Papers, 1860-1963.

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Papers, 1860-1963.

Papers of a prominent German American philosopher, teacher at the University of Wisconsin, and controversial figure because of his atheism, pacifism, and defense of academic freedom. Included is correspondence, articles, notes, speeches, lectures, book manuscripts, drawings and cartoons, diaries, an autobiography, newsclippings on criticism of Otto by John B. Chapple in 1932, and other items.

5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f. and49 photographs.

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University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974

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Jewish American philosopher and author; friend and pupil of William James. From the description of H.M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter, 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76924359 From the description of H. M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter [manuscript], 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999274 Philosopher and educator. From the description of Autograph letters signed (13) and autograph ...

Locke, Alain, 1885-1954

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Alain LeRoy Locke was an African-American professor of philosophy at Howard University. From the description of Alain LeRoy Locke photograph, and funeral orations brochure, 1952-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48822627 African American teacher, philosopher, author, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1898-1954). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939715 ...

LINDEMAN, EDWARD C.

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Feinsinger, Nathan Paul, 1902-1983

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Chapple, John B. (John Bowman), 1899-

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Birge, E. A. (Edward Asahel), 1851-1950

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Bode, Boyd Henry, 1873-1953

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Professor Emeritus of Education, The Ohio State University. From the description of Correspondence, 1941-1944. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21920075 ...

Ten Hoor, Marten, 1890-

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Otto, Max Carl, 1876-

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Haydon, A. Eustace (Albert Eustace), 1880-1975

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A. Eustace Haydon was a Canadian Baptist minister who later became a professor of religion at the University of Chicago and a leader in the Humanist movement. A. Eustace and Edith Haydon were married in 1904. Edith Haydon died in 1949. From the description of Haydon family papers, 1901-1948 (bulk 1901-1904). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713916638 Leader of Chicago Ethical Society; educator and author; Professor of Religions. Haydon d...

Piatt, Donald.

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Sellery, George C. (George Clarke), 1872-

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Taylor, Harold, 1914-1993

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Harold Taylor (1914-1993) was appointed the third president of Sarah Lawrence College at the age of 30 in 1945. He is known as one of the most provocative and original thinkers in the field of American education. While at Sarah Lawrence College, Taylor also taught philosophy at Sarah Lawrence and the New School for Social Research. During his tenure at Sarah Lawrence, Taylor developed a number of experimental educational programs and launched an experimental teacher preparation program. During a...

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

Merk, Frederick, 1887-1977

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Oliver Edwin Baker (1883-1949) was an agricultural geographer and population expert and an analyst for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was an authority on agricultural land utilization and advocate of “rurban” living, a combination of urban employment, suburban living, and part-time farming. Baker was born in 1883 in Tifflin, Ohio, to Edwin Baker, a merchant, and his wife Martha Ranney Thomas. As a boy Baker was taught by his mother, a former school teacher, and t...

Enslin, Morton Scott, 1897-1980

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Jordan, Elijah

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Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951

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Frank, Glenn, 1887-1940

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Editory of Century Magazine. President of the University of Wisconsin, 1925-1937. Works include "The Politics of Industry" and "An American Looks at His World." From the description of Glenn Frank autograph [manuscript], 1928 Oct 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 276780808 ...

Westgate, Lewis G. (Lewis Gardner), 1868-1948

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Brownell, Baker, 1887-1965

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Newspaperman, lecturer, writer. Professor of Journalism (1921-25), Contemporary Thought (1925-47), Philosophy (1947-53), at Northwestern University, where he pioneered an interdisciplinary course in contemporary thought. The guest speakers for this course included many prominent figures of the day, from Jane Addams to Frank Lloyd Wright. From the description of Baker Brownell Papers, 1904-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82483908 Baker Brownell enjoyed a ric...

Fries, Horace Snyder, 1902-1951.

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Miller, Dickinson Sergeant, 1868-1963

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Miller was professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226054851 Dickinson Sergeant Miller (1868-1963) was a professor of philosophy and a writer. In 1889 received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. and A.M. in 1892 from Harvard. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1893. After returning to the United States...

Leiserson, William M.

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Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-1964

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Alexander Meiklejohn was born in England in 1872, and brought to the United States in 1880 at the age of eight. He was educated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University in 1893. He took his M.A. at Brown and in 1897, received his doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University. He taught philosophy and metaphysics at Brown and was dean from 1901 to 1912. He became president of Amherst College in 1912 and served until 1924. After Amherst he went to the University of Wiscons...