Reminiscences of Herbert Wallace Schneider and John P. Diggins : oral history, 1976.

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Reminiscences of Herbert Wallace Schneider and John P. Diggins : oral history, 1976.

Family background and education; psychological testing for Army Medical Corps; teaching at Columbia from 1919: Contemporary Civilization course, philosophy curriculum; impressions of George Santayana, John Dewey, other philosophers; UNESCO: Southeast Asian tour, publications; American Philosophical Association representative to France, 1950; lectures on political philosophy, anaylytical ontology; first director, Blaisdell Institute; HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY; pragmatism and American philosophy.

Transcript: 246 leaves.Tape: 7 cassettes.

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