This summary was drawn up by Dr. Max Savelle of the University of Washington, and Dr. Javier Malagón-Barceló, editor of the Inter-American Review of Bibliography.

Max Savelle is Professor of History of the University of Washington. He served on the Council of the American Historical Association from 1948 to 1952; was a Fulbright scholar in France in 1950; was on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Historical Review and President of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (1957). He participated in various conferences relative to the Project for the History of the Americas since 1952, as also in the Pan American Conference of History of Ideas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1956. At present he is Chairman of the United States subcommittee of the Committee on the History of Ideas of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, and a Member of the Council of the Institute of Early American History at Williamsburg, Virginia. His most important publications are: Foundations of American Civilization (New York, 1942); A Diplomatic History of the Canadian Boundary, 1749–1763 (New Haven, 1940); Seeds of Liberty: The Qenesis of the American Mind (New York, 1948); and A Short History of American Civilization (New York, 1957). Address: History Department, University of Washington, Seattle 5, Washington.