George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard correspondence, 1929-1947.

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George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard correspondence, 1929-1947.

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The George S. Counts and the Charles A. Beard Correspondence (1929-1947), which contains about 235 letters and a number of manuscripts and reprinted materials, documents the professional and personal relationship of the two men. Much of the early correspondence deals with the work of the Commission on the Social Studies, and there are a large number of letters which discuss revisions of volumes Counts and Beard were working on for the Commission, including the final report. There are also outlines of several of the volumes at various stages of composition. The controversy surrounding the final report is fairly well documented, with several letters showing how angry Beard was at other members of the Commission for alleged violations of rules and for their attempts to weaken the document. There are also reprints of several of Beard's writings, including "Hitlerism and Our Liberties" an address given at The New School for Social Research in 1934, and "A Balance Sheet of American History" from the September 1940 issue of Coronet. In addition, there are several copies of Beard's essay "What About the Constitution" from The Nation (April 1, 1936).

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools (U.S.)

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Counts, George S. (George Sylvester), 1889-1974

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George Sylvester Counts was born on December 9, 1889. His BA from Baker University (1911) in classical studies included the study of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. He taught for two years in two high schools in Kansas and in 1913 went to the University of Chicago (1913-1916) where he was awarded a Ph. D. magna cum laude, in education and social sciences. Thereafter, he embarked upon a teaching career that took him to various American colleges and universities including Yale Unive...

Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948

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American historian and educator From the guide to the Charles Austin Beard letters, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Historian, political scientist. From the description of Austin Charles Beard letters, 1929-1939. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 465279213 Charles Austin Beard was born in 1874 and died in 1948. He was a political science professor and historian at Columbia Univer...