Papers, 1904-1980, 1919-1980 (bulk)

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Papers, 1904-1980, 1919-1980 (bulk)

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Papers relate primarily to Lynd's career at Sarah Lawrence College and include correspondence, largely letters received from family and publishers; lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, articles, reviews, and other materials used in preparing her classes; papers from her students; reprints of her speeches and articles; and clippings. Subjects include academic freedom, communism, the Middletown project, creativity, philosophy, shame and anxiety, psychology, and language. Other items include miscellaneous personal and family papers such as poetry, financial records, letters, and memorabilia, some concerning her children Staughton Lynd and Andrea Lynd Nold (Mrs. Joseph); tapes of a eulogy for Robert S. Lynd; and lecture notes and papers on Hegel and other philosophers, 1904-1929, written by Mary Case, a teacher of Helen Lynd's.

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Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982

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Helen Merrell Lynd (March 17, 1896 – January 30, 1982) was an American sociologist, social philosopher, educator, and author. She is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with her husband, Robert Staughton Lynd; as the coauthor of Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) and Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (1937); and a pioneer in the use of social surveys. She was also the author of England in the 1880s: Toward a So...

Case, Mary, MD

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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831

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Hegel was a German philosopher. He held a chair of philosophy at the University of Berlin, 1818-1831, and was appointed rector of the university in 1830. From the description of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel papers, ca. 1821-1830. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369817 From the guide to the Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel papers, ca. 1821-ca. 1830., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) German philosopher. From the de...

Sarah Lawrence College

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Lynd, Staughton.

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Civil rights, labor, and peace activist; Quaker; b. 1929. From the description of Staughton and Alice Lynd papers, 1965-1971. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 122457376 ...

Nold, Andrea, 1920-

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Lynd, Robert Staughton, 1892-1970

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Sociologist and educator. Married Helen Merrell, also a sociologist. From the description of Robert Staughton Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd papers, 1895-1968 (bulk 1922-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064050 Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Lynd was a member of the Consumers' Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration. From the description of Robert Staughton Lynd papers, 1933-1937. (Columbia University In ...