James Fesler

Yale Manuscripts and Archives -- Collections -- James Fesler

James Fesler, 1911-present

James William Fesler Papers, 1918-1991. MS 207.
James W. Fesler served as chair of the U.N. group on Decentralization for Development in 1961. Apart from that, he was assistant to the executive secretary, War Production Board from 1941-1943, and chief of the Policy Analysis and Records Branch from 1943-1945. He served as historian of the War Production Board from 1945-1946. From 1935-1951, Fesler taught political science at the University of North Carolina, and from 1951-1979 he was a member of the department of political science at Yale University. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and the University of California at Berkeley.
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, reports, memoranda, research material, clippings and photographs documenting the activities of James W. Fesler, as professor of political science at Yale University, as a participant in professional associations, and as a consultant on commissions appointed by the state of Connecticut, the United States government and the United Nations. His papers on the activities of the War Production Board (1941-1946) are particularly full including correspondence, reports,charts and photographs. 24.5 linear ft.
Indexes: Unpublished finding aid located in Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library.