Papers of the Open Court Publishing Company, 1888-1930.

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Papers of the Open Court Publishing Company, 1888-1930.

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Correspondence forms the largest and most significant part of the collection. Included is outgoing (in the form of bound letterpress copies) as well as incoming correspondence for the years from 1893 through 1909 with scholars, literary figures, social activists, and religious leaders, and including physicists H. Crew, E. Mach, and H. Poincaré. While material dating from as late as 1953 may be found, the bulk dates from the editorial tenure of Paul Carus.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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The Open Court Press was established in 1887 by Edward G. Hegeler, a zinc manufacturer of LaSalle, Illinois, to reflect his deep interest in problems of philosophy, ethics, and religion. Under the leadership of Dr. Paul Carus, a young German scholar who assumed editorship of the press in its first year and continued until his death in 1919, Open Court gained international recognition for its titles in philosophy, religion, sciences, and mathematics. The press's first publication was a fortnightl...