Somerville (John) papers

Biographical File 1935-1994

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Correspondence, clippings and other printed material; includes material relating to John Somerville's doctoral degree, academic and professional career, and condolences to his wife after his death. Arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1

Correspondence relating to Somerville's doctoral examination 1935-1936

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Some in Russian

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence, recommendations, Hunter College, Columbia and Cornell University 1935-1944

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Some in Russian

box 1, folder 3

One page biography circa 1946

box 1, folder 4

Clippings and interviews relating to John Somerville 1949-1990

box 1, folder 5

Clippings, writings and transcript 1950-1988

box 1, folder 6

Citation for the presentation of Doctor of Humane Letters from Denison University, with photograph 1981

box 1, folder 7

Book reviews 1973-1974

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in German

box 1, folder 8

Recommendations 1973

box 1, folder 9

Clippings, press releases and essays by Somerville related to awards received by him 1980-1987

box 1, folder 10

John Somerville's statement of retirement from the presidency of the International Philosophers for the Prevention of Nuclear Omnicide (IPPNO), correspondence, a biographical sketch An Appreciation: John Somerville, 1905-1994 and condolences to Rose Somerville after John Somerville's death 1991-1994

Diaries 1935-1939

box 1, folder 11-23

Diaries 1935-1939

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Diaries describe the period during and after which John and Rose Maurer Somerville lived in the U.S.S.R. studying and lecturing on Soviet philosophy and education. Arranged chronologically.

Correspondence 1940-1993

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Letters, writings, reports, programs, memoranda, resolutions, newsletters, clippings, research material, pamphlets and miscellany. The bulk of this material relates generally to John Somerville's academic career in the study of Marxism, Soviet philosophy, education and his political activism against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear war, and his work as co-founder and president of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Marxism (SPSM) and the International Philosophers for the Prevention of Nuclear Omnicide (IPPNO). Arranged into two subseries: Chronological Correspondence and Alphabetical Correspondence.

Chronological correspondence 1933-1993

box 2, folder 1

1933-1939

box 2, folder 2-5

1940-1953

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including a letter from Harold H. Fisher, director of the Hoover Institution, June 8, 1949, clippings, notes, and the Bulletin of the Committee on Education, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Vol. I, No. 2, September-October 1945

box 2, folder 6-7

1947-1961

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transcript

box 2, folder 8

1949-1990

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meeting minutes

box 2, folder 9-10

1950-1959

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writings

box 2, folder 11-12

1960-1967

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Some in Russian, clippings

box 3, folder 1-4

1960-1969

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writings, clippings

box 3, folder 5-8

1961-1993

box 3, folder 9

1962-1968

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writings

box 3, folder 10

1963-1968

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writings

box 4, folder 1-2

1966-1992

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some in Japanese

box 4, folder 3-8

1970-1980

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writings, announcements, newsletters

box 4, folder 9-10

1979-1990

box 5, folder 1-4

1980-1989

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proposed APA resolution and "Rough Draft of a Proposal for Soviet-American Visits and Interaction (SAVI) Paul Allen, 11/22/88"

box 5, folder 5-9

1980-1990

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clippings, statements, press releases, writings and the IPPNO Constitution "Approved at the Organizing Meeting Held at the XVIIth World Congress of Philosophy in Montreal, August 23, 1983"

box 5, folder 10

1980-1993

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writings, resolutions

box 5, folder 11

1980-1993

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book review

box 6, folder 1

1982-1992

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writings

box 6, folder 2

1985-1991

box 6, folder 3

1990-1992

box 6, folder 4

1990-1992

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relating to The Crisis and the IPPNO

Alphabetical correspondence 1936-1944

box 6, folder 5

Alpven, Hannes 1978-1989

box 6, folder 6

Allen, Paul 1982-1989

box 6, folder 7

American Philosophical Society (APA) 1966-1988

box 6, folder 8

American Philosophical Association, Committee on Freedom for Latin-American Philosophers 1969-1972

box 6, folder 9

Blanshard, Brand 1966-1967

box 6, folder 10

Bulgaria, clippings, writings 1973-1986

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Some in Russian

box 6, folder 11

Bulgarian Philosophy Society 1973-1986

box 6, folder 12

Burtt, Edwin Arthur 1980-1987

box 6, folder 13

Catholic Bishops, clippings 1967-1983

box 6, folder 14

Cohen, Robert S. 1962-1981

box 6, folder 15-17

The Crisis, reviews, writings 1976-1992

box 7, folder 1

Daffern, Thomas, and Phipps, John-Francis 1985-1989

box 7, folder 2

Dunham, Barrows 1961-1992

box 7, folder 3

Einstein, Albert 1950-1987

box 7, folder 4

Fédération Internationale des Societes de Philosophie (FISP), XVII World Congress of Philosophy 1981-1993

box 7, folder 5

Frazier, Howard, Promoting Enduring Peace Inc. 1981-1993

box 7, folder 6

Fried, John H.E. 1979-1991

box 7, folder 7

Friedman, Howard 1990-1993

box 7, folder 8

Ginsberg, Robert 1972-1991

box 7, folder 9

Glossop, Ronald 1985-1992

box 7, folder 10

Hampsch, George, IPPNO Newsletter, Spring 1989 Spring, 1989, 1976-1990

box 7, folder 11

Herg, Alice 1954-1955

box 7, folder 12

Hirschbein, Ronald 1972-1993

box 7, folder 13

Hunter College, clippings, statement 1965-1992

box 7, folder 14

India 1989-1991

box 7, folder 15

International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, 1982, press releases, 1980-1983 and UAJPANO writings, pamphlets 1980-1984

box 7, folder 16

International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers, writings 1964

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Some in Russian

box 8, folder 1

IPPNO, World Congress of Philosophy, XVII, Montreal, Canada, 1983, program, press release 1980-1983

box 8, folder 2

IPPNO, meeting minutes 1980-1986

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Some in Russian

box 8, folder 3-4

IPPNO 1983-1989

box 8, folder 5

IPPNO and the United Nations, press releases 1983-1991

box 8, folder 6

IPPNO Conference, St. Louis, 1986 (including Linus Pauling), program, press releases, 1985-1986 1985-1986

box 8, folder 7

IPPNO, World Congress of Philosophy, XVIII, Brighton, England, 1988, reports, program 1985-1988

box 8, folder 8

IPPNO and CPP, writing, meeting minutes 1985-1989

box 8, folder 9

IPPNO and the Concerned Philosophers for Peace (CPP), newsletters 1985-1991

box 8, folder 10

IPPNO, Russia 1986-1990

box 8, folder 11

IPPNO 1986-1994

box 9, folder 1

IPPNO, Moscow, Russia conference, 1990, meeting minutes 1987-1992

box 9, folder 2

India 1968-1993

box 9, folder 3

International Philosophy Congress, XIII, Mexico City 1963, articles 1962-1965

box 9, folder 4

Japan, clippings, writings 1952-1991

box 9, folder 5

Lamont, Corliss 1966-1995

box 9, folder 6

Lown, Bernard, writings 1981-1992

box 9, folder 7

Mann, Thomas 1950-1955

box 9, folder 8

Mannerheim, Augustin, writing and Alfven, Hannes, press release, clipping 1971-1995

box 9, folder 9

Marcuse, Herbert 1972

box 9, folder 10

Masaryk Institute 1948

box 9, folder 11

McGovern, George, writings 1980

box 9, folder 12

Neurath, Holland, photo 1936

box 9, folder 13

Nobel Peace Prize 1981-1982

box 9, folder 14-16

Notables including: Sir Alfred Ayer, Fred Warner Neal, Lord Philip Noel-Baker, Cornelius Kruse, W.H. Ferry, William Wilson, J.W. Fulbright, Herbert Marcuse, Darwin J. Meserole 1948-1992

box 9, folder 17

Parsons, Howard 1961-1991

box 10, folder 1

Pauling, Linus 1983-1992

box 10, folder 2

Publications 1951-1963

box 10, folder 3

Polish Academy of Sciences 1977-1987

box 10, folder 4-7

Progress publishers 1971-1994

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Some in Russian

box 10, folder 8

Rasker, A.J. 1978-1984

box 10, folder 9

Riepe, Dale 1971-1994

box 10, folder 10

Schaff, Adam 1961-1992

box 10, folder 11

Schwartz, Gunther 1970-1993

box 10, folder 12

Shibata, Shingo 1984-1986

box 10, folder 13

Soviet philosophers 1962-1977

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Some in Russian

box 10, folder 14-16

Soviet Studies in Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1962-1967

box 10, folder 17

Soviet Studies in Philosophy, International Arts and Sciences Press, 1962-1986

box 10, folder 18

Thomas, Claire, clippings 1983-1986

box 10, folder 19

Thompson, Edward, Palmer (E.P.), writings, clippings 1981-1990

box 10, folder 20

Union of American and Japanese Professionals Against Nuclear Omnicide (UAJPANO) 1982-1989

box 10, folder 21

USSR, notes 1947-1948

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Some in Russian

box 11, folder 1

USSR, and writings 1947-1993

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Some in Russian

box 11, folder 2

USSR, Academy of Science 1958

box 11, folder 3-7

USSR, and writings, clippings 1961-1988

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Some in Russian

box 11, folder 8

World Congress of Philosophy, XVI, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1978, writings 1976-1979

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Some in German

box 11, folder 9

World Congress of Philosophy, XVI, Vienna, Austria, 1968, writings 1967-1968

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Some in German

box 11, folder 10-11

World Congress of Sociology, VII, Varna, Bulgaria, 1970, clippings, writings, photos 1969-1970

box 11, folder 12-13

Yugoslavia 1961-1986

Speeches and Writings 1935-1990

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Typescript and printed copies, notes, reviews, correspondence, and transcripts. Arranged chronologically. See also Subject File for reviews

box 11, folder 14

Notebook 1935-1936

box 11, folder 15

Interviews with Professors Rudas, Broushlinski, and Razumovsky, Moscow 1936-1937

box 11, folder 16

Letters to the editor, clippings 1936-1937

box 12, folder 1

Articles, relating to Afghanistan, Marxism, Catholic Bishops, Cuban Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, and Omnicide 1949-1989

box 12, folder 2-3

Letters to the editor, clippings 1950-1989

box 12, folder 4

Articles about Albert Einstein, Elie Wiesel, Soviet philosophy 1956-1986

box 12, folder 5-8

Lectures, Moscow 1958

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In Russian

box 12, folder 9

"U.S.S.R.-Philosophy" and "Report to the Commission on the Function of Philosophy in Liberal Education of The American Philosophical Association: Soviet Philosophy and Our Educational Opportunities," undated

box 12, folder 10

Lectures, Moscow July 3 and 17, 1958

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In Russian

box 12, folder 11

Letters to the editor, clippings 1961-1990

box 12, folder 12

Articles and essays relating to humanism, Marxism, and philosophy 1970-1991

box 12, folder 13-14

Lectures, Korcula, Yugoslavia July, 1963

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In Russian

box 13, folder 1

"Second Lecture", Korcula, Yugoslavia July 4, 1963

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In Russian

box 13, folder 2

Articles on the subject of humanism, war and the first use of nuclear weapons 1964-1989

box 13, folder 3

"The Future of Science and the Growing Role of the Ethical Factor" 1968, America's Unknown Atomic Soldier, undated

box 13, folder 4-7

Letters to the editor, some regarding Alexander Haig, clippings, correspondence 1968-1990

box 13, folder 8

Letters to the Editor, some regarding Alexander Haig, clippings, correspondence 1970-1988

box 13, folder 9

Writings relating to Japan and nuclear omnicide 1973-1979

box 13, folder 10

Catholic Bishops, articles and letters to the editor 1981-1982

box 13, folder 11

Soviet "Criticism and Self-Criticism" undated

box 13, folder 12

"USSR--Education: Aims and Objectives" undated

box 13, folder 13

"Philosophy in Russia" undated

box 13, folder 14

Lecture undated

box 13, folder 15

Notebooks undated

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In Russian

Subject File 1935-1993

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, newsletters, clippings, articles, pamphlets, and other printed material, notes, transcripts, press releases, and miscellany.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 14, folder 1

Afghanistan, writings, clippings, program 1979-1980

box 14, folder 2

Bulgaria, correspondence, SPSDM newsletter, clippings 1973-1980

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Some in Russian

box 14, folder 3

California Initiative and No First Use (NFU) Campaign 1978-1990

box 14, folder 4

Christian-Marxist Dialogue, clippings and correspondence 1966-1985

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Some in German

box 14, folder 5

Clippings, correspondence, writings and notes 1949-1977

box 14, folder 6

Columbia University Home Study Radio Broadcasts, transcripts, questionnaires, station lists 1930

box 14, folder 7

Communism in the U.S. clippings, and a poll from the University Centers for Rational Alternatives signed by Sidney Hook 1956-1971

box 14, folder 8

The Crisis, correspondence, programs, posters 1979-1992

box 14, folder 9

Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism, reviews 1974

box 14, folder 10

Domestic terrorism, clippings 1963-1987

box 14, folder 11

The Enjoyment of Study, review circa 1954

box 14, folder 12

Genocide, scientific humanism, social philosophy, first use of nuclear weapons, Marxism, pamphlets 1949, 1968-1995.

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Some in German and Russian

box 14, folder 13

Haig, Alexander, correspondence, including from Edward Kennedy, clippings 1981

box 14, folder 14

"How Philosophy Is Studied in USSR" clipping 1935

box 14, folder 15

Hubers, Paul, "Socialism & Omnicide" 1980s

box 14, folder 16

International Philosophy Congress, XIII, Mexico City, one rolled panoramic photo of John Somerville and others 1963

box 15, folder 1

International Philosophy Congress, XIII, Mexico City, one rolled panoramic photo of John Somerville and others 1973-1993

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Some in Russian

box 15, folder 2

International Conference on General Semantics, August 9-13, 1965, San Francisco, clippings, photocopy 1965

box 15, folder 3

International relations, nuclear war and peace, articles and publications 1978-1988

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Some in Russian

box 15, folder 4

IPPNO meeting minutes, report, correspondence 1986-1988

box 15, folder 5

Japan, correspondence, clippings and writings 1961-1979

box 15, folder 6

Japan, pamphlets and correspondence, mostly in Japanese 1976-1980

box 15, folder 7

Kosing, Alfred 1975

box 15, folder 8

"Mary Somerville," by A.W. Richeson 1941

box 15, folder 9

"The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence: Philosophic Roots and Present Relevance," bibliographic notes relating to the article undated

box 15, folder 10

Molodtsov, V.S. "Philosophical Education in the U.S.S.R.," undated

box 15, folder 11-12

The Peace Revolution, reviews, clippings, correspondence 1954-1988

box 15, folder 13

The Philosophy of Marxism, review 1985

box 15, folder 14

The Philosophy of Peace, reviews, clippings, correspondence 1949-1954

box 15, folder 15

Reviews, clippings 1950-1954

box 15, folder 16

Soviet Marxism and Nuclear War, reviews 1981-1983

box 15, folder 17

Soviet Philosophy, reviews, program 1946-1948

box 15, folder 18

Soviet Philosophy, reviews 1947-1948

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Most in Danish

box 15, folder 19

Somerville, John, images, Silhouette 1946, Hoover Tower steps 1949, Mexico City 1963, Tijuana 1985, St. Louis 1986 1949-1986

box 15, folder 20

Theatre programs 1936

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In Danish