Collection ID: 4079151 MS#1485

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Nelson, Benjamin, 1911-1977
Extent:
106 linear feet and 224 document boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin Nelson papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts and notes for his many publications in the social sciences and Renaissance studies, drafts and notes for his THE IDEA OF USURY and writings about Max Weber, other papers collected during his teaching career, and materials for the many professional conferences which he attended and for the academic associations and societies in which he was active.

Biographical / Historical:

Historian, sociologist. Nelson taught at City College of New York, the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, Columbia University, Hofstra College, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, and The New School for Social Research. He also edited special issues of PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC REVIEW and acted as an advisor for Harper & Row and other publishers.

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Nelson, Marie Coleman. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-78.
Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.

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:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin Nelson papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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