Papers of Kenneth J. Cmiel, 1986-2005.

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Papers of Kenneth J. Cmiel, 1986-2005.

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The Papers of Kenneth J. Cmiel consist of his published and unpublished writings, book reviews, correspondence, and materials pertaining to courses he taught in the University of Iowa Department of History. At the time of his death in 2006, Prof. Cmiel was working on a book chronicling the history of human rights in the twentieth century, including a discussion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The collection includes his notes, draft manuscripts, and copies of documents he had assembled for the project. Also included are notes and draft manuscripts for two other projects: papers on genocide and Raphael Lemkin. The collection reflects Prof. Cmiel's academic interests, which ranged from global human rights to popular culture.

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University of Iowa. Center for Human Rights

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University of Iowa. Dept. of History

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Himie Voxman is among UI's most honored faculty and administrators. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the UI with high distinction in 1933, and received a master's degree in 1934 in the psychology of music, studying with pioneering researcher Carl Seashore. He taught woodwinds in nearby public schools, then in 1939 became a full-time UI faculty member. He served as director of the School of Music from 1954 until his retirement in 1980. Among many other honors, the UI Mus...

Cmiel, Kenneth.

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Kenneth J. Cmiel was a professor of history and American studies at the University of Iowa and director of the U.I. Center for Human Rights. In 1977 he received the B.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1986. His dissertation won the Society of American Historians' Allan Nevins Prize in 1987. He joined the U.I. faculty that same year. Prof. Cmiel served as chair of the U.I. Department of History from 2000 to 2003. ...