Description: Papers of Raymond Phineas Stearns (1904- ), professor of history (1937- ), consisting of files of the American Historical Association's Committee on the Carnegie Revolving Fund for Publications of which Stearns was a member (1942-58) and chairman (1952-58), including correspondence of committee chairman John D. Hicks, Sidney R. Packard, Ray A. Billington and Raymond P. Stearns; correspondence with American Historical Association Executive Secretaries Guy S. Ford and Boyd C. Shafer, committee members, authors submitting manuscripts for possible publication and publishing houses; opinions of committee members on manuscripts submitted; annual reports and the depletion of the Fund.
The series includes reprints of articles by Prof. Stearns (1932-55).