.B., Rutgers, 1938) and graduate (A.M., Rutgers, 1940 and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1948) diplomas (Box 96).
	The "Clippings" and "Personal Data" files are titled according to McCormick's original filing, and contain biographical and related items that McCormick collected about himself. The "Rutgers College Class of 1938" file contains the 50th Reunion booklet/program for the Class in 1988, as well as speech notes from the event. Also included in the folder are McCormick's notes from the event overall, as well as the reunion booklet for the Class of 1938's 60th reunion.
	The subseries "School Materials" includes material from McCormick's undergraduate and graduate course work at Rutgers and the University of Pennsylvania. The undergraduate material is arranged chronologically from McCormick's freshman to senior years, and contains his lecture notes from such classes as Contemporary Civilization (Professor Heald, 1934-1935), European History (Professor Burns, 1935-1936), Recent American History (Professor Kull, 1936-1937), and American Foreign Relations (Professor Ellis, 1937-1938). Included in his graduate material, are class notes from seminars taken with his mentor, Roy F. Nichols (1940-1942).
	The "Travel" folders contain correspondence, itineraries, research, receipts, and invoices from his trip to Japan with his wife, Katheryne, in 1983. Photographs from this trip have been removed to the Photograph series (Series XVI).
	The "Faculty Biographical Files" were originally from the Office of University Relations, and consist of clippings as well as general material relating to Richard P. McCormick's career at Rutgers. The "Faculty, General" files contain newsletter articles and Rutgers News Service bulletins written by or about McCormick, as well as memoranda and correspondence between McCormick and various Rutgers personnel. Materials of note in the Faculty, General files are those from 1948 that document McCormick's appointment as University Historian for Rutgers. Also of special note in the "Clippings'" files is material from 1968 that documents how McCormick "solved" the puzzle of how General Cornwallis and his troops were led up the Palisades at Closter, New Jersey, November 20, 1776.
	A. Personal Files, 1929-2003:
Box	Folder
1	1	Certificates, Diplomas, Prizes, 1929-1980
	2	Clippings, 1951-2003
	3	Personal Data, 1942-1959
	4	Personal Data, 1963-1979
	5	Personal Data, 1981-1995
	6	Rutgers College Class of 1938: 50th Reunion, 1988
	B. School Materials, 1934-1942:
Box	Folder
1	7	Undergraduate Course Work: Freshman Year, 1934-1935
	8	Undergraduate Course Work: Sophomore Year, 1935-1936
Box	Folder
2	1	Undergraduate Course Work: Junior Year, 1936-1937
	2	Undergraduate Course Work: Senior Year, 1937-1938
	3	Graduate Course Work: English History 1700-, 1941
	4	Graduate Course Work: American and English History, 1941
	5	Graduate Course Work: South American History/Critical Bibliographies, 1940-1941
	6	Graduate Course Work: Seminar Papers, n.d.
	7	Graduate Course Work: Roy F. Nichols' Lectures, Class Notes, 1940-1942
	C. Travel, 1983:
Box	Folder
3	1	Japan (1 of 3), 1983
	2	Japan (2 of 3), 1983
	3	Japan (3 of 3), 1983
	D. Faculty Biographical Files, 1949-2003:
Box	Folder
4	1	Clippings, 1949
	2	Clippings, 1950
	3	Clippings, 1951
	4	Clippings, 1952
	5	Clippings, 1953
	6	Clippings, 1954
	7	Clippings, 1955
	8	Clippings, 1957
	9	Clippings, 1959
	10	Clippings, 1960
	11	Clippings, 1961
	12	Clippings, 1962
	13	Clippings, 1963
	14	Clippings, 1964
	15	Clippings, 1965
	16	Clippings, 1966
	17	Clippings, 1967
	18	Clippings, 1968
	19	Clippings, 1969
	20	Clippings, 1970
	21	Clippings, 1971
	22	Clippings, 1972
	23	Clippings, 1974
	24	Clippings, 1975
	25	Clippings, 1976
	26	Clippings, 1977
	27	Clippings, 1978
	28	Clippings, 1979
	29	Clippings, 1980
	30	Clippings, 1981
	31	Clippings, 1982
	32	Faculty, General, 1948-1964
	33	Faculty, General, 1966-1986
	34	RPM death, memorial service, and tributes, 2006


II. Correspondence, 1945-2001, bulk 1949-1992
	Arrangement: This series is divided into three subseries as filed by McCormick: A. General Correspondence, B. General Correspondence: Personal, and C. College Correspondence. The series are arranged chronologically. The separation of subseries into General Correspondence, General Correspondence—Personal, and College Correspondence was taken from McCormick's own filing system, however, at times, it seems as though items not of a personal nature were misfiled. This can be seen in the gaps in dates between the General Correspondence and General Correspondence: Personal folders, and the seeming lack of General Correspondence between 1974 and 1982. In terms of arrangement, the General Correspondence subseries mostly has the correspondents' letters located after, but not clipped to, McCormick's responses to those letters, as they were originally found.
	Summary: The correspondence in the following three subseries contains material of a professional as well as personal nature.
	The "General Correspondence" subseries contains correspondence related to McCormick's professional relationships and activities both inside and outside Rutgers. Some correspondence of note is found in the folder "December 1960-June 1961," which contains letters from Rutgers professors Warren Susman, Henry Winkler, and L. Ethan Ellis, written to McCormick while he was at Cambridge on a Fulbright award, during 1960 and 1961. The subject of the letters pertain to bureaucratic shuffling and related complaints and concerns of the professors in the History Department. Other important correspondents include Roy F. Nichols, Clifford Lord, and Rutgers President Mason W. Gross, among others.
	Included in the early folders of the "General Correspondence: Personal" folders is material related to the beginning of McCormick's teaching career at Rutgers, including letters to and from McCormick and Roy Nichols, William Ellis, Rutgers President Robert Clothier and others.
	The "College Correspondence" folders include departmental memoranda, interdepartmental communications, and committee minutes from the department of history, as well as letters between McCormick and members of the department and the university at large, including Dean Alfred Meder. Examples of committee communications include those of the Greens Committee—whose concern was the operation and management of the Rutgers University golf course—and of the Graduate Committee.
	A. General Correspondence files, 1946-2001:
Box	Folder
5	1	February 1946-August 1949
	2	September 1949-October 1949
	3	November 1949-January 1950
	4	February 1950-March 1950
	5	April 1950-July 1950
	6	August 1950-January 1951
	7	February 1951-May 1951
	8	June 1951-December 1951
	9	January 1952-March 1952
	10	April 1952-June 1952
Box	Folder
6	1	July 1952-February 1953
	2	March 1953-December 1953
	3	January 1954-February 1954
	4	March 1954-July 1954
	5	August 1954-March 1955
	6	April 1955-September 1955
	7	October 1955-April 1956
	8	May 1956-December 1956
	9	January 1957-March 1957
	10	April 1957-June 1957
Box	Folder
7	1	August 1957-August 1958
	2	September 1958-March 1959
	3	April 1959-November 1959
	4	January 1960-April 1960
	5	May 1960-November 1960
	6	December 1960-June 1961
	7	July 1961-June 1962
	8	July 1962-December 1962
	9	January 1963-August 1963
	10	September 1963-December 1963
Box	Folder
8	1	January 1964-September 1964
	2	October 1964-December 1964
	3	January 1965-July 1965
	4	August 1965-December 1965
	5	January 1966-April 1966
	6	May 1966-December 1966
	7	January 1967-May 1967
	8	June 1967-December 1967
	9	January 1968-May 1968
	10	June 1968-December 1968
Box	Folder
9	1	January 1969-July 1969
	2	August 1969-December 1970
	3	January 1971-July 1971
	4	August 1971-December 1971
	5	January 1972-August 1973
	6	January 1982-November 1983
	7	January 1984-December 1985
	8	March 1986-September 1989
	9	January 1990-December 1991
Box	Folder
10	1	January 1992-December 1992
	2	January 1993-November 1993
	3	January 1994-December 1994
	4	January 1995-December 1995
	5	January 1996-May 1996
	6	June 1996-December 1996
	7	March 1997-December 1997
	8	January 1998-December 1998
	9	January 1999-December 1999
	10	January 2000-December 2000
	11	January 2001-December 2001
	B. General Correspondence: Personal, 1945-2001:
Box	Folder
11	1	August 1945-April 1951
	2	June 1965-December 1966
	3	June 1974-February 1975
	4	February 1975-March 1976
	5	April 1976-December 1976
	6	January 1977-December 1977
	7	January 1978-December 1978
	8	January 1979-November 1980
	9	February 1981-December 1981
Box	Folder
12	1	January 1982-December 1982
	2	January 1983-November 1985
	3	December 1985-December 1986
	4	January 1987-May 1987
	5	June 1987-December 1988
	6	January 1989-June 1990
	7	July 1990-December 1992
	8	October 1993-December 1993
	9	January 1994-August 1994
	10	May 1995-August 1995
Box	Folder
13	1	January 1996-December 1996
	2	January 1997-August 1997
	3	January 1998-December 1998
	4	February 1999-December 1999
	5	January 2000-December 2000
	6	January 2001-October 2001
	C. College Correspondence, 1949-1961:
Box	Folder
13	7	July 1949-June 1951
	8	January 1952-May 1953
	9	June 1953-December 1953
Box	Folder
14	1	January 1954-June 1954
	2	July 1954-May 1955
	3	June 1955-October 1955
	4	November 1955-June 1956
	5	September 1956-April 1957
	6	May 1957-July 1959
	7	October 1959-August 1961


III. Speaking Engagements, 1947-1998
	Arrangement: The Speaking Engagements series is divided into four subseries: A. Correspondence, B. Speech Outlines, C. Speeches, and D. Miscellaneous. They are arranged alphabetically or chronologically. Those folders with no dates or identification, were left in original order and marked as undated (n.d.) on the folder title.
	Summary: The "Correspondence" subseries includes correspondence regarding events at which McCormick was invited to speak. Letters to McCormick regarding speaking engagements and McCormick's responses to them are arranged chronologically according to responses. The initial piece of correspondence is located after the responses if they were originally found together.
	The "Outlines" subseries contains outlines of speeches, many of which are found in the Speeches subseries, however a number are not dated.
	The "Speeches" folders are arranged chronologically and contain copies of speeches given by McCormick on various occasions. See Appendix A for the list of speeches.
	The "Miscellaneous" files include various draft versions of "The Imperfect Union" (which was read by McCormick at the Commonwealth Fund and Colloquium, January 29-30, 1970), as well as correspondence related to the event, a program of the colloquium, and informational material about the colloquium. The file also contains a flyer for an April 12, 1990 talk in Newark on the topic of politicians in New Jersey, as well as his research notes and speech outline. Also included are two folders containing material from the Symposium given May 25, 1982 in honor of McCormick's retirement. The folders include two copies of McCormick's "Comment and Response."
	A. Speaking Engagements: Correspondence, 1950-1989:
Box	Folder
14	8	Correspondence, June 1950-January 1951
	9	Correspondence, February 1951-June 1951
	10	Correspondence, July 1951-September 1951
Box	Folder
15	1	Correspondence, October 1951-December 1951
	2	Correspondence, January 1952-June 1952
	3	Correspondence, July 1952- April 1953
	4	Correspondence, May 1953-June 1954
	5	Correspondence, July 1954-June 1955
	6	Correspondence, July 1955-November 1956
	7	Correspondence, January 1957-February 1959
	8	Correspondence, March 1959-February 1961
	9	Correspondence, August 1962-December 1963
	10	Correspondence, January 1964-April 1966
	11	Correspondence, October 1968-April 1972
Box	Folder
16	1	Correspondence, May 1972-September 1973
	2	Correspondence, August 1974-January 1978
	3	Correspondence, December 1980-October 1989
	B. Speech Outlines, 1947-1994:
Box	Folder
16	4	Speech Outlines, 1947-1958
	5	Speech Outlines, 1958-1976
	6	Speech Outlines, 1976-1994
	7	Speech Outlines (1 of 4), n.d.
	8	Speech Outlines (2 of 4), n.d.
	9	Speech Outlines (3 of 4), n.d.
	10	Speech Outlines (4 of 4), n.d.
	C. Speeches, 1959-1998(See Appendix A for the list of speeches):
Box	Folder
16	11	Speeches, 1959-1964
Box	Folder
17	1	Speeches, 1966-1972
	2	Speeches, 1973-1977
	3	Speeches, 1979-1980
	4	Speeches, 1981-1986
	5	Speeches, 1987-1989
	6	Speeches, 1989-1991
	7	Speeches, 1992-1998 (with gaps)
	8	Speeches (1 of 2), n.d.
	9	Speeches (2 of 2), n.d.
	D. Miscellaneous, 1970-1990:
Box	Folder
17	10	Founders Day Assembly Address: The Destiny of Rutgers, 1967
	11	Commonwealth Fund and Colloquium (1 of 2), 1969-1971
	12	Commonwealth Fund and Colloquium (2 of 2), 1969-1971
	13	Politicians in New Jersey: History, April 1990
	14	Symposium for Richard P. McCormick (1 of 2), May 1982
Box	Folder
18	1	Symposium for Richard P. McCormick (2 of 2), May 1982
	2	Prestonwood Ladies Golf Association, 1997


IV. Research Files, 1950-2000
	Arrangement: The Research series is divided into three subseries: A. Rutgers University History, B. New Jersey/Regional, and C. American History and these subseries are further divided according to various titles of works by McCormick or by topics of research.
	Summary: The research files pertaining to "Rutgers University, 1963-1989," are organized according to publication/research topic and further arranged alphabetically or chronologically. These files relate to several books and reports that McCormick authored, including Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick, Report on the Bergel-Hauptmann Case, which was ultimately published as The Case of the Nazi Professor, The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers, and Rutgers, A Bicentennial History. Miscellaneous Rutgers' research subjects are listed alphabetically within their own "Other" sub-subseries. The university history material is supplemental to the research conducted for the history of Rutgers, but was not directly linked to, or specified for, research for McCormick's bicentennial history book.
	The files relating to Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick consist of fact sheets, drafts of correspondence, interdepartmental communications from the Provost's Office and various meetings' minutes, as well as faculty memoranda from the Office of Dean of Rutgers College. Items of note include copies of McCormick's "Comments on Federation" (October 9, 1979), "An Alternative to Federation" (October 19, 1979), and "Thoughts on Academic Reorganization" (January 28, 1981).
	The material in the next subseries concern the December 1986 Report on the Bergel-Hauptmann Case written by McCormick, Daniel Horn and David Oshinsky. The three Rutgers historians were asked by Dean Tilden Edelstein (at the request of President Edward J. Bloustein) to form a special faculty committee to investigate the firing of German professor Lienhard Bergel from the New Jersey College for Women in 1935. They later expanded their report, which was published by Rutgers University Press under the title, The Case of the Nazi Professor (1989). The research materials and notes include interview transcripts and questions, early personnel information on Bergel, enrollment notes, testimony transcripts, and periodical/newspaper clippings, as well as outlines for and drafts of the report. Some items of note beyond the general information about the case include interviews with Alan Silver, a Rutgers alumnus who involved himself greatly with the case of "clearing" Bergel's name both in 1935 and in 1986. There are also copies of correspondence between Silver and McCormick, as well as between Silver and the other historians.
	Research materials for McCormick's 1990 book, The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers, is arranged according to the order imposed by the author. The dates and information originally detailed on the folders were retained and listed in the container list. Rather than just focusing on the events of 1968 and 1969, the book begins with the year 1963 and works its way up to the particular events of those years. It discusses the protests as they occurred on the three Rutgers campuses (New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark). McCormick's notes are more than just secondary research, as they also include material he collected as Chairman of the special faculty committee formed to address the demands of the Rutgers College Student Afro-American Society.
	Files pertaining to Rutgers, A Bicentennial History consists of research notes, periodical clippings, and notes on secondary sources used for researching McCormick's 1966 history of Rutgers. They were originally filed in small 5 x 8 index card boxes under the following headings: History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906, History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932, and History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966. Also included in this subseries are two folders whose original headings were "Chapter I" and "Chapter II," and they also consist of research notes and material (either photocopies or photostats) for the 1966 book, but they include the history of Rutgers from the Queen's College era onward.
	McCormick's research material on other Rutgers' topics is arranged according to subject. Included in the folders is material on the Heimlich-Finley Case (1952-1966, bulk in 1952-1953), a significant event in Rutgers' history that involved the University's reaction to Professors Simon W. Heimlich and Moses I. Finley's refusal to talk to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. This event significantly affected McCormick, and he was very much involved in the faculty response to the official University position. The material includes the following: The Statement of Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, President of Rutgers University, Tuesday, October 4, 1952 (with attached report of the Special Committee set up by him to advise him on Finley and Heimlich's refusal to talk to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee); December 3, 1952 letter to Dr. Lewis Webster Jones from the Special Faculty Committee of Review Concerning Simon W. Heimlich and Moses I. Finley (with attached report); the Resolution of the Rutgers University Board of Trustees adopted at a meeting dated December 12, 1952; a January 19, 1953 Memorandum to the Members of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University from the Emergency Committee of Rutgers Faculty on the Trustees' Decision of December 12, 1952 (with attached statement of the Emergency Committee of the Faculty on the Trustees' Action of December 12, 1952); McCormick's notes on the Memorandum of the Emergency Committee; and the Statement of President Lewis Webster Jones of Rutgers University on the Heimlich-Finley cases, January 24, 1953 (with a handwritten note on it by RPM: "Prepared for release before the January 23rd Board of Trustees meeting at which oral arguments were presented").
	The "New Jersey/Regional files" consist of research material on various New Jersey or Regional subjects and include maps, notes, photos, citation lists, clippings, photostats, flyers, speeches, and correspondence. Of particular note is his research on William Whipper (Box 26, Folders 3-5), which was used for his 1976 article on Whipper.
	The "American History files" include extensive research materials relating to McCormick's work, including "Ambiguous Authority," The American Interregnum, "Golf for Women," The Presidential Game, and The Second American Party System. Also included are miscellaneous research files on additional topics in American political history and theory.
	A. Rutgers University History:

		*Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick:*
Box	Folder
18	3	Research Materials and Notes, 1973-1978
	4	Research Materials and Notes (1 of 3), 1979-1980
	5	Research Materials and Notes (2 of 3), 1979-1980
	6	Research Materials and Notes (3 of 3), 1979-1980

		*Bergel-Hauptmann Case:*
Box	Folder
18	7	Outlines and Interviews, 1985-1989
	8	Research Materials and Notes (1 of 8), 1985-1989
	9	Research Materials and Notes (2 of 8), 1985-1989
	10	Research Materials and Notes (3 of 8), 1985-1989
	11	Research Materials and Notes (4 of 8), 1985-1989
	12	Research Materials and Notes (5 of 8), 1985-1989
	13	Research Materials and Notes (6 of 8), 1985-1989
Box	Folder
19	1	Research Materials and Notes (7 of 8), 1985-1989
	2	Research Materials and Notes (8 of 8), 1985-1989
	3	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, January 1985-August 1985
	4	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, September 1985
	5	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, October 1985-January 1986
	6	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, February 1986-January 1987
	7	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, February 1987
	8	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, March 1987-April 1987
	9	Research Materials: Notes and Correspondence, April 1987-July 1989

		*The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers:*
Box	Folder
19	10	Research Materials and Notes, 1969-1979, 1988, 1963-1989
	11	Research Materials and Notes, including the Urban University Program, 1963-1989
	12	Research Materials and Notes, including Rutgers-Camden, 1969, 1963-1989
Box	Folder
20	1	Research Materials and Notes, including Rutgers Statistics and Other Related Materials, 1963-1989
	2	Research Materials and Notes, including Rutgers Statistics and Other Related Materials, 1963-1989
	3	Research Materials and Notes, 1963-1989
	4	Research Materials and Notes (Sources), 1963-1989
	5	Research Materials and Notes, 1963-1989
	6	Research Materials and Notes, 1963-1989
	7	Research Materials and Notes, 1963-1989

		*Rutgers, A Bicentennial History:*
Box	Folder
20	8	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (1 of 10)
	9	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (2 of 10)
Box	Folder
21	1	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (3 of 10)
	2	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (4 of 10)
	3	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (5 of 10)
	4	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (6 of 10)
	5	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (7 of 10)
	6	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (8 of 10)
	7	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (9 of 10)
	8	"History of Rutgers I: 1824-1906," (10 of 10)
	9	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (1 of 13)
Box	Folder
22	1	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (2 of 13)
	2	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (3 of 13)
	3	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (4 of 13)
	4	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (5 of 13)
	5	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (6 of 13)
	6	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (7 of 13)
	7	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (8 of 13)
	8	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (9 of 13)
	9	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (10 of 13)
Box	Folder
23	1	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (11 of 13)
	2	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (12 of 13)
	3	"History of Rutgers II: 1906-1932," (13 of 13)
	4	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (1 of 13)
	5	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (2 of 13)
	6	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (3 of 13)
	7	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (4 of 13)
	8	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (5 of 13)
	9	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (6 of 13)
Box	Folder
24	1	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (7 of 13)
	2	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (8 of 13)
	3	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (9 of 13)
	4	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (10 of 13)
	5	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (11 of 13)
	6	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (12 of 13)
Box	Folder
25	1	"History of Rutgers III: 1932-1966," (13 of 13)
	2	Research Materials and Notes: "Chapter I" (includes large photostats and brittle material)
	3	Research Materials and Notes: "Chapter II" (includes large photostats and brittle material)

		*Research on Additional Rutgers Topics:*
Box	Folder
25	4	Alexander Johnston, n.d.
	5	Black Graduates, 1892-1968 (1 of 3), n.d.
	6	Black Graduates, 1892-1968 (2 of 3), n.d.
	7	Black Graduates, 1892-1968 (3 of 3), n.d.
	8	Charles Busch: Biography, n.d.
	9	Department of History at Rutgers, n.d.
	10	Educational Opportunity Fund: General Statistics and Information, 1969-1971
Box	Folder
26	1	Educational Opportunity Fund: General Statistics and Information, 1984-1988
	2	Faculty Revolt, 1949
	3	Heimlich-Finley Case, 1952-1966 (1 of 2)
	4	Heimlich-Finley Case, 1952-1966 (2 of 2)
	5	Paul Robeson, n.d.
	6	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1950-1968
	7	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1970-1971
	8	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1971-1977
	9	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1978-1979
	10	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1979-1988
Box	Folder
27	1	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1988
	2	University History: Research Material and Correspondence, 1988-1989
	3	University History: Research Material and Notes (1 of 2), n.d.
	4	University History: Research Material and Notes (2 of 2), n.d.
	5	University History: "Student Life, 1860-1880" (1 of 2), n.d.
	6	University History: "Student Life, 1860-1880" (2 of 2), n.d.
	B. New Jersey/Regional Research Files, 1971-1987:
Box	Folder
27	7	Burnet Street, n.d.
	8	City Alley Cellar, n.d.
	9	Levi Disbrow; Artesian Wells, March 1999-September 1999
	10	New Brunswick and the American Revolution, n.d.
Box	Folder
28	1	New Jersey and the Federal Constitution (1 of 2), 1987
	2	New Jersey and the Federal Constitution (2 of 2), 1987
	3	New Jersey Politics (1865-1980), n.d.
	4	West New Jersey, n.d.
	5	William Whipper (1 of 3), 1971-1985
	6	William Whipper (2 of 3), 1971-1985
	7	William Whipper (3 of 3), 1971-1985
	C. American History, 1950-1990:

		*Ambiguous Authority: "The Ordinances of the Confederation Congress, 1781-1789" (1997)*:
Box	Folder
28	8	Research (1 of 4)
	9	Research (2 of 4)
	10	Research (3 of 4)
	11	Research (4 of 4)

		*The American Interregnum: Unpublished Resarch*:
Box	Folder
29	1	Research (1 of 15)
	2	Research (2 of 15)
	3	Research (3 of 15)
	4	Research (4 of 15)
	5	Research (5 of 15)
	6	Research (6 of 15)
	7	Research (7 of 15)
Box	Folder
30	1	Research (8 of 15)
	2	Research (9 of 15)
	3	Research (10 of 15)
	4	Research (11 of 15)
	5	Research (12 of 15)
	6	Research (13 of 15)
Box	Folder
31	1	Research (14 of 15)
	2	Research (15 of 15)

		*"Golf for Women"* :
Box	Folder
31	3	Research Materials and Notes (1 of 32): Selections Used
	4	Research Materials and Notes (2 of 32): Notes and Sources Consulted
	5	Research Materials and Notes (3 of 32): Early Coverage of Women's Golf by Men
	6	Research Materials and Notes (4 of 32): Statistics & Lists/Questions Needing Answers
	7	Research Materials and Notes (5 of 32): Periodical/Newspaper Sources, 1892-1997 (with gaps)
	8	Research Materials and Notes (6 of 32): Miscellaneous Publications/Notes)
Box	Folder
32	1	Research Materials and Notes (7 of 32): Miscellaneous Publications/Notes
	2	Research Materials and Notes (8 of 32): Publications—Women in Sport, in General)
	3	Research Materials and Notes (9 of 32): Publications—"Men in Golf"
	4	Research Materials and Notes (10 of 32): Publications—"Golf and Country Clubs"
	5	Research Materials and Notes (11 of 32): Publications—"Country Clubs," in General
	6	Research Materials and Notes (12 of 32): Publications—"NJ Country Clubs"
	7	Research Materials and Notes (13 of 32): Publications—"Jewish Country Clubs"
Box	Folder
33	1	Research Materials and Notes (14 of 32): Sources on Handicapping
	2	Research Materials and Notes (15 of 32): Hiram Price Collier & Charles Turner
	3	Research Materials and Notes (16 of 32): Bibliographic Information
	4	Research Materials and Notes (17 of 32): Correspondence
	5	Research Materials and Notes (18 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	6	Research Materials and Notes (19 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	7	Research Materials and Notes (20 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	8	Research Materials and Notes (21 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	9	Research Materials and Notes (22 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	10	Research Materials and Notes (23 of 32): Clippings and Notes
Box	Folder
34	1	Research Materials and Notes (24 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	2	Research Materials and Notes (25 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	3	Research Materials and Notes (26 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	4	Research Materials and Notes (27 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	5	Research Materials and Notes (28 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	6	Research Materials and Notes (29 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	7	Research Materials and Notes (30 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	8	Research Materials and Notes (31 of 32): Clippings and Notes
	9	Research Materials and Notes (32 of 32): Clippings and Notes

		*The Presidential Game (1982):*
Box	Folder
35	1	Research (1 of 13)
	2	Research (2 of 13)
	3	Research (3 of 13)
	4	Research (4 of 13)
	5	Research (5 of 13)
	6	Research (6 of 13)
	7	Research (7 of 13)
	8	Research (8 of 13)
Box	Folder
36	1	Research (9 of 13)
	2	Research (10 of 13)
	3	Research (11 of 13)
	4	Research (12 of 13)
	5	Research (13 of 13)

		*The Second American Party System (1966):*
Box	Folder
36	6	Research (1860 Census Photostats)
	7	Research (Basic Data)
	8	Research (Election Returns, 1788-1836)
	9	Research (Miscellaneous Data)
	10	Research (New Jersey Voting Statistics)
	11	Research (Outlines, Data, Notes)
Box	Folder
37	1	Research (Publications, Locations)
	2	Research (Raw Data Sheets)
	3	Research (Sources)
	4	Research ("Thoughts Thunk")
	5	Research (Voter Participation Sheets)
	6	Research (Voting Statistics by State, Nineteenth Century)
	7	Research (Alabama)
	8	Research (Arkansas)
	9	Research (Connecticut)
	10	Research (Delaware)
	11	Research (Georgia)
	12	Research (Illinois)
	13	Research (Indiana)
	14	Research (Kentucky)
	15	Research (Louisiana)
	16	Research (Maine)
	17	Research (Maryland)
	18	Research (Massachusetts)
	19	Research (Mississippi)
	20	Research (Missouri)
	21	Research (New Hampshire)
	22	Research (New Jersey)
	23	Research (New York)
	24	Research (North Carolina)
	25	Research (Ohio)
	26	Research (Pennsylvania)
	27	Research (Tennessee)
	28	Research (Vermont)
	29	Research (Virginia)

		*Other Research:*
Box	Folder
38	1	Bill of Rights, n.d.
	2	Critical Theory—Notes, n.d.
	3	Legislative Politics Women's Suffrage, Research Notes, 1777-1890, 1992-1995


V. Writings and Manuscripts, 1940-1997
	Arrangement: This series is divided into four subseries: A. Published Writings, B. Unpublished Writings, C. Publications and Royalty Statements, and D. McCormick's Reviews of Other Historians' Work.
	Summary: The "Published Writings" subseries (1940-2000) is further divided into seven sub-subseries, which are arranged alphabetically according to titles of works, with miscellaneous writings at the end. The series contains manuscript drafts (handwritten and typescript) and other non-research related materials concerning McCormick's writings, such as correspondence and publishing proofs.
	The files relating to Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick include the 1978 report, Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick, 1962-1981: The Federated College Plan, as well as supporting documents, such as reports, clippings, and memoranda. One particular item of interest is a typed transcript of a 1965 memorandum from President Mason W. Gross containing his thoughts on an "ideal" model of academic organization.
	"Experiment in Independence" consists of various draft versions (handwritten and typescript) of McCormick's doctoral dissertation, Experiment in Independence: New Jersey in the Critical Period, 1781-1789. The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot files include the two studies written by McCormick during his tenure at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, 1942-1944. The first study, A History of Storage and Distribution at the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, 1917-1943 (Parts I and II), is divided amongst the first four folders. The second study, The Physical Plant, 1917-1942, is in the last folder.
	Folders relating to Rutgers, A Bicentennial History include notes and correspondence along with proofs and manuscript drafts (handwritten and typescript) of the book. The notes and correspondence concern publication of the work by the Rutgers University Press, as well as the Bicentennial Committee and the Advisory Committee on Building Names. Note that much of the material in these folders was originally noted with a "P 10" (McCormick's filing system).
	The next files contain the handwritten and typescript manuscript draft of the book, The Presidential Game. The material pertaining to The Second American Party System includes McCormick's "Tentative Drafts" I, II, II, and IV (as he originally titled them), as well as his first and second typescript manuscript drafts. Also included are manuscript galley proofs, the indexing set, and index proof of the manuscript. One folder of interest entitled "Shalhope Comment," (Box 44, Folder 7) contains correspondence about, and copies of articles and readers' comments on, Robert E. Shalhope's negative review of The Second American Party System. It also contains correspondence between Shalhope and McCormick, in which Shalhope responds to McCormick's rejoinder to his criticism. The remaining files include drafts and manuscripts of various McCormick articles and writings, including an unbound manuscript of his Masters Thesis, "The War Aims of President Wilson and Congress" (1940). Also included is a copy of his Suffrage and the Constitution (1947), which was written by McCormick under the general coordination of the Governor's Committee on Preparatory Research for the New Jersey Constitutional Convention.
	The "Unpublished Writings" subseries (1997-2003) includes three drafts of McCormick's unpublished work entitled "Golf for Women," and the container list details the material contained in each draft according to McCormick's original folder descriptions. Also included is an unpublished manuscript on the history of Rutgers move into "bigtime" intercollegiate athletics, specifically Division 1-A football.
	"Publications and Royalty Statements" (1966-2000) include files originally named by McCormick containing correspondence between McCormick and his publishers, royalty statements, contracts and copyright agreements. Also included is a sample cover of The Case of the Nazi Professor, and a significant amount of correspondence between McCormick and Rutgers University Press.
	"McCormick's Reviews of Other Historians" (1947-1993) contains tear sheets and photocopies of McCormick's published reviews.
	A. Published Writings, 1940-2000

		*Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick:*
Box	Folder
38	4	1978 Report and Supporting Documents (1 of 2), 1962-1981 (with gaps)
	5	1978 Report and Supporting Documents (2 of 2), 1962-1981
	6	Additional Materials, 1965-1981
	7	November 1978 Report, 1978
	8	"Thoughts on Academic Reorganization," 1981-

		*Experiment in Independence:*
Box	Folder
38	9	Manuscript (First Draft, 1 of 2), ca. 1948
Box	Folder
39	1	Manuscript (First Draft, 2 of 2), ca. 1948
	2	Manuscript (Draft, 1 of 2), ca. 1948
	3	Manuscript (Draft, 2 of 2), ca. 1948
	4	Manuscript (Typescript, 1 of 2), ca. 1948
	5	Manuscript (Typescript, 2 of 2), ca. 1948
	6	Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Studies (1 of 5), 1942-1944
Box	Folder
40	1	Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Studies (2 of 5), 1942-1944
	2	Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Studies (3 of 5), 1942-1944
	3	Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Studies (4 of 5), 1942-1944
	4	Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Studies (5 of 5), 1942-1944

		*Rutgers, A Bicentennial History:*
Box	Folder
40	5	Notes and Correspondence (1 of 4), 1962-1968
	6	Notes and Correspondence (2 of 4), 1962-1968
	7	Notes and Correspondence (3 of 4), 1962-1968
	8	Notes and Correspondence (4 of 4), 1962-1968
	9	Manuscript (Handwritten, 1 of 3), ca. 1966
	10	Manuscript (Handwritten, 2 of 3), ca. 1966
Box	Folder
41	1	Manuscript (Handwritten, 3 of 3), ca. 1966
	2	Manuscript (Typescript, 1 of 3), ca. 1966
	3	Manuscript (Typescript, 2 of 3), ca. 1966
	4	Manuscript (Typescript, 3 of 3), ca. 1966
	5	Proofs (1 of 2), ca. 1966
	6	Proofs (2 of 2), ca. 1966

		*The Presidential Game:*
Box	Folder
42	1	Manuscript (Handwritten, 1 of 2), ca. 1982
	2	Manuscript (Handwritten, 2 of 2), ca. 1982
	3	Manuscript (Typescript) Chapters 1-3, 1982
	4	Manuscript (Typescript) Chapters 4-5, 1982
	5	Manuscript (Typescript) Chapters 6 and Epilogue, 1982
	6	Manuscript (Typescript) Notes and Index, 1982

		*The Second American Party System:*
Box	Folder
43	1	"Tentative Draft I," n.d.
	2	"Tentative Draft II," n.d.
	3	"Tentative Draft III," n.d.
	4	"Tentative Draft IV," n.d.
	5	First Draft, Typescript, Chapters I-IV (1 of 2), ca. 1962
Box	Folder
44	1	First Draft, Typescript, Chapters V-End (2 of 2), ca. 1962
	2	Second Draft, Typescript, Chapters I-IV (1 of 2), ca. 1962
	3	Second Draft, Typescript, Chapters V-End (2 of 2), ca. 1962
	4	Manuscript Galley Proofs, ca. 1962
	5	Indexing Set and Index Proof (1 of 2), 1965
	6	Indexing Set and Index Proof (2 of 2), 1965
	7	Shalhope Comment, 1969-1970

		*Other Publications:*
Box	Folder
45	1	"An Adequate Research for Colonial Williamsburg," 1954
	2	"A Further Account..." 1971
	3	"A Historian's Education" 1988
	4	Articles on New Jersey History, ca. 1950
	5	"Boring the Earth," n.d.
	6	"Chapter Drafts," n.d.
	7	"The Comparative Method," 1974
	8	"Equality Deferred," 1994
	9	"Jottings on the History of History at Rutgers," 1988
	10	"How Well Do You Know New Jersey?" 1951
	11	"The Liberation of New Brunswick: An Anthony Wayne Letter," 1973
	12	Masters Thesis: "The War Aims of President Wilson and of Congress," (Unbound Manuscript), 1940
	13	"The 'New American Political History,' 1890-1915," n.d.
	14	"New Jersey from Colony to State, 1609-1789," (Book Jacket) n.d.
	15	Rutgers Articles Written by Richard P. McCormick, 1974-1976
		Includes manuscripts published in the Rutgers Daily Targum, Alumni Newsletter, and Scarlet Letter.
	16	"Suffrage and the Constitution," 1947
	17	"The Tom Thumb History of the United States," edited by the Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, 1956
	B. Unpublished Writings, 1997-2003
Box	Folder
45	18	"Golf for Women": Draft (Introduction"), 1997
Box	Folder
46	1	"Golf for Women": Draft (Text Only"), 1997
	2	"Golf for Women": Bound Draft (Text Only"), 1997
	3	"Golf for Women": Draft (With Scanned and Printed Excerpts"), 1997
	4	"Golf for Women": Draft (Text Only"), May 2000
	5	"Going Bigtime: The Rutgers Experience," 2003
	6	"Party Conventions," n.d.
	C. Publications and Royalty Statements, 1966-2000
Box	Folder
46	7	Publications and Royalty Statements, 1966-1968
	8	Publications and Royalty Statements, 1969-1972
	9	Publications and Royalty Statements, 1973-1976
Box	Folder
47	1	Publications and Royalty Statements, 1977-1991
	2	Publications and Royalty Statements, 1992-2000
	D. McCormick's Reviews of Other Historians' Work, 1947-1993
Box	Folder
47	3	Reviews written by Richard P. McCormick, 1947-1967
	4	Reviews written by Richard P. McCormick, 1968-1975
	5	Reviews written by Richard P. McCormick, 1976-1988
	6	Reviews written by Richard P. McCormick, 1992-1993


VI. Historians' Reviews of McCormick's Work, 1950-1995
	Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically within folders.
	Summary: This series includes tear sheets and photocopies of reviews of the following publications: Experiment in Independence; History of Voting in New Jersey; The Second American Party System; Rutgers: A Bicentennial History; New Jersey: From Colony to State; The Case of the Nazi Professor; The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers; and The Presidential Game (reviews of The Presidential Game are located in the second folder; the others are all in the first folder).
Box	Folder
47	7	Reviews of Richard P. McCormick Publications, 1950-1995
		Includes reviews on the following: Experiment in Independence; History of Voting in New Jersey; The Second American Party System; Rutgers: A Bicentennial History; New Jersey: From Colony to State; The Case of the Nazi Professor; The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers. (Tear sheets and photocopies)
	8	Reviews of The Presidential Game, 1982-1983


VII. Teaching Materials, 1947-1977
	Arrangement: This series is divided into two subseries, A. Class Roll Books and B. Teaching Materials and Notes. Subseries A is arranged chronologically; subseries B is arranged alphabetically by course title and further arranged chronologically within course titles.
	Summary: The subseries "Class Roll Books," includes course titles/numbers and names and attendance of enrolled students. The "Teaching Materials and Notes," files include course lecture material, lecture notes, syllabi, class lists, term paper topics, assignments, reading lists, final exams, test questions and instructions from the following classes: Junior Honors Seminars (e.g., the Study of New Brunswick Elite, 1870 from the 1971 seminars), History of American Politics, and New Jersey History. Sample index card census data from the years 1860, 1870, and 1880, which related to the material in Box 48, Folders 4 and 5 are found in boxes 99 and 100. Also included in the New Jersey History class material is a copy of a chapter written by McCormick for a never completed cooperative history book (Lenders Cooperative History Project).
	A. Class Roll Books, 1947-1966:
Box	Folder
47	9	Class Roll Books, 1947-1951
Box	Folder
48	1	Class Roll Books, 1951-1966
	B. Teaching Materials and Notes, 1962-1977:
Box	Folder
48	2	Junior Honors Seminar, Spring 1971
	3	Junior Honors Seminar, Fall 1971
	4	Junior Honors Seminars, Census Data (Census 1860, 1870, 1880), (see also Box 99, Index Card Data), 1971
	5	Junior Honors Seminars, Census Data (Census 1860, 1870, 1880), (see also Box 100, Index Card Data), 1971
	6	History of American Politics (1 of 4), n.d.
	7	History of American Politics (2 of 4), n.d.
	8	History of American Politics (3 of 4), n.d.
	9	History of American Politics (4 of 4), n.d.
	10	New Jersey History (1 of 4), n.d.
	11	New Jersey History (2 of 4), n.d.
	12	New Jersey History (3 of 4), n.d.
	13	New Jersey History (4 of 4), n.d.
Box	Folder
49	1	New Jersey History, Fall 1962, 1962
	2	New Jersey History, Spring 1977, 1977


VIII. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 1948-1995, bulk 1963-1986
	Arrangement: This series is divided into three subseries: A. Affiliations, Programs, and Committees, B. Events of 1969, and C. Subject Files. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically.
	Summary: The material in the following subseries broadly cover McCormick's career at Rutgers, from his committee work to his time as Dean of Rutgers College, University Historian, and University Professor.
	The "Affiliations, Programs, and Committees" files contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, newsletters, memoranda, membership lists, and notes related to the role he played in various university and faculty committees and commissions, many for whom he served as Chair. One of the larger sections of material is devoted to McCormick's role as Chair of the Joint Commission on University Governance. Included in this section is supporting material that provides background to many of the organizational changes made to the structure University Governance and the University Senate between 1951 and 1981. It also includes various draft versions, both preliminary (September 1979) and final (December 1980), of the Report from the Special Committee to Study the Senate.
	The "Events of 1969" folders include correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, clippings, meeting minutes, transcripts and testimony of public hearings, and other materials related to the events of 1968-1969, the Urban University Program, the Transitional Year Program, and the Educational Opportunity Fund. The events of 1969 largely concern the black student protest movement at Rutgers, and it contains material dating from between 1968 and 1971 with particular focus on the "events of '69," (as listed on one of McCormick's original file folders). The material deals with the protests and related events as they occurred on the three Rutgers campuses (New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark), and consists of the research conducted and notes made by McCormick in his capacity as Chairman of the special faculty committee formed to address the demands of the Rutgers College Student Afro-American Society. The material also focuses on the development of the Transitional Year Program, which made funds solicited from the faculty available to disadvantaged students (McCormick was Chairman of the Rutgers College Transitional Year Program Fund).
	The "Subject Files" include material researched, collected, and written by McCormick on various subjects dealing with Rutgers, including coeducation and the Federated College Plan. The files contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, notes, clippings, programs, speeches, and memoranda. Items of note in the subseries are those related to McCormick's roles as University Historian, University Professor, and Dean of Rutgers College, including the congratulatory correspondence he received after notice of his appointment to the Deanship was made public. The "University Historian" file is of particular interest, as it documents materials related to his proposed duties as University Historian and the projects and reports with which he was to be involved, including the development of the University Archives and the University history project.
	A. Affiliations, Programs, and Committees, 1951-1986:
Box	Folder
49	3	Advisory Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, April 1967-August 1967
	4	American Association of University Professors (AAUP): Rutgers Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee (Committee A), 1969-1971
	5	Bergel-Hauptmann Case: Report, 1986
	6	Board of Trustees Faculty Representative, 1970-1971
	7	Campus Planning Committee, 1958-1971
	8	Chapel Portraits Committee, 1965-1969
Box	Folder
50	1	College of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee of the University Committee on Personnel Procedures (1 of 3), 1949
	2	College of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee of the University Committee on Personnel Procedures (2 of 3), 1949
	3	College of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee of the University Committee on Personnel Procedures (3 of 3), 1949
	4	College of Arts and Sciences Subcommittee of the University Committee on Personnel Procedures: Reports from Other Universities, 1949
	5	Committee on University Archives, 1973-1981
	6	Course of Study Committee, 1969
	7	Dean Search Committee, 1972-1973
	8	Joint Commission on University Governance, 1951-1976
	9	Joint Commission on University Governance, 1977-1978
	10	Joint Commission on University Governance (1 of 3), 1979
	11	Joint Commission on University Governance (2 of 3), 1979
	12	Joint Commission on University Governance (3 of 3), 1979
Box	Folder
51	1	Joint Commission on University Governance (1 of 3), 1980
	2	Joint Commission on University Governance (2 of 3), 1980
	3	Joint Commission on University Governance (3 of 3), 1980
	4	Joint Commission on University Governance, 1981
	5	Joint Commission on University Governance: Documents List, Documents & Report (1 of 7), 1979
	6	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (2 of 7), 1979
	7	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (3 of 7), 1979
	8	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (4 of 7), 1979
	9	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (5 of 7), 1979
	10	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (6 of 7), 1979
	11	Joint Commission on University Governance: List, Documents & Report (7 of 7), 1979
Box	Folder
52	1	Library Search Committee, 1977-1978
	2	Rutgers Alumni Federation Constitution Study Committee, 1979-1981
	3	Winants Hall Rededication Committee, January 1988-July 1990
	4	Winants Hall Rededication Committee—Modern Descendants of Garrett E. Winants, 1990
	5	Winants Hall Rededication Committee—Research on Garrett E. Winants, 1990-1992
	B. Events of 1969, 1968-1971:
Box	Folder
52	6	Correspondence: Arnold B. Grobman, 1969-1970
	7	Correspondence: Mason W. Gross, 1969
	8	Correspondence: Parker Worley, 1969-1970
	9	Correspondence: James E. Young, Dean, 1969-1970
	10	College of South Jersey, 1969
	11	Courses of Study Committee, 1969
	12	Interim By-Laws for Rutgers College (formerly called "Reports"), 1969
	13	Miscellaneous Documents and Correspondence, 1968-1970
Box	Folder
53	1	Newspaper Clippings: Black Student Protests, 1969-1973
	2	Notes: R. P. McCormick, 1969
	3	Resolutions and Recommendations, 1969
	4	Rutgers College Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1969
	5	Rutgers News Service: Press Releases, 1969
	6	The Rutgers Newsletter, 1969
	7	The Rutgers Targum, 1969, 1973
	8	Select Committee, 1969
	9	Special Committee, 1969
	10	Special Programs Committee, 1969
	11	State of New Jersey, Law Revision and Legislative Services—Public Hearings Before Senate and Assembly Committees on Education, 1969
	12	Statistics, 1969
	13	Transitional Year Program, 1969-1971
	14	Transitional Year Program: Student Literary Journal, 1969
	15	Urban University Program, 1969
	C. Subject Files, 1956-1995, bulk 1963-1986:
Box	Folder
54	1	Coeducation of Rutgers College, 1969
	2	Coeducation of Rutgers College (1 of 3), 1970
	3	Coeducation of Rutgers College (2 of 3), 1970
	4	Coeducation of Rutgers College (3 of 3), 1970
	5	Coeducation of Rutgers College (1 of 3), 1971
	6	Coeducation of Rutgers College (2 of 3), 1971
	7	Coeducation of Rutgers College (3 of 3), 1971
	8	Coeducation of Rutgers College (1 of 2), 1972
	9	Coeducation of Rutgers College (2 of 2), 1972
	10	Coeducation of Rutgers College, 1973
	11	Coeducation of Rutgers College: Clippings, 1970-1971
Box	Folder
55	1	Donald F. Cameron Reading Room, 1991-1995
	2	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (1 of 3), 1963-1969
	3	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (2 of 3), 1963-1969
	4	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (3 of 3), 1963-1969
	5	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (1 of 6), 1970-1978
	6	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (2 of 6), 1970-1978
	7	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (3 of 6), 1970-1978
	8	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (4 of 6), 1970-1978
	9	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (5 of 6), 1970-1978
	10	Federated College Plan: Supporting Materials (6 of 6), 1970-1978
	11	Federated College Plan: Clippings, 1980
Box	Folder
56	1	History Department, 1965-1966
	2	Rutgers College Deanship, 1974-1977
	3	Rutgers College Deanship: Congratulatory Correspondence, 1974
	4	Rutgers Publications Dealing with the Federated College Plan and Academic Reorganization in New Brunswick, 1956, 1972-1986 (with gaps)
	5	University Historian, 1948-1973
	6	University Professorship, 1977-1981


IX. Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations, 1947-2001
	Arrangement: This series is divided into two subseries: A. New Jersey/Regional and B. National.
	Summary: The "New Jersey/Regional" files are divided into three sub-subseries: New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, New Jersey Tercentenary Commission, and Other. Please note that the New Jersey Historical Commission and the New Jersey Historical Society are not included in the New Jersey/Regional subseries, as they are large enough to merit their own distinct series.
	The "New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board" files include material from McCormick's role on the Board—for whom he reviewed grant proposals and attended meetings—and background material to the board including the minutes to the first meeting of the Archives Series Advisory Board (June 6, 1974). Other items include grant proposals, meeting minutes, membership lists, guidelines and procedures listings, newsletters, and annual reports.
	The "New Jersey Tercentenary Commission" records contain proposals, research, correspondence, legislation, reports, membership lists, meeting minutes and agendas, resolutions, photographs, and financial documentation related to the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission. McCormick was instrumental in helping establish and organize the commission, through the help of his friends including New Jersey reporter and historian John Cunningham, and Roger H. McDonough, New Jersey State Librarian, Governor Robert B. Meyner, and Acting Secretary Brendan Byrne. These men, among others including Paul L. Troast and Henry Haines, played a significant role in the growth of the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission. Consequently, their names figure prominently in the correspondence found in this subseries.
	The "Other" category contains material from McCormick's involvement and affiliation with other professional and historical organizations such as Colonial Williamsburg, General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, New Jersey Historic Sites Advisory Committee, and the Westminster Historical Society (renamed the Proprietary House Association), for example. The folders include correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, membership applications and lists, reports, notes, memoranda, research proposals, membership lists, financial statements, clippings, event programs and transcripts, and newsletter drafts and layouts.
	McCormick was also affiliated with the Governor's Committee on Morven (1954-1957) and the Drumthwacket Use Sub-Committee (1968-1970), both of which were Governor-appointed committees that were concerned with the future use of the buildings. Drumthwacket was eventually remodeled as the Governor's official residence. Morven—a historic building and property that dates back to William Penn and Richard Stockton—was a gift to New Jersey from former Governor Walter E. Edge. Although it was also planned that Morven be remodeled as a Governor's residence, instead it was restored and converted into a museum.
	There is also material concerning the Conference of New Jersey Historians at Rutgers (1948-1949, 1949-1950), which was conceived of and organized by McCormick, Conference Chairman. Historians involved in the 1949-50 conference included William Ellis, Jack Lamping, S. K. Stevens, Julian Boyd, Earle Newton (editor of American Heritage and director of the Vermont Historical Society), Roger H. McDonough (New Jersey State Librarian), and there is correspondence documenting these attendees.
	The "National Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations" files include material dating back to McCormick's early involvement in historical ventures, including his role as advisor to the American Historical Research Center in Wisconsin (for which he was unsuccessfully wooed by Clifford Lord of the State of Wisconsin, State Historical Society to be director). The folders contain the following types of material: clippings, photocopied articles, correspondence, court documents, fellowship applications and program information, reports, research notes and data, budgets, agendas, newsletters, and contracts. The subseries spans a broad time period and also includes significant material from the Thomas A. Edison Papers project, a multi-institutional (National Park Service, the New Jersey Historical Commission, Rutgers University and the Smithsonian), national project involving the organization and publication of an edition of papers by Thomas A. Edison, of which McCormick was very proud.
	An item of interest in this subseries is the material related to the Defense of the Rights of Historians under the First Amendment, which became a permanent Joint Standing Committee of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association that serves to protect the rights of historians. The Joint Committee was formed in response to the Stevens-Frick Case in 1965, which involved legal action enacted by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of steel tycoon, Henry Clay Frick, to stop the publication of a book by historian S. K. Stevens that made references to her father. The files contain article photocopies, court documents related to the case, and correspondence between Stevens and McCormick, as well as between both men and other members of the committee.
	A. New Jersey/Regional Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations

		*New Jersey State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1974-1993:*
Box	Folder
56	7	1974-1976
	8	1977
	9	1978 (1 of 2)
	10	1978 (2 of 2)
Box	Folder
57	1	1979 (1 of 3)
	2	1979 (2 of 3)
	3	1979 (3 of 3)
	4	1980-1981 (1 of 3)
	5	1980-1981 (2 of 3)
	6	1980-1981 (3 of 3)
	7	1982-1987 (with gaps)
	8	1988-1993
	9	Publications of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1976-1979

		*New Jersey Tercentenary Commission, 1956-1968:*
Box	Folder
58	1	Colonial Records Project, 1960-1961
	2	Colonial Records Project, Supporting Material (1 of 2), 1960-1961
	3	Colonial Records Project, Supporting Material (2 of 2), 1960-1961
	4	First Report of the Tercentenary Committee: Three Hundred Years of History and Progress, May 1960
	5	History and General Information, May 1956-June 1958
	6	History and General Information, July 1958-October 1959
	7	History and General Information, November 1959-July 1960
	8	History and General Information, August 1960-October 1960
	9	History and General Information, November 1960-February 1963
Box	Folder
59	1	History and General Information, March 1963-August 1965
	2	Microfilm Report of Dr. Richard P. McCormick: Visit to Great Britain, June to August, 1960 (Two Copies), ca. 1960
	3	Minutes and Agendas (1 of 2), 1959-1965
	4	Minutes and Agendas (2 of 2), 1958-1963
	5	Planning and Finances, 1962-1964
	6	Planning and Finances, 1965-1968

		*Other New Jersey/Regional Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations, 1948-2001:*
Box	Folder
59	7	Advocates for New Jersey History, Board of Trustees, 1992-1994
	8	Colonial Williamsburg (1 of 4), 1951-1961
	9	Colonial Williamsburg (2 of 4), 1951-1961
Box	Folder
60	1	Colonial Williamsburg (3 of 4), 1951-1961
	2	Colonial Williamsburg (4 of 4), 1951-1961
	3	Colonial Williamsburg: Project Reports, Notes and Miscellany, January 1954 -March 1956
	4	Conference of New Jersey Historians, November 20, 1948 (1 of 2), 1948-1949
	5	Conference of New Jersey Historians, November 20, 1948 (2 of 2), 1948-1949
	6	Conference of New Jersey Historians, December 3, 1949 (1 of 2), 1949-1950
	7	Conference of New Jersey Historians, December 3, 1949 (2 of 2), 1949-1950
	8	Drumthwacket Use Sub-Committee, January 1968-September 1970
	9	General Board of Proprieters of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1964-1985 (with gaps)
Box	Folder
61	1	General Board of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey, 1953-1977
	2	General Board of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey, 1980-1983
	3	General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1984-1985
	4	General Board of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey 1986-1989
	5	General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey and General Board of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey, 1990-1996
	6	General Board of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey, 1998-2001
	7	General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey: Dissolution, 1981-1998
	8	Governor's Committee on Morven, December 1954-March 1955
Box	Folder
62	1	Governor's Committee on Morven, April 1955-February 1957
	2	Historical American Buildings Survey-Old Queens, 1939
	3	Jersey Gazette, 1949-1950
	4	Middlesex County Tercentenary Committee, 1958-1961
	5	Middlesex County Tercentenary Committee, 1962-1964
	6	National Trust for Historic Preservation, ("P 3") 1964-1968
	7	New Brunswick Tercentenary, 1979
	8	New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, 1974-1977
	9	New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission: Newsletters, 1974-1976
	10	New Jersey Constitutional Convention (1 of 2), 1947
Box	Folder
63	1	New Jersey Constitutional Convention (2 of 2), 1947
	2	New Jersey Historic Sites Advisory Committee (1 of 2), 1958-1966
	3	New Jersey Historic Sites Advisory Committee (2 of 2), 1958-1966
	4	Raritan Millstone Heritage Alliance, 1998-1999
	5	Red River (MA) Beach Association, 1998
	6	Westminster Historical Society (later, the Proprietary House Association), 1966-1968
	7	Westminster Historical Society (later, the Proprietary House Association), 1969-1973
	8	Westminster Historical Society (later, the Proprietary House Association) (1 of 2), 1973-1974
	9	Westminster Historical Society (later, the Proprietary House Association) (2 of 2), 1973-1974
	10	Westminster Historical Society (later, the Proprietary House Association), 1974-1977
	B. National Professional Affiliations and Historical Organizations, 1951-1983:
Box	Folder
63	11	American Historical Research Center, Wisconsin, 1951
	12	Franklin Mint Bicentennial Medal Project, 1967-1968, 1971
	13	The Joint Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Historians Under the First Amendment: Stevens-Frick Case (1 of 4), 1965-1967
Box	Folder
64	1	The Joint Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Historians Under the First Amendment: Stevens-Frick Case (2 of 4), 1965-1967
	2	The Joint Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Historians Under the First Amendment: Stevens-Frick Case (3 of 4), 1965-1967
	3	The Joint Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Historians Under the First Amendment: Stevens-Frick Case (4 of 4), 1965-1967
	4	National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: National Endowment for the Arts. Divisions of Fellowships and Stipends, 1966-1969
	5	Social Science Research Council, 1956
	6	Social Science Research Council, 1957
	7	Social Science Research Council, 1958
	8	Social Science Research Council: Conference on Early American Political Behavior (June 12-14, 1957), 1985
	9	Thomas A. Edison Papers, 1978
	10	Thomas A. Edison Papers, 1979
	11	Thomas A. Edison Papers, 1980
Box	Folder
65	1	Thomas A. Edison Papers (1 of 2), 1981
	2	Thomas A. Edison Papers (2 of 2), 1981
	3	Thomas A. Edison Papers, 1982
	4	Thomas A. Edison Papers, 1983
	5	Thomas A. Edison Papers: NEH Grant Application (1 of 2), 1980
	6	Thomas A. Edison Papers: NEH Grant Application, (2 of 2), 1980


X. American Historical Association, 1947-1977, bulk 1960-1974
	Arrangement: The files in this series are arranged alphabetically.
	Summary: The American Historical Association (AHA) series contains material collected by McCormick during his involvement with the American Historical Association. The material includes correspondence, reports, annual program session proposals, committee meeting minutes, agendas, plans and reports. There is documentation of the nomination of Roy F. Nichols for the Vice Presidency of the association and McCormick's involvement in the nomination of his former teacher and mentor.
Box	Folder
65	7	1974 Annual Meeting, Program Committee (1 of 3), 1973-1974
	8	1974 Annual Meeting, Program Committee (2 of 3), 1973-1974
	9	1974 Annual Meeting, Program Committee (3 of 3), 1974
	10	Committee on the Commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial, 1974
Box	Folder
66	1	Correspondence, 1947-1977
	2	Nomination of Roy F. Nichols, 1964
	3	Study on National Bias in Textbooks, 1960-1962
	4	Study on National Bias in Textbooks, 1963-1964
	5	Study on National Bias in Textbooks, 1965-1966


XI. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1968-1976
	Arrangement: This series is divided into six subseries: A. Correspondence, B. Heritage '76 Committee, C. Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents, D. Meetings, E. Newsletters, and F. Programs and Reports. The subseries are arranged alphabetically or chronologically.
	Summary: The "American Revolution Bicentennial Commission" series is one of the larger series in the collection, although it spans a shorter time period than others. The series consists of a vast amount of correspondence, as well as memoranda, meeting agendas, clippings, proceedings and minutes, studies and reports, photographs, publications, newsletters and ephemera, such as brochures, pamphlets, and booklets, published by the commission.
	There is a significant amount of material related to McCormick's membership on the Heritage '76 Committee, as well as on the Commission's relationship to New Jersey and projects that resulted from that relationship, such as the Bicentennial Parks Feasibility Studies and the Bicentennial Park that was built in New Jersey. (For an example of the New Jersey connection, see the Bicentennial Parks Feasibility Studies, Phases 1 and 2, which was removed to the Sinclair New Jersey Collection in Special Collections and University Archives.)
	The "Correspondence" subseries contains McCormick's correspondence both to and from people involved with the Commission. The "Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents" subseries contains correspondence as well, but it reflects official communications between entities regarding the Bicentennial Commission and its activities. Some of these activities are further documented in the other subseries.
	A. Correspondence, 1971-1973:
Box	Folder
66	6	Correspondence, March 1971-September 1971
	7	Correspondence, October 1971-February 1972
	8	Correspondence, March 1972-May 1972
	9	Correspondence, June 1972-September 1972
	10	Correspondence, October 1972-March 1973
	11	Correspondence, April 1973-August 1973
	B. Heritage '76 Committee, 1971-1972:
Box	Folder
66	12	Heritage '76 Committee (1 of 6), 1971-1972
Box	Folder
67	1	Heritage '76 Committee (2 of 6), 1971-1972
	2	Heritage '76 Committee (3 of 6), 1971-1972
	3	Heritage '76 Committee (4 of 6), 1971-1972
	4	Heritage '76 Committee (5 of 6), 1971-1972
	5	Heritage '76 Committee (6 of 6), 1971-1972
	6	Heritage '76 Committee, 1973
	C. Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents, 1968-1973:
Box	Folder
67	7	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents, 1968-1970
	8	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (1 of 4), 1971
	9	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (2 of 4), 1971
	10	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (3 of 4), 1971
	11	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (4 of 4), 1971
Box	Folder
68	1	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (1 of 10), 1972
	2	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (2 of 10), 1972
	3	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (3 of 10), 1972
	4	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (4 of 10), 1972
	5	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (5 of 10), 1972
	6	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (6 of 10), 1972
	7	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (7 of 10), 1972
	8	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (8 of 10), 1972
	9	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (9 of 10), 1972
	10	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (10 of 10), 1972
Box	Folder
69	1	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (1 of 6), 1973
	2	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (2 of 6), 1973
	3	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (3 of 6), 1973
	4	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (4 of 6), 1973
	5	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (5 of 6), 1973
	6	Information, Bulletins, and Supporting Documents (6 of 6), 1973
	D. Meetings, 1970-1973:
Box	Folder
69	7	Executive Committee Meeting (1 of 3), 1972
	8	Executive Committee Meeting (2 of 3), 1972
Box	Folder
70	1	Executive Committee Meeting (3 of 3), 1972
	2	Executive Committee Meeting, 1973
	3	Full Commission Meeting, October 27, 1970
	4	Full Commission Meeting, February 4-5, 1971
	5	Full Commission Meeting, May 6-7, 1971
	6	Full Commission Meeting (minutes), December 10, 1971
	7	Full Commission Meeting, February 21, 1972
	8	Full Commission Meeting, May 16, 1972
	9	Full Commission Meeting, September 7-8, 1972
	10	Full Commission Meeting, November 15, 1972
	11	Full Commission Meeting, December 7-8 (1 of 3), 1972
	12	Full Commission Meeting, December 7-8 (2 of 3), 1972
	13	Full Commission Meeting, December 7-8 (3 of 3), 1972
	14	Full Commission Meeting, May 15, 1973
	15	Full Commission Meeting, July 9 (1 of 3), 1973
Box	Folder
71	1	Full Commission Meeting, July 9 (2 of 3), 1973
	2	Full Commission Meeting, July 9 (3 of 3), 1973
	E. Newsletters:
Box	Folder
71	3	Newsletters—American Bicentennial Monthly
	4	Newsletters—American Bicentennial Newsletter
	5	Newsletters—Bicentennial Briefing
	6	Newsletters—Bicentennial Era
	7	Newsletters—Bicentennial Newsletter
	F. Programs and Reports, 1969-1976:
Box	Folder
71	8	Programs—Bicentennial Plans of Federal Agencies, 1972-1973
	9	Programs—Festival USA, 1973
	10	Programs—Library of Congress, 1969-1972
	11	Programs—National Historical Records Program, 1970-1974
Box	Folder
72	1	Proposed Program—Commemoration of the "March of the French Army Across the State of New Jersey," 1972
	2	Proposed Program—Continued Study of the Delaware & Raritan Canal (1 of 2), 1972
	3	Proposed Program—Continued Study of the Delaware & Raritan Canal (2 of 2), 1972
	4	Proposed Program—Freedom Train, 1972-1976
	5	Recommendations on Criteria, Projects, 1971-1973
	6	Report on the Operation of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, December 21, 1972
	7	Report on Organization and Staffing, 1972
	8	Report on the Philadelphia Exposition, 1971-1972
Box	Folder
73	1	Report on the Philadelphia Exposition, 1972
	2	Report to the President, July 4, 1970
	3	Report—State Handbook, 1971


XII. New Jersey Historical Commission, 1960, 1966-1985
	Arrangement: The Commission files are divided into two subseries: A. General Information/Correspondence and B. Subject Files. Subseries A is arranged chronologically; subseries B is arranged alphabetically.
	Summary: The first subseries consists of correspondence and other communications between such figures as Bernard Bush (former Executive Director of the Commission), John T. Cunningham (future Chairman of the Commission), Governors Richard Hughes, William T. Cahill, and Thomas H. Kean, among others. The general material and correspondence concerns the establishment, organization, and running of the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division within the New Jersey Department of State that was created "by law in 1967 to advance public knowledge of the history of New Jersey." McCormick was a key player in the development and growth of the New Jersey Historical Commission and remained involved with the state-funded historical agency until he resigned from the Board in 1985.
	The "Subject Files" folders consist of material from McCormick's various roles within the Commission—former Chairman and general member of the Commission, Chairman and member of the Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries—including minutes and agendas, budgets, correspondence, annual reports, and newsletters. Of particular interest is the material on the American Revolution Bicentennial, which contains correspondence between McCormick and John T. Cunningham, Bernard Bush, Governor Richard Hughes and others regarding the Commission's designation as the official agency to plan for the Bicentennial celebration in New Jersey. The documents contain certain members'—including Cunningham's—suggestions in 1972 for the need for another agency to run the Bicentennial event due to a lack of staffing and funding and because the members wanted the Commission to be more concerned with New Jersey historical activities. The above concerns led to the formation of the New Jersey American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Commission, which had State financing.
	A. General Information and Correspondence, 1960-1985:
Box	Folder
73	4	1960, 1966
	5	1967, February
	6	1967, March-August
	7	1967, August-December
	8	1968
	9	1969, January-March
	10	1969, March-May
Box	Folder
74	1	1969, June-August
	2	1969, August-December
	3	1970, January-February
	4	1970, February-April
	5	1970, May-July
	6	1970, July-September
	7	1970, October-December
	8	1971, January-February
	9	1971, March-April
	10	1971, May
Box	Folder
75	1	1971, July-November
	2	1972, January-June
	3	1972, July-December
	4	1973, January-April
	5	1973, May-August
	6	1973, September-October
	7	1973, November-December
	8	1974, January-February
	9	1974, March-May
	10	1974, April-August
	11	1974, September-December
Box	Folder
76	1	1975, January-April
	2	1975, May-December
	3	1976, January-May
	4	1976, June-December
	5	1977, January-March
	6	1977, April-September
	7	1977, October-December
	8	1978, January-February
	9	1978, March-July
	10	1978, August-December
	11	1979, January-February
Box	Folder
77	1	1979, March-July
	2	1979, August-December
	3	1980, January-March
	4	1980, April-December
	5	1981, January-May
	6	1981, June-December
	7	1982, January-May
	8	1982, June-December
	9	1983, January-March
	10	1983, April-December
	11	1984, January-June
Box	Folder
78	1	1984, July-December
	2	1985
	B. Subject Files, 1967-1985:
Box	Folder
78	3	American Revolution Bicentennial, 1968-1969
	4	American Revolution Bicentennial, 1970
	5	American Revolution Bicentennial, 1971
	6	American Revolution Bicentennial (1 of 5), 1972
	7	American Revolution Bicentennial (2 of 5), 1972
	8	American Revolution Bicentennial (3 of 5), 1972
	9	American Revolution Bicentennial (4 of 5), 1972
	10	American Revolution Bicentennial (5 of 5), 1972
Box	Folder
79	1	American Revolution Bicentennial—"Let's Talk Bicentennial," 1973
	2	American Revolution Bicentennial/Supporting Materials, 1968
	3	American Revolution Bicentennial/Supporting Materials, 1970-1976 (with gaps)
	4	Annual Reports, 1978/79-1980/81
	5	Annual Reports, 1981/82-1983/84
	6	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1971-1972
	7	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1973
	8	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1974
	9	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1975-1976
	10	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1977-1978
	11	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries (1 of 2), 1979
	12	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries (2 of 2), 1979
	13	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries (1 of 2), 1980
Box	Folder
80	1	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries (2 of 2), 1980
	2	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1980
	3	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1982
	4	Committee on Scholarly Programs, Higher Education and Libraries, 1983-1984
	5	History of the Commission, n.d. 1967-1969
	6	Minutes and Agendas, 1967-1969
	7	Minutes and Agendas, 1970-1971
	8	Minutes and Agendas, 1972
	9	Minutes and Agendas, 1973-1974
	10	Minutes and Agendas, 1975-1976
Box	Folder
81	1	Minutes and Agendas, 1977-1979
	2	Minutes and Agendas, 1980-1981
	3	Minutes and Agendas, 1982
	4	Minutes and Agendas, 1983
	5	Minutes and Agendas, 1984-1985
	6	Miscellaneous Forms and Publications, 1970, 1975-1980
	7	Newsletters, 1970-1971
	8	Newsletters, 1972
	9	Newsletters, 1973-1978 (bulk in 1973)
	10	Newsletters, 1980-1981 (bulk in 1981)
	11	Newsletters, 1982-1984
Box	Folder
82	1	Three Decades of the Governor's Office, (Transcript of Panel Discussion), April 28, 1982
	2	William Livingston Papers, 1971, 1974


XIII. New Jersey Historical Society, 1950-1951, 1960-1993:
	Arrangement: The New Jersey Historical Society files are divided into two subseries: A. General Information/Correspondence and B. Subject Files. Subseries A is arranged chronologically; subseries B is arranged alphabetically.
	Summary: The General Information and Correspondence subseries (1960-1993) consists of material relating to the time McCormick served on the Society's Board of Trustees, from which he resigned in November 1985. It includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports submitted to the Board from various departments and committees—the Search Committee, the Education Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Museum Committee, the library, and accounting department.
	The "Subject Files" (1950-1989) include meeting minutes and agendas, annual and other reports, publications, committee information, studies, directories, and program information. It contains a copy of 1950 Alexander Report, which consists of correspondence, circulars, and a survey report of the New Jersey Historical Society by Dr. Edward P. Alexander, Director of Interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg, and was solicited by the Society on the advice of McCormick. On being appointed President of the Society, McCormick's role was to evaluate the findings and implement the recommendations found in the 1950 report.
	A. General Information and Correspondence, 1960-1993:
Box	Folder
82	3	1960-1962
	4	1966-1968
	5	1969
	6	1970-1972
	7	1974-1975
	8	1976-1979
	9	1980, March-July
	10	1980, September-December, 1980
	11	1981, January-May
	12	1981, June-December 1981
	13	1982
Box	Folder
83	1	1983, January-June
	2	1983, July-December
	3	1984, January-May
	4	1984, June-November
	5	1984, December
	6	1985, January
	7	1985, February-March
	8	1985, April-September
	9	1985, October
	10	1985, November-December
Box	Folder
84	1	1986
	2	1988-1993, with gaps
	B. Subject Files, 1950-1951, 1960-1989:
Box	Folder
84	3	Annual Meeting—Minutes, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1977-1978
	4	Annual Reports, 1974-1975, 1979-1980, 1982
	5	Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc., 1967-1968
	6	Board of Trustees—Minutes, 1960-1968 (with gaps)
	7	Board of Trustees—Minutes, 1969-1972, 1974
	8	Board of Trustees—Minutes, 1975-1980
	9	Development Program, 1968, 1973
	10	Directories, 1970, 1974/75-1975/76
	11	Directories, 1978/79-1981/82
	12	Executive Committee—Minutes, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967-1968
Box	Folder
85	1	Executive Committee—Minutes, 1969-1972
	2	Executive Committee—Minutes, 1974-1978, 1980
	3	Miscellaneous Publications, n.d.
	4	New Jersey History, 1975-1989 (with gaps)
	5	Planning Committee, 1977-1978
	6	Planning Committee (1 of 2), April 1979-July 1979
	7	Planning Committee (2 of 2), September 1979-December 1979
	8	Planning Committee, 1980-1984
	9	Public Hearings on New Jersey's Role in the American Revolution Bicentennial (1 of 2), 1969-1970
	10	Public Hearings on New Jersey's Role in the American Revolution Bicentennial (2 of 2), 1969-1970
	11	Reports, 1950-1951
	12	Reports, 1965-1967, 1970
	13	Reports, 1976-1977
Box	Folder
86	1	Reports, 1986
	2	Special Studies, 1960-1964
	3	Special Studies, 1965


XIV. Organization of American Historians, 1968-1974
	Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.
	Summary: This series consists of programs and other general information and correspondence concerning McCormick's involvement with the Organization of American Historians, particularly from the time of his appointment to the Executive Board in March, 1971. The folders include correspondence, budgets, minutes, membership statistics, and annual meeting programming information.
Box	Folder
86	4	Program Committee, 1968-1970
	5	1970-1971
	6	January 1972-September 1972
	7	September 1972-December 1972
	8	January 1973-April 1973
	9	April 1973-November 1973
Box	Folder
87	1	November 1973-December 1973
	2	1974


XV. Calendars/Calendar Sheets, 1951-1995
	Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.
	Summary: This series includes engagement calendars (both loose and spiral-bound) and calendar sheets that document McCormick's daily activities throughout his career. Oversized calendar sheets documenting McCormick's activities during 1967-1977 are located in boxes 97 and 98.
Box	Folder
87	3	Calendars (Engagement Calendars), 1951-1954
	4	Calendars, 1955-1959
	5	Calendars, 1960-1966
	6	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), September 1977-December 1983
	7	Calendars, January 1984-December 1990
	8	Calendars, January 1991-December 1995


XVI. Photographs, 1938-1990s
	Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within subjects.
	Summary: This series includes photographs from an "1876 Centennial" Exhibition, the New Jersey Tercentenary Commission, Council of Proprietors of West New Jersey, Trip to Fukui, Japan, and those collected by McCormick and originally filed within his biographical/personal material (Series I). This series also contains photographs a found loose in McCormick's papers. These photos document both McCormick's personal and professional lives.
Box	Folder
88	1	Photographs: Personal, ca. 1938-1990
	2	Photographs: Personal--Trip to Fukui (Japan), 1983
	3	Photographs: Portraits--RPM Formal and Casual, ca. 1938-1990
	4	Photographs: Professional/Events, ca. 1938-1990
	5	Photographs: Professional/Events--New Jersey Tercentary Commission, n.d.
	6	Photographs: Professional/Events--Council of Proprietors of West Jersey, n.d.
	7	Photographs: Research related--1876 Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia), 1976
	8	Photographs: Research-related--Winants Hall, 1986, February


XVII. Student, Faculty, and Alumni Papers
	Arrangement: Student, faculty, and alumni papers are divided into three subseries: A. New Jersey History Topics; B. Rutgers University History Topics; and C. American Political History (Miscellaneous Topics). The papers are filed chronologically within each subseries.
	Summary: This series includes papers written about the history of New Jersey, many of them about New Brunswick. The second part of the series are papers written about the history of Rutgers. The last series are miscellaneous topics regarding United Stated politics and voting patterns.
	Note: As unpublished papers/student records, these papers may be consulted in the reading room of Special Collections and University Archives, and may be photocopied only on a limited basis. The papers may not be photocopied in their entirety without permission from the author.
	A. New Jersey History Topics, 1948-1978:
Box	Folder
88	9	"Inhumane Punishment in Colonial New Jersey," (Gordon F. Law), May 1, 1948
	10	"The Railroad Tax Problem in New Jersey in 1941," (Carlton E. Greiner), May 3, 1948
	11	"The Development of Cape May as a Summer Resort Prior to the Civil War," (Walter P. Nelson), May 3, 1948
	12	"Rubber and New Brunswick," (Robert A. Wood), May 3, 1948
	13	"The Contested Election of 1838 (The Great Seal War)," (Albert R. Bobal), May 7, 1948
	14	"An Account of the Origins of the Clean Government Republican Movement in Essex County, New Jersey," (Arno B. Wolf), January 1949
	15	"The Social and Economic History and Significance of the Cooperative Movement in New Jersey 1881-1895," (Jack Shifrin), January 12, 1949
	16	"Development of the Poultry Industry in New Jersey 1889-1946," (Harold Vanaman), January 13, 1949
Box	Folder
89	1	"The Federal Aid System: A History of the Development of Federal Aids to Highway Construction and of its Effects Upon the Highways of New Jersey, to 1939," (Robert E. Cyphers), January 14, 1949
	2	"'The First Born Child' The Founding of the State Hospital for the Mentally Ill at Trenton," (Richard C. Searing), January, 14, 1949
	3	"The Successful Failure: The History of the Brotherton Indian Reservation," (Richard Feinberg), January 4, 1950
	4	"The Structure and Functions of the Republican Organization of Union County," (Joyce Garber), January 1950
	5	"Taxes and Expenditures of the New Jersey Legislature, 1830-1860," (Myron Joseph Levin), January 13, 1950
	6	"Development in Corporation Law in New Jersey, 1775-1875," (David Savitt), January 12, 1950
	7	"Silk Culture in New Jersey, 1836-1840," (Donald Lippincott), January 13, 1950
	8	"Sports in New Brunswick from 1865 to 1875," (Larry Weiss), January 9, 1951
	9	"The Delaware Boundary Controversy," (Paul Walker), January 10, 1951
	10	"The Election in 1793 for Middlesex's County Seat," (Frank M. Sinatra), January 10, 1951
	11	"The Loan Office Act of 1733: With Particular Reference to Salem County," (Harry Kels Swan), January 12, 1951
	12	"The American Party in Jersey City, 1859-1860," (Isaac Henkoff), January 13, 1951
	13	"The Growth of the Democratic Party in New Brunswick," (Frank Deiner, Jr.), May 18, 1951
	14	"Social and Cultural Activities in New Brunswick in the 1850's," (H. Berridge), January 9, 1952
	15	"The Effect of the Panic of 1873 on New Brunswick," (Emil Louis Tobler), January 1952
	16	"Emergence of the Whig Party in New Jersey, 1830-1834," (Charles C. Haus), January 9, 1952
	17	"Skirmishing in the Raritan Valley, January-June 1777," (John Flower), January 9, 1952
	18	"Newark's Attitude During the War of 1812," (Allen Berkin), January 9, 1952
	19	"New Jersey in the Gold Rush, 1849-1850," (Allan E. James, Jr.), January 1952
Box	Folder
90	1	"New Jersey Turnpike Company, Incorporated February 27, 1806," (Frank V. Sperduto), May 16, 1952
	2	"Politics in Middlesex County 1827-1828," (Peter Campell), May 20, 1952
	3	"The Development of the Whig Party in New Jersey," (Donald Hembling), December 1953
	4	"Privateering from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet During the Revolution," (John G. Bates III), Spring 1954
	5	"'Representative Government' in New Jersey," (Robert C. Sparks and Robert W. Frostick, Jr.), May 14, 1954
	6	"Chemical Industry of New Jersey up to World War I," (Edward Barth), May 19, 1954
	7	"The Great Depression: A Study of Unemployment and Relief in New Jersey," (Richard W. Pendleton Jr.), May 20, 1954
	8	"Shipwreck off the New Jersey Coast During the Eighteenth Century," (John Lechara), May 21, 1954
	9	"Riparian Rights in New Jersey, 1830-1884," (Paul J. Dubow), May 2, 1955
	10	"The Effect of World War II on Asbury Park: A Study of a Coastal City in Wartime," (W. H. Graff), May 4, 1955
	11	"Conscription and the Newark Daily Journal 1863-1865," (Michael Litvak), May 9, 1955
	12	"Music in Newark, New Jersey, 1850-1885," (Howard Goldberg), May 12, 1955
	13	"New Jersey Whig Politics 1836-1852," (Mary Lou DuBowik), May 19, 1955
	14	"The Democratic Party in the State of New Jersey 1840-1860," (Thomas Ryley), May 24, 1955
Box	Folder
91	1	"New Jersey Democratical Gubernatorial Conventions 1874-1883," (William Ducca), January 22, 1958
	2	"A History of the Morris County Traction Company," (Richard A. Powell), January 5, 1959
	3	"The Dispute Concerning the South Station Point Location for the Boundary Line Between East and West Jersey," (Daniel W. Haines), January 5, 1959
	4	"The New Jersey State Senate Investigation of 1895," (Neil Reiseman), January 6, 1959
	5	"Tempori Parendum," (Peter Stewart Hare), April 2, 1966
	6	"The Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt in New Jersey, 1676-1844," (Michael Lutzker), May 1964
	7	"Political Bossism in Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1868-1876," (Steven B. Frakt), April 15, 1966
	8	"Some Aspects of the Congressional Career of Dr. Ferdinand Schureman Schenk," (Robert Mettler), March 31, 1966
	9	"The Development of a Liberal Government of the Town of Piscataway, New Jersey, from the Early Beginnings of its Settlers in Piscataqua, New Hampshire," (Geofry G. West), March 31, 1966
	10	"The New Brunswick Dorcas Society, 1813-1824," (John A. Fisher), March 31, 1966
	11	"The Newark Mechanic's Association," (August Oppel), March 31, 1966
	12	"An Account and an Analysis of the State Election of 1893," (Steven Herman), April 18, 1966
	13	"The Extra-Economic Life of the Working Class Peoples of 1880 New Brunswick," (Robert I. Graver); "Extra-Economic Life of the New Brunswick Working Class," (Richard Hayzler) May 10, 1971
	14	"Public Education in New Brunswick, 1860-1880," (Richard Schaublin), May 10, 1971
	15	"The Factory Worker in New Brunswick in 1860," (Edward Pirher and Brian Bartlet), May 13, 1971
	16	"The Economic Condition of the New Brunswick Factory Worker in 1880," (Harry Furman), May 13, 1971
	17	"The Study of Crime, Welfare and Dependency in New Brunswick in 1880," (Ralph Davies), May 21, 1971
	18	"New Brunswick 1870—Analysis of Statistical Data," (Anthony Marono and Bruce Severence), December 6, 1971
	19	"A Study of the Very Elite in New Brunswick: 1870," (Bob Gleason and Phil Brozen), 1971
Box	Folder
92	1	"Mobility Study of the New Brunswick Elite 1860-1870," (Bob Ribeiro), January 31, 1972
	2	"Appendix: Charts, Tables Graphics, and Pictures," by Bob Communale and Roy Tanzman, January 15, 1972
	3	"Newark in the Centennial Year," (Alan Alper), May 1, 1973
	4	"The Economic Thought of James Bishop: The New Jersey Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries, 1878-1892," (Peter von Kaufmann), May 1, 1973
	5	"Barbadians in Proprietary New Jersey," (Harold Stephens), May 8, 1973
	6	"Local Centennial Celebrations of New Jersey," (Thomas Milburn), May 8, 1973
	7	"Revival in New Jersey in 1876," (Michael J. Godderz), May 8, 1973
	8	"New Jersey State Government's Role in the Centennial Year, 1876," (Steven Braun), May 8, 1973
	9	"The Radical Women's Movement of a Century Ago," (Paul Langan), May 8, 1973
	10	"The Fifteenth Amendment in New Jersey's 1870 Election," (Andrew De Maio), May 3, 1977
	11	"Reactions to the Newark Riots of 1967," (J. D. Lasica), May 10, 1977
	12	"Leonor F. Loree," (Michael C. Illuzzi), May 12, 1976
	13	"A Matter of Priorities: Political Antislavery in New Jersey, 1856," (Andrew De Maio), May 1978
	14	"The Anti-Monopoly Party of Essex County, 1848-1852," (C. A. Krantz), n.d.
	15	"Curtain Time Entertainment in New Brunswick, 1852-1896," (Eliot Taubenslag), n.d.
	16	"The Delaware and Raritan Canal Since its Acquisition by the State of New Jersey," (Paul Walker), n.d.
	17	"Ethnic Groups in New Brunswick: A Study," (Manuel Robinson, Jr.), n.d.
	18	"Irish Catholic Immigration to New Brunswick in the Years 1830-1860," (John J. Sutor), n.d.
	19	"Jacksonism in the Counties of New Jersey Between the Election of 1824 and 1828," (R. E. Lambert), n.d.
	20	"Life of Cornelius Wilson Larison," (no student name, no date, no formal title)
	21	"New Brunswick 1860 Topic 1," (Bruce Goldman and Spencer Scheffling) and "General Conclusions, 1860-1880," (Bruce Goldman), n.d.
	22	"One Party Counties in New Jersey," (Carol Glasser), n.d.
Box	Folder
93	1	"Pre-Civil War Industry: New Brunswick Manufacturing, 1850-1860," (Joseph W. Rachinsky), n.d.
	2	"Rise and Growth of Jacksonism in New Jersey," (R. E. Lambert) n.d.
	3	"Thomas Warne of East New Jersey, Proprietor," (George Warne), n.d.
	B. Rutgers University History Topics, 1948-1991:
Box	Folder
93	4	"Case History of Assembly Bill 309 or Should College Men Vote?" (Gordon A. McCoy), May 7, 1948
	5	"Rutgers Men in Public Service 1900-48," (Michael Sidoroff), January 21, 1949
	6	"Extra-Curricular Activities at Rutgers, 1880-1900," (Leslie Unger), January 13, 1951
	7	"History of the Bishop House," (William Sherman), May 1951
	8	"Student Management of Sports at Rutgers in the 1880's," (William Pollinger), March 31, 1976
	9	"The Origin and History of the Rutgers College Philoclean Society, 1825-1875," (Susan Kennedy), May 6, 1976
	10	"Winants to Silvers: Changing Styles of Student Housing at Rutgers College 1890-1974," (Kevin M. Hale), May 6, 1976
	11	"The Changing Appearance of Rutgers Men in the Twentieth Century," (Paul Fields), May 6, 1976
	12	"The Growth of a Newspaper: Rutgers Daily Targum 1966-1972," (Ann F. Kiernan), May 12, 1976
	13	"The Rutgers College Department of History: Development and Growth (1863-1976)," (Charles Stewart Cohen), Spring 1976
	14	"The Development of Rutgers Stadium," (Keith F. Govain), May 12, 1976
	15	"Development of the Busch Campus (1935-1975)," (Mark Usinger), May 12, 1976
	16	"An Analysis of the Rutgers College Curriculum 1906-1916," (Dan Berg), May 12, 1976
	17	"Biology at Rutgers: A History 1888-1961," (Larry Klienman) January 17, 1979
	18	"Academic Freedom and Fascism: The Firing of Leonard Bergel by Rutgers University," (Michael Greenberg, Seymour Zenchelsky), 1987
	19	"Women at Rutgers College: Building a New Tradition," (Karen Palombo), May 1991
	20	"An Abbreviated History of Geology at Rutgers, The State University, 1830-1963," (Albert Wilkerson), n.d.
Box	Folder
94	1	"Experiment Perilous: The First Years of Livingston College 1969-1970," (Irving Louis Horowitz), n.d.
	2	"The History of the Department of Economics at Rutgers," (E. E. Agger) n.d.
	C. American Political History (Miscellaneous Topics), 1948-1958:
Box	Folder
94	3	Student Papers, 1948-1951
	4	Student Papers, 1955
	5	Student Papers, 1956
	6	Student Papers, 1956
	7	Student Papers, 1958
	8	Student Papers, 1958
	9	Student Papers, n.d.


XVIII. Voting Data, Oversized Material, and Census Data, (Boxes 95 through 100)
	Arrangement: The material in this series is arranged by subject and stored in one manuscript box, three oversized containers, and two index card boxes.
	Summary: The manuscript box contains two volumes of state-by-state voting data used by McCormick in his studies including "Suffrage Classes and Party Alignments" and The Second American Party System. The oversized material consists of calendar sheets, ephemera, maps, newsletters, certificates and diplomas, and a photograph. The index card boxes contain cards with data pertaining to the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. These were used as part of McCormick's 1971 Junior Honors Seminar.
Box	Folder
95	(v. 1)	Volume 1 of state-by-state voting data used for studies, such as "Suffrage Classes and Party Alignments," "New Perspectives on Jacksonian Politics," The Second American Party System, and The Presidential Game, n.d.
	(v. 2)	Volume 2 of state-by-state voting data used for studies, such as "Suffrage Classes and Party Alignments," "New Perspectives on Jacksonian Politics," The Second American Party System, and The Presidential Game, n.d.
Box	Folder
96	1	Broadside on "Origins of the Presidential Game" by RPM, Schweitzer Lectures in the Humanities, 1980-1981, (removed from Speaking Engagements: Correspondence, 1980-1981), February 18, 1981
	2	Second American Party System folder with hand drawn chart of basic data research for the book (removed from "Research: History (General): Second American Party System")
	3	Burnet Street Folder with hand drawn map of Burnet Street (removed from "Research: New Jersey/Regional: Burnet Street")
	4	ARBC—Photo of Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin photographed by Astronaut Neil Armstrong beside the first American flag to be unveiled on the moon during the initial landing of Apollo 11—given to RPM by President of the American Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission, David J. Mahoney (removed from "American Revolution Bicentennial Commission" material)
	4	Colonial Heritage Vol. 3, No. 7, (removed from "New Jersey Historical Commission—American Revolution Bicentennial, 'Let's Talk Bicentennial,' 1973" file), November 1972
	4	Bicentennial Chronicle Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1972 (removed from "American Revolution Bicentennial Commission—General Information and Correspondence, 1972"
	5	Jersey Scrapbook drawing of RPM: layout version, print copy, and negative copy (removed from "Ephemera")
	6	Diplomas: Bachelor of Arts (Rutgers), 1938; Master of Arts (Rutgers), 1940; and Ph.D (University of Pennsylvania), 1948 (removed from "Biographical Files: Certificates, Diplomas, Prizes")
	7	Map Tracings: The Alexandria Tract of Sir Robert Barker: "Tracing of Map in 'Papers Relating to, and Settlement of, the Land Between the Muscaneconk and Delaware Rivers'" New Jersey Historical Society . . . . "Presumably the map made by Anthony Dennis, Surveyor for James Parker in 1789."
	8	"Suggested layout for Rutgers College ," by York and Sawyer Architects, N.Y.C. (removed from Research: Rutgers University: Rutgers, A Bicentennial History: History of Rutgers II, 1906-1932"[6 of 13]) 1923-1924
Box	Folder
97	1	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), September 1967-June 1968
	2	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1968-June 1969
	3	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1969-June 1970
	4	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1970-May 1971
	5	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), June 1971-June 1972
	6	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1972-June 1973
Box	Folder
98	1	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1974-June 1975
	2	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1975-June 1976
	3	Calendars (Calendar Sheets), July 1976-June 1977
	4	Maps (4) Concerning Princeton Battlefield (removed from New Jersey Historical Commission: General Information and Correspondence, 1971)
	5	Commission Appointments and Other Certificates (removed from "Biographical Files: Certificates, Diplomas, Prizes"):

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Historical Commission (signed by Governor Brendan Byrne), January 25, 1979

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Historical Commission (signed by Governor Brendan Byrne), September 10, 1973

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Historical Commission (signed by Governor Brendan Byrne), December 15, 1975

			Presidential Commission Certificate for RPM relating to his membership in the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (signed by President Richard M. Nixon), May 10, 1971

			Presidential Commission Certificate for McCormick relating to his membership in the New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration Commission (signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower), December 28, 1960

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Tercentenary Commission (signed by Governor Robert B. Meyner), May 1, 1959

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Historical Commission (signed by Governor Richard J. Hughes), December 12, 1966

			Commission appointment certificate for State Historical Records Advisory Board (signed by Governor Brendan Byrne), June 11, 1976

			Commission appointment certificate for New Jersey Historical Commission

			Certification of Richard P. McCormick's Associate Member status in the New York Historical Society, February 28, 1951
Box
99			Index Card Data: Census Data Used for Junior Honors Seminars (Census 1860, 1870, 1880), (see Box 48, Folder 5) 1971
Box
100			Index Card Data: Census Data Used for Junior Honors Seminars (Census 1860, 1870, 1880), (See Box 48, Folder 6), 1971

Appendix A: Speaking Engagements: Speeches

Note: The following items are listed according to their box and folder location.

Box 16, Folder 11, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1959-1964:

"Individual Freedom: A Challenge to All Nations," address given to Williamsburg Student Burgesses, February 15, 1959 (three copies of speech).

"The Uses of New Jersey History," Haddonfield, N.J., March 26, 1963.

"Preserving New Jersey's Heritage Through Planning," State Planning Conference, February 4, 1964 (2 copies of speech).

"New Jersey and the Federal Union," 1964 (One whole copy of speech and one partial copy, pages 3-20).

Box 17, Folder 1, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1966-1972:

"Opening of Bicentennial Year Speech," January 4, 1966.

"300th Anniversary—New Jersey Legislature," November 25, 1968.

"The Mason Gross Decade," speech given at the 21 Club, New York City, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of Mason W. Gross as President of Rutgers, February 27, 1969.

"Statement by Dr. Richard P. McCormick to New Jersey Tax Policy Committee," November 12, 1970.

"Presidential Inaugurations at Rutgers," speech given in anticipation of President Edward J. Bloustein on November 10, 1971.

"Presidential Inauguration Remarks on Behalf of the Faculty," November 10, 1971.

"Statement by Dr. Richard P. McCormick to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations," August 1, 1972.

"Comment by Professor Richard P. McCormick on Pessen's 'Martin Van Buren'," Conference on Six Empire State Presidents, September 15, 1972.

Box 17, Folder 2, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1973-1977:

"Roy F. Nichols Memorial," Irvine Auditorium, January 30, 1973.

"Comment—J. R. Hollingsworth's Paper," MSSB Conference, Ithaca, N.Y., June 11, 1973.

"The Local Library and the Bicentennial of the American Revolution," June 27, 1973.

"Unity Against Oppression" remarks regarding New Brunswick and the American Revolution, July 21, 1974.

"Cameron Memorial Service," remarks presented at Donald F. Cameron's Memorial Service, September 20, 1974.

"Remarks—R. P. McCormick," April 12, 1975, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the formal designation of Rutgers as the State University of New Jersey.

"Statement of Dean Richard P. McCormick to Joint Subcommittee on Higher Education of N.J. Legislature," February 20, 1976.

"New Brunswick During the Revolution" talk given by Dr. Richard P. McCormick, Dean of Rutgers College, at the opening of the Rutgers University Art Gallery's Bicentennial Exhibit, "New Brunswick—A Visual Recollection of its Art, Architecture & Life (1681-1914)," May 1, 1976.

"New Jersey's Governors," remarks at opening of an exhibit at Alexander Library, Rutgers University, June 11, 1976.

"L. Ethan Ellis, Colleague," remarks at L. Ethan Ellis Memorial Service, October 28, 1977 includes one copy of "Obituary, L. Ethan Ellis," December 5, 1977, and three copies of the memorial service booklet.

"Jersey City State College Commencement," January 12, 1978.

"Jackson Revisited," Southern Historical Association Meeting, 1978 (includes related correspondence).

Box 17, Folder 3, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1979-1980:

"Livingston Papers Presentation," State House, Trenton, N.J., July 2, 1979.

"The Society in the 1950s," address at Annual Meeting of New Jersey Historical Society, ca. 1980.

"Passionate Patriots," New Jersey Society of Cincinnati, ca. 1980.

"Centenary: New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station," celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station, March 10, 1980 (Two copies of speech).

Box 17, Folder 4, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1981-1986:

"Graduation Address: Rutgers College," May 21, 1981.

"History Section Dinner," remarks regarding "discipline of history and the historical profession over a period of nearly half a century," ca. 1982.

"A Tribute to Milford A. Vieser," April 21, 1982.

"Warren I. Susman: An Appreciation," remarks at Warren I. Susman's Memorial Service, April 23, 1985.

"Graduation Address: Rutgers College," May 23, 1985 (2 copies of address).

"A Forty-Year Perspective," First Annual Conference presented by the New Jersey Historical Commission, Freehold, N. J., December 7, 1985.

"Memorial Service: Moses I. Finley," November 6, 1986.

Box 17, Folder 5, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1987-1989:

"The Miracle at Philadelphia," University of Utah, 1987.

"Bicentennial of the Constitution," 1987.

"Ratification by Delaware and its Neighbors," The American Constitution: 1787-1987. Conference at the University of Delaware, January 14-15, 1987 (Two copies of January 15, 1987 speech plus related correspondence).

"Black Student Protest—1969," March 1, 1989.

"Richard Schlatter: In Memoriam," March 4, 1988.

"Robert M. Lunny," Robert M. Lunny Memorial Service, March 11, 1989.

Box 17, Folder 6, Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1989-1991:

"Winants Hall," November 9, 1990.

"Origins of the New Jersey Historical Commission," Newark Public Library, 25th Anniversary of the New Jersey Historical Commission, January 20, 1991.

"The Strange History of Rutgers College," March 27, 1991.

"Presidents of Rutgers," celebration of Rutgers University and inauguration of 18th President of Rutgers, Dr. Francis L. Lawrence, March 27, 1991(includes speech, outline, research notes, and event program).

"Howard J. Crosby," remarks at Howard J. Crosby's Memorial Service, December 4, 1991.

Box 17, Folder 7 Speaking Engagements: Speeches, 1992-1998:

"Comment: The Age of Jackson," Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., "birthday" symposium arranged by Dick Wade, 1992.

"What's in a Name?" How Rutgers' name reflects its status as a state university. April 1994.

"Karl E. Metzger, 1912-1993," remarks at Karl E. Metzger's Memorial Service, October 1, 1993.

"Roy F. Nichols," remarks at Roy F. Nichols' Induction into Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni, May, 1994.

"Archibald Alexander Library Celebration," April 14, 1994.

"Mason Gross Memorial," October 9, 1994.

"Province Line and the Boundary of the Two Jersies," Princeton Old Guard, November 2, 1994.

"A History of New Jersey History," New Jersey History Issues Convention, April 29, 1995 (2 copies of speech).

"Simeon De Witt and James Neilson," Honoring alumni, April 8, 1995.

"Sidney Ratner: An Appreciation," remarks at Sidney Ratner's Memorial Service, April 14, 1996 (includes memorial program).

"Remembering Alex," remarks at Memorial tribute to Alex Balinky, September 25, 1998 (includes memorial program).

Box 17, Folder 8, Speaking Engagements: Speeches (1 of 2):

"Rutgers College: The Grobman Era," speech given on the occasion of Arnold Grobman's retirement dinner; two copies of speech.

"Introduction," regarding 18th century/Colonial New Jersey.

"The Comparative Method: Some Applications to the Study of United States History."

"Commercial Navigation on the Raritan River in the Vicinity of Landing Lane Bridge."

"Comment on 'The Two-Party Norm in American Politics: Will It Survive?'" McCormick's comment included with copy of "The Two-Party Norm in American Politics: Will It Survive?" by William Nisbet Chambers, prepared for presentation at the American Historical Association, December 28, 1968.

"National Bias in Textbooks" (for a colloquium session).

"Text of Address of Dr. Richard McCormick," address given at celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of the Council of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey; transcribed from videotape by Tracy Alden Peter.

"State and Regional History in the Colleges," ca. 1950s.

Box 17, Folder 9, Speaking Engagements: Speeches (2 of 2):

"New Jersey in Historical Perspective" (two copies of speech).

"Winkler Dinner," speech given at Henry Winkler Dinner on the occasion of his leaving Rutgers for Cincinnati.

"Party Conventions."

"Rutgers in World War II."

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By Melinda Zack

January 2005

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

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