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Series 1: Writings, circa 1944 -- 1953
Series 2: Correspondence, 1939 -- 1988
Series 3: General, circa 1913 -- 1998

Reinhold Niebuhr papers, circa 1913 -- 1998

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Series 1: Writings, circa 1944 -- 1953

This series is open for research.

1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 3 boxes

This series contains annotated typescripts, galley proofs, and drafts with corrections of some of Niebuhr's published work. (Today, The Nature and Destiny of Man is published as a two volume work: Volume 1 is titled "Human Nature" and Volume 2 is titled "Human Destiny." Please note that "Human Destiny and History" is Volume 2 of The Nature and Destiny of Man.)

This series in unarranged.


Box 1 Folder 1-18 Nature and Destiny of Man annotated typescript, circa 1944 -- 1953

Box 1 Folder 19-37 Human Destiny and History annotated typescript, circa 1944 -- 1953


Box 2 Folder 1-14 Self and the Dramas of History annotated typescript, circa 1944 -- 1953

Box 2 Folder 15-20 Christian Realism and Political Problems annotated typescript, 1953

Box 2 Folder 21-25 Children of Light and Children of Darkness annotated typescript, circa 1944


Box 3 Folder 1-9 Irony of American History annotated typescript, circa 1944 -- 1953