This collection consists of professional and academic works, notes, publications, books, reviews, drafts, papers, class materials, and correspondence produced and collected by Richard L. Tieszen between 1974-2017. Subjects covered include philosophy, phenomenology, intuitionism, logic, mathematics, set theory, and other various topics relating to philosophy, logic, and mathematics. Material formats consist of manuscript notes, printed email correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, news clippings, printed articles/papers, and parcel/letters.

Richard L. Tieszen (1951-2017) was born in Mitchell, South Dakota, moving to Pico Rivera, California shortly after where he lived until graduating high school. Tieszen attended Rio Hondo Junior College in Whittier, California after high school. He earned his B.A. in philosophy with honors from Colorado State University in 1975, his M.A. in philosophy from the New School for Social Research in 1978, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University in 1986.

9 boxes (11.4375 linear ft.)

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Collection is open for research