Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Howard Selsam papers
Selsam, Howard, 1903-1970
4079324
MS#1147
English
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11 boxes
11 boxes
1935-1972
Arrangement
Cataloged and arranged. Collection is arranged in 5 series.
Restrictions on Access
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-11. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, note cards, and printed material of Selsam. Correspondents include Justice Hugo Black, W.E.B. Dubois, Waldo Frank, Rockwell Kent, and Corliss Lamont. The collection contains several manuscript and proof materials for several of Selsam's books and numerous periodical articles, as well as note cards on philosophers and philosophies. Also, a subject file of Selsam's notes and areas of interest, and assorted printed and biographical material.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Howard Selsam papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Selsam, Mrs. Millicent E. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1973. Accession number--M-73.
Biographical / Historical
Teacher of philosophy and director of the Jefferson School of Social Science, New York, N.Y. Columbia University M.A., 1928; Ph.D., 1930.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Philosophy -- Study and teaching
Teachers
Philosophers
Philosophy, Marxist
Socialism
Book reviews
Ethics -- Study and teaching
Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century
Correspondence
Manuscripts (documents)
Biography
Lectures
Philosophy -- Research
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971
Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995
Jefferson School of Social Science (New York, N.Y.)
Series I: Correspondence-Catalogued and arranged/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211700Correspondence-Catalogued and arranged/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117011Series II: Selsam manuscripts and reviews of his works/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211702Selsam manuscripts and reviews of his works/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117032Selsam manuscripts and reviews of his works/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117043Selsam, Reader in Marxinst Philosophy, manuscripts and proofs/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117054Series III: Note cards on philosophers and philosophies/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211706Note cards on philosophers and philosophies/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117075Note cards on philosophers and philosophies/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117086Note cards on philosophers and philosophies/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117097Series IV: Subject file/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211710Academic freedom/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117118American thought (2 folders)/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117128Contemporary philosophy/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117138Darwin & Marx/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117148Deism & Materialism/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117158Dewey/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117168Dialectics/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117178Ethics/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117189Existentialism/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117199Franklin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117209Free will/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117219Freedom and free will/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117229Hegel seminar/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117239History of modern philosophy/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117249Knowledge and practice/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117259Lectures: logic and philosophy/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117269Lenin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117279Marcuse/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117289Materialism & idealism/repositories/2/archival_objects/12117299Philosophers/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173010Pragmatism/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173110Proposed new courses/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173210Philosophy - current - book reviews/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173310Philosophy in Revolution/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173410Propositions on religion/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173510Revolution & Constitution/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173610Scientific outlook/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173710Socialism & ethics - Ethics & progress/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173810Transcendentalism - Emerson & Thoreau/repositories/2/archival_objects/121173910Series V: Biographical, printed, and miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211740Selsam – biography/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174111Institute report and Moscow University Lecture/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211742197011Coudert – personal/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174311Lamont-Blanshard Symposium/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174411Handbooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174511Debates/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174611Reprints/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174711Miscellaneous notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174811Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/121174911