Glenn Altschuler papers
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The Glenn Altschuler papers document the career of Glenn C. Altschuler, from his activities at Cornell University and Ithaca College including his teaching, advising and authorship. The papers include correspondence, publications, photographs and materials relating to Altschuler's research on TV Guide.
Dates
- 1950s-2020s
Creator
- Altschuler, Glenn (Person)
Access Restrictions
List of advisees in box 2 restricted to permission of the University Archivist.
Biographical / Historical
Glenn Altschuler is a professor of American Studies. He received his PhD in American history from Cornell in 1976 and served as an administrator and teacher at the university from 1981 unitl his retirement as the Litwin Professor of American Studies on December 31, 2023.
He served as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions from 1991-2020. From 2009-2013, Professor Altschuler also served as vice president for university relations, with responsibilities for articulating and overseeing strategies related to communications, government relations, and land grant affairs.
In 1998, he became the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies. For many years, his two-semester survey, Popular Culture in the United States 1900-Present, was one of the most popular courses at Cornell.
Professor Altschuler received several awards for teaching and undergraduate advising at Cornell. He is the recipient of the Clark Teaching Award, the Donna and Robert Paul Award for Excellence in Faculty Advising, the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Award for Outstanding Advising, and the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship for effective, inspiring, and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students.
Extent
.5 cubic feet.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Glenn Altschuler is a professor of American Studies. His papers document his career at Cornell Univeristy and Ithaca College. They include correspondence, publications, photographs and materials relating to Altschuler's research on TV Guide.
Separated Materials
Books that have been cataloged separately:
Andrew D. White, educator, historian, diplomat
Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Social Thought, 1865-1919
Revivalism social conscience, and community in the Burned-over District, the trial of Rhoda Bement
Better than second best, love and work in the life of Helen Magill
Changing channels, America in TV guide [Inscribed by the author, "For Mom, The sustaining force in my life. With boundless respect and love."]
Rude republic, Americans and their politics in the nineteenth century
All shook up, how rock 'n' roll changed America
101 Most Notable Cornellians [Custom version of the volume The 100 Most Notable Cornellians that has a cover featuring Glenn Altschuler as number 101. The inside of the book also has a page added about Altschuler.]
The GI Bill: The New Deal for Veterans
Cornell, a history, 1940-2015 [Inscribed "For the Cornell University Archives. For me one of the most indispensable places on the campus. With gratitude, Glenn Altschuler"]
Ten great American trials, lessons in advocacy
All shook up, how rock 'n' roll changed America [Chinese edition]
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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