Liberal Education
War Bond Committee promise of the Manuscrip of Liberal Education
Collection area: Political Affairs
Collection dates: 1940-1943
Original typescript with holographic corrections; printer's copy. This work is a treatise on liberal arts education, specifically its role in colleges and universities. The historical definitions of education, the idea of a college, the art of teaching, and the philosophy of learning are subjects which are addressed.
One of six manuscripts that Van Doren donated to the Book and Author War Bond Committee, which helped the War Finance Campaign of the U.S. Treasury Dept. This manuscript was given as a prize at a University of Arizona rally to Gamma Phi Beta sorority, for buying the most war bonds.
English professor, Columbia University, 1920-59; chairman of the Book and Author War Bond Committee, 1943-1946.
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