John Herman Randall papers, 1911-1977

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1046
Bib ID:
4079250 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
44 boxes (44 boxes 1 oversize folder 1 tube box)
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.

Boxes 4-44 and tube box 12 are 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.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, course materials, organization files, photographs, and printed materials of John Herman Randall, Jr. Included among the cataloged correspondence are lengthy philosophical exchanges between Randall and Harry Elmer Barnes, Wendell T. Bush, John J. Coss, John Dewey, Irwin Edman, William Ernest Hocking, Corliss Lamont, Sterling P. Lamprecht, Arthur O. Lovejoy, Reinhold Niebuhr, Herbert W. Schneider, and Frederick J.E. Woodbridge, and in the uncataloged series, Horace Friess, James Gutmann, and Paul O. Kristeller. A separate series contains family correspondence consisting primarily of letters from Randall to his wife, Mercedes Irene Moritz Randall, during their courtship and early marriage. Randall's manuscripts include drafts of many of his articles and essays (a number of which became chapters in several of his books) as well as typescripts, proofs and related materials for many of his books, notably THE CAREER OF PHILOSOPHY, VOLUMES I-III, ARISTOTLE, THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIND, NATURE AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE, PLATO, and THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE IN WESTERN RELIGION.

Also, files relating to several of the organizations to which Randall belonged, including the American Philosophical Association, the Renaissance Society of America, and the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Printed copies of many of Randall's writings have been kept with the collection. At the end of the collection are several boxes of material relating to Mercedes Moritz Randall, and particularly to her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and to her book, IMPROPER BOSTONIAN, a biography of Emily Greene Balch.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 9 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.

Boxes 4-44 and tube box 12 are 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); John Herman Randall 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--Randall, Prof. and Mrs. John H., Jr. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

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

Biographical / Historical

F.J.E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. A.B. 1918, A.M. 1919, Ph.D. 1923.

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
American Philosophical Association CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Aristotle CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bush, Wendell T., 1866-1941 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coss, John J. (John Jacob), 1884-1940 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Friess, Horace L (Horace Leland), 1900-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gutman, James CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-1999 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lamprecht, Sterling P (Sterling Power), 1890-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lovejoy, Arthur O. (Arthur Oncken), 1873-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Plato CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Renaissance Society of America CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schneider, Herbert W (Herbert Wallace), 1892-1984 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (U.S.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Civil rights -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Peace -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophy -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophy -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophy -- United States -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophy, Ancient CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- Societies and clubs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID