Benjamin Nelson papers, 1925-1977

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1485
Bib ID:
4079151 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Nelson, Benjamin, 1911-1977
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
106 linear feet (224 document 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. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Description

Summary

Professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts and notes for his many publications in the social sciences and Renaissance studies, drafts and notes for his THE IDEA OF USURY and writings about Max Weber, other papers collected during his teaching career, and materials for the many professional conferences which he attended and for the academic associations and societies in which he was active.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.

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. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Benjamin Nelson papers; 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

Source of acquisition--Nelson, Marie Coleman. 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.

Revision Description

2009-07-14 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz

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

Biographical / Historical

Historian, sociologist. Nelson taught at City College of New York, the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, Columbia University, Hofstra College, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and The New School for Social Research. He also edited special issues of PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC REVIEW and acted as an advisor for Harper & Row and other publishers.

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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Name
Columbia University -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harper & Row, Publishers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hofstra College -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
State University of New York at Stony Brook -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
University of Chicago -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
University of Minnesota -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Weber, Max, 1864-1920 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Historians CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Psychoanalysis -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Renaissance -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scholarly publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social sciences CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sociologists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Usury CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID