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Title: Sidney Hook papers
Date (inclusive): 1902-2002
Collection Number: 90003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
198 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 folio, 2 envelopes, 5 sound discs
(84.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, lecture notes, printed matter, sound recordings, videotape, and photographs relating
to philosophy, Marxism, communism in the United States and elsewhere, the question of communists in the educational system,
campus disturbances in the 1960s, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist movements, the thought of John
Dewey, principles of education, the nature of academic freedom, and affirmative action programs.
Creator:
Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989
Folio may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990, with increments received in later years.
[Identification of item], Sidney Hook papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1902 December 20 | Born, New York City |
| 1927 | Author, The Metaphysics of Pragmatism |
| Ph.D., Columbia University | |
| 1927-1969 | Professor of Philosophy, Washington Square College, New York University |
| 1933 | Author, Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx |
| 1936 | Author, From Hegel to Marx |
| 1939 | Author, John Dewey: An Intellectual Portrait |
| 1940 | Author, Reason, Social Myths and Democracy |
| 1943 | Author, The Hero in History |
| 1946 | Author, Education for Modern Man |
| 1948-1969 | Head, All-University Department of Philosophy, New York University |
| 1953 | Author, Heresy, Yes, Conspiracy, No |
| 1955 | Author, Marx and the Marxists |
| 1957 | Author, Common Sense and the Fifth Amendment |
| 1959 | Author, Political Power and Personal Freedom |
| 1961 | Author, The Quest for Being |
| 1962 | Author, The Paradoxes of Freedom |
| 1967 | Author, Religion in a Free Society |
| 1970 | Author, Academic Freedom and Academic Anarchy |
| 1973 | Author, Education and the Taming of Power |
| 1973-1989 | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| 1974 | Author, Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life |
| 1975 | Author, Revolution, Reform and Social Justice |
| 1980 | Author, Philosophy and Public Policy |
| 1983 | Author, Marxism and Beyond |
| 1987 | Author, Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the Twentieth Century |
| 1989 July 12 | Died, Stanford, California |
| 1990 | Author, Convictions (published posthumously) |
The papers of Sidney Hook consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, lecture notes, printed matter, sound recordings,
videotape, and photographs relating to philosophy, Marxism, communism in the United States and elsewhere, the question of
communists in the educational system, campus disturbances in the 1960s, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist
movements, the thought of John Dewey, principles of education, the nature of academic freedom, and affirmative action programs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism
Sound recordings
Communism -- United States
Philosophy
Communism
Liberty
Anti-communist movements
Education
Student movements -- United States
Communism in education
Philosophers
Affirmative action programs
Academic freedom -- United States
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Congress for Cultural Freedom
Dewey, John, 1859-1952