Frederick H. Burkhardt papers, 1983-2009.
Collection Number: 4727
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Frederick H. Burkhardt papers, 1983-2009.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4727
Abstract:
The collection includes correspondence, published articles, reprints, and clippings
relating to Burkhardt's work on the life and work of Charles Darwin including the
subjects: evolution, creationism, intelligent design, and the history of medicine.
Creator:
Burkhardt, Frederick H., 1912-2007.
Quanitities:
1.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Frederick H. Burkhardt received a scholarship to study at Columbia University and
earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1933. With a fellowship at Oxford University,
he earned another bachelor's degree in 1935. Returning to Columbia, he completed a
Ph.D. in philosophy 1940. His first teaching position was in philosophy at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. During World War II, he was recruited to work for the Office
of Strategic Services. Burkhardt served as president of Bennington College in Vermont
from 1947 to 1957. He then served as president of the American Council of Learned
Societies (A.C.L.S.), from 1859 to 1874; during this time the organization expanded
from 30 to 69 societies, and achieved financial stability. Burkhardt was also influential
in the establishment of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He sat on the Board
of the Alfred Harcourt Foundation from 1962 to 2004. From 1966 to 1973 he was a member
of the New York Board of Higher Education, serving as chairman from 1969 to 1971.
In 1986, Burkhardt edited a 19 volume edition of the complete writings of Henry James.
Upon retirement from the A.C.L.S., he founded the Darwin Correspondence Project with
Professor Sydney Smith. The Project, based in Cambridge, England, gathered letters
to and from Charles Darwin for publication, and began with the publication of The
Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Burkhardt directed the project for
many years, and remained active in its editing until his death, contributing to the
first 17 of the projected 32 volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge
University Press).
The collection includes correspondence, published articles, reprints, and clippings
relating to Burkhardt's work on the life and work of Charles Darwin including the
subjects: evolution, creationism, intelligent design, and the history of medicine.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Frederick H. Burkhardt papers, #4727. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Subjects:
History of medicine.
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Creationism.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Biographical material
|
2009 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Columbia University Award for Excellence
|
1987 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Morton N. Cohen Award on behalf to The Modern Language Association of America
(1st award)
|
1991 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Society for the History of Natural History
|
1997 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Robert McNeil reports that the Barra Foundation is establishing a research
fund hin F.H.B.'s honor at American Philosophical Society (APS)
|
2000 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Thomas Jefferson Medal
|
2003 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Honorary Fellowship at Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK
|
2003 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: Burkhardt fellows at APS
|
2004 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Awards: History of Science Society
|
2005 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Donation: Moselsio print to Bennington Museum
|
2008 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Papers from FHB study: Documentary Editing
|
1986-2007 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Papers from FHB study: A Brief Eye View of Evolution
|
2002 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Papers from FHB study: History of Medicine/History of Medicine
|
2004-2008 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Papers from FHB study: Debate about Creationism
|
2005-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous correspondence with and from friends, staff, and family
|
2007 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Web sites
|
2000-2005 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Early clippings of background material: Three Different Versions of Darwin
|
1998 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Early clippings of background material: Early Clippings about Darwin
|
1983-2004 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Early clippings of background material: Life at Down
|
2002 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Early clippings of background material: Darwin and Annie
|
2001 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Darwin's Illness correspondence
|
2001-2005 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Darwin's Illness correspondence
|
n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 8-9 |
Darwin's Illness: articles on
|
1998-2005 |
Box 1 | Folder 10-11 |
Articles - General
|
2004-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 12-14 |
Articles: Evolution/Darwin/Science
|
1996-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 15-16 |
Articles: Intelligant Design
|
2004-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Bruce Weber correspondence
|
2005-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Constance Carter: John Philipps on Weald
|
2002-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 19-20 |
Elizabeth Dunn and Role Play Video Game
|
2005-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Family Misc.
|
2005-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Faulkner misc.
|
2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Gillian Feeley-Harnik
|
2003-2004 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Ines Katenhusen/Alexander Dorner
|
2002-2006 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Richard Milner
|
2002-2005 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Jim Moore Misc.
|
2004-2006 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Peter Stanlis Misc.
|
2001-2005 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Obituaries: Herman Goldstine, Kate Smith, Robert K. Merton, David Gil, Stephen Jay
Gould, John H. D'Arms, Roy Porter
|
2001-2004 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Planning Efforts (Darwin Project Manual [draft?])
|
1997-2000 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Articles by FHB: Darwin correspondence
|
2001-2003 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Selected Letters (General): general history: 1866 and 1867 selected letters, first
galley
|
2004 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Selected Letters (General): general history: selected letters 1864s, 1865s
|
[2004?] |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Selected Letters (General): general history: selected letters 1860-1865
|
2003 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Selected Letters (General): general history: selected letters 1864
|
[2003?] |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Selected Letters Translation
|
2004-2006 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Selected Letters: Foreward by Stephen J. Gould
|
2008 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Selected Letters: Announcement
|
2008 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Selected Letters: Search: list of correspondents whose CD letters have not been located
|
n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Sample of the way Selected Letters were chosen: FHB and Samantha Evans
|
n.d. |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
AB on FB's life? and history of DCP?
|
n.d. |