urn:taro:utsa.00131 Inventory of the Herbert J. Spiro Papers, 1946-2002 March 10, 2008Encoded in XMetal 3 by Angela McClendon according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Spiro, Herbert J. Herbert J. Spiro Papers, 1946-2002 1946-2002Materials are in English and German. MS 113 51 linear feet (about 38,000 items) University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections Herbert John Spiro was a noted educator in political science, a U.S. ambassador, and a candidate for public office. Spiro spent over a decade as a member of the faculty at Harvard, and taught political science at Amherst College and the University of Pennsylvania and published thirteen books on government. From 1970-1975, Spiro was a senior member of the policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department, and under President Ford became ambassador to Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Correspondence, coursework, notes, papers, classified files, audio and videotapes, photographs, literary manuscripts, and printed materials spanning 1946-1994 document Herbert J. Spiro's education and teaching career, military service, government service, and involvement in politics and political campaigns. The bulk of the collection consists of academia office files, correspondence, course notes and lecture notes from Spiro's teaching career at Harvard, Amherst, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Texas. Biographical Note

Born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, Herbert John Spiro immigrated to the United States in 1938 where he would become a noted educator in political science, an ambassador to Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, and a candidate for public office. Spiro became a naturalized citizen at the age of 20, attended San Antonio Jr. College from 1942-1943, served in the Army during World War II earning a purple heart and two bronze star medals. In 1945-1946 he was an administrative assistant for the U.S. War Dept. in Vienna, Austria. After the war, Spiro continued his education at Harvard where he graduated summa cum laude and went on to earn a Masters degree in 1950 and a Ph.D in 1953. Spiro spent over a decade as a member of the faculty at Harvard (1950-1961), and taught political science at Amherst College (1961-1965) and the University of Pennsylvania (1965-1973), in addition to the Free University of Berlin and the University of Texas. In total, he published thirteen books on government including: Government by Constitution, Word Politics: The Global System and Responsibility and Government.

During the 1970s, Spiro was active in national and international government. From 1970-1975, he was a senior member of the policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department, and under President Ford became ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (1975-1976), and Cameroon (1975-1977). Spiro ran unsuccessfully on the Republican ticket for the Texas House of Representatives in 1991, the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992 and 1994, and the U.S. Senate in 1993.

 Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, coursework notes and papers, classified files, audio and videotapes, photographs, literary manuscripts, and printed materials spanning 1946-1994 document Herbert J. Spiro's education and teaching career, military service, government service, and involvement in politics and political campaigns.The bulk of the collection consists of academia office files, correspondence, course notes and lecture notes from Spiro's teaching career at Harvard, Amherst, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Texas. Also included are a number of essays and manuscripts by Spiro including Theory of Responsibility in Government and The Revolt Against Determinism. Of note are reel-to-reel taped interviews with Spiro in 1975 when he was U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon.Campaign materials including flyers, newsclippings and correspondence offer insight into Spiro's run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives, and the U.S. House and Senate in the 1990s.

Organization of Collection 1. Original Deposit of July 2002 (Acc. 2002-033) 2. Addition of June 2003 (Acc. 2003-33) 3. Addition of July 2005 (Acc. 2005-052) 4. Addition of April 2006 (Acc. 2006-016) 5. Addition of May 2010 (Acc. 2010-021) Access Restrictions

Financial records and other sensitive information are closed pending processing. Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Please contact University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections for information on the production of use copies.

This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.

 Usage Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Herbert J. Spiro Papers must be obtained from University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Herbert J. Spiro Papers, 1946-2002, MS 113, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

 Acquisition Information

Received from the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin in July 2002 (Acc. 2002-033) and from Herbert J. Spiro in 2003-2006 (Acc. 2003-033, 2005-052, 2006-016).

 Processing Information

Unprocessed collection.

 Index Terms Personal Names Spiro, Herbert J. Organizations United States. Congress. House--Elections. United States. Congress. Senate--Elections. Subjects Ambassadors--United States. Political science--Study and teaching. Politicians--Texas. Locations United States--Politics and government--20th century. Texas--Politics and government--20th century. Genres/Formats Audiotapes. Correspondence. Interviews. Manuscripts for publication. Videocassettes. Detailed Description of the Collection Original Deposit of July 2002 (Acc. 2002-033) (34 linear feet) 1 State representative campaign, 1991 2 Election results, 1992 2 U.S. Senate special election, 1993 3 Spiro for Congress campaign, 1992 3 Spiro for U.S. Senate special election, 1993 4 Spiro for Congress campaign, 1992 5 Political campaigns [includes audiovisual materials], 1992-1994 6 Classified files, correspondence, and course notes from time at Amherst and the University of Pennsylvania, 1959-1991 6 A-G, 1959-1991 7 H-M, 1959-1991 8 N-Z, 1959-1991 9 Classified files, correspondence and course notes from time at Amherst and the University of Pennsylvania 10 Financial records, manuscript 11 Financial records, correspondence, personal and classified files 12 Correspondence, personal and classified files 13 Correspondence, personal and classified files, some photographs 14 College course notes and book manuscripts, financial files 15 Course notes, tapes, and manuscripts of Theory of Responsibility in Government and The Revolt Against Determinism 15 Financial files 15 Reel-to-reel tapes: 15 Voice of America interview with U.S. ambassador to Cameroon, August 8, 1975 15 Unidentified 15 Voice of America interview with ambassador Spiro, 1975? 15 Swearing in of Mr. Spiro as ambassador to Cameroon, by Sergeant Ingersoll, August 1, 1975 15 Interview with ambassador Spiro, #1 and #2 16 Course notes and information concerning tenure at Woodrow Wilson Center 17 Financial records, photographs, 1967 18 Correspondence with author David Reisman 18 Course notes and research material concerning the theory of application and openness 18 Volksahlung, 1987 18 Press release, ambassador Spiro, July 2, 1975 18 Guggenheim Foundation 18 Pomona, October 1978 18 NATO College, Rome 18 Draft, Interdependence and Replication: America's Unique Role in the World, by Herbert J. Spiro 18 Attache: ambassador, embassy, foreign service 18 GMF, openness vs. privacy, November 1978 18 Reisman 18 Colloquium, January 11, 1978 18 Restitution 18 Replication note books 18 Gov. I, 1960 18 Politik in Texas 18 John L. Loeb, Jr., correspondence, 1982-1984 18 Two Germanys, NATO and WP 18 John L. Loeb, Jr., 1963 18 Expenses 18 Draft, A Sound Dollar 18 The Captivity of the Hostages has set America Free, by John L. Loeb, Jr., conservative party seminar in Albany, February 11, 1980 18 Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy Consensus: an Essay, by Herbert J. Spiro 18 SS 740 18 Guest lecturers 18 Lt. Col. Roy H. Shelton, Jr. 18 Travel 19-20 Correspondence, course notes, State Department materials while at Harvard 21 Financial records 22 Course notes, correspondence, manuscripts, and financial records 23 Classified files 23 State Department, 1974-1989 23 Lecture notes, 1946-1948 24 University of Texas lecture notes 24 Book manuscripts and proofs 25 Correspondence concerning University appointments 25 Correspondence with Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania 25 A.J. Spiro estate, 1957-1969 26 State Department 26 Classified files 26 Photographs 26 Notes while teaching at University of Pennsylvania, financial files 27 Amherst, classified files, A-F, 1961-1965 28 Amherst, classified files, G-L, 1961-1965 29 Classified files, Mc-P 29 Macalester, University of North Carolina, 1967 29 Morgenthau, Hans J. 29 Merrell, Charles E., books 29 McGraw-Hill 29 Midgley-APSR, 1965 29 Merrell, Charles E. Books, Inc. 29 Mead, Lawrence 29 Mitchell, Meisha, 1964-1965 29 Natural Law Forum, 1964 29 Nelson, Bryo 29 New college plan 29 NCA, 1966 29 NCA Foreign Relations Project 29 Oberlin, 1965 29 Penn, 1965 29 Pennsylvania, 1963 29 Princeton, 1966 29 ASA meeting, 1963 29 Palmer, Joseph 29 Philadelphia World Affairs Council, 1964 29 Parsons, Talcott 29 Charlesworth Annals, 1964 29 Primacy of politics, 1964 29 Primacy of politics in Africa, 1964 29 Pittsburgh, 1965 29 Prentice-Hall, 1966 29 African Studies Association, 1966 30 Classified Files, Q-Z 31 Classified files 31 Course work 31 Book manuscript preparation 32 Classified files 32 Course work 32 Book manuscript preparation 33 Lecture notes, 1950-1965 34 Classified files, 1955-1975 34 Financial records, 1964-1967 34 Correspondence, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1969 2. Addition of June 2003 (Acc. 2003-33) (9 linear feet) 35 43 videocassettes 361 Freie Universitat Berlin [contains various writings] 362 Untitled Folder [contains various writings, clippings, and correspondence] 363 Music Note Book 364 Untitled Folder [contains drafts and other writings] 365 Untitled Folder [contains book excerpts] 366 Untitled Folder [Adversaries of the Truth by H. Spiro] 367 Gen Bills '95 368 Perritt Incidentals 369 Joe H. Barrett 3610 Bank 93-94 36Bank statements 3611 Untitled Folder [contains assorted letterheads] 3612 Senate Filing 3613 FEC Reports 3614 Manila Envelope from US Senate Select Committee on Ethics 3615 Bio 3616 Federal Election Commission 3617 Untitled Folder [contains letterhead] 36 General Election Returns [not in a folder] 3618 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous notes, clippings, correspondence, etc.] 3619 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous correspondence] 3620Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous notes, clippings, correspondence, etc.] 3621Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous notes, clippings, letterhead, etc] 36The Making of a Political Scientist: An Empirical Analysis of Ph.D. Programs 364 editions of the Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in the Social Sciences 3711989 CG et al. 372Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous notes and correspondence] 373Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous notes, book excerpts and correspondence] 374Haynes, Ulrich 375Senate Support 376C.V.'s 377Untitled Folder [contains correspondence, papers, excerpts, and certificate] 37Miscellaneous correspondence not in a folder 378Untitled Folder [contains assorted memos, clippings, etc.] 379Untitled Folder [contains correspondence, notes, etc.] 3710Untitled Folder [contains political paperwork, correspondence, newsletters] 3711No $ Replies 37Miscellaneous correspondence not in a folder 3712Republicans 3713Medical 37Miscellaneous correspondence not in a folder 381Adversaries of the Truth 382CVS 383CFR 384Council of American Ambassadors 38 Friends of Cameroon Directory [not in a folder] 385Tot'sm 386Addresses 387Cards, Addresses, etc. 388C.V.s 38 Friends of Cameroon Directory June 1995 [not in a folder] 389 EG 3810 Libraries 3811 George Hume Kennerly Photographic Archive 3812 Manila Envelope from Dept. of State, U.S.A. 3813 Texas/LBT [Hanging file] 3814 Tom Thornton 3815 Wilhelm Gymnasium 3816 Eckstein/Irvine June 1993 3817 Ecstein 3818 Video ACTV 3819 Spiro-ACTV 3820 Atliante, Nov. 14-17, 1994 3821 AMBS, NY 3822 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous paperwork] 3823 Balloon Cpgor Photos 38 1 inch of assorted paperwork not in a folder 3824 Contributions 3825 HBG 96 38 Assorted paperwork not in a folder 3826 HAA May 1996 3827 Harvard Union/Research '96 38Assorted paperwork not in a folder 3828 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous paperwork] 3829 El Paso, September 28, 1996 3830 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous paperwork] 38 German Paper not in a folder 3831 Harvard Club Austin 94-95 3832 H'50 1994 X-Mas 3833 Harvard Austin 3834 Harvard Alumni Association 3835 HAA 3836 HAA '94 3837 Harvard '50 (94-95) 3838 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous Harvard paperwork] 38 Herbert Spiro for Senate Representative Flyers 39 3 notebooks 391 Mailing List (alphabetically) 392 Untitled folder [contains correspondence] 393 Untitled folder [contains correspondence] 394 Untitled folder [contains clipping and a speech] 395 Untitled folder [contains speech and newspaper] 396 Untitled folder [contains miscellaneous political papers] 39 Assorted papers and newspapers not in a folder 397 Hartz, Katz, Train, Sua, etc. 398 Stationery 399 Untitled folder [contains miscellaneous correspondence] 3910 Untitled folder [contains miscellaneous correspondence] 3911 Gov 106b Spring 1952 3912 Endorsements 3913 Lists 3914 Aspen [Hanging folder] 39 1 budget book not in a folder 3915 Book Reviews 3916 PJs 3917 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous papers and notes] 3918 Course GOV 365N [book] 3919 Untitled Folder [contains course syllabus, clippings, and other materials] 39 Miscellaneous paperwork, syllabi, and notes 3920Spiro 3921 GOV 365N 3922 Freie Universitat Berlin [contains miscellaneous correspondence,etc] 3923 Betsy [envelope] 3924 Envelope Addressed to Prof Herb Spiro [contains correspondence] 3925 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous clippings, notes, and correspondence] 3926 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous clippings, notes, and correspondence] 40 49 videocassettes 41 1 USPS Box with correspondence 41 1 Box entitled Novel by Herbert Spiro 41 1 Box containing various writing samples and excerpts 41 10 long desk calendars 421 Untitled Folder [containing miscellaneous correspondence] 422 Untitled Folder [contains photos] 423 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous correspondence] 424 Divorce 42Notes, paperwork, not in a folder 4251983 & 1982 US IRS Taxes 426 Correspondence 42 1 tied bundle of miscellaneous papers 427 Untitled Folder [Contains manuscript draft?] 42 Manuscript copies and other paperwork 428 Untitled Folder [contains miscellaneous book excerpts, notes, etc] 429 1 envelope addressed to Mrs. Spiro containing photos 42 Miscellaneous paperwork not in a folder 4210 Untitled Folder [Contains manuscript draft?] 4211 Freie Universitat Berlin [Contains documents in German] 42Book excerpts, notes, cards and correspondence 431 Untitled folder [Contains misc writings, clippings, magazines, etc] 432 S/P 43A copy of Spiro's will [not in a folder] 433Town & Country Title Company 434Untitled Folder [Contains miscellaneous correspondence and paperwork] 435Contribs Senate 436German Trip 1969 Elections Internationes 437Council 438Harvard Club 439310 L 1991 4310USIA 4311Untitled Folder [Contains primarily bank statements] 4312December 1964 NY Times 43133 magazines [not in a folder] 4314 Hignet, Keith 4315Bibliography, Biography 4316Untitled Folder [Contains miscellaneous paperwork] 4317Untitled Folder [Contains miscellaneous paperwork] 4318Untitled Folder [Contains miscellaneous paperwork] 4319S/PC 4320Amherst Journal Record 4321Carl J. Fredrick 4322Book Reviews 431 tied bundle of miscellaneous paperwork and graded papers 3. Addition of July 2005 (Acc. 2005-052) (4 linear feet) 44 Correspondence from Glenn Scharm, 2000-2002 45 Financial information such as bills, tax information, credit card statements 46 Financial information and other documents, 1991-1998 47 Correspondence 4 Tax information, 1991-1997 4. Addition of April 2006 (Acc. 2006-016) (4 linear feet) 1-4 VHS videocassettes 5business cards 5 media, reel 51Peter 52E.K. Bibliography 53Harvard College, 1959 class rosters 53Weimar99 essay contest 53Rhodes Scholarships 53Will of Howard C. Petersen 5496 Hamburg 55correspondence 55From Bureaucratic Politics to Philosophy of History: The Laws of Replication 55German writing 56Handwritten correspondence 5Betacam: Conversations with Herb Spiro; John Loeb, Jr. -- Guest, December 14, 1993; Part 1 5Betacam: Conversations with Herb Spiro; John Loeb, Jr. -- Guest, December 14, 1993; Part 2 5Betacam: Peter Spiro, December 13, 1993 5Betacam: Thomas P. Thornton, December 13, 1993 57Handwritten correspondence 58correspondence and writings 5Harvard University exam book 59article from Amherst Journal Record 510WS Intl., other clippings 511Alamo and Kristalnacht 61Old Harvard MS 62clippings, photos and postcards 6article from The Weekly Standard 6correspondence (in German and English) 63Dr. Devine 6Last Will and Testament of Herbert J. Spiro 64Telephone 1994 65USAA 66The Texas Commercial Package Policy 6 financial papers 67Towers of Town Lake 681993 691995 taxes 610 Bill 1989 611Audit 1996 612Spiro personal papers 6Federal Bureau of Investigation, FIOPA deleted page information sheet 613FOIA -- Privacy Act 1980 614Travel 1994 615 2001 7international driving permit 7vaccination records 7health certificates 7passports 7address book 7check and check stubs 7datebooks, 1949-2003 5. Addition of May 2010 (Acc. 2010-021) (3 linear feet) 1 1 A, 1993-2005 1 2 B, 1998-2000 1 3 Brackenridge High School '42, 1990-1996 1 4 Old Hamburg letters and poems, 1944 and undated 1 5 C, 1992-2002 1 6 C [continued], 1992-2002 1 7 Cliches/clippings, undated 1 8 G, 1986-2003 1 9 H, 1950, 1991-2002 1 10 H [continued], 1991-2003 1 11 Hamburg, 1994-1997 1 12 I-J, 1986-1991 1 13 The dangers of intellectualism in politics, undated 1 14 K, 1985-2005 1 15 Kristallnacht to the Alamo, undated 1 16 L, 1985-2004 1 17 M, 1950, 1975, 1990-2002 1 18 Moscow, 1981-1988 1 19 N, 1986-1996 1 20 O, 1983, 1991-1998 1 21 P-Q, 1997-2001 1 22 R, 1995-2000 1 23 S, 1973-1976 and 1996-1997 2 1 San Antonio to Hamburg, 1939 2 2 T, 1985, 1996, 1998, and undated 2 3 V, 1986, 2001-2004 2 4 W, 1996-2002 2 5 Hanover, 1927-1928 2 6 Clippings, 1966, 1987-1989 2 7 Correspondence, 1946-1995 2 8 X-Y, 1945-1949 2 9 X-Y [continued], 1945-1950 2 10 Best of 1938-1939 2 11 Department of state, manuscripts, book reviews, 1967-1972 2 12 Archives UTSA, 2002, 2006, and undated 2 13 Photographs (Centre Culturel Americain B:P 817 Yaounde (Cameroun)), undated 2 14 Holocaust Insurance, 2005-2006 2 15 Correspondence, 1938-1939 2 16 Correspondence, 1938-1940 3 The Signet, A Centennial Catalogue 1870-1970 3 Why Federations Fail, an Inquiry into the Requisites for Successful Federalism, 1968 3 Contemporary Political Analysis, 1967 3 World Politics, the Global System by Herbert J. Spiro, 1966 3 Africa, The Primacy of Politics, 1967 3 Government by Constitution, the Political Systems of Democracy, 1959 3 Politics in Africa Prospects South of the Sahara, by Herbert Spiro, 1962 3 Politics as the Master Science: From Plato to Mao, by Herbert Spiro, 1970 3 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Africa in Motion, 1964 3 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Anti-Americanism Origins and Context, 1988 3 Government by Constitution, the Politcal Systems of Democracy, by Herbert Spiro, 1959