Nef, John Ulric, Jr. Papers 1840-2008

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Nef, John Ulric, Jr. Papers 1840-2008

This collection contains the papers of John Ulric Nef, Jr. (1899-1988), Professor and Economic Historian at the University of Chicago, and co-founder of the Committee on Social Thought. Materials date from 1840 to 2008, with the bulk of the material dating between 1940 and 1975. The papers primarily document Nef's extensive correspondence with artists and thinkers throughout the United States and Europe, his writing, and his involvement in the Committee on Social Thought and in the Center for Human Understanding.

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Maritain, Jacques

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Redfield, Robert, 1897-1958

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Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977

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Morazé, Charles, 1913-2003

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University of Chicago. Committee on Social Thought

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The University of Chicago's John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought is a Ph.D.-granting interdisciplinary program, founded in 1941 by economic historian John U. Nef. Intellectual inquiry emphasizes fundamental issues in history, philosophy, theology and literature. While the committee falls under the administration of the Division of the Social Sciences, subject areas for research and teaching have no formal limits. Students in the committee select foundational texts in their areas ...

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Nef, Elinor Castle, 1894 or 1895-1953

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Elinor Henry Castle Nef was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1894 to Henry Northrup Castle (1892-1895) and Mabel Wing Castle (1864-1950). Her grandfather, Samuel Northrup Castle (1808-1894), co-founded the influential firm Castle and Cooke. Her father was the youngest of nine children and a well-regarded political leader and editor of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser and the Hawaiian Gazette. From 1889 to 1890, Henry was married to a German woman, Frida S...

Nef, John Ulric, 1899-

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Professor of economic history. Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1929-1950; chairman and professor, Committee on Social Thought, 1945-1964. From the description of Papers, 1909- [ca. 1970]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246436 Writer, historian. From the description of Reminiscences of John Ulric Nef : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451879 ...

Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913-2009

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Evelyn Stefansson Nef, also known as Evelyn Baird, (b. Evelyn Schwartz, July 24, 1913, New York City-d. December 10, 2009, Washington, D.C.), puppeteer, author, Arctic explorer, researcher, librarian, philanthropist, and psychotherapist, was the wife of fellow Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After Stefansson's death, she married John Ulrich Nef, economic historian from the University of Chicago. She began a practice in psychotherapy in Washington, D.C., at the age of 63. ...