Repository: ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title: Robert T. Norman Papers
Creator: Norman, Robert (Robert T.)
Collection Number: UA.90.F94
Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Date: 1958-1997
Abstract: Robert Toll Norman is a former professor of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) at the University of Pittsburgh and a program officer, economist and planner with the U. S. Department of States' USAID/ India and Nepal program. A majority of the collection consists of work produced during his long career in academia on topics including the role of government in cities, and issues of urban and regional planning in the global context. The collection also includes correspondence with publishers and colleagues, as well as personal items and photographs belonging to Dr. Norman.
Language: English .
Author: Cameron Villarreal.
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Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Robert Toll Norman on July 22, 2009.

Previous Citation

Robert T. Norman Papers, 1958-1997, UA.90.F94, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Robert T. Norman Papers, 1958-1997, UA.90.F94, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Scope and Content Notes

The Robert T. Norman Papers consists of three boxes containing personal correspondences, published articles, and unpublished manuscripts from 1957-1997. These include a few college writings; his doctoral thesis; drafts and published copies of articles published in national publications; seminar reports; and unpublished manuscripts. Also included is correspondence between colleagues, editors, and publishers throughout his career in academia. The collection also contains items of a personal nature as well, including class notes; photographs; letters; and postcards from both personal acquaintances and family alike.

Biography

Robert Toll Norman was born on July 9, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Early in his youth, the family moved to Stockton, Ca. Norman would call Stockton home until enrolling at Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1955, and an M.A. in Political Science two years later. He continued his formal education at Harvard University, receiving a Masters Degree of Public Administration in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government in 1963. Following his time at Harvard, Dr. Norman spent one year working for the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C., helping to draft a national plan for American civil aviation. The next three years were spent working for the United States Department of State—USAID (United States Agency for International Development)—in both India and Nepal as an economist, planner, and assistant program officer. While abroad, Dr. Norman played a prominent role in organizing and conducting the International Seminar on Urban and Industrial Growth of the Kanpur Region held in India in 1967.

In 1967, Robert T. Norman was offered a position as an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor a year later. During his career as a professor of urban affairs, Dr. Norman worked to broaden the focus of urban studies, carving out a special academic niche for himself as an authority on the place of cities in the international system—particularly on problems of government. Over the course of his distinguished academic career, several of Dr. Norman's articles were published in both national, and international journals of political science and urban affairs. Dr. Norman's many contributions to the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs helped to transform the program into one of the foremost schools of public and international affairs in the United States, annually ranking amongst the top 25. In 1997, Dr. Robert Toll Norman retired from GSPIA after 31 years of service and dedication to the program.

Dr. Norman continues to reside in Pittsburgh and make contributions to GSPIA.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Cameron Villarreal, January-March 2013.

Arrangement

The collection is housed in two boxes and arranged in five series:

Series I. Academic Career

Series II. Professional Career

Series III. Personal Correspondences

Series IV. Personal Items

Series V. Books and Journals

Copyright

The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Subjects

Corporate Names

University of Pittsburgh. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs -- Faculty
University of Pittsburgh -- Faculty

Personal Names

Norman, Robert (Robert T.)

Genres

Correspondence

Other Subjects

Education
University of Pittsburgh
Cities and towns -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Urban policy -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Cities and towns -- Research -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Container List

Series I. Academic Career, 1958-1998

Scope and Content Notes

This series consists of 85 folders, arranged in five subseries, containing documents pertaining to the academic work of Dr. Robert Toll Norman. These include manuscripts written by Dr. Norman during his formal schooling at both Stanford and Harvard Universities; draft versions of short manuscripts written while he was at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA); two longer manuscripts; lecture notes, class handouts, assignments and student work; and official publications of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, including 1958-1959 provisional bulletin.

Subseries 1. Undergraduate/Graduate Papers and Teaching, 1955-1964

Scope and Content Notes

The first subseries, Undergraduate/Graduate Papers and Teaching, consists of 20 folders containing draft and completed versions of manuscripts and seminar papers written by Dr. Norman during his formal schooling. These early writings are concerned with topics such as local and regional transit planning; administrative policy; the future of urban government; metropolitan integration; and a copy of a speech discussing the future of government in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

'The Sacred Cow Steps Up To the Trough' or A Study of: The Politics of Education in A Federal System, 03/06/1956

Containers: box 1, folder 1

The Problem of Knowledge for Meaningful Decision in Transportation Planning: The Case of a Regional Rapid Transit System for San Francisco, 12/10/1957

Containers: box 1, folder 2

Euphoria and the Sythions: The Soviet Challenge to American Administrative Theory, 1957

Containers: box 1, folder 3

The Autonomous Metropolis, 1958

Containers: box 1, folder 4

Politics, 1961

Containers: box 1, folder 5

Federal Policy on State and Local Government, 1963

Containers: box 1, folder 6

Community, 07/1960

Containers: box 1, folder 7

Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1961

Containers: box 1, folder 8

The Future of Urban Government

Containers: box 1, folder 9

The Harvard Plan for Metropolitan Boston, 1963

Containers: box 1, folder 10

Defense By Contract, 1963

Containers: box 1, folder 11

Yale University Speech

Containers: box 1, folder 12

Max Weber and The Asian City

Containers: box 1, folder 13

A Turning Point on the Road to Freedom

Containers: box 1, folder 14

A Local Government Approach to World Order

Containers: box 1, folder 15

On Why City Government is in Crisis

Containers: box 1, folder 16

Civic Associations

Containers: box 1, folder 17

Metropolitan Integration

Containers: box 1, folder 18

Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America

Containers: box 1, folder 19

Assorted Manuscript Title Pages

Containers: box 1, folder 20

Subseries 2. GSPIA: Drafts and Short Manuscripts, 1967-1998

Scope and Content Notes

The second subseries consists of 49 folders containing draft and final versions of manuscripts and journal articles written by Dr. Norman during his time as professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. These writings adress various subjects such as local urban government; urbanization; urban planning at both the local and regional level; the role of cities in their global context; theories of public administration; the Pittsburgh Steelers victory in Super Bowl XIII; and other issues associated with urban affairs. This subseries represents a substantial portion of the comprehensive body of work of Dr. Norman during his 31 year stay at GSPIA.

The Political Subsystem

Containers: box 1, folder 21

PIA 2707: Third World Urbanization and Political Development

Containers: box 1, folder 22

Empowerment of Cities and Citizens, 08/04/1988

Containers: box 1, folder 23

Politics of Global Resources and Empowering Cities and Citizens

Containers: box 1, folder 24

Administration of Public Affairs

Containers: box 1, folder 25

Politics of Global Resources

Containers: box 1, folder 26

Urban Theory

Containers: box 1, folder 27

Third World Urbanization and Political Development

Containers: box 1, folder 28

Subscriptions of Large Nations, 01/25/1970

Containers: box 1, folder 36

World Cities

Containers: box 1, folder 29

GSPIA Closing, ca. 1984

Containers: box 1, folder 30

Annexation: White Power? Black Power? Action in Alphadelphia, 09/09/1969

Containers: box 1, folder 31

Black Power, Irish Bosses and the Metropolis, 09/12/1969

Containers: box 1, folder 32

Education for All: A Crucial Test for the Urban Community, 10/05/1969

Containers: box 1, folder 33

Rough Notes on City vs. National Power: Or Will Regional Development Produce Better Cities?, 11/10/1969

Containers: box 1, folder 34

The Future of Urban Government, 01/1970

Containers: box 1, folder 35

On the Government of Cities, 01/1970

Containers: box 1, folder 37

Urban Political Development: India, 09/11/1971

Containers: box 1, folder 38

Regional Cities, 11/10/1971

Containers: box 1, folder 39

Distance, Technology, and the Areal Division of Power

Containers: box 1, folder 40

What Americans Might Learn from the Study of Regional Development in India, 10/1978

Containers: box 1, folder 41

Towards An Urban Political Development Model, 02/1972

Containers: box 1, folder 42

Urbanization in Europe and The United States, 01/28/1973

Containers: box 1, folder 43

Poverty, Politics, and Participation in Kanpur, India: A Regional Analysis, ca. 1976

Containers: box 1, folder 44

Prospects for Decentralization Under the Janata, 10/03/1977

Containers: box 1, folder 45

The Theory of Sub-National Government: or The Value of Wormes in the Body Politick, 03/18/1978

Containers: box 1, folder 46

On Winning Super Bowl XIII, 01/21/1979

Containers: box 1, folder 47

The Theory of Compensatory Control, 01/23/1979

Containers: box 1, folder 48

Like Wormes in the Entrayles of the Body Politick: The Linking of Sub- and Supra-National Theories of Government, 06/1979

Containers: box 1, folder 49

Cities As Hostage, 09/22/1981

Containers: box 1, folder 50

Walls and the Tradition of Civil Defense, ca. 1982

Containers: box 1, folder 51

Hurdles, Obstacles, and Objectives, 03/1982

Containers: box 1, folder 52

Beyond Soveriegnty, 06/26/1982

Containers: box 1, folder 53

Public Administration and the Arms Race, 08/09/1982

Containers: box 1, folder 54

Why Cities Should Have Offices of Community Survival, 09/08/1982

Containers: box 1, folder 55

The City as Urban Region: Toward a Redefinition, 10/1982

Containers: box 1, folder 56

The Alternative of Integrated City-States, ca. 1983

Containers: box 1, folder 57

The Unconstitutionality of American Government, 12/10/1983

Containers: box 1, folder 58

War, Women, and Work: The Democratic Imperative, ca. 1984

Containers: box 1, folder 59

Public Administration- 1984

Containers: box 1, folder 60

Metropolitan Integration, 01/25/1984

Containers: box 1, folder 61

City Management, 01/28/1984

Containers: box 1, folder 62

The Autonomous Metropolis, 01/28/1984

Containers: box 1, folder 63

Public Administration and the Arms Race, 01/1986

Containers: box 1, folder 64

World Order Thinking: Alternatives to the Sovereign State, 08/09/1991

Containers: box 1, folder 65

Regime Theory in Cultural Context, 04/18/1991

Containers: box 1, folder 66

Vienna: The Shaky Tradition, 08/27/1995

Containers: box 1, folder 67

Municipal Corporations: Borrowings and Failures

Containers: box 1, folder 68

Subscriptions of Large Nations, 01/25/1970

Containers: box 1, folder 69

Subseries 3. GSPIA: Completed Manuscripts

Scope and Content Notes

The third subseries consists primarily of two completed manuscripts written by Dr. Norman during his time as GSPIA. The first manuscript, entitled "Two Flags Flying: Toward A City-Based World Order Model," is focused on the role of cities in the world, and how cities can contribute to the quality of government. The second manuscript, "Beyond the United States: America After the Cold War," discusses the emerging problems of urbanization and governance faced by the United States following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Additionally included are three completed chapters focused on warfare and its justifications, presumably written by Dr. Norman; the book in which these chapters were to be included is unknown.

Two Flags Flying: Toward A City-Based World Order Model, 07/1989

Containers: box 1, folder 70-72

Beyond the United States: America After the Cold War, 07/04/1990

Containers: box 1, folder 73-76

War and Why We Have It

Containers: box 1, folder 77

Scope and Content Notes

Chapters 2-4

Subseries 4. GSPIA: Lecture Notes, Assignments and Student Work

Scope and Content Notes

The fourth subseries consists of six folders which contain the notes, graphs, handouts, and miscellaneous assignments used by Dr. Norman during his time as a professor in GSPIA. The personal lecture and organizational notes of Dr. Norman account for the majority of this subseries; these notes provide a unique glimpse into the mind of a college professor, and address a wide variety of topics related to urban affairs and metropolitan integration. However, this subseries also includes copies of work--both draft and completed--submitted by students of Dr. Norman. Topics addressed within this subseries include: political theory; metropolitan integration and issues; the nuclear crisis and more.

Lecture Notes

Containers: box 1, folder 78

Class Notes & Maps

Containers: box 1, folder 79

Handouts

Containers: box 1, folder 80

Assignments

Containers: box 1, folder 81

Articles for Class

Containers: box 1, folder 82

Student Work

Containers: box 1, folder 83

Subseries 5. GSPIA: Publications

Scope and Content Notes

The fifth subseries consists of two folders containing a few official publications of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) located at the University of Pittsburgh. Included in the subseries are both public and private releases which provide a look into the development of the renowned school from 1978-1997. Many of the documents are concerned with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the school, which took place in 1997. Also included in this subseries is the original provisional bulletin of GSPIA from 1958; this proposal led to the creation of the school.

Assorted GSPIA Publications

Containers: box 1, folder 84

GSPIA Bulletin 1958-1959, 1958-1959

Containers: box 1, folder 85

Series II. Professional Career, 1964-1968

Scope and Content Notes

This series consists of nine folders which include the writings and reports of Dr. Robert Toll Norman during his professional career in both the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of State. A majority of this series relates to the International Seminar on the Industrial and Regional Development of the Kanpur Region of northern India, which Dr. Norman helped to organize. Other topics addressed include issues of U.S. foreign policy, as well as domestic transportation policy and planning.

Seminar on Regional Development in India, 1978

Containers: box 2, folder 1

The Need for Economic Analysis of Nepals' Fertilizer Situation, 03/22/1966

Containers: box 2, folder 2

International Seminar on Industrial and Urban Growth of Kanpur Region

Containers: box 2, folder 3

Seminar in U.S. Foreign Policy, ca. 1963

Containers: box 2, folder 4

The Kanpur International Seminar

Containers: box 2, folder 5

Transportation, Power and Communication

Containers: box 2, folder 6

End of Tour Report, ca. 1966

Containers: box 2, folder 7

Seminar on Neighborhood Preservation, ca.1977

Containers: box 2, folder 8

Reflections on the Cheat Lake (Lakeview) Conference

Containers: box 2, folder 9

Series III. Personal Correspondences, 1958-1998

Scope and Content Notes

This series consists of five folders containing the numerous personal correspondences between Dr. Norman and his peers, colleagues, and publishers he was in contact with throughout his career in academia. Correspondences with colleagues such as Robert C. Wood, Charles Mills, Harvey Robins, Samuel H. Beer, and other prominent figures in academia accounts for about half of the series. Dialogues with various notable publishing companies such as the Oxford Press, Purdue University Press, and others, make up much of the remainder of the series. Other prominent subjects within the correspondences include: planning for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of GSPIA; family and personal happenings; travel experiences; multilateral coordination of research; granting of tenure; and organizational memos.

Within each folder, the correspondences are organized chronologically by date; they are also grouped into two areas: Colleagues and Academic Work; and Personal.

1958-1979

Containers: box 2, folder 10

1980-1989

Containers: box 2, folder 11

1990-1997

Containers: box 2, folder 12

Undated

Containers: box 2, folder 13

Book Correspondences

Containers: box 2, folder 14

Series IV. Personal Items

Scope and Content Notes

This series consists of five folders containing items of a personal nature belonging to Dr. Robert Toll Norman. Included in the series are documents pertaining to a 1970 dispute over the tenure of Dr. Norman including numerous copies (dates varying) of his curriculum vitae and a complete write-up of the dispute. Additionally, Folder 17 contains 27 photographs taken at two different times during Dr. Norman's life: childhood, and a group picnic during the 1990s. The series is concluded by two folders which contain newspaper clippings and personal awards received by Dr. Norman during his youth.

Tenure Credentials, 1970

Containers: box 2, folder 15

Tenure Dispute, 1970

Containers: box 2, folder 16

Personal Photographs

Containers: box 2, folder 17

Personal Items

Containers: box 2, folder 18

Assorted Newspaper Clippings

Containers: box 2, folder 19

Series V. Books and Journals

Scope and Content Notes

This series consists of a small portion of Dr. Norman's personal book collection. Additionally, bound-reference copies of Dr. Norman's doctoral thesis, and other significant research papers written as a graduate student at both Stanford and Harvard Universities. His thesis, entitled "The Metropolitan State: The Urbanization of Greater Boston," presents a comprehensive plan for the modernization of the Boston metropolitan area; the library of Harvard University still retains a copy of Dr. Norman's thesis for reference purposes. Also included in this series are copies of national and international publications of political science and urban affairs which feature selected articles written by Dr. Norman, addressing issues of city governance and regional planning.

The Metropolitan State: The Urbanization of Greater Boston, 1963

Containers: box 2, item 1

The Planning of An Inter-City Rapid Transit System for the San Francisco Bay Area: Some Theoretical Considerations, 1957

Containers: box 2, item 2

A Tale of Two Models, 1957

Containers: box 2, item 3

The Logic of Political Prediction: A Micro-Analysis, 1957

Containers: box 2, item 4

Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research, 1984

Containers: box 2, item 5

PARIYOJAN: An International Journal of Planning and Policy Sciences, 1983

Containers: box 2, item 6

National Civic Review: Citizens Forum on Self-Government, 1982

Containers: box 2, item 7

The Journal of Asian Studies, 1978

Containers: box 2, item 8

Journal of Comparative Administration, 1972

Containers: box 2, item 9

The American Political Science Review, 1967

Containers: box 2, item 10

Comparative Urban Research, 1975-1976

Containers: box 2, item 11

Urban and Industrial Growth of Kanpur Region: Report of the International Seminar, 1967

Containers: box 2, item 12

The Gandhian Model of Development and World Peace, 1989

Containers: box 2, item 13

Main Currents in Indian Sociology, 1983

Containers: box 2, item 14

Guide to the Robert T. Norman Papers, 1958-1997 UA.90.F94

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