Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism in American Life manuscript
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 3
Duplicate typescript of Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life,
published in 1964, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. The original typescript is
housed at Columbia University.
Dates
- 1964
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
The Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism
in American Life manuscript, 1964, is open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the
authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the
holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations
from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with
the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Extent
.2 Linear Feet (1 half manuscript box)
Overview
Annotated typescript of Richard
Hofstadter's book, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
Biographical Note
Richard Hofstadter was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 6, 1916. He attended Buffalo public schools and received his B.A. from the University of Buffalo in 1937. He went on to Columbia to study law but changed course and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in History in 1938 and 1942 respectively. He taught at the University of Maryland from 1942 to 1946 when he joined the History faculty at Columbia. He was promoted to full professor in 1952 and in 1959 was named De Witt Clinton Professor
of History.
He was known nationally and internationally as an "extraordinarily creative historian" and was "probably the most influential American historian of the 1950s and 1960s."¹
In 1956 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Reform and in 1964 for Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
In 1936 Richard Hofstadter married Felice Swados whom he had met at the University at Buffalo. They had a son, Dan. Felice died of cancer in 1945. In 1947, he married Beatrice Kevitt who was also from Buffalo. They had a daughter, Sarah. Richard Hofstadter died from leukemia on October 24, 1970.
Readers are referred to the numerous biographical and bibliographical essays in folder 1.3 for more detailed information.
He was known nationally and internationally as an "extraordinarily creative historian" and was "probably the most influential American historian of the 1950s and 1960s."¹
In 1956 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Reform and in 1964 for Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
In 1936 Richard Hofstadter married Felice Swados whom he had met at the University at Buffalo. They had a son, Dan. Felice died of cancer in 1945. In 1947, he married Beatrice Kevitt who was also from Buffalo. They had a daughter, Sarah. Richard Hofstadter died from leukemia on October 24, 1970.
Readers are referred to the numerous biographical and bibliographical essays in folder 1.3 for more detailed information.
¹ Fass, Paula S., "Richard Hofstadter" in Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Historians (1983) at p.217
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chapter order.
Acquisition Information
Papers were donated by Richard Hofstadter in December 1964.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Amy Vilz, December 2014.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, December 2014.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, December 2014.
- Hofstadter, Richard -- Archives
- Hofstadter, Richard -- Manuscripts
- Manuscripts (document genre)
Source
- Hofstadter, Richard (Contributor, Person)
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism in American Life manuscript
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Amy Vilz.
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu