uarc00113 Harlan Cleveland Papers, 1980-1989 Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries March 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman March 2005 English University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc] Cleveland, Harlan. Harlan Cleveland papers 1980-1989 26 boxes (26 cubic feet) Collection contains the papers of Harlan Cleveland, dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. uarc 113 English Administrative Information Use of Materials

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright

Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.

 Preferred citation

Harlan Cleveland papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

 Source of acquisition

The collection was donated to University Archives in March 1986 and March 1994.

Processing Information

Collection has not been processed.

Scope and Content

The collection contains the papers of Harlan Cleveland during his tenure as dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. The papers include subject files, publications, people files, correspondence and chronological files.

Biographical Sketch of Harlan Cleveland (b. 1918)

Harlan Cleveland was born in New York City in 1918. He graduated from Princeton University in 1938 and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1944, he was appointed to manage the Allied Control Commission economic programs in Italy. In 1947, Mr. Cleveland transferred to Shanghai, China to become director of the UNRRA China program. He was appointed as director of the U.S. China Aid program in 1948.

In 1953, Mr. Cleveland became executive editor, and later publisher, of The Reporter. In 1956, he became dean of Syracuse University's Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Mr. Cleveland was appointed as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs by President Kennedy (1961-1965) and President Johnson appointed him as NATO ambassador (1965-1969). He became the president of the University of Hawaii in 1969 and served in this position until 1974, when he accepted an appointment as director of the Aspen Institute Program in International Affairs.

In 1980, Mr. Cleveland was appointed as dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Under his tenure as dean, the Institute became an autonomous unit, being moved from under the umbrella of the College of Liberal Arts; he oversaw the construction of the new home of the Institute, the Humphrey Building, on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota campus and shaped the school into one of international prominence. He resigned his post as dean in 1986.

Related Materials

Harlan Cleveland papers, John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

Harlan Cleveland papers, Syracuse University, George Arents Research Library for Special Collections, E. S. Bird Library

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Cleveland, Harlan -- Archives. Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. International education. International relations.