Albert Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities records, 1965-1984.

Chomsky, Noam, 1928-

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Avram Noam Chomsky (1928- ) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, author, lecturer and political activist. Beginning with his opposition to the Vietnam War, he established himself as a prominent critic of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Chomsky has become a profoundly influential voice on the left, lecturing widely and publishing numerous books on foreign policy, Mideast politics and related subjects. His self-professed commitment to freedom has ...

Ward, Aileen, 1919-2016

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[Aileen Ward was a] scholar whose sympathetic, insightful biography of the Romantic poet John Keats won the National Book Award in 1964; taught at Wellesley and Barnard before joining the Vassar English department in 1954; later taught at Sarah Lawrence, Brandeis, and New York University; retired in 1990. (source: Library of Congress Authorities, https://lccn.loc.gov/n82001522) Aileen Ward was an American professor of English literature who won both a National Book Award and a Duff Cooper...

Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984

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Julian Mayfield lived a varied career as a novelist, playwright, actor, journalist and critic, aide to two heads of state, an educator and writer-in-residence at several colleges and universities. He wrote, produced and directed several off-Broadway and summer stock productions between 1949 and 1954. He played the juvenile lead role of Absalom Kumalo in the Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson musical "Lost in the Stars," and directed Ossie Davis's first play, "Alice in Wonder," ...

Mirsky, Jonathan

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...

Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979

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Marcuse (1898-1979) was a German-born American political philosopher. From the description of Herbert Marcuse compositions, 1964-1971. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612747320 ...

Wilkins, Thomas Hart.

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Ellison, Ralph, 1914-1994

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African American author, born Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) in Oklahoma to a family who migrated from South Carolina. From the description of Ralph Ellison papers, 1990-1994. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 32828103 African American author and educator. Born 1914; died 1994. From the description of Ralph Ellison papers, 1890-2005 (bulk 1930-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983760 Ralph Ellison began writing seriously in 1939....

Gordon, Max, 1903-1989

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New York University. Albert Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities.

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New York University. Dept. of Literature

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Neuberg, Paul.

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O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008

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Economist. From the description of Oral history interview with Conor Cruise O'Brien, 2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761273570 ...

Hiss, Alger

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Alger Hiss (1904-1996) was born in Baltimore, Maryland and educated at Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law School. During the new Deal period he worked as an attorney at the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in the Solicitor General's Office at the Justice Department, as Assistant Secretary of State and in other positions in the State Department, and as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Yalta conference in 1945. He served as Secretary General of the United...

Schweitzer, Albert

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Alsatian medical missionary, theologian, musician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters in German signed (5) : Lambarene, Gabon, to Count Janos Hoyos, a physician in the U.S., 1958 Feb. 6-1960 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634614 Epithet: theologian philosopher and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00015f Alsatian philosopher, theologian, or...

Kelly, Charles Partick, 1944-

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Quasha, George

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Broyard, Anatole

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Hester, James M., 1924-

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James Hester became president of New York University in 1962 after serving as Executive Dean of Arts and Sciences for two years. His tenure as president included a period of widespread student unrest as well as major institutional restructuring. Financial distress brought about the sale of the University Heights campus in the Bronx in 1972, and relocation of the oldest college, University College, to Washington Square, where it merged with Washington Square College. The engineering colleges merg...

New York University. Graduate School of Arts and Science

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Kolko, Gabriel

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Hampshire, Stuart, 1914-2004

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Erdman, David V.

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Raymond, E. T., 1872-

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John McComb (1763-1853) was a New York City surveyor. From the description of Two maps of property on the East River, New York City, New York, 1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122573954 ...