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Rapkin, Chester, 1918-2001. Chester Rapkin papers, 1936-2001.

Title: Chester Rapkin papers, 1936-2001.

This collection is the primary archive of the work of planner and economist Chester Rapkin, comprising extensive correspondence files and comprehensive holdings of Rapkin's writings, together with teaching and research files and a smaller amount of biographical material. Correspondence files (1939-1992) document the full range of Rapkin's professional activities for decades, including letters of appreciation for his public service from President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mayor John V. Lindsay. The collection contains comprehensive holdings of Rapkin's writings: publications, reports and papers 1943-1994. Rapkin kept copies of published books and journals, bound reports, offprints, photocopies and typescripts, including materials which may be difficult to find in libraries, such as the full 1966 confidential report titled Selected Staff Papers, produced by the Presidential Task Force on Urban Problems. Teaching and research materials include course outlines, lecture notes, departmental memos, PhD candidate files, materials related to joint research projects, and reference materials related to courses, research and consulting. Rapkin's later teaching (Princeton) is considerably better represented in these files than his earlier teaching. Researchers pursuing the student unrest of the 1960s may find items of interest in the Columbia materials. Rapkin's years at the University of Pennsylvania are better represented by correspondence and writings than by teaching files. Biographical materials (dated 1936 to 1999) include student notebooks and papers as well as resumes, appointment books, travel notebooks, etc. Rapkin's application to Columbia University in 1947 includes an extensive and thoughtful "Autobiographical Summary" which offers the researcher valuable insights into his personal life and his developing understanding of his life's work.

ArchivalResource: 38 cubic feet.

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