I found this photograph for sale on EBay, which was serendipitous. I had not seen it previously. Apparently, it was taken at Banfield’s office at Harvard University.

It was addressed to James Wilhelm “Jim” Wiggins, who was an Associate Dean and Professor of Sociology at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The back of the photograph has handwritten notes indicating that Banfield was a commencement speaker at Converse in 1971. Banfield and Wiggins were at a Philadelphia Society conference the year prior.

Quite possibly, their relationship went back further. Wiggins coedited a volume titled, Foreign Aid Reexamined: A Critical Appraisal, in 1958. Banfield authored his own jaundiced assessment of American foreign aid (American Foreign Aid Doctrines) five years later, and may have read Wiggins’ volume. Additionally, Wigguns was a sociologist, and wrote about human behavior and coordination, which were topics central to Banfield’s research.