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Horace L. Friess papers, 1919-1981
52 boxesCorrespondence, manuscripts, typescripts, notes, reports, memoranda, documents, and printed materials relating to Friess' dual career. The correspondence files include letters from professors of religion and philosophy at Columbia and other universities; from his students; letters dealing with Columbia academic matters; letters with related reports and memoranda concerning his membership in the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the American Council of Learned Societies Committee on the History of Religion, the latter concerned with lectures on Chinese religions by Wing-Tsit Chan in 1950 and on Islam by Louis Massignon in 1952. The academic writings of Friess consist of manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes, course materials, and other items relating to his teaching, research, publishing and other activities and associations at Columbia. Religion and philosophy are the chief topics, particularly German philosophy. There are numerous manuscripts submitted to Friess by colleagues and students, including three lengthy ones by Dr. Arno Carl Coutinho.
Institute of Current World Affairs records, 1914-2018, bulk 1926-2011
147 linear feetThe Institute of Current World Affairs records document the history of the ICWA, its sister organization, the American Universities Field Staff, and its founders, Charles and John Crane. Documents include first-hand reports authored by Fellows and field staff, correspondence, minutes, planning documents, subject files, financial records, publications, and photographs.
Subseries VI.1: Walter Rogers Materials, 1913-1964
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Walter Rogers' records consist of correspondence and subject files documenting his work at the ICWA and his ongoing relationship with the organization, following his retirement in 1959. Includes correspondence with Fellows, Trustees, and other colleagues; news clippings and reprints on topics of interest, such as science, religion, philosophy, and journalism; Rogers' own writings in the form of memoranda and reports; trip records; Rogers' notes from readings and lectures; early documents about the founding and development of the ICWA; and testimonials from former Fellows and colleagues on the events of Rogers' retirement and his death in 1965.
Lafcadio Hearn letters, 1893-1894
1 boxA group of fifteen letters from Hearn to Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935), professor of Japanese and Philology at the Imperial University in Tokyo and Hearn's closest Western friend in Japan. The letters cover a tremendously varied range of subjects including Hearn's opinion of his own writing, his methods of work and use of language; his discontent as a teacher at the government college at Kumamoto; his views on religion, philosophy, and music; Japanese customs, mythology, art, and language; the Oriental character vs. the Occidental; and critical opinion of Paul Boerget's LE DISCIPLE and of Lewis Carroll.