Papers, 1911-1972.

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Papers, 1911-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122297600

Consists of correspondence (including carbon copies of outgoing letters), writings of Buchanan and others, legal and financial documents, photographs, and printed material. Much of the correspondence concerns Buchanan's work with Mortimer J. Adler, Robert M. Hutchins, and Stringfellow Barr in curricular development at the University of Chicago and St. John's College. Also includes correspondence files, 1946-1949, for the Old Dominion Foundation and Liberal Arts, Inc. Writings of Scott Buchanan include student papers and early articles on philosophical subjects; writings on education, especially classics and the liberal arts; writings on political theory; and book reviews. Also includes letters to Miriam Buchanan on the death of Scott Buchanan, letters to Douglas Buchanan, and poems and correspondence of Mark Van Doren.

74 boxes (24.7 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Buchanan, Miriam.

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St. John's College Annapolis, Md

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Buchanan, Douglas

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Buchanan, Scott, 1895-1968

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Buchanan was an American educator, philosopher, and foundation consultant. He was dean of St. John's College, Annapolis (1937-1947). From the description of Papers, 1911-1972. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122297600 ...

Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Mark Van Doren and his wife, Dorothy Van Doren. From the description of Letters, 1965-1978, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155877479 Mark Van Doren was an American author, scholar, and educator. He is probably best remembered for his long tenure as Columbia professor, where he was noted for his inspired Humanities courses and respect for students. His poetry was meticulously well-crafted and gr...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Old Dominion Foundation

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Old Dominion Foundation founded in 1941 by Paul Mellon; in 1969 combined with the Avalon Foundation to form the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation . From the description of Old Dominion Foundation Fellowship program [manuscript], 1966. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 761323073 ...

Liberal Arts, Inc.

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Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982

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Historian, author, and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. From the guide to the Stringfellow Barr letters to Broadus Mitchell, 1952, 1954, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) University of Virginia professor; co-founder of St. John's College's "New Program" based on the classics; president of the Foundation for World Government. From the description of Papers of Stringfellow Barr [manuscript], 1915-1958. (...

Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977

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University president; interviewee d.1977. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Maynard Hutchins : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740103 American author and University administrator. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Chicago, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1941 Feb. 4 and Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868116 From the CSDI Collection (Mss 18) descriptio...

Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-2001

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American philosopher, educator, author. From the description of Papers, 1939-1944. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 80110800 Mortimer Jerome Adler, philosopher, educator, writer. The Mortimer J. Adler Papers include information on his work with the Great Books, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the Institute for Philosophical Research as well as material relating to his many publications. The collection consists ...