Arthur Whittier Macmahon papers, 1911-1977

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

• Series I: Correspondence
• Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence
• Subseries 1.2: Correspondence, Uncatalogued
• Series III: Lectures, Speeches, Notes and Manuscripts: Political Parties

Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, addresses, and printed materials of Macmahon, including his course outlines and lecture notes, travel logs, and extensive files of notes and manuscripts on aspects of federalism and governmental administration. Charles A. Beard and Randolph S. Bourne were both personal friends of Macmahon, and the files contain letters from them as well as notes and correspondence relating to them. Also, a three-volume bound photocopy of the typescript of Macmahon's "Conflict and Consensus in Democracies" 1969.

• Series I: Correspondence

• Series III: Lectures, Speeches, Notes and Manuscripts: Political Parties

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Macmahon, Mrs. Arthur W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Macmahon (1890-1980) was Eaton Professor of Public Administration at Columbia University. (Columbia University B.A., 1912; M.A., 1913, 1915-1917; Ph.D., 1923).