Donald Meiklejohn Papers
An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2015
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Finding aid created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2015
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| Creator: | Meiklejohn, Donald. |
| Title: | Donald Meiklejohn Papers |
| Dates: | 1926-1994 |
| Size: | 1 box, 1 oversized drawer (2.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | The Donald Meiklejohn Papers contain publications, teaching materials, correspondence, lectures, and other materials related to his time as a professor at Syracuse University and other institutions. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Donald Meiklejohn was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1909, the son of Alexander Meiklejohn, one of the country's leading educational reformers and free speech advocates. A 1930 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Donald Meiklejohn received a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University in 1936. From 1942 to 1946 he served in Army Intelligence. Before joining the faculty of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 1963, Meiklejohn taught courses at Dartmouth College, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Chicago. At Syracuse University, he taught courses in political philosophy and served as director of the undergraduate program in Citizenship and Public Affairs. His primary areas of research were civil liberties, the political theories of Kant and Rousseau, and the First Amendment.
In 1965, Meiklejohn published a book entitled Freedom and the Public. In 1969, he presented a lecture on “The Culture of Impatience,” describing the University’s responsibility to foster students’ desire to recognize and actively challenge society's failures, remarking that it is the academic responsibility of adults to “intellectualize that impatience.” Meiklejohn retired in 1975 and was awarded the title Emeritus. He remained an active adjunct professor at Syracuse University and was awarded the Chancellor’s Citation for Distinguished Contributions by Emeritus Faculty in 1995. He died in Syracuse in 2001.
The Donald Meiklejohn Papers contain materials related to his scholarly activities while a faculty member at Syracuse University and other institutions. Materials include correspondence, class materials and lectures. Most of the collection is made up of published and unpublished writings by Donald Meiklejohn, including writings on Rousseau, Kant, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. A copy of his book Freedom and the Public (1965) can also be found in the collection.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Archives also hold a clipping file related to Donald Meiklejohn's life and work.
Names
Meiklejohn, Donald.
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Associated Titles
Freedom and the public.
Subjects
Philosophy.
Political ethics.
Political science.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Donald Meiklejohn Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The Donald Meiklejohn Papers were deposited in the Archives in 1994 by Donald Meiklejohn.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.
Items in this collection are arranged alphabetically.
Papers
| Papers | |||||||||||
| Awards and Citations | |||||||||||
| Access photocopies of awards and citations are included in Box 1. | |||||||||||
| FC 2-1 | Taft School- Cum Laude 1926 | ||||||||||
| FC 2-1 | University of Wisconsin- Participation in Intercollegiate Athletics 1930 | ||||||||||
| FC 2-1 | United States Strategic Bombing Survey in the Pacific Theater 1945 | ||||||||||
| FC 2-1 | War Department Citation, Military Intelligence Service 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Calendar 1961 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chancellors' Citation Nomination Materials 1979 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clippings 1952-1976 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Commencement Addresses 1962-1974 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1930-1959 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1960-1994 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Curriculum Vitae undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Maxwell School Materials 1973-1986 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs undated | ||||||||||
| Publications by Donald Meiklejohn | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Book Reviews 1960-1976 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Civil Liberties in the American Community" 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Commercial Speech and the First Amendment" 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Conscientious Objection and the Supreme Court" 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Courts, the Press, and the Public" 1979 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Freedom and the Public 1965 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Freedom and the Public Materials 1965-1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Graduate Students as Assistant Teachers" 1960s | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Jane Addams and the American Democracy" 1960 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Kantian Formalism and Civil Liberty" 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Labels and Libertarians" 1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Moral Philosophy and Public Affairs" 1962 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Privacy in the Burger Court" 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Public Administration and Public Speech" 1981 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Public Speech and Libel Litigation: Are They Compatible?" 1986 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Public Speech and the First Amendment" 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Public Speech in the Burger Court" 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Reconciliation of First Amendment Freedoms and Local Control Over the Moral Development of Minors" 1978 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Religion in the Burger Court" 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Reporting to Parents" 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Teacher as Informer" 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "What is a University?" 1968 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Publications and Writings- Other Authors 1952-1993, undated | ||||||||||
| Teaching Materials | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dartmouth College 1937-1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse University 1963-1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse University 1965-1975 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Unidentified Institution undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | University of Chicago 1947-1959 | ||||||||||
| Unpublished Writings by Donald Meiklejohn | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Are Our Civil Liberties Threatened?" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Clear and Present Danger Doctrine" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Comments on 'On Minutes to Midnight'" 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Education for Citizenship" 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Human Right" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "John Stuart Mill and the First Amendment" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Justice Black" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Liberalism and the Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "The Metropolis as a Political Problem" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Moral Education in a Pluralistic Society" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Philosophers and Citizens" 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "We Are All Jeffersonians" undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "William James" BA Thesis, University of Wisconsin 1930 | ||||||||||