Descriptive SummaryMac Lane, Saunders, 1909-Saunders Mac Lane Papers,1967-1979Materials are written in English.AAM 86-104 ft., 3 in.Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History,The University of Texas at AustinMathematician Saunders Mac Lane (1909-) was a co-creator of category theory and also worked with homological algebra and the categorical foundations of mathematics. This collection consists of correspondence, agendas, minutes and reports related to Saunders Mac Lane's presidency (1973-1974) of the American Mathematical Society and his work with the Joint Projects Committee for Mathematics.Biographical NoteMathematician Saunders Mac Lane (1909-) was a co-creator of category theory and also worked with homological algebra and the categorical foundations of mathematics. After earning his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1930, Mac Lane studied at the University of Chicago under E. H. Moore and then went to the University of Göttingen in Germany, earning his degree under I. Paul Bernays and Hermann Weyl in 1933, and returning to the United States. Mac Lane worked in the Applied Mathematics Groups at Columbia during World War II, held posts at Yale, Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, and advised 39 doctoral candidates. Mac Lane was the president of the American Mathematical Society from 1973-1974, among other prestigious posts. Professor Mac Lane is currently the Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Chicago.
Scope and ContentsThis collection consists of correspondence, agendas, minutes and reports related to Saunders Mac Lane's presidency (1973-1974) of the American Mathematical Society and his work with the Joint Projects Committee for Mathematics. The materials are organized in Mac Lane's original alphabetical filing system.
Before 1984, this collection was held by the University of Texas at Austin Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
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Preferred CitationSaunders Mac Lane Papers, 1967-1979, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Index TermsMac Lane, Saunders, 1909-American Mathematical Society Joint Projects Committee for MathematicsDetailed Description of the PapersAmerican Mathematical Society:6.4/AAM 86-10/1Alder, Henry L., February 1973-April 19746.4/AAM 86-10/1American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), January 1973-January 19756.4/AAM 86-10/1Associate secretaries, April 1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/1Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), newsletters and correspondence, 1971-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/1Bateman, Paul T., May 1974-April 1975 6.4/AAM 86-10/1Bers, Lipman, January 1974-August 1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/1Black Graduate Center, 1967-1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/1Budget, 19716.4/AAM 86-10/1Building committee, April 1972-November 19736.4/AAM 86-10/1Business meetings:6.4/AAM 86-10/1January 19756.4/AAM 86-10/1August 19756.4/AAM 86-10/1Bylaws, 1971-19736.4/AAM 86-10/1CAFTES, (Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Employment Security), 1974-19766.4/AAM 86-10/1Casey, Lillian R., February 1973-October 19746.4/AAM 86-10/1CBMS (Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences):6.4/AAM 86-10/1"CBMS 1973," 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/2"CBMS 1974,"April-October 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Monographs, 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2CCMJ (Contents of Contemporary Mathematical Journals), December 1973-July 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Colloquium lectures, August 1971-May 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2COMM-COMM, (Committee to Monitor Problems in Communication and Committee on Committees), April 1973-January 19766.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee members proposed, November 1973-December 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Emergency Employment, May 1974-November 1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP), 1974-19766.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Teaching Loads and Class Size, May-September 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Committees [note, some committees are listed alphabetically in the general AMS files. Mac Lane's original organization has been maintained]:6.4/AAM 86-10/2General, 1974-19756.4/AAM 86-10/2AMS/SIAM [Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics] Committee on Applied Mathematics, December 1973-November 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Bôcher prize, July 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Budgeting Procedures and Cost Effectiveness, November 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Dismissed Mathematicians, 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Establishing an Expository Journal, 1973-1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/2Indices, September-October 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, November 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Meetings, 1973-19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee on Notices Editorial Policy, December 1974-January 19756.4/AAM 86-10/2Overhead question, August 6, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Secretarial services, July-August 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Committee to Select Hour Speakers, November-December 19736.4/AAM 86-10/2Summer Institutes, Committee on, May 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Teaching of college mathematics, [Joint Committee on the Training of Graduate Students to Teach], 1972-19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Two-Year Colleges, Joint Committee on the Employment of Mathematicians in, 1973-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/2Wiener Prize, Committee to Select the Winner of the, December 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Women, [Joint Committee on Women in Mathematics], December 1973-November 19746.4/AAM 86-10/2Computer, Palais-Schwartz report, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3CSSP, [Committee of Scientific Society Presidents]:
6.4/AAM 86-10/3General:
6.4/AAM 86-10/3June 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3September 1973-April 19756.4/AAM 86-10/3"October 1973," June-October 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3"May 1974," November 1973-May 19746.4/AAM 86-10/3Energy study, October 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3Congress, [International Congress of Mathematics], May-September 19746.4/AAM 86-10/3Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, International, January-March 19756.4/AAM 86-10/3Dues, February-November 19726.4/AAM 86-10/3Durst, Lincoln K., 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/3Employment and Educational Policy, Committee on (CEEP):6.4/AAM 86-10/3General, 1973-19756.4/AAM 86-10/3Manpower papers, [by R. D. Anderson], 1972 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/3Teaching load information, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3Minutes for CEEP, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3"1973":6.4/AAM 86-10/3"January 1972-March 1973,"1974-19756.4/AAM 86-10/3April 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3Duren, W. L., April-May 19726.4/AAM 86-10/3Employment register:6.4/AAM 86-10/3General, August 1973-November 19746.4/AAM 86-10/3Employment opportunities, 1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/3Essay on program, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/3Executive director, June-July 19746.4/AAM 86-10/3Executive director's report, 1972, 19746.4/AAM 86-10/4Executive committee/trustees, June 1973 meeting, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/4Executive committee (EXCO 1975), 1974-19756.4/AAM 86-10/4Finance committee, September 1974-January 19756.4/AAM 86-10/4Fellows:6.4/AAM 86-10/41972-19746.4/AAM 86-10/4Jacobson letters on fellowship idea, October 1972-January 19736.4/AAM 86-10/4Government Relations, Committee on:6.4/AAM 86-10/4Part one, 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/4Part two, 1971-19756.4/AAM 86-10/4Reports, August 1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/4Summary memo, undated6.4/AAM 86-10/4Research institute, May-June 19746.4/AAM 86-10/4[Various], Hewitt, Edwin; hour lectures; IMP [Index of Mathematical Papers]; institute dues; invited addresses; Jacobs, Donna M., 1973-19756.4/AAM 86-10/4Joint committees, AMS & MAA [precursor to the JPCM, see JPCM series for more material]:6.4/AAM 86-10/4General, 1972-1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/4Ballot on changes to JPCM draft, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/4Completed assignments [?], April 19736.4/AAM 86-10/4June 1973 meeting, April-June 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5June 1973 position papers, April-May 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5Joint letter '73 [?], July 1973-Febraury 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5August 1973 meeting, March-August 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5August minutes, August 19, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5October 1973 meeting, August-October 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5October report, October [1973?]6.4/AAM 86-10/5New preamble, November 26-27, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5SIAM, [Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics], November 1973-January 19746.4/AAM 86-10/5"January 1974," December 1973-January 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5March meeting, February-March 19746.4/AAM 86-10/5JPCM report, draft, April 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5[Reports], 1973-1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5"The Health of Mathematics," undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5Journals:6.4/AAM 86-10/5Bulletin, 1972-19736.4/AAM 86-10/5Mathematical Reviews [see also Mathematical Reviews below, Mac Lane's original filing system separated these files into two sections]:6.4/AAM 86-10/51972-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5International mathematics abstracts and other correspondence, 1972-1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5SIAM/AMS Committee on Reviewing and Abstracting, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5Index of Mathematical Papers (IMP) vs. Index of MR, July 26, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5Privileged, 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5Composition, November-December 19746.4/AAM 86-10/5Mathematics of Computation, 1973-19746.4/AAM 86-10/5Proceedings, 1972-19746.4/AAM 86-10/5Transactions, 1972-19756.4/AAM 86-10/5Legal Aid, Committee on, 1972, 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5Martin, W. T. [Treasurer], February-July 19736.4/AAM 86-10/5Mathematical Models as Used in Government Policy Decisions, Committee on, [printed material, notes and correspondence], 1972-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/5Mathematicians Action Group (MAG), newsletters and correspondence, 1973-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6Mathematical Reviews [see alsoMathematical Reviews above, under Journals]:6.4/AAM 86-10/6General, December 1974-October 1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6For December Trustees meeting, October-November 1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6Springer, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/6Crisis Committee, April 1972-June 1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6Meetings:6.4/AAM 86-10/6Committee on, 1973-19756.4/AAM 86-10/6Costs:6.4/AAM 86-10/6[Registration], 1970-19736.4/AAM 86-10/6MAA costs, June-August 19716.4/AAM 86-10/6National Awards, Committee on, 1971-1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6National Information Systems in the Mathematical Sciences (NISMS), 19726.4/AAM 86-10/6Nominating Committee, 1972-19746.4/AAM 86-10/6Other societies, 1970-1973 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6Peterson, F. P., December 1973-August 19746.4/AAM 86-10/6PEP [Pensions for Professionals], May-August 19746.4/AAM 86-10/6Political reasons, [Committee on Dismissed Mathematicians, aka Committee on Mathematicians Dismissed for Political Reasons]:6.4/AAM 86-10/6General, 1970-1972 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/6Dwight M. Paine, January-April 19726.4/AAM 86-10/7Papadopolous, October 1971-May 1972 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/7Pitcher, Everett:6.4/AAM 86-10/71971-19736.4/AAM 86-10/71974-19766.4/AAM 86-10/7Alice Sturgis, parliamentarian, November 19736.4/AAM 86-10/7President's report, 1973-19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Principles and Procedures Committee, May-July 19756.4/AAM 86-10/7Prizes, January 19736.4/AAM 86-10/7Protter, Murray, December 1973-November 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Reciprocity, January-October 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Research announcements, March 1970-March 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Reviews, journal, SIAM/AMS, 1973-19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Russian rights, September 1973-August 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Russian translations:6.4/AAM 86-10/7Joint AMS/IMS committee, December 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7Trustees ad hoc committee, December 1974-January 19756.4/AAM 86-10/7Science Policy Committee, December 19746.4/AAM 86-10/7SIAM/SIMS [Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics/SIAM Institute for Mathematics and Society]:6.4/AAM 86-10/7General, 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/7C. C. Lin, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/7"Sopka 1976," 1972-19756.4/AAM 86-10/7Solicitation of members, 1972-1974 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/8Special session on category theory, November 1975 meeting, April-November 1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/8Springer negotiations, 19736.4/AAM 86-10/8Summer institute / Tamari, Dov [appear to be separate topics, filed together], 1971-19746.4/AAM 86-10/8Translations:6.4/AAM 86-10/8General, January 1974-January 1975 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/8Trustees committee, [see also: Russian translations], 19756.4/AAM 86-10/8Treasurer (new), April-July 19736.4/AAM 86-10/8Trustees:6.4/AAM 86-10/81975-19766.4/AAM 86-10/8By mail, 19746.4/AAM 86-10/8Walker, Gordon:6.4/AAM 86-10/81972-19756.4/AAM 86-10/81974-19776.4/AAM 86-10/8Confidential, April-November 1973Joint Projects Committee for Mathematics (JPCM):6.4/AAM 86-10/8General:6.4/AAM 86-10/8"1975," 1974-19756.4/AAM 86-10/8"1977-1978," 1976-19786.4/AAM 86-10/8"1979," November 27, 19786.4/AAM 86-10/8Annual reports, 1976-19786.4/AAM 86-10/9CBMS [Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences] projects, February-September 19776.4/AAM 86-10/9Congressional fellow in mathematics:6.4/AAM 86-10/91975-19776.4/AAM 86-10/9Applicants, February-May 1977 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/91977-19786.4/AAM 86-10/9Correspondence:6.4/AAM 86-10/9"1975" [alphabetical by correspondent], 1975-19766.4/AAM 86-10/919766.4/AAM 86-10/9Truman Botts, 1977-19796.4/AAM 86-10/9Major advances, 1977-1978 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/9Mansfield amendment, November 11, 19766.4/AAM 86-10/9Mathematics in government, 1976-1978 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/9Members, 1976-1978 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/9Meetings:6.4/AAM 86-10/9San Antonio (January 24, 1976):6.4/AAM 86-10/9January-March 19766.4/AAM 86-10/9Meeting packet, January 19766.4/AAM 86-10/9O'Hare (October 29, 1976):6.4/AAM 86-10/9October-November 19766.4/AAM 86-10/10Meeting packet, October 19766.4/AAM 86-10/10New York (October 1, 1977), 1974-19776.4/AAM 86-10/10Atlanta (January 7, 1978), December 1977-January 19786.4/AAM 86-10/10Wisconsin (May 24, 1978), May-June 19786.4/AAM 86-10/10Memos, minutes and notes, 19766.4/AAM 86-10/10Movies, November 1977-January 1978 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/10Publicity, October 19776.4/AAM 86-10/10Regional colloquia, October 1977-January 1978 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/10Roselle, David P., October 19766.4/AAM 86-10/10Structure of the mathematical profession, February-November 19766.4/AAM 86-10/10Thermonuclear energy, 1975-19786.4/AAM 86-10/10Mini-study [aka essay project, Mathematics Today]:6.4/AAM 86-10/101973-19746.4/AAM 86-10/101974-19776.4/AAM 86-10/10Grant, March 19776.4/AAM 86-10/10Topics, etc., [notes, printed material and correspondence], 1971-1976 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/11Schwartz essay, 19776.4/AAM 86-10/11Schwartz/Mac Lane, 19766.4/AAM 86-10/11Browder/Mac Lane, relevance, August-October6.4/AAM 86-10/11Steen essay, 1977-19786.4/AAM 86-10/11Publisher, March-October 1977 and undated6.4/AAM 86-10/11Mathematics Today symposium, AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science], Houston meeting, February-November 19786.4/AAM 86-10/11Biloxi, AMS meeting, Mathematics Today session, April-October 1978