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Collection Overview
Title: John Dewey papers, 1858-1970
ID: 1/2/MSS 102
Creator: Dewey, John (1859-1952)
Extent: 96.0 Boxes
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into seven series: 1)Correspondence, 2)Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 3)Financial Records, 4)Tapes and Recordings, Films, 5)Published Material, 6)Memorabilia, and 7)Poems of John Dewey.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The John Dewey papers date from 1858 to 1970 and consist of correspondence, financial records, recordings, and published and unpublished writings including original manuscripts which are published in The Poems of John Dewey. The majority of the correspondence is familial, including letters between Dewey and Alice Chipman before their marriage. Other personal letters include those Dewey wrote Roberta Dewey from Mexico in 1937, telling of the Trotsky hearings by the Preliminary Commission of Inquiry. Correspondence dating after Dewey's death (1952) is primarily Roberta Dewey's while she was acting as an executrix of Dewey's estate.
There is also a large portion of professional correspondence including several letters of administrative nature from Dewey's University of Chicago days, correspondence between Dewey and Arthur F. Bentley, and letters concerning the work of Adelbert Ames in Hanover, New Hampshire. Other miscellaneous, significant material includes: Abstract of paper of Dewey's "Essays in Experimental Logic"; Schedules of lectures and readings; The Ethical Theory of John Dewey; names of members of the National Committee to Honor John Dewey; and the death certificate of John Dewey.
The recordings in this collection consist of tapes of family conversations, interviews with Dewey, reminiscences of Dewey and some of his lectures as well as films of family trips in the United States and abroad, recordings of Dewey's telephone conversations, and interviews with Dewey at the University of Pittsburgh (1949).
Writings by Dewey, Albert Barnes, Arthur F. Bentley, Sidney Hook, and Toyohiko Kagawa are also in this collection as well as a number of personal artifacts including Dewey's academic regalia, miscellaneous artwork, and Underwood typewriter.
Biographical Note
John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imperial University in Tokyo, National University in Peking, and the University of Mexico. He retired from active service, and was appointed as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy in Residence at Columbia University in 1930. He also worked for the Turkish government and as an educational ad visor for the Barnes Foundation, served as chairman of the Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky and was elected president of the League for Industrial Democracy.
In 1935 the John Dewey Society was formed by a group of professional educators in New York City. Their mission was to promote the study of education and culture. John Dewey died in New York City on June 1st, 1952.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions:
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult Special Collections Research Center to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Related Materials:
John Dewey Syllabi and Lectures (MSS 22); Sidney Hook collection of John Dewey manuscript (MSS 23); John Rothman collection of John Dewey (MSS 93); Joseph Ratner papers and collection of John Dewey (MSS 142); Sidney Hook collection of John Dewey (MSS 142); Myrtle McGraw collection of John Dewey correspondence (MSS 155); John Dewey Society (MSS 251)
Preferred Citation:
[Item], John Dewey papers, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: Correspondence, 1858-1889],
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Box 2: Correspondence, 1891-1898],
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Box 3: Correspondence, 1899-1903],
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Box 4: Correspondence, 1903-1909],
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Box 5: Correspondence, 1910-1918],
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Box 6: Correspondence, 1918-1920],
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Box 7: Correspondence, 1921-1926],
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Box 8: Correspondence, 1927],
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Box 9: Correspondence, 1928-1929],
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Box 10: Correspondence, 1929-1937],
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Box 11: Correspondence, 1937-1940],
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Box 12: Correspondence, 1940-1942],
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Box 13: Correspondence, 1942-1944],
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Box 14: Correspondence, 1944-1945],
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Box 15: Correspondence, 1946-1947],
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Box 16: Correspondence, 1947-1948],
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Box 17: Correspondence, 1948-1949],
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Box 18: Correspondence],
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Box 19: Correspondence],
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Box 20: Correspondence, 1949],
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Box 21: Correspondence, 1949-1950],
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Box 22: Correspondence, 1950],
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Box 23: Correspondence, 1950-1951],
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Box 24: Correspondence, 1951],
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Box 25: Correspondence and nursing records, 1952],
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Box 26: Correspondence, 1952],
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Box 27: Correspondence, 1952-1953],
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Box 28: Correspondence, 1953-1954],
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Box 29: Correspondence],
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Box 30: Correspondence],
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Box 31: Correspondence, 1956-1957],
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Box 32: Correspondence, 1957-1958],
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Box 33: Correspondence, 1958-1959],
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Box 34: Correspondence, 1959],
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Box 35: Correspondence, 1959-1960],
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Box 36: Correspondence, 1960],
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Box 37: Correspondence, 1960-1961],
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Box 38: Correspondence, 1961],
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Box 39: Correspondence, 1962],
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Box 40: Correspondence, 1962-1963],
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Box 41: Correspondence, 1963-1964],
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Box 42: Correspondence, 1964-1965],
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Box 43: Correspondence, 1965],
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Box 44: Correspondence, 1966],
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Box 45: Correspondence, 1966-1967],
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Box 46: Correspondence, 1967-1968],
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Box 47: Correspondence, 1968-1970],
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Box 48: Correspondence and fragments, n.d.],
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Box 49: Miscellaneous],
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Box 50: Correspondence, 1930-1949],
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Box 51: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1893-1912],
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Box 52: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1901-1976],
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Box 53: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 54: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 55: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 56: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1948-1949],
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Box 57: Experience and Nature, new introduction drafts, July-August 1949],
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Box 58: Experience and Nature, new introduction, various versions],
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Box 59: "Importance, Significance, and Meaning," draft pages, [1950]],
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Box 60: Manuscripts Updated],
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Box 61: Manuscripts Updated],
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Box 62: Lecture notes dated],
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Box 63: Lecture notes dated, 1913-1922],
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Box 64: Lecture notes dated],
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Box 65: Lecture notes dates],
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Box 66: Lecture Notes Undated],
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Box 67: Lecture notes undated],
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Box 68: Lecture Notes, Student and Steno],
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Box 69: Theory of Logic (Course 33), 1903],
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Box 70: Lecture Notes, Students and Steno],
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Box 71: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 72: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 73: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 74: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 75: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 76: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known and Unknown],
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Box 77: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Unknown and Miscellaneous Student Papers.],
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Box 78: Transcript: Ruslander vs. Dewey., January 3-10, 1955.],
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Box 79: Financial Records, 1919-1950],
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Box 80: Box Volumes],
[Box 81: Tapes, Records & Films Including or Relating to John
Dewey],
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Box 82: Tapes Relating to John Dewey],
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Box 83: Uncatalogued telephone conversations between Roberta L. Dewey and various associates of Dewey's after his death--relating to a variety of topics.],
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Box 84: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 85: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 86: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 87: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 88: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 89: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 90: Manuscripts By or About Others],
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Box 91: Memorabilia],
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Box 92: Films],
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Box 93: Family Films--All Probably from Florida],
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Box 94: Family Films--All Probably from Nova Scotia],
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Box 95: Family Films--All Probably from Nova Scotia],
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Box 96: Lyric Poems],
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Box 97: Philosophical Poems],
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Box 98: Miscellaneous],
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- Box 81: Tapes, Records & Films Including or Relating to John Dewey
- Item 1: Conversations at the table with family
- Item 2: Conversations at the table with family.
- Item 3: Conversations at the table with family.
- Item 4: "Art as Our Heritage"
- Item 5: Too low to be understood, identified "Mr.Dewey and Mr. Anderson"
- Item 6: "Art as Our Heritage"
- Item 7: Interview with Dewey on the occasion of his 90th birthday by Professors Richard Hope and William S. Tacey of the University of Pittsburgh
- Item 8: Interview with Dewey on the occasion of his 90th birthday by Professors Richard Hope and William S. Tacey of the University of Pittsburgh
- Item 9: Interview with Dewey on the occasion of his 90th birthday by Professors Richard Hope and William S. Tacey of the University of Pittsburgh
- Item 10: Interview with Dewey on the occasion of his 90th birthday by Professors Richard Hope and William S. Tacey of the University of Pittsburgh
- Item 11: Norman Thomas: Reminiscences of Dewey, January 20, 1966
- Item 12: Nima Adlerblum: Reminiscences of Dewey, May 6, 1966
- Item 13: James T. Farrell: Reminiscences of Dewey, n.d.
- Item 14: Reminiscences of Dewey
- Alice David Tibbetts
George Dykhuisen
Harry Laidler
C.S. Tsang
Mrs.C.W. Leung
Dr.C.T.Ou
S.L. Wang
- Item 15: John Andrew Rice: Interview by Michael Weaver of founder of Black Mountain College, May 23, 1967
- Item 16: Alvin Johnson, October 27, 1965
- Reminiscences of Dewey.
- Item 17: Hal Lewis, Melvin Baker, et al.
- Programs in series, "Education for Today--Why We Have Schools"
"What Is the Place of Philosophy in Deciding What the Schools Should Do?"
"What Is the Place of Philosophy in Deciding What the Schools Should Do?"
"Was John Dewey Wrong?"
- Item 18: James T. Farrell: Lecture, February 17, 1960
- "John Dewey--The Role of His Ideas," Stanford University.
- Item 19: Sophia Fahs: Reminisceneces of Dewey, November 12, 1963
- Item 20: Horace Kallen: Reminiscences of Dewey, January 27, 1966
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: Correspondence, 1858-1889],
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Box 2: Correspondence, 1891-1898],
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Box 3: Correspondence, 1899-1903],
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Box 4: Correspondence, 1903-1909],
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Box 5: Correspondence, 1910-1918],
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Box 6: Correspondence, 1918-1920],
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Box 7: Correspondence, 1921-1926],
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Box 8: Correspondence, 1927],
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Box 9: Correspondence, 1928-1929],
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Box 10: Correspondence, 1929-1937],
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Box 11: Correspondence, 1937-1940],
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Box 12: Correspondence, 1940-1942],
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Box 13: Correspondence, 1942-1944],
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Box 14: Correspondence, 1944-1945],
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Box 15: Correspondence, 1946-1947],
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Box 16: Correspondence, 1947-1948],
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Box 17: Correspondence, 1948-1949],
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Box 18: Correspondence],
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Box 19: Correspondence],
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Box 20: Correspondence, 1949],
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Box 21: Correspondence, 1949-1950],
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Box 22: Correspondence, 1950],
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Box 23: Correspondence, 1950-1951],
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Box 24: Correspondence, 1951],
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Box 25: Correspondence and nursing records, 1952],
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Box 26: Correspondence, 1952],
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Box 27: Correspondence, 1952-1953],
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Box 28: Correspondence, 1953-1954],
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Box 29: Correspondence],
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Box 30: Correspondence],
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Box 31: Correspondence, 1956-1957],
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Box 32: Correspondence, 1957-1958],
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Box 33: Correspondence, 1958-1959],
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Box 34: Correspondence, 1959],
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Box 35: Correspondence, 1959-1960],
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Box 36: Correspondence, 1960],
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Box 37: Correspondence, 1960-1961],
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Box 38: Correspondence, 1961],
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Box 39: Correspondence, 1962],
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Box 40: Correspondence, 1962-1963],
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Box 41: Correspondence, 1963-1964],
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Box 42: Correspondence, 1964-1965],
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Box 43: Correspondence, 1965],
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Box 44: Correspondence, 1966],
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Box 45: Correspondence, 1966-1967],
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Box 46: Correspondence, 1967-1968],
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Box 47: Correspondence, 1968-1970],
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Box 48: Correspondence and fragments, n.d.],
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Box 49: Miscellaneous],
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Box 50: Correspondence, 1930-1949],
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Box 51: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1893-1912],
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Box 52: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1901-1976],
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Box 53: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 54: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 55: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes],
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Box 56: Manuscripts and Lecture Notes, 1948-1949],
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Box 57: Experience and Nature, new introduction drafts, July-August 1949],
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Box 58: Experience and Nature, new introduction, various versions],
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Box 59: "Importance, Significance, and Meaning," draft pages, [1950]],
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Box 60: Manuscripts Updated],
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Box 61: Manuscripts Updated],
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Box 62: Lecture notes dated],
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Box 63: Lecture notes dated, 1913-1922],
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Box 64: Lecture notes dated],
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Box 65: Lecture notes dates],
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Box 66: Lecture Notes Undated],
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Box 67: Lecture notes undated],
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Box 68: Lecture Notes, Student and Steno],
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Box 69: Theory of Logic (Course 33), 1903],
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Box 70: Lecture Notes, Students and Steno],
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Box 71: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 72: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 73: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 74: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 75: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known],
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Box 76: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Known and Unknown],
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Box 77: Manuscripts not by Dewey--Authors Unknown and Miscellaneous Student Papers.],
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Box 78: Transcript: Ruslander vs. Dewey., January 3-10, 1955.],
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Box 79: Financial Records, 1919-1950],
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Box 80: Box Volumes],
[Box 81: Tapes, Records & Films Including or Relating to John
Dewey],
[
Box 82: Tapes Relating to John Dewey],
[
Box 83: Uncatalogued telephone conversations between Roberta L. Dewey and various associates of Dewey's after his death--relating to a variety of topics.],
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Box 84: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 85: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 86: Uncatalogued tapes of personal telephone conversations of Robert L. Dewey],
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Box 87: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 88: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 89: Published Materials by Dewey],
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Box 90: Manuscripts By or About Others],
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Box 91: Memorabilia],
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Box 92: Films],
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Box 93: Family Films--All Probably from Florida],
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Box 94: Family Films--All Probably from Nova Scotia],
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Box 95: Family Films--All Probably from Nova Scotia],
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Box 96: Lyric Poems],
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Box 97: Philosophical Poems],
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Box 98: Miscellaneous],
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All]
