Ruth Nanda Anshen papers, 1938-1986

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0035
Bib ID:
4079643 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Anshen, Ruth Nanda; Columbia University. Press; Harcourt, Brace & World; Harper & Brothers; Harper & Row, Publishers; Pocket Books; World Publishing Company
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
16.8 linear feet (40 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 6-40. 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.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Correspondence with many well known authors and scientists, correspondence with publishers, contracts, and other materials dealing with the many series of books which she has organized. Dr Anshen has edited over one hundred works in fields ranging from physics and biology to philosophy, education, psychology, and esthetics. Her series - WORLD PERSPECTIVES (Harper), RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES (Harper), CREDO PERSPECTIVES (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster), THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE SERIES (Harcourt, Brace), PERSPECTIVES IN HUMANISM (World Pub. Co.), and THE TREE OF LIFE SERIES - have been concerned with new trends in scientific thought and the mutual intelligibility of the various arts and sciences. A new series, CONVERGENCE (Columbia University Press), was started in 1981 dealing with ideas that changed, or that are changing the world. Books from the various series are also included. There is also personal material of Dr Anshen and her family.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. This collection is divided into three 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 6-40. 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.

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); Ruth Nanda Anshen 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.

Alternate Form Available

Benedetto Croce letters are on: microfilm.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Ruth Nanda Anshen, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1986& 1987.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Anshen, Ruth Nanda. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/12/90. Accession number--M-90-07-12.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed HR 07/12/90.

Revision Description

2009-07-07 File created.

2012-02-02 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

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

History

Ruth Nanda Anshen (1900-2003) was a philosopher, author, and editor.

In 1958, she established the Anshen-Columbia University Seminars on the Nature of Man, which attracted prominent scientists, theologians, writers, artists, world leaders and philosophers.

Dr. Anshen edited over one hundred works in fields ranging from physics and biology to philosophy, education, psychology, and esthetics, and wrote many books herself, including The Anatomy of Evil, Biography of An Idea, Morals Equals Manners and The Mystery of Consciousness: A Prescription for Human Survival. Her series -Convergence (Columbia University Press), World Perspectives (Harper), Religious Perspectives (Harper), Credo Perspectives (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster), The Science of Cultures (Harcourt, Brace), Perspectives in Humanism (World Pub. Co.), and The Tree of Life - were concerned with new trends in scientific thought and the mutual intelligibility of the various arts and sciences.

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
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Beard, Charles A (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chomsky, Noam CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Clark, John Maurice, 1884-1963 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Costikyan, Edward N., 1924-2012 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cousins, Norman CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Douglas, William O (William Orville), 1898-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Freud, Anna, 1895-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gilson, Etienne, 1884-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gutmann, James, 1897-1988 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Howe, Irving CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ickes, Harold L (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jessup, Philip C (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Küng, Hans, 1928- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lévi-Strauss, Claude CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lorenz, Konrad CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lovell, Bernard, 1913-2012 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Malraux, André, 1901-1976 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mitchell, Wesley C (Wesley Clair), 1874-1948 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rabi, I. I (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-1996 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Taylor, Telford CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Trevor-Roper, H. R (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wertheimer, Max, 1880-1943 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Aesthetics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Biology CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Education CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophy CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Physics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID