James Gutmann papers, 1917-1988

Creator:: Gutmann, James, 1897-1988
Extent:: 3 linear feet 6 manuscript boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, audio cassette, and printed materials. The papers are chiefly professional in nature, concerning teaching, research, students, and some Columbia University academic business, particularly the University Seminars, of which Gutmann was Director from 1970-1976. The files contain letters from colleagues at Columbia and elsewhere. Some of the major correspondents are: Arthur C. Danto, Irwin Edman, Charles Frankel, Horace L. Friess, Sterling P. Lamprecht, John H. Randall, and Herbert Schneider. There are special correspondence files devoted to Joseph Frank (1916-1970), Dean of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Fritz Marti, and numerous letters written to Gutmann in 1964 on his receiving the Nicholas Murray Butler Medal for Philosophy. There are also manuscripts by Gutmann on the myth of Prometheus, mystical experience, Nietzsche and the ethical movement. The subject files include material relating to academic freedom, awards, intergration, Gutmann's biography, Israel, and Gutmann's vitae. In addition there are printed materials by Gutmann and by others inscribed to Gutmann.
Biographical / historical:: Professor of philosophy, Columbia University. Gutmann was Director of the University Seminars, 1970-1976. (Columbia University A.B., 1918; A.M., 1919; Ph.D., 1936).

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Gutmann, James. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.

Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, printed materials, etc: Source of acquisition--Rosenkrantz, Mrs. Barbara Gutmann. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/18/89. Accession number--M-89-05-18.

Gift of Mr. James Gutmann, 1978, 1981.

Gift of Mrs. Barbara Gutmann Rosencranz, 1988.

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89. Processed by BRC 5/21/78; rev. BRC 12/81; rev. LJ-W 3/88; rev. JHR 11/17/89.

Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, printed materials, etc Processed JHR 12/01/89.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 6 series.

Accruals:

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

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

Collections related by provenance: James Gutmann Micronesian Papers.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-6. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Terms of access:

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); James Gutman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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