Collection ID: 4079072 Ms Coll\Macmahon

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Macmahon, Arthur W. (Arthur Whittier), 1890-1980
Extent:
12035 items and 27 boxes
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, addresses, and printed materials of Macmahon, including his course outlines and lecture notes, travel logs, and extensive files of notes and manuscripts on aspects of federalism and governmental administration. Charles A. Beard and Randolph S. Bourne were both personal friends of Macmahon, and the files contain letters from them as well as notes and correspondence relating to them. Also, a three-volume bound photocopy of the typescript of Macmahon's "Conflict and Consensus in Democracies" 1969.

Biographical / Historical:

Macmahon (1890-1980) was Eaton Professor of Public Administration at Columbia University. (Columbia University B.A., 1912; M.A., 1913, 1915-1917; Ph.D., 1923).

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Macmahon, Mrs. Arthur W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.
Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
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Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu