Horace L. Friess papers, 1919-1981

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Series I: Catalogued Correspondence



Box 1 Brunschvicg, Leon


Box 1 Butler, Nicholas Murray


Box 1 Coffin, Henry Sloane


Box 1 Cohen, Morris Raphael


Box 1 Hellman, George Sidney


Box 1 Hocking, William Ernest


Box 1 Massignon, Louis


Box 1 Niebuhr, Reinhold


Box 1 Roosevelt, Eleanor


Box 1 Spranger, Eduard


Box 1 Russell, Richard Brevard

Series II: Uncataloged Correspondence and Other Materials


Box 1 Professional Correspondence, 1927-1966

Re: philosophy and religion, chiefly Columbia University files; 3 folders deal with Louis Massignon's lecture tour in 1952



Box 2 Professional Correspondence, continued, 1960-1972


Box 2 Family and Personal Correspondence, circa 1920-1972


Box 2 Documents


Box 2 Memorabilia


Box 2 Photographs

Series III: Academic Writings

mss., typescripts, ms. notes and some related correspondence relating to Friess' teaching, research, publishing, and other activities and associations at Columbia University.



Box 3 Columbia University, A-Z



Box 4 Identified manuscripts, A-Z



Box 5 Unidentified manuscripts



Box 6 Manuscript and notes on German philosophy



Box 7 Manuscript and notes on German philosophy

Series IV: Columbia University Course Materials

Lecture notes, miscellaneous notes, outlines, bibliographies, and papers submitted by students.



Box 8 Unidentified materials



Box 9 Lecture notes


Box 9 Notes


Box 9 Philosophy courses



Box 10 Religion courses


Box 10 Students' papers

Series V: Columbia University



Box 11 Bureau of Applied Social Research


Box 11 Council for Research in the Social Sciences, 1951-1952



Box 12 Seminar on Religion and Health

Seminar minutes and related papers.



Box 13 Seminar on Religion and Health

Seminar minutes and related papers.



Box 14 Seminar on Religion and Health

Seminar minutes and related papers.

Series VI: Organizations



Box 15 American Council of Learned Societies--Committee on the History of Religion, 1949-1950

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, chiefly relating to Wing-Tsit Chan lectures.


Box 15 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1957-1971

Reports and related materials.


Society for Ethical Culture



Box 19 Correspondence, 1933-1974

Friess' files as a leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture, with related reports, memoranda and other materials.



Box 20 Documents, A-Z

Reports, memoranda, minutes and other records of the New York Society, chiefly Fellowship Seminars.


Writings

Writings, chiefly by Friess, including mss., ms. notes, typescripts and related printed materials; notes and texts for addresses, wedding ceremonies and funeral services.


Manuscripts by Friess and Others



Box 21 Identified manucripts, A -M



Box 22 Identified manucripts, N-Z


Box 22 Unidentified manuscripts--1



Box 23 Unidentified manuscripts--2-3



Box 24 Unidentified manuscripts--2-3


Manuscripts by Friess



Box 25 Ethical Culture Schools

mss., typescripts, mss. notes on history of Ethical Culture schools, particularly the Fieldstone School.


American Ethical Union



Box 26 Correspondence, 1953-1971

With related mss. and documents.


Box 26 Leadership Training Files, 1950-1957



Box 27 Leadership Training Files, 1958-1974

Series VII: Manuscripts by Others

Typescipts and mimeographed texts of writings on philosophy, religion, and ethical culture.



Box 16 Identified manucripts, A - Z



Box 17 Unidentified manuscripts



Box 18 Manuscripts by Dr. Arno Carl Coutinho

Series VIII: Felix Adler Biography

Manuscripts, typescripts and ms. notes for Friess' projected biography of Felix Adler; also included are mss. and notes for other writings by Friess on Adler.



Box 28 Felix Adler Biography

Includes related correspondence.



Box 29 Felix Adler Biography



Box 30 Felix Adler Biography



Box 31 Felix Adler Biography



Box 32 Felix Adler Biography



Box 33 Felix Adler Biography



Box 34 Felix Adler Biography



Box 35 Felix Adler Biography



Box 36 Felix Adler Biography



Box 37 Felix Adler Biography



Box 38 Felix Adler Biography

Contains typescript drafts and page proofs for the biography that was edited by Fannia Weingartner and published by Columbia University Press in 1981.



Box 39 Felix Adler Biography

Contains typescript drafts and page proofs for the biography that was edited by Fannia Weingartner and published by Columbia University Press in 1981.

Series IX: Printed Materials


Society for Ethical Culture & American Ethical Union

Articles, pamphlets and printed ephemera published by or relating to SEC & AEU.



Box 40 Written by Friess



Box 41 Written by Others


Academic Writings

Articles, pamphlets, reprints, etc



Box 42 Written by Friess


Box 42 Written by Others


Religion, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science

Books, journal issues, pamphlets and reprints; some by Friess; some inscribed to him.



Box 43 Printed Materials



Box 44 Printed Materials



Box 45 Printed Materials



Box 46 Printed Materials



Box 47 Printed Materials



Box 48 Printed Materials



Box 49 Printed Materials



Box 50 Printed Materials



Box 51 Printed Materials



Box 52 Printed Materials