| Title: |
Reminiscences of Paul Oskar Kristeller
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A31
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and family in Berlin: early schooling 1911-23; university life, Marburg and Heidelberg, 1923-28; study of classics in Berlin, 1928-31; scholarly contacts, manuscript research, lecturing and publishing; rise of Nazism and effect on Jewish scholars; research in Italy 1932-39; emigration to America because of rise in anti-semitism; unsuccessful attempts to get parents out of Germany; professor at Columbia University 1940-73: Columbia colleagues, organizing project for the Catalogue of Translations and Commentaries, organization of Columbia University Seminars, lectures given, publications, student protests and riots 1965-70; Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy 1968-73, supervision and assessment of numerous Columbia dissertations. Discussion of: adventures and problems of manuscript research, fellow refugee scholars, discovery of Leonardo manuscripts, American education, modern scholarship, manuscript collections in Spain and Italy; American Philosophical Association, Medieval Academy, Renaissance Society, Journal of History of Ideas, Journal of Philosophy, American Council of Learned Societies, honors and awards received.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1,080 leaves, Tape: 27 cassettes, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed until death. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1981 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Philosopher
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1981
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| Interviewer: |
Liebmann, William B.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Columbia University, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; Germany
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Antisemitism; Archives; Columbia University, New York, NY; Emigration and immigration; Europe; Germany; Germany--History; Oral history; Philosophers; Philosophy
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1905-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020826-16267
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