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Jean Bethke Elshtain papers (Ms.2011.039)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Research and Publications, 1969-2005 (1978-1995)

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 "Liberalism and the Concept of Race," draft and notes
1969
Box 1, Folder 2 Cambria Press materials, contains outline for the book To Be a Woman
1969-1972
Box 1, Folder 3 Feminist journals and publications
1969-1974
Box 1, Folder 4 Articles in "Commonweal"
1969-1988
Box 1, Folder 5 Impact of Science on Society, Vol. 21, No. 1, with annotations
1971
Box 1, Folder 6 The Monist, Vol. 57, No. 1, with annotations
1973
Box 1, Folder 7 Articles from Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 41, No. 3
1973
Box 1, Folder 8 "The Feminist Movement & the Question of Equality" in Polity
1975
Box 1, Folder 9 "The Better Angels of Our Nature" draft and notes on morally deviant children
c. 1978
Box 1, Folder 10 Newspaper clippings on born again movement; Elvis; cults
c. 1978-1980
Box 1, Folder 11 "Feminists Against the Family," in The Nation
1979
Box 1, Folder 12 Notes on Christopher Lasch books
c. 1979
Box 1, Folder 13 Miscellaneous notes, clippings, correspondence
undated, 1980
Box 1, Folder 14 "Dissent, Defection, Exile: Why the Russian Tragedy Continues," unpublished piece for The Nation
1980
Box 1, Folder 15 Biographies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt, for Great American Reformers
1980
Box 1, Folder 16 Deinstitutionalization, draft and research
1980-1981
Box 1, Folder 17 Correspondence Re: articles, book reviews, contains typescript of "Pope Paul II: Feminist?"
1980-1981
Box 1, Folder 18 Correspondence Re: teaching positions
1980-1981
Box 1, Folder 19 Book reviews on Equality for The Nation
1981
Box 1, Folder 20 "Civic Identity and the State," draft and notes on Hegel
c. 1981
Box 1, Folder 21 "Feminist Discourse and its Discontents," typescript
1981
Box 1, Folder 22 "Kant, Politics, and Persons," typescript, drafts, research
1981
Box 1, Folder 23 Correspondence with Christopher Lasch
1981-1982, 1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 24 The Family in Political Thought, book cover
1982
Box 1, Folder 25 Bureau for Exceptional Children and Adults
1982
Box 1, Folder 26 "How to Lose the res publica: Cable Television and Democracy," typescript and research
1982
Box 1, Folder 27 Intimacy, research materials
c. 1982
Box 1, Folder 28 Women and Spirituality, book review
1983
Box 1, Folder 29 Correspondence with Dennis Altman
1983
Box 1, Folder 30 "The New Porn Wars," The New Republic
1984
Box 1, Folder 31 Soviet Union tour
1986
Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence with Carol Adams Re: feminism and animal rights, drafts
1987-1989
Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence with Chandrakala Padia
1987-1993
Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence Re: essay in Representations of Motherhood
1988-1989
Box 2, Folder 4 Untitled typescript for animal rights piece for The Progressive
1989
Box 2, Folder 5 "The New Eugenics and Feminist Quandries," in Advent
1989
Box 2, Folder 6 Political mothers, research materials
1989-1991
Box 2, Folder 7 Articles and reviews, correspondence
1990
Box 1, Folder 8 Interview transcripts for Susan Buell, Cynthia Haselton, Nancy Sutton, and Molly Todd
1990
Box 2, Folder 9 Notes and correspondence Re: contribution to Catholic Social Thought volume
1990
Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence with Christopher Lasch
1990-1991
Box 2, Folder 11 Ethics in the Women's Movement, floppy diskette and partial typescript
1991
Box 2, Folder 12 Correspondence
1991, 1993
Box 2, Folder 13 Correspondence
1991, 1993
Box 2, Folder 14 Industrial Areas Foundation records
1991-1993
Box 2, Folder 15 The Responsive Community position paper
1992
Box 2, Folder 16 Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study, meeting minutes
1992
Box 2, Folder 17 Book review of Chandrakala, Liberty and Social Transformation
1992
Box 2, Folder 18 "Family Matters," in The Christian Century
1992
Box 2, Folder 19 "Women's Suffrage and the Gender Gap," draft and correspondence
1992-1993
Box 2, Folder 20 "Strange Sects Arise," typescript
1993
Box 2, Folder 21 Book review of Roiphe, "The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism on Campus"
1993
Box 2, Folder 22 "Rethinking Sovereignty" article for Reconstructing Political Theory
1993
Box 2, Folder 23 "Catholic Social Thought, the City, and Liberal America" and "Christianity and Democracy in North America," drafts and correspondence
1993
Box 2, Folder 24 "Response to Iris Marion Young," in Dissent
1993
Box 2, Folder 25 "Women, War, and Foreign Policy" in Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
1993
Box 2, Folder 26 Forward to Keith Pavlischek manuscript
1993
Box 2, Folder 27 Book review of Davis, Warcraft and the Fragility of Virtue
1993
Box 2, Folder 28 Comments on James O. Wilson article "On Abortion"
1993
Box 2, Folder 29 "Politics Without Principles" in World Without Violence
1993
Box 2, Folder 30 American family life, research materials
1993
Box 2, Folder 31 Christopher Lasch articles, obituary, reviews
1993-1995
Box 2, Folder 32 "Why End Welfare as We Know It?" lecture typescript
1994
Box 2, Folder 33 Industrial Areas Foundation records
1994
Box 2, Folder 34 Correspondence Re: contribution to Millenium
1994
Box 2, Folder 35 "Commentary on Sociology as Art and as Science" in The Tocqueville Review
1994
Box 2, Folder 36 "Multiculturalism and Political Responsibility," lecture typescript
1994
Box 2, Folder 37 Book review of Bane,Welfare Realities
1994
Box 2, Folder 38 "Mothers of the Disappeared," in Representations of Motherhood
1994
Box 2, Folder 39 "Identity, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination," typescript
c. 1994
Box 3, Folder 1 "Democracy and the News," draft
c. 1995
Box 3, Folder 2 "Rethinking Sovereignty," draft
c. 1995
Box 3, Folder 3 "What Has Sovereignty to do with Gender?" and "Rethinking Sovereignty," drafts
c. 1995
Box 3, Folder 4 "Is there a Feminist Tradition on War and Peace?" typescript
c. 1995
Box 3, Folder 5 "Feminist Inquiry and International Relations" in New Thinking on International Relations
1997
Box 3, Folder 6 Paper response and correspondence with Farr A. Carlin
2005
Box 3, Folders 7-11 Political mothers, research materials
Box 3, Folder 12 "Rethinking Sovereignty," typescript
Box 3, Folder 13 "The Myth of the Sovereign Self," talk typescript
Box 3, Folder 14 "Fewer than 95 Theses: In the Matter of Sovereignty," typescript
Box 3, Folder 15 Democracy on Trial, chapter 3 draft and corresctions
Box 3, Folders 16-18 Research notes and articles on moral philosophy, the family, feminism
Box 3, Folder 19 Untitled typescript
Box 3, Folder 20 "Eleanor Roosevelt as Activist and Thinker"
Box 3, Folder 21 "The Power of Positive Feminism: Friedan's Second Stage"
Box 3, Folder 22 Articles compiled for Real Politics
Box 3, Folder 23 Rethinking Sovereignty, typescript
Box 3, Folder 24 Notes on Charles Taylor talk
Box 3, Folder 25 "What do Democrats Want?" in Chicago Tribune
Box 4, Folder 1 Interview of Christopher Lasch with Richard Fox, transcript and cassettes
1993
Box 4, Folder 2 Christopher Lasch books with annotations
Box 4, Folder 3 Christopher Lasch writings, book reviews
Box 4 folder 4 moved to Series 4, RESTRICTED, Box 7 folder 1

Series 2. Teaching Materials, 1969-2011 (1969-1983)

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 5 Notes from class with George Armstrong Kelly
1969
Box 4, Folder 6 Psychoanalytic theory, research and notes
1970-1976
Box 4, Folder 7 Notes, writings and course materials on Hannah Arendt
1977-1984
Box 4, Folder 8 Annual faculty evaluation materials
1979-1980
Box 4, Folder 9 Feminist Political Theory, syllabus and class notes
1980
Box 4, Folder 10 The Public and the Private, course syllabus, materials
1980, 1983
Box 4, Folder 11 Evaluation materials
1980
Box 4, Folder 12 Evaluation materials
1981
Box 4, Folder 13 Notes, articles, and correspondence on Simone Weil
1981-1983
Box 4, Folder 14 Notes on John Calvin
Box 4, Folder 15 Annual evaluation
September 1982 - August 1983
Box 4, Folder 16 Notes on John Stuart Mill
Box 4, Folder 17 Notes on Charles Taylor and epistemology
Box 4, Folder 18 Notes on naturalistic morality
Box 4, Folder 19 Medieval political theory notes and pictures
Box 4, Folder 20 Notes on Christian realism
Box 4, Folder 21 Notes on Jesus and early Christianity
Box 4, Folder 22 Notes on Martin Luther
Box 4, Folder 23 Notes on ideology of "will"
Box 4, Folder 24 Notes on existentialism
Box 4, Folder 25 Theology teaching notes

Series 3. Speaking Engagements and Fellowships, 1980-1994

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 1 Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
1980
Box 5, Folder 2 Genesee Valley Conference
1980
Box 5, Folder 3 MacDowell Colony fellowship
1981
Box 5, Folder 4 Institute for Advanced Study residency
1981
Box 5, Folder 5 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship
1981-1982
Box 5, Folder 6 Smith College talk
1981
Box 5, Folder 7 Oberlin College guest seminar
1981
Box 5, Folder 8 International Society of Political Psychology talk
1981
Box 5, Folder 9 MacDowell Colony residency
1982
Box 5, Folder 10 Rutgers University talk
1982
Box 5, Folder 11 Daedalus Journal panel talk
1982
Box 5, Folder 12 Bellagio Study and Conference Center residency
1983
Box 5, Folder 13 Feminism and Philosophy conference, Oxford
1983
Box 5, Folder 14 International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
1983
Box 5, Folder 15 Rice University talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 16 Bryn Mawr College talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 17 Political Science External Visiting Committee, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges
1983
Box 5, Folder 18 Williams College talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 19 American Society for Public Administration panel
1983
Box 5, Folder 20 17th World Congress of Philosophy panel
1983
Box 5, Folder 21 American Sociological Association panel
1983
Box 5, Folder 22 UC Santa Cruz talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 23 American Studies Association, gender panel, University of Pennsylvania
1983
Box 5, Folder 24 Hofstra University talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 25 Militarism and Sexism seminar, United Ministries in Education talk
1983
Box 5, Folder 26 Institute for Democratic Socialism, Making Connections conference
1983
Box 5, Folder 27 Centro de Estudios de la Mujer conference, contains "Hacia Una Teoria Feminista Reflexiva" and "Simetria Y Soporiferos"
1983
Box 5, Folder 28 Brandeis University talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 29 University of Connecticut and University of Iowa talks
1984
Box 5, Folder 30 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
1984
Box 5, Folder 31 Eleanor Roosevelt conference
1984
Box 5, Folder 32 Creighton University talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 33 Hartford College talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 34 Orwell panel, the Ohio State University
1984
Box 5, Folder 35 University of Nevada, Reno talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 36 National Humanitites Center talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 37 Vassar College talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 38 Radcliffe College talk
1984
Box 5, Folder 39 Kapital Productions advisory board
1984
Box 5, Folder 40 Gonzaga University panel, Integrating new research on women
1985
Box 5, Folder 41 Occidental College talk
1985
Box 5, Folder 42 University of Maine at Machias talk
1985
Box 5, Folder 43 Vanderbilt University talk
1985
Box 5, Folder 44 Agnes Scott College talk
1985
Box 5, Folder 45 Salamagundi 20th Anniversary Conference, includes poster
1985
Box 5, Folder 46 Saint Michael's College talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 1 Marlboro College talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 2 University of Hartford talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 3 Duquesne University talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 4 Bucknell University talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 5 University of Hawaii at Manoa, women's studies conference
1985
Box 6, Folder 6 Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy conference
1985
Box 6, Folder 7 International Political Science Association conference
1985
Box 6, Folder 8 Harvard University talk
1985
Box 6, Folder 9 American Political Science Association conference
1985
Box 6, Folder 10 Stauros International Congress on Powerlessness
1985
Box 6, Folder 11 University of Notre Dame talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 12 Colorado State University talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 13 Vanderbuilt University talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 14 University of Rochester and Wells College talks
1986
Box 6, Folder 15 Goucher College talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 16 Concordia University talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 17 Potsdam College and St. Lawrence College talks
1986
Box 6, Folder 18 Indian Summer Wellfleet conference
1986
Box 6, Folder 19 University of Notre Dame talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 20 Oberlin College and College of Wooster talks
1986
Box 6, Folder 21 Vassar College talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 22 Wake Forest University talk
1986
Box 6, Folder 23 NY Council for the Humanities Film Project
1986
Box 6, Folder 24 Virginia Commonwealth talk
c. 1986
Box 6, Folder 25 The Changing Face of Humanity in the Nuclear Age conference, correspondence and pamphlets
1986
Box 6, Folder 26 Southeast Women's Studies Association conference
1987
Box 6, Folder 27 University of Kansas, Postmodernism conference
1987
Box 6, Folder 28 Union College talk
1987
Box 6, Folder 29 Crandall Library talk
1987
Box 6, Folder 30 Boston University conference
1987
Box 6, Folder 31 International Society of Political Psychology talk
1987
Box 6, Folder 32 Women and Political Ideas conference
1987
Box 6, Folder 33 Interdisciplinary Congress on Women
1987
Box 6, Folder 34 University of Tennesee talk
1987
Box 6, Folder 35 University of Montana talk
1991
Box 6, Folder 36 International Social Philosophy conference
1991
Box 6, Folder 37 speaking engagements in Italy, correspondence and posters
1992
Box 6, Folder 38 Korean War Association talk, research materials and correspondence
1992
Box 6, Folder 39 Global Interactions Conference
1992
Box 6, Folder 40 Texas Industrial Areas Foundation conference
1992
Box 6, Folder 41 National Conference of Catholic Bishops
1993
Box 6, Folder 42 Council on Families in America, marriage symposium
1994
Box 6, Folder 43 Christopher Lasch tribute, includes transcript
1994
Box 6, Folder 44 The Communication Network conference
1994
Box 6, Folder 45 National Parenting Association symposium
1994
Box 6, Folder 46 Institute for Labor and Mental Health, Psychology and Power conference
Box 6, Folder 47 LeMoyne College talk
Box 6, Folder 48 "Thoughts on Community" and "The Skeptical Patriot" transcripts with revisions

Series 4. Restricted, 1980-1992

Container Description Date
Box 7, Folder 1 Restricted
19811992
Box 7, Folder 2 Restricted
19801981