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.
This collection consists of the ticket request correspondence for the inaugural, four-part lecture series "The Prospect of Western Civilization" delivered by Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Director of Studies in the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in April 1948.
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.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Bampton Lectures in America collection; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
For additional information about the Bampton Lectures in America, please consult the Historical subject files (UA#0002) and Central Files (UA#0001). More recent records about the lectures and juries (1967-1992) can be found in the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs records (UA#0083). Some recordings of the lectures (1960s-1970s) are also available as part of the Columbia University historical recordings (UA#0315).
2001.002.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The collection was processed by Joanna Rios in July 2021.
2021-07-02 Updated collection description.
The Bampton Lectures in America at Columbia were established by the bequest of Ada Bampton Tremaine. Her ancestor, the Reverend John Bampton, established the Bampton Lectures at Oxford University. She provided in her will that the lectures be given annually and that the subject be of theologic, scientific, art or hygiene. Starting in 1948 the Bampton Lectures were open to the public and free of charge. The collected lectures were published by Columbia University Press.
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Columbia University | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
Columbia University. Bampton Lectures in America | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |