Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972

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Stephen Coburn Pepper was born in 1891, the son of well-known portrait painter Charles Hovey Pepper, and the grandson of a distinguished President of Colby College. Pepper majored in Philosophy and received both an A.B. and a Ph. D. from Harvard University. After teaching for a year at Wellesley College, Pepper was called to military service during World War I. In 1919, Pepper joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Pepper was elected chairman of the Art Department from 1938 to 1952. From 1939 to 1947, Pepper served as Assistant Dean of the College of Letters and Science at Berkeley, and in 1953 he became chairman of the Philosophy Department there. Pepper was also an author of several major works in philosophy, aesthetics, and metaphysics. His most notable works are: Aesthetic Quality, World Hypotheses, The Sources of Value, and Concept and Quality. Throughout his administrative years, Pepper continued to teach and was a popular lecturer. He also continued to write on subjects both technical and non-technical, taking an interest in such current affairs as the design of the San Raphael Bridge. Periodically he would travel abroad studying art forms ranging from the primitive art of the Yucatan to the Renaissance art of Europe. Prior to his death, Pepper completed an article on aesthetics for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Stephen C. Pepper died of cancer on May 1, 1972.

From the description of Stephen C. Pepper papers, 1903-1972. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 298452099

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referencedIn Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Patterson, Vernon. Vernon Patterson papers, [ca. 1936-1976]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. A brief historical account of the Berkeley Art Department : typescript, 1959 / Stephen C. Pepper. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Miscellaneous writings, typescript, [1949-1970]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing] Bancroft Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Philosophy photographs. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Stephen C. Pepper papers, 1903-1972. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Science and common experience : Sketch of a metaphysics / by Stephen C. Pepper, Typsecript, [1958?]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Carl Gordon Cutler papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Art and philosophy at the University of California, 1919-1962 : oral history transcript / Stephen Coburn Pepper ; tape recorded interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Reiss in December, 1961-May, 1962. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1963 : and related material, 1961-1963. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Correspondence between Cynthia Schuster and Stephen C. Pepper about value judgments, typescript, [1955-1957]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Arts Club (Berkeley, Calif.). Records of the Arts Club, 1935-1989 (bulk 1935-1958). UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Social equilibrium / by Stephen C. Pepper, typescript, 1941. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Festschrift presented to Stephen Coburn Pepper, 1952. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. The philosophy of criticism / by Stephen C. Pepper : Typsecript, 1958. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956. Process blocks for Modern color. Houghton Library
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Stephen Pepper papers, 1922-1945. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. The laws of art / by Stephen C. Pepper : Typsecript, 1958. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. The cultivation of taste / by Stephen C. Pepper : Typsecript, 1958. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Morris Library. The Stephen C. Pepper papers, typescript, 1974-75. UC Berkeley Libraries
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associatedWith Amyx, Darrell A. (Darrell Arlynn), 1911- person
associatedWith Arts Club (Berkeley, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office corporateBody
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Cutler, Carl Gordon, 1873-1945. person
associatedWith Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956. person
associatedWith Haley, John (John H.) person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Horn, Walter William, 1908-1995. person
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Kasten, Karl, 1916- person
associatedWith Lockwood, Ward, 1894- person
associatedWith Loran, Erle, 1905-1999. person
associatedWith McCray, James. person
associatedWith Morris Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Obata, Chiura. person
associatedWith Patterson, Vernon. person
associatedWith Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley) corporateBody
associatedWith Reiss, Suzanne B. person
associatedWith Ruvolo, Felix, 1912- person
associatedWith Ryder, Worth Allen, 1884-1960. person
associatedWith University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of Art corporateBody
associatedWith University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of Philosophy. corporateBody
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associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Art corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, San Diego. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Santa Cruz. corporateBody
associatedWith Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), b. 1895. person
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California--Berkeley
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Artists
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Metaphysics
Philosophy, American
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Birth 1891-04-29

Death 1972-05-01

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