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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
The Correspondence of John Dewey, 1871-1952 (I-IV) is a comprehensive electronic edition of letters to, from, and about John Dewey. Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, is the electronic editor.
Vol. I: 1871-1918
- Letters of Dewey's family and the family of his first wife, Alice Chipman
- Dewey's graduate school years and his years at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota
- His marriage and family life
- His decade at the University of Chicago and the founding of the "Dewey School"
- His move to Columbia University
- His role as a founder of the American Association of University Professors and his political activities during World War One
Vol. II: 1919-1939
- Correspondence pertaining to Dewey's lectures in Japan and China
- His visits to Turkey, Mexico, and the Soviet Union
- The death of his wife Alice
- His first retirement from Columbia University
- His activism during the Great Depression
- His role as chair of the Trotsky inquiry
- His second retirement from Columbia University
Vol. III: 1940-1953
- Correspondence pertaining to his defense of academic freedom during World War Two and the Cold War
- His defense of Bertrand Russell
- His second marriage to Roberta Lowitz Grant
- His ninetieth birthday celebration
- His death in 1952 and the correspondence that followed
Vol. IV: 1953-2007
- Correspondence pertaining to the disposition of Dewey's literary estate
- The role of Dewey's second wife, Roberta, and her death in 1970
- The John Dewey Foundation and the role of Foundation President Sidney Hook and others in the disposition of Dewey's papers and effects
- The events that led to the publication of the 37 volumes of the Collected Works
- Competition for the Dewey Papers and their acquisition by Southern Illinois University
- An interview with Collected Works editor Dr. Jo Ann Boydston
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