Alexander Meiklejohn Papers, 1880-1976

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Subseries: Speeches, Articles, and Papers
Arrangement of the Materials: In chronological order.
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Notes on Athletics, circa 1905
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Brown University Class of Ninety-three, Items from A Book of Pictures, 1905
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“The Evils of College Athletics,” Harpers Weekly, 1905 December 2
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“We are met here tonight for a celebration...,” circa 1906
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“College Education and the Moral Ideal,” Education, 1908 May
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“Function of the College in our Country,” 1908, (published?)
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“Is Mental Training a Myth?”, Educational Review, 1909 February
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“Competition in College,” Brown Alumni Monthly, 1909 November
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“Are College Entrance Requirements Excessive?” Education, 1909 May
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“Fraternities and Scholarship,” Brown Alumni Monthly, 1910 November
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“What Constitutes Preparation for College: The College View,” Education, 1911 May
Note: With reply by Frederic Thomas Bowers.
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“The Place of Privately Supported and Managed Institutions,” (Brown period?)
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“The Values of Logic and the College Curriculum,” Religious Education, 1912 April
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“Inaugural Address,” Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1912 November
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“The Goal and the Game,” Amherst Baccalaureate, Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1913 October
Note: With resume
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“Preparation for College,” 1913
Note: Published? ; with resume
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Chapel talk - Amherst, 1913 September (unpublished)
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“Report of the President to the Trustees,” Amherst College Bulletin, 1914 January
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“The Purpose of the Liberal College,” National Education Association, Education for Social Service 1914?
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Baccalaureate Address, Amherst: unpublished?, 1914 June
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“The Challenge of the College,” Amherst Monthly, 1914 October
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Chapel talks, Amherst: unpublished, 1914 September
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“The Teacher,” Amherst Alumni Address, 1914 February
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Smith College Vespers, 1914 April
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“The Place of Student Activities in the College,” Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1915 January; also in Education, , 1915 January
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Address at Inauguration of Herman C. Bumpus, 1915
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Founders' Day Address, Lake Erie College, The Lake Erie Record, 1915 January
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“What the Liberal College Is Not,” printed in The American College / by W. Crawford as “The Function of the College as Distinct from the High School, The Professional School, and the University,” 1915
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Chapel talk, Amherst: unpublished, 1915 September
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“A Schoolmaster's View of Compulsory Military Training,” School and Society, 1916 July; also in Amherst Monthly, , 1916 June
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Address to 52nd Dinner of Amherst Alumni of Boston (abstract of this called “Making the Mind of a Nation,” Amherst Ideals, 1916 April?
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Tenure of Office and Academic Freedom, remarks at Association of American Colleges meeting called “The College Teacher,” (January 1916) in Proceedings 1916 April
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Greetings on 150th Anniversary of Rutgers College : excerpts, published?, 1916
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Address at the inauguration of President Hopkins of Dartmouth College : unpublished, 1916
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Chapel talk, Amherst : unpublished, 1916 October
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Baccalaureate Address - Amherst, 1916 June
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“Shall the Ideals of Education...be Changed to Highest Efficiency?” Republican Club of New York, 1917 January
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“Fiat Justita - The College as Critic,” Phi Beta Kappa Address, Harvard Graduates Magazine, 1917 September; also in Amherst Monthly, , 1917 October
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“Faith,” Baccalaureate Address - Amherst, 1917 June, The Amherst Student, , 1917 June 19
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Chapel talks, Amherst: unpublished, 1917 April
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Chapel Address; Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1917 November
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“Report of the President to the Trustees,” 1918
Note: The College and the SATC abstracted form.
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“Last Two Years of the College Course,” Association of American Colleges, Bulletin, 1918 April
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Commencement address - Amherst, 1918 June
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“Keep on in College,” The Christian Endeavor World, 1918 July
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Chapel Talk, 1918 September
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Letter to Amherst men in service, 1918?
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Commencement Address, Vanderbilt University, 1919 June
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Chapel Speech, 1919 September
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“The Four Year American Cultural College” Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland, Proceedings, 1919
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“Future of Our Liberal Colleges,” New York Sun, 1919 October
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“Production, Distribution, and Use,” Association of Urban Universities, Fourth Report, 1919 December
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“English Impression,” Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1919 November
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Chapel Talk, 1919?
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“The Trustee” (Tribute to John Woodruff Simpson) Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1920 November
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“What does the College Prepare For?” The Liberal College, 1920
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“Democracy and Education” , 1920?
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“What Does the College Hope to Be During the Next One Hundred Years?” Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1921, August?
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Chapel Talk, 1921 September
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“The Machine Made City,” Brown Alumni Monthly, 1921 November
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Yale Phi Beta Kappa Address, 1922 March
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Chapel Address, 1922 March
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“The Unity of the Curriculum,” 1922
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“For Athletic Disarmament,” (also “Intercollegiate Athletics”) Amherst Graduates' Quarterly (and others), 1922 May
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“What Are College Games For?” Atlantic Monthly, 1922 November
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Alumni Reading - Study Plan , 1922?
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Chapel Address, 1922 September
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Amherst Alumni Council Address, 1922 November
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“Democracy Held Success Not a Popular Delusion,” New York Times, 1922 December
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“Smith's Commentary on Kant”, 1922
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“The Measure of a College,” Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, 1923 February
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“What American Education Lacks,” Columbia, 1923 May
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“Unifying the Liberal College Curriculum”; Association of American Colleges, Bulletin, 1923 April
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“Is Our World Christian?” Amherst Baccalaureate, 1923
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“The College and the Common Life,” Harper's, 1923 November
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Welcome to Returning Alumni, 1923
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“A Plain Word to Alumni,” James Millikin University, The Alumni Journal, 1923 October; also “Farewell Address,” School and Society, , 1923 July
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Some Address Delivered at Amherst College - Commencement Time, 1923
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Letter of Resignation, 1923 June
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“To Whom Are We Responsible?” Century, 1923
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Statement on the need for a new liberal college. Prepared for a New York Committee; G. Frank, Executive Secretary, circa 1923
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“Democracy and Excellence,” 1923
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“Where is the Place of Understanding?” (Amherst period), undated
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Vassar Commencement Address (Amherst period), undated
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Speech at Cornell University (Amherst period), undated
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“The New England College” (Amherst period), undated
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“Truth,” given at Mt. Holyoke (Amherst period), undated
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Untitled speech - lst line begins “I presume you are my natural enemies...” (Amherst period?), undated
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Greetings to Union College from Amherst, undated
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Greetings to the Classical Association (Amherst), undated
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“The Place and Function of the Independent College in the American University System” (Amherst period), undated
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Unidentified speeches and articles from Amherst period, undated
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“The Devils' Revenge,” Century, 1924
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“Woodrow Wilson, Teacher,” Saturday Review, 1925 May
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“A New College, Notes on a Next Step in Higher Education,” Century, 1925 January
Note: See also Correspondence: Century Magazine.
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“Philosophers and Others,” Philosophical Review, 1925 May
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“A New College,” New Republic, 1926 April
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“The Education of the Spirit,” 1926 November
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“Outstanding Problems in American Education,” National Student Federation of America, Address, 1926 December
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Untitled speech -- first line begins “Now that I am just a professor...Wisconsin,” 1927?
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“A New College with a New Idea,” New York Times Magazine, 1927 May
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“Wisconsin's Experimental College,” Survey Graphic, 1927 June
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“The First Year of the Experimental College,” 1928 June
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“The Experimental College,” U. W. Bulletin, 1928 May
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“In Memoriam,” Sacco-Venzetti, 1928
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“Progressive Ideals in Higher Education,” Progressive Education Journal, 1929
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“Education and Social Planning,” 1929?
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“Educational Leadership in America,” Harper's, 1930 March
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“Philosophers Join in Plea for Peace”, 1930
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“What Ought We to Think About?” Executives' Club News, 1930 November
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“Wisconsin's Experimental College,” Journal of Higher Education, 1930 December
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Rejoinder to Vivas article regarding Experimental College, The Nation, 1931 March
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“Some Notes on the Technique of Experimentation in a Liberal College,” Liberal Arts Education, 1932
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Letter to Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Inauguration of President King, 1933 February
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“Education and the Social Order,” report in The Argonaut, 1933 May
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Speech, Joliet High School, 1933 November
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“Should Teachers Discuss Controversial Issues?” , 1933?
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“Adult Education: A Fresh Start,” Progress Report of the San Francisco School of Social Studies, The New Republic, 1934 August
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“The Crisis in American Institutions,” 1934 Harris Lectures at Northwestern (later expanded to What Does America Mean?)
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“Liberty - For What?” Harper's, 1935 August
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“Shall Our Teachers be Allowed to Teach Controversial Questions?” (Pacific Weekly exchange), 1936 June
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Commencement Speech, Reed College, 1936?
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Interview, Providence Journal & Evening Bulletin, 1937 April
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Forward to Meyer Cohen's Selected Supreme Court Decisions, 1937
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Teachers and Controversial Questions, 1938
Note: Perhaps published form of Commonwealth Club address with which above Pacific Weekly exchange is concerned) also published in Harper's June, 1938.
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Dartmouth Discusses the College in a Democratic Society clippings, 1939
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Notes on values of education in social order, 1939 August
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“The American Tradition of Freedom,” 1941 (also “We the People of the United States” and “Crisis in Freedom”)
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“Higher Education in a Democracy,” North Central Association Quarterly, 1941 October
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“I'm an American” (NBC Interview), 1941 August
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“The Noblest Prize of Victory,” 1941 August
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“1917 and 1941,” 1941 November
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“The Sins of America,” Brown Commencement, 1941
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“The Role of the Liberal Arts College in American Life,” from Learning and Living, Proceedings of an Anniversary Celebration in Honor of Alexander Meiklejohn ed., Walker Hill, 1942
Note: Volume included.
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Speech for International Student Assembly, 1942
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“Congress and the People,” Nation, 1942 November
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“Education as a Factor in Post-War Reconstruction,” Free World, 1943 January
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“The Future of Liberal Education,” New Republic, 1943 January
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“Teacher, Teach Thyself,” Adult Education Journal, 1943 July
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“For International Citizenship,” Adult Education Journal, 1943 January
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“Reason or Violence,” Common Sense, 1943 August
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New Masses Controversy (working with Communists), 1943 October
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“Elements of a Democratic Education,” 1944?
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“Notes on the American College President,” 1944?
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“Required Education for Freedom,” American Scholar Forum, 1944 Autumn
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“Equality and Education,” 1944 February
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“How Strong Should a Free Government Be?” , 1944
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“Free Enterprise or Social Planning?” , 1944?
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“A Reply to John Dewey,” (or “Why Study the Past?”) Fortune, 1945 January
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“Education Under the Charter,” Free World, 1945 October
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“The College of Tomorrow,” 1945?
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“To Teach the World to be Free,” Social Progress, 1946 November
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UNESCO speech for State Department, 1946 September
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“Towards a Federative Polity in Higher Education,” for Princeton Bicentennial, 1946
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“Inclinations and Obligations,” Howison Lecture, 1947
Note: Published in University of California Publications in Philosophy, 1948.
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“Colleges and Universities in Time of War” (or “There They Stand, Face to Face”), 1948
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Comments on Scott Buchanan's Paper, “The Unity of Knowledge,” given at 9th Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, 1948
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“Clear and Present Danger - The Supression of Dangerous Ideas” (published as “Everything Worth Saying Should be Said,” New York Times Magazine, 1948 July)
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Comment on Dewey's birthday, New Republic, 1949 October
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“Educational Cooperation Between Church and State,” Law and Contemporary Problems, 1949 Winter
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“Should Communists Be Allowed to Teach?” (or “Professors on Probation”); New York Times Magazine, 1949 March
Note: Includes entire exchange with Hook and Allen.
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“The Trunk of the Tree,” address to National Lawyers Guild, 1949
Note: Published as “Freedom to Hear and to Judge,” Lawyers Guild Review, Spring 1950.
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Amici Curiae Brief for Hollywood Ten, 1949
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Crisis at the University of California I & II, 1949-1950
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“Loyalty vs. Conformity,” 1950
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“The Blessings of Liberty,” 1950?
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“The Idealist Looks at Freedom,” at Cleveland College, 1950 May
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“The First Amendment and Evils That Congress Has a Right to Prevent,” Indiana Law Journal, 1951 Summer
Note: With reply by Wallace Mendelson in Vanderbilt Law Review, June 1952.
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“Hockey Pioneers,” Brown Alumni Monthly, 1951 April
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“The Crisis in Freedom,” The Progressive, 1952 June
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“Liberty and Loyalty,” AFSC Conference, 1952
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“Reasoning About the Values of Education,” Mills College Conference, 1952 September
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“The Teaching of Intellectual Freedom,” AAUP Bulletin, 1952 Spring
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Notes on European Trip for World Foundation for Peace, 1953
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“Freedom and the People,” (or “The Limits of Congressional Authority”) The Nation, 1953 December
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“Address under the Elms,” Brown University, 1953
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“Integrity of the Universities -- How to Defend It,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1953 June
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“The Fourth Branch,” published as “The Priority of the Market Place of Ideas,” University of Chicago Law School, Conference on Freedom and the Law, 1953 May
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“What Does the First Amendment Mean?” University of Chicago Law Review, 1953 Spring
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“Education and the Brotherhood of Man,” Gadfly, 1954 November
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Dedication to San Francisco State College, 1954
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Letter to Harvard, Crimson, 1954
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Testimony before the Hennings Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. , 1955
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“The Teaching of Self-Government,” 1957
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“Freedom of Speech,” 1957
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“Liberty or Freedom,” address to ACLU of Northern California, 1957 October
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“Meiklejohn Returns to Amherst”; Address to Alumni, 1957
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“The American College and American Freedom,” St. John's Address, 1957 May
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“The Faith of a Free Man,” 1957
Note: Based on address to Experimental College Alumni, 1942.
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Petition for Redress of Grievance to House Speaker Rayburn regarding HUAC), 1958
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Address to Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1958 June
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“Constitutional Limits to Congressional Investigations,” Rights, 1959 October
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Commencement Speech, Baldwin School, 1959 June
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Letter to Federal Communication Commission, 1960 October
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Statement regarding University of California regulations of student government, organization, and use of University facilities. Made to ACLU, Northern California, 1960 February
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“The Barenblatt Opinion,” University of Chicago Law Review, 1960 Winter
Note: With response by Harry Kalven.
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“Legal Status of Our Freedom,” Lawyers Guild Review, 1960 Winter
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Place of Value Systems in Medical Education, Academy of Religion and Mutual Health, 1960
Note: Symposium with scattered remarks by Alexander Meiklejohn.
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“The Balancing of Self Preservation Against Political Freedom,” California Law Review, 1961 March
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Affidavit to Supreme Court in regard to Frank Wilkinson, 1961
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“The First Amendment Is an Absolute,” in Supreme Court Review, ed. Philip Kurland, 1961
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“Rights and Powers Under the First Amendment,” Rights, 1962 January-February
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“Freedom Under the Constitution,” dedication address California State College - Hayward, 1962 May
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Speeches regarding the Meiklejohn Experimental College given by Alexander Meiklejohn and Walter Agard at a convocation held in Madison, Wisconsin, 1962 May
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Response to Frederick A. Ballard's “Freedom of Speech Today,” American Bar Association Journal, 1962 June
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Address of 1962 Experimental College Reunion
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Petition with T. I. Emerson to House of Representatives to abolish HUAC, 1964 November