Guide to the Allan Shields Papers
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Guide to the Allan Shields Papers
1935/2000
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Allan Shields Papers
Dates: 1935-2000
Identification: MS-0340
Creator:
Shields, Allan
Physical Description: 5.00 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
Allan Shields joined the faculty of San Diego State College in 1949 as Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, becoming
Professor of Philosophy in 1959. In 1954, he left to pursue other academic positions and spent five summers as Ranger-Naturalist
in Yosemite National Park. He returned to San Diego State University in 1970 as Professor of Philosophy and retired from
that position in 1978.
In addition to teaching, he served for five summers as a seasonal Ranger-Naturalist in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National
Park and is the co-owner (with his wife Bernice) of the Jerseydale Ranch Press in Mariposa, California. He is a musician,
author and avid horseman. His many essays, articles, poetry and reviews appear in numerous professional and popular journals
and books.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Publications
Personal Name:
Shields, Allan -- Archives
Topical Term:
Entertainers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Naturalists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
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is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Allan Shields Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library
and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, professional commentary, and various writings both published and unpublished.
Box 1, Folder 1
Ames, Van Meter
1969 - 77
Box 1, Folder 2
Baker, George
1973
Scope and Contents
letters, art show pamphlets, newspaper articles
Box 1, Folder 4
Baldwin, Dr. Heath H.
1973
Box 1, Folder 6
Eisley, Loren
1950 - 72
Scope and Contents
articles & pamphlets, letters, newspaper clippings
Box 1, Folder 7
Fitch, Robert
1965 - 72
Scope and Contents
letters, biography
Box 1, Folder 8
Flanders, Ned
1968
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 1, Folder 9
Hawkins, Erick
1966 - 69
Scope and Contents
letters, programs
Box 1, Folder 10
Kaplan, Abraham
1966 - 69
Scope and Contents
letters, newspaper articles, photographs
Box 1, Folder 11
Koppelman, Walter
1967 - 70
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 1, Folder 12
Morgan, Douglas
1966 - 68
Scope and Contents
Course guide "understanding the fine arts," correspondence
Box 1, Folder 13
O'Dell, Scott
1967
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 1, Folder 14
Pepper, Stephen
1957, 1969 - 70
Scope and Contents
letters, photographs
Box 1, Folder 16
Rohfleisch, Kramer
1968 - 95
Scope and Contents
letters, introduction by Allan Shields at AAUP annual banquet (1966)
Box 1, Folder 17
Smith, T. V.
1951 - 52, 1955 - 56
Scope and Contents
letters, postcards, pamphlets, book packet, photographs, radio discussion, address, final exam "Theory of Ethics," list of
books by T.V. Smith, questionnaire on audio-visual aids in philosophy
Box 1, Folder 18
Torrey, Rev. Joseph
1975 - 76
Box 1, Folder 20
Wagner, Philip
1966 - 67
Scope and Contents
letters, introduction at Princeton University notes
Box 1, Folder 21
Watson, E. Bradlee
1939 - 49
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 1, Folder 22
Wheelwight, Philip
1956 - 57, 1967
Scope and Contents
letters, program, lecture notes "Humanism and Symbolism"
Box 1, Folder 23
Student Correspondence
1951 - 78
Box 1, Folder 24
Student Correspondence
1951 - 78
Box 1, Folder 25
Sabbatical Leave
1968 - 69
Box 1, Folder 26
San Diego State University
1969 - 76
Scope and Contents
Department Memorandums, letters, salary schedules, letters of agreement, research leave application, curriculum proposals
Box 1, Folder 27
San Diego State University
1953 - 54, 1972, 1975 - 79
Scope and Contents
newsletters
Box 1, Folder 28
San Diego State University Lecture
1975
Box 1, Folder 29
University of Northern Iowa
1970
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 1, Folder 30
Miscellaneous
1953 - 57, 1964 - 71, 1988
Scope and Contents
letters from various college & university faculty (1964)
Box 2, Folder 9
Miscellaneous
1990, 91, 93
Box 2, Folder 10
Regarding: "A Bibliography of Bibliographies in Aesthetics"
1975 - 77
Box 2, Folder 11
Regarding: "Four Early American Aestheticians"
1978
Box 2, Folder 12
Regarding: "The Golden Renaissance"
1960
Box 2, Folder 13
Regarding: "Music for the Love of It"
1990 - 91
Box 2, Folder 14
Regarding: "Studies in American Aesthetics, 1750 - 1940"
1976 - 77
Box 2, Folder 15
Audubon Magazine
1963 - 69
Scope and Contents
letters
Box 2, Folder 16
Phi Beta Kappa
1958
Scope and Contents
letters, program
Box 2, Folder 17
Various editors - newspapers and magazines
1984 - 95
Scope and Contents
letters, articles (1958, 1964 - 68)
Box 2, Folder 18
Letters of recommendations for students
Box 2, Folder 19
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers
1959, 1968 & 1971
Box 2, Folder 20
Humanities 99
1971 & 1974
Box 2, Folder 21
Pluralistic Humanities
1974
Box 2, Folder 22
Miscellaneous Class Outlines
1956
Box 2, Folder 23
A college curriculum
1969
Box 2, Folder 24
A curriculum investigation
1968
Box 2, Folder 25
A selected bibliography for students
1974
Box 2, Folder 26
Testing materials, establishing of norms
1950 & 1955
Scope and Contents
correspondence, test copies
Box 2, Folder 27
"The Aesthetic Speculations of Igor Stravinsky"
1971
Box 2, Folder 28
"Art and the Artist Reconsidered"
1969
Box 2, Folder 29
"Why Should I Study?"
1969
Box 2, Folder 30
"What does American Philosophy Mean?"
1964
Box 2, Folder 31
The Journal of Philosophy
1957
Box 2, Folder 32
Index and List of Articles
1970 - 84
Box 2, Folder 34
Free College Tuition would be an Investment in the Future
1992
Box 2, Folder 35
Establishing Ballet in Higher Education
Box 2, Folder 36
Articles on various family members
1992 & 94
Box 2, Folder 37
Articles on Allan Shields
1968 & 1975
Box 2, Folder 38
Miscellaneous Articles
1952, 60 & 66
Box 2, Folder 39
"Music for the Love of It" newsletters
1988 - 92
Box 2, Folder 40
The Truth About the Truth About Joaquin Murieta
Box 2, Folder 1
Collected music reviews & truncated music essays
1963 - 65
Box 2, Folder 2
San Diego Union Editorial
1975
Box 2, Folder 3
A Decalogue of Radical Misconceptions about the Campus (UNI)
1970
Box 2, Folder 4
Art Teachers Seminar on Curriculum
1969
Box 2, Folder 6
The Future of Art
1968 & 1970
Box 2, Folder 7
The Humanities Division Divided
1956
Box 2, Folder 8
The College of Humanities & Fine Arts at the University of Northern Iowa
1969
Box 2, Folder 9
Learning as Transformation
1969
Box 2, Folder 10
Black Studies: A Controversy
1969
Box 2, Folder 11
Some Historiographical Problems in Aesthetics
1973
Box 2, Folder 12
The Uses of Philosophy
1959
Box 2, Folder 15
Unity or E Uno Plures
1968
Box 2, Folder 16
William James & John Muir on the Topless Mountain
1968
Box 2, Folder 17
Santayana's Literary Psychology
1977
Box 2, Folder 18
It Costs to Impoverish Your World Power
1991
Box 2, Folder 19
Some Help for the Weatherman
1983
Box 2, Folder 20
Cal Glee Club and Treble Clef
1992
Box 2, Folder 21
Is There an Implicit Aesthetics?
1974
Scope and Contents
Polish translation
Box 2, Folder 22
Position Paper on Music in Humanities
1971
Box 2, Folder 23
Not Self-Publisher: Independent Publisher
1994
Box 3, Folder 1
Aesthetics, Mataesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
1967
Box 3, Folder 2
Academic Freedom for Administrators
1974
Box 3, Folder 3
Art for Artists' Sake
1975
Box 3, Folder 5
Did Mr. Childress Use Good Judgment?
1970
Box 3, Folder 6
The Rights and Responsibilities of the College Professor
1970
Box 3, Folder 7
Thomas Jefferson
1965 & 1991
Box 3, Folder 8
Where are the Birds at Night?
1965
Box 3, Folder 9
The Donkey in the Bible and Elsewhere
1983
Box 3, Folder 10
Academic Freedom: Threats from Within
1990
Box 3, Folder 12
The Critic as Witness
1968
Box 3, Folder 13
The Changing Role of the Critic
1970
Box 3, Folder 15
The 2nd Annual National Conference on Ballet in Higher Education
1969
Box 3, Folder 16
Ballet & Modern Dance in the University of Utah
1969
Box 3, Folder 17
Dance Department of University of Missouri
1969
Box 3, Folder 18
An Examination of the Critique of Metaphysics in Logical Empiricism: A Masters Thesis
1947
Box 3, Folder 19
Miscellaneous papers on Education
Box 3, Folder 20
Reflections on Reading Sellar's Preserving Nature in the National Parks: A History
1997
Box 3, Folder 21
Yosemite in 2150: 150AP (After the Present), A Brief History, with Reservations
1997
Box 3, Folder 22
A Bibliography of Bibliographies in Aesthetics
1974
Box 3, Folder 23
Talk about Talk about...Art
1967
Box 3, Folder 24
The Aesthetic Object as Object Manque
1969
Box 3, Folder 26
Foxy, the Drop Off Dog
1995
Box 3, Folder 27
Humanist Voluntarism of Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller: A Phd. Dissertation
1951
Box 3, Folder 28
The Relation Between Psychology & Logic in the Philosophy of Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
1950
Box 3, Folder 29
Studies in American Aesthetics
1850 - 1940
Box 3, Folder 30
Tittles, Trifles and Bagatelles
1997
Box 3, Folder 31
Fugitive Writings from Behind the Lectern
Box 4, Folder 1
California Storms, Floods and Other Natural Benefits
1849 - 1997
Box 4, Folder 2
Lemuel Albert Holmes, Editor, Mariposa Gazette
1855 - 62
Box 4, Folder 4
Tranquil Recollections: A Memoir
1996
Box 4, Folder 6
The Spirit of Rin-Tin-Tin
January 2001
Box 4, Folder 7
Addendum to Into the Valley: a Brief History of Jerseydale Ranch
1998
Scope and Contents
F686 M4 S43 1995 (call number)
Box 4, Folder 8
An Album of Campus Sculptures: California State University, Fresno
1998
Box 4, Folder 9
"Sweet Sixteen," 1972 - 98: A Study in the Politics of Art
1998
Box 4, Folder 10
"Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Next Career," and "A Chronology of the Career and Works of Erich Wolfgang Korngold 1897 - 1957"
1999
Box 4, Folder 13
The Mimosa are Blooming in GAZA
1993
Box 4, Folder 14
Four Hundred Arts and Types of Art (Thomas Munro)
1957
Box 4, Folder 15
The Unique Once More (Jean C. Harrell)
1966
Box 4, Folder 16
Organic Unity Revindicated (P. Hutchings)
Box 4, Folder 20
Various Newspaper articles: Allan Shields
1965 & 1970
Box 4, Folder 21
Miscellaneous Programs
1966, 75 & 83
Scope and Contents
Allan Shields participant
Box 4, Folder 22
Various Program - SDSC
1957, 84, 97