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Alistair Cooke: A Response To Granville Hicks' I Like America, Kathleen Manwaring
Alistair Cooke: A Response To Granville Hicks' I Like America, Kathleen Manwaring
The Courier
Written at the urging of his friend Louis Birk, managing editor of Modern Age Books, I Like America was Granville Hicks' attempt to present to a middle-class audience "the official line of the Communist Party in the Popular Front period". Published when the slogan 'Communism is Twentieth-Century Americanism' identified the interests of the mass of the American population, which was suffering from the Depression and the inadequate response of the New Deal for relief, with the aims of the Party, the book was later described by Hicks as "a venture in propaganda". The Granville Hicks Papers in the George Arents …
"A Citizen Of No Mean City": Jermain W. Loguen And The Antislavery Reputation Of Syracuse, Milton Charles Sernett
"A Citizen Of No Mean City": Jermain W. Loguen And The Antislavery Reputation Of Syracuse, Milton Charles Sernett
The Courier
This article describes the life and struggles of Jermain W. Loguen (originally named Jarm Logue), born a slave, who escaped to Syracuse, New York. Once in Syracuse, he became active in the Underground Railroad, the abolition movement, and even entered politics as a public speaker. His letters can be found in the Syracuse University Special Collections, as part of the Gerrit Smith papers. Smith was also a leading abolitionist who corresponded with major figures in the antislavery movement and influential freed slaves such as Frederick Douglass.
William Martin Smallwood And The Smallwood Collection In Natural History At The Syracuse University Library, Eileen Snyder
William Martin Smallwood And The Smallwood Collection In Natural History At The Syracuse University Library, Eileen Snyder
The Courier
This article details the life and efforts of Syracuse Professor William Smallwood to collect major works on many of the major disciplines of science. Together the Smallwood collection provides a wonderful resource for the history of science and natural history.
Ranke's Favorite Source: The Relazioni Of The Venetian Ambassadors, Gino Benzoni
Ranke's Favorite Source: The Relazioni Of The Venetian Ambassadors, Gino Benzoni
The Courier
This article describes how certain administrative documents written in Venice during the Holy Roman Empire, dubbed relazioni, had a profound effect on the famous historian Leopold von Ranke, and the development of his extremely objective historiography. Von Ranke collected many of these relazioni, and they can be found in the Ranke Library at Syracuse University.
Ranke And The Venetian Document Market, Ugo Tucci
Ranke And The Venetian Document Market, Ugo Tucci
The Courier
This article discusses Leopold von Ranke, the seminal historian, specifically his times in Venice, where he developed his thorough objective historical method, under the influence of Venetian ambassadorial writings, or relazioni. He was also in the perfect situation to amass an impressive manuscript and rare book collection, as the Republic was falling at the time, and entire library and art collections were being liquidated. His vast collection is now part of the Syracuse University's Special Collections.
Leopold Von Ranke, His Library, And The Shaping Of Historical Evidence, Edward Muir
Leopold Von Ranke, His Library, And The Shaping Of Historical Evidence, Edward Muir
The Courier
This article describes the life and collection of the famous historian Leopold von Ranke, whose collection is now housed in the Syracuse University Special Collections. Von Ranke was instrumental in developing what he saw as the most objective form of history possible, adhering to primary sources and straying from moral judgments. The thousands of documents that make up the Ranke Library are an invaluable source for the study of history.