John J.Coss papers, 1908-1952.

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John J.Coss papers, 1908-1952.

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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notebooks, and photographs including: Correspondence with Columbia faculty, such as John Dewey and Robert Lynd; Columbia University matters, especially his participation in the introduction of the Contemporary Civilization courses; Correspondence sent to him as Director of the Summer Session, 1919-1939; Personal correspondence; Much correspondence relating to the Ropsenwald Fund for Negro Education; Manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, articles, and other writings; Notes and other materials arranged by subject; and 17 of his notebooks kept while a student at Columbia, Union Theological Seminary, and the University of Heidelberg. 1984 addition: Travel journals in the form of typescript copies of letters, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia; typescript copies of Coss' personal correspoondence from 1909 to 1920; and Columbia related material, chiefly Camp Columbia, 1919-1920, including photographs. These items are mounted on sheets of paper.

6 linear ft. ( 11 boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Coss, John J. (John Jacob), 1884-1940

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Moore Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. From the description of John J.Coss papers, 1908-1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489376251 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Moore Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. From the guide to the John Jacob Coss Papers, 1908-1952., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

Lynd, Robert Staughton, 1892-1970

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Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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