Guide to the Tamiment Institute Records, 1935-1990s

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Guide to the Tamiment Institute Records, 1935-1990s

1935-1990s

The Tamiment Institute was founded in 1935 as the educational arm of the People's Educational Camp Society (PECS), which owned and operated Camp Tamiment, an educational and recreational summer resort (originally) for socialists and their families near Bushkill, in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. The Institute organized lectures, conferences and seminars, essay contests, and book awards at the Camp and in New York City. The Collection contains clippings, correspondence, conference and seminar papers, essays, programs, administrative and financial records, and photographs.

15.5 Linear Feet in 11 manuscript boxes, 11 record cartons, and one folder in one shared box.

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Camp Tamiment (Pa.)

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Camp Tamiment, a summer resort for socialists and their families, near Bushkill, Pennsylvania, on Lake Tamiment, in the Pocono Mountains, opened in the summer of 1921. Bordering the grounds of Unity House (the resort run by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, which had opened the previous year), the Camp was the brainchild of Mrs. Bertha Mailly, Executive Secretary of the Rand School of Social Science (a school for workers in New York City that was closely allied with the Socialist P...

Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994

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Josephson, Ben, 1895-1980.

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Ben Josephson (1895-1980), served in various administrative capacities at Camp Tamiment in Pennsylvania from 1941-1968. He was active in the Socialist Party and the labor movement. He was associated with the Rand School and was instrumental in the establishment of the Tamiment Library at NYU. Josephson gave support to the New Leader and Labor History and was elected, in 1976, President of the People's Educational Camp Society (PECS), the corporate entity that founded and oversaw Camp Tamiment. ...

Bohn, William Eduard

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Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979

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Tamiment Institute

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Tamiment Institute, founded in 1935, was the educational arm of Camp Tamiment that organized lectures and conferences. From the description of Records, 1926-1962. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 17269134 The Tamiment Institute was founded in 1935 as the educational arm of the People’s Educational Camp Society (PECS), which owned and operated Camp Tamiment, originally a resort for socialists. The Institute organized lectures, an annual conference (1930s-40s) that f...

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Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011

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Handlin taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of Papers of Oscar Handlin, 1958-1984 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973327 Handlin earned his Harvard AM in 1935 and his PhD in 1940. He taught history at Harvard and was Director of the Harvard University Library from 1979 to 1984. From the description of The evolution of national character in America, 1861-1875 ...

Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989

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American philosopher, professor, and writer. From the description of Letter, 1984 May 20, Wardsboro, Vt., to Edward Weber, Ann Arbor, Mich. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363838 American philosopher and author; founding member, Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1950. From the description of Sidney Hook papers, 1902-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872376 Senior fellow at the Hoover Institute. From the description of Corre...

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971

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Jacobs, Norman

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People's Educational Camp Society.

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The People's Educational Camp Society (PECS), incorporated in New York in 1920, owned and operated Camp Tamiment, an educational and recreational summer resort (originally) for socialists and their families near Bushkill, Pa., until its sale in 1965 to commercial interests. As envisioned by its founders, members of the American Socialist Society, the Rand School's governing body, Camp Tamiment revenues helped support the Rand School and other progressive organizations, and provided the majority ...

Rosten, Leo, 1908-1997

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Bettelheim, Bruno

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Mailly, Bertha Howell.

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Morgenthau, Hans J. (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980

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Political scientist, educator, and author. Born in Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1937. From the description of Hans J. Morgenthau papers, 1858-1981 (bulk 1925-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983006 Biographical Note 1904, Feb. 17 Born, Coburg, Germany 1923 1...