Walther Eckstein papers, [ca. 1856]-1965.

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Walther Eckstein papers, [ca. 1856]-1965.

Correspondence, notes, and manuscripts of Dr. Walter Eckstein. His own papers consist mostly of letters from colleagues and notes and drafts of his works on Adam Smith and ethics. Also included among the papers are letters to and from Dr. Julius Ofner (b. 1845) of Vienna, as well as notes and manuscripts relating to him. Among the correspondents are Martin Buber, Helen Keller, and John H. Randall, Jr.

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Eckstein, Walther, 1891-

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Philosopher, author, lecturer. From the description of Walther Eckstein papers, [ca. 1856]-1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493895479 ...

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790

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Scottish political economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to William Johnstoune [Sir William Johnstone Pulteney], Monday [1752 Mar.-1763 Apr.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662595 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to William Johnstoune [Sir William Johnstone Pulteney], 1762 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662605 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to "Dear Johnstoune" [Sir ...

Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980

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F.J.E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. A.B. 1918, A.M. 1919, Ph.D. 1923. From the description of Papers, 1911-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122611075 ...

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Buber, Martin, 1878-1965

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Buber was a German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann were daughters of the Austrian dramatist and poet Richard Beer-Hofmann and Pauline Lissey. From the description of Letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann, 1961-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78544052 Buber was a Jewish philosopher, who taught in Frankfurt, 1924-1933, and Jerusalem, 1938-1951. ...

Ofner, Julius, 1845-1924

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