Charles Austin Beard letters, 1929-1939

Collection context

Creator:
Beard, Charles A (Charles Austin), 1874-1948
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Correspondence between Beard and George S. Counts who was professor of education at Teacher's College, Columbia University from 1927 to 1974. The correspondence concerns their work on a Commission on Social Sciences in the Schools and comments on and reviews each other's writings and publications. Also includes correspondence to Paul Lewinson written by Beard, Ernst Correll, and Conyers Read dealing with a planned session at the American Historical Association meeting in 1939 which did not take place.

Biographical / historical:

Historian, political scientist.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Terms of access:

Permission to cite, quote, or copy from the Beard/Counts correspondence must be obtained from. Curator of Special Collections, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Austin Beard letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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