Preliminary Guide to the Robert Maynard Hutchins Collection
Arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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Preliminary Guide to the Robert Maynard Hutchins Collection, ca. 1951-1991
Collection number: Mss 154
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- July 26, 2007
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert Maynard Hutchins Collection
Dates: ca. 1951-1991
Collection number: Mss 154
Creator:
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977.
Collection Size:
5.3 linear feet
(4 cartons and 1 oversize box).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, programs, and other materials mainly regarding Hutchins’ role as founder and long-time
chief executive officer of the Center for Democratic Institutions (CSDI).
Physical location: Boxes 1-4 (Annex 2); Box 5 (Del Sur Oversize).
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
Bulk of collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Robert Maynard Hutchins Collection. Mss 154. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donation by Barbara Hutchins, 1996, 1998.
Biography
From the CSDI Collection (Mss 18) description:
Hutchins, Robert Maynard. Born: Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 1899. Died: May 14, 1977. CSDI: Chief Executive Officer, 1954-1974; President,
1956-1969, 1975-1977; Member, Board of Directors, 1956-1969, 1974-1977; Chairman of the Consultants, 1958-1962; Fellow of
the Center, 1965-1974; Senior Fellow, 1969-1974; Chairman, Board of Directors, 1970-1974; Chairman of Fellows, 1971-1974;
Life Fellow, 1974-1977. Oberlin College, student, 1915-1917. Yale, A.B.,1921; A.M., 1922; LL.B., 1925. Yale Law School, Lecturer,1925-1927;
Professor of Law, 1927-1929; Acting Dean, 1927-1928; Dean, 1928-1929. President, University of Chicago, 1929-1945; Chancellor,
1945-1951. Associate Director, Ford Foundation, 1951-1954. Board of Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1946-1974; Director,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1947-1974; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., 1947-1974. Publications include:
The Higher Learning in America (1936),
No Friendly Voice (1936),
Education for Freedom (1943),
Great Books of the Western World (Editor in Chief, 1948-1957),
St. Thomas and the World State (1949),
Morals, Religion and Higher Education (1950),
The Democratic Dilemma (1951),
The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education (Great Books of the Western World, v. 1, 1952),
The Conflict in Education in a Democratic Society (1953),
The University of Utopia (1953),
Great Books, the Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954),
Freedom, Education, and the Fund: Essays and Addresses, 1946-1956 (1956),
Some Observations on American Education (1956),
The Learning Society (1968),
Zuckerlandl! (1968), and
Contemporary Ideas in Historical Perspective (edited with Mortimer Adler, 1977).
RMH = Robert Maynard Hutchins.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, programs, and other materials mainly regarding Hutchins' role
as founder and long-time chief executive officer of the Center for Democratic Institutions (CSDI).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977.
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
Ford Foundation.
Pacem in Maribus Convocation
Box 1
General,
ca. 1960-1991
Additional Note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, programs, and related materials, arranged by year; addressed to Vesta Hutchins after 1977.
Box 1
Columns by RMH: "What Kind of World?"
Box 1
Douglas, William O. Autographed, signed letter to RMH,
Feb. 8, 1960
Box 1
Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for RMH (copy), by Senator Claiborne Pell,
1966
Box 1
Sound Portrait of RMH, for broadcast,
Jan. 17, 1969
Wilder, Thornton
Additional Note
Photocopies of correspondence from Wilder to RMH, ca. 1951-1973, and some later from Wilder's sister Isabel.
Box 2
Ford Foundation
Jan. 9, 1951-Nov. 3, 1953
Additional Note
Unsigned carbon copies of outgoing correspondence from RMH. 1 vol: approx. 250 leaves.
Chronological Files
Additional Note
Unsigned carbon copies of outgoing correspondence from RMH, mostly regarding CSDI matters but some personal correspondence.
Box 2
Vol. 1:
September 22, 1961-December 27, 1963.
Approx. 1000 leaves.
Box 2
Vol. 2:
January 3, 1964-June 30, 1971.
Approx. 1600 leaves.
Box 3
Vol. 3:
July 2, 1971-April 30, 1973.
Approx. 1700 leaves.
Box 3
Vol. 4:
May 1, 1973-October 23, 1974.
Approx. 900 leaves.
Box 3
Vol. 5:
June 2, 1975-August 27, 1976.
Approx. 100 leaves.
Box 4
Artifacts
Additional Note
RMH academic cap and hood.
Box 5
Pacem in Maribus I,
1970
Additional Note
Photo album (with 42 8x10 b/w prints).
