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Webb S. Fiser Papers

An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Kyle C. Wilson
Date: 2007



Biography

Webb S. Fiser

Webb Sackett Fiser (1920-2009) was born in Greene, Ohio. From the University of Chicago he earned his B.A. (1942), M.A. (1947), and Ph.D. (1950). He served as an instructor at the University of Detroit from 1949 to 1950. After coming to Syracuse University in 1951, Fiser was an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where he organized and conducted the first Integration Seminar in the Metropolitan Studies Program.

Fiser also served as the principal planner in the Office of Urban Renewal for the City of Syracuse and as a member of the Citizen's Council on Urban Renewal, the advisory body to the mayor of Syracuse. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Councilman-at-Large for the city of Syracuse in 1961. Fiser left SU in 1962 for the State University of New York School of Public Affairs in Albany. He died on July 14, 2009.


Scope and Content Note

The bulk of the Fiser Papers cover his unsuccessful 1961 campaign to become Syracuse Councilman-at-Large. These materials include leaflets, campaign correspondence, notes and official statements, and newspaper clippings. There is also a book by Fiser, Mystery of the Metropolis, which is concerned with urban growth and is signed by the author.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

The Archives holds a clipping file and portrait file for Fiser.


Selected Search Terms

Names

Fiser, Webb S.

Subjects

Political campaigns.
Political science.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Webb S. Fiser Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

The Archives does not hold any documentation about how it acquired the Fiser Papers.

Processing Information

This collection was processed through a generous donation by Dr. David C. Knapp '47.


Arrangement

The files are arranged in alphabetical order.


Table of Contents

Papers

Book


Inventory