Quincy Wright was the founder of the international relations discipline in the United States. He had a long career as a professor of international law, that spanned 40 years, starting at Harvard University and includes the University of Minnesota, University of Chicago and the University of Virginia. He was an advisor to Justice Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremburg Trials. His magnum opus was a book he wrote in 1942 called the Study of War (U21 .W71965 Offsite Storage). He also worked with and advised the League of Nations and the United Nations. He co-founded the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations in 1928, which was the first graduate level program on international relations created in the United States. ; The collection contains some correspondence and manuscript drafts as well as numerous publications sent to Mr. Wright from various authorities in international relations.