Charles Austin Beard collection, 1911-1976
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1958
- Bib ID:
- 14325838 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Beard, Miriam, 1901-1983; Beard, William
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 3 Linear Feet (7 document boxes)
- Language(s):
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English
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- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located on site.
Description
Scope and Contents
A significant and sizeable archive of primary materials relating to the career of Charles A. Beard, compiled in the 1970s by Miriam (Beard) Vagts and William Beard. The collection includes more than 300 original letters, manuscripts, and printed material.
Arrangement
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on site.
Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies 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 Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2018.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Biographical / Historical
Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 – September 1, 1948) was a leading American historian and progressive social thinker during the first half of the 20th century. He was a history professor at Columbia University but resigned in 1917 over what he considered the violation of civil liberties in the removal of pacifist Professors Dana and Cattell. Together with his wife, Mary Ritter, he was involved in the founding the New School for Social Research.
In works such as An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913) and Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy (1915), he stressed the part played by economic self interest in the development of American institutions and history. With his wife, Mary Ritter Beard, he authored the classic text book, The Rise of American Civilization (1927).
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through
CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries,
and through ArchiveGRID,
a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Beard, Charles A (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 |
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| Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958 |
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| Berle, A. A (Adolf Augustus), 1866-1960 |
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| Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 |
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| Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973 |
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| Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 |
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| Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 |
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| Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 |
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| Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 |
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| Coudert, Frederic R (Frederic René), 1871-1955 |
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| Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952 |
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| Cross, Wilbur L (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948 |
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| Durant, Will, 1885-1981 |
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| Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 |
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| Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 |
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| Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 |
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| Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985 |
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| Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 |
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| Rogers, Lindsay, 1891-1970 |
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| Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 |
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| Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 |
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| Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946 |
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| Academic freedom |
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| Constitutional history -- United States |
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| Economic history |
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| Historians -- United States -- 20th century |
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| Historiography |
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| Progressivism (United States politics) |
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| Social scientists |
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