Henry Cohen papers, 1964-1988

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0240
Bib ID:
4078829 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Cohen, Henry, 1933-
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
8 linear feet (15 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
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 off-site.

Closed until death. In addition, some manuscripts by Cohen and subject files restricted from two to ten years after death.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, photographs, slides, and printed materials relating to criminal justice and economic history documenting the work of Henry Cohen. The correspondence consists of two series, general correspondence and correspondence relating to "Criminal Justice History." There are manuscripts by Cohen for "Interpretive History of American Political Economy" (unpublished?) and other manuscripts including the introduction to the film script "Public Enemy." There are manuscripts by other authors submitted for publication in "Criminal Justice History" with related photographs. The subject files relate to "Business and Politics in America" with related photographs, the Spater artistic censorship case at the University of California, discussion material relating to the "National Right to Work Legislation" "Brutal Justice" with related slides, the Geese National Theater Company, the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the paper "Vicisitudes of an Absentee Landlord." The printed materials include copies of CJH articles, issues of "Historical Approaches to Studying Crime" and other offprints

Arrangement

Arranged in seven series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on 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 off-site.

Closed until death. In addition, some manuscripts by Cohen and subject files restricted from two to ten years after death.

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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Henry Cohen papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

Henry Cohen papers at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4199n8pg/

Henry Cohen, Ph.D., Papers at Loyola University Chicago (UA1988.62) https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/archives/pdfs/cohen-ua1988.62.pdf

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Henry Cohen, 1988.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Cohen, Henry. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/17/88. Accession number--M-88-11-17.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed JHR 06/27/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Columbia B.A., 1955. Professor, Loyola University of Chicago (1969-). Founder and editor "Criminal Justice History." Author of "Business and Politics in America from the Age of Jackson to the Civil War" and "Brutal Justice.".

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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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Slides (photographs) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- Economic conditions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID