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Box 2

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Richard Hofstadter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 30-3-1377
Abstract

Collection includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, clippings, and photographs of Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter.

Dates: circa 1918-2006

Unpublished manuscript: The Idea of the Power Elite, 1959, 2006, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of an essay on C. Wright Mills' book, The Power Elite, photocopy of a letter to Richard Hofstadter from Bernard Crick, and an original letter to Beatrice K.Hofstadter from Daniel J. Singal. First two items have a copyright notice from Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Dates: 1959, 2006; undated

Unpublished manuscript: Columbia Crisis, 1969

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopy of transcript of interview on May 15, 1968 regarding the student strike for Columbia Oral History office from whom permission to quote must be obtained.

Dates: 1969

Lecture notes on history and psychoanalysis, circa 1962

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes original typed outline with handwritten notes for a lecture given at the "Austen Riggs Institute"; also printout from Wikipedia on the Austen Riggs Center made by Beatrice K. Hofstadter, February 23, 2010.

Dates: circa 1962

Course prospectuses, Columbia University, 1965, 1970-1971

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes "Colloquium: Jeffersonian America, 1800-1828" and "Democracy and the Early American Party System."

Dates: 1965, 1970-1971

Notes on readings, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes original typed and handwritten notes.

Dates: undated

Correspondence, 1953-1969

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Includes four original typed letters: from Richard Hofstadter to his lawyer, David Charles Klein, [unsigned]; three to Richard Hofstadter signed by Franz [Neumann], Andrew W. Cordier, and Lee Benson.

Dates: 1953-1969

Photographs, 1918-1968

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, clippings, and photographs of Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter. Also includes biographical essays written by other authors about Richard Hofstadter and his impact on the study of American history.

Dates: 1918-1968