The Correspondence of John Dewey 

“The publication of John Dewey's correspondence is a landmark event for American philosophy. Reading a long stretch of letters in their chronological order is addictive and enlightening! For the researcher with a deadline, Intelex's Folio VIEWS search engine is intuitively simple yet powerful enough to quickly locate relevant terms and passages, using phrase, proximity, and Boolean search methods. This treasure of many thousands of letters, including hundreds from Dewey's friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, are an essential resource for studying an important era in America's intellectual life. From the arcane to the profound -- and even the humorous -- these letters provide a rare opportunity to gain insights into Dewey's life and thought, his contributions to his profession and the many political causes he championed, and his central role in democracy's progress" 
Prof. John Shook
Department of Philosophy
Oklahoma State University

"The many sides of Dewey are displayed: philosopher, organizer, public intellectual and family man. Hickman's extensive 'Overview' is invaluable. Supplementary letters enrich the compilation: i.e., William James to F. C. S. Schiller ('Dewey is hard to understand.'). Because of its sophistication, the Folio VIEWS® requires several hours to master. However, once mastery of the interface is achieved, it is hard to imagine another way of examining a collected correspondence."

Drew Christie, University of New Hampshire
CHOICE Review

Database Language: English

Contents: The Correspondence of John Dewey is a comprehensive electronic edition of letters to, from, and about John Dewey. Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, is the electronic editor.

Volume 1: 1871-1918,  Includes letters of Dewey's family and the family of his first wife, Alice Chipman. Dewey's graduate school years and his years at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. His marriage and family life. His decade at the University of Chicago and the founding of the "Dewey School." His move to Columbia University. His role as a founder of the American Association of University Professors and his political activities during World War One.

Volume 2: 1919-1939,  Includes correspondence pertaining to Dewey's lectures in Japan and China. His visits to Turkey, Mexico, and the Soviet Union. The death of his wife Alice. His first retirement from Columbia University. His activism during the Great Depression. His role as chair of the Trotsky inquiry. His second retirement from Columbia University.

Volume 3: 1940-1953,  Includes correspondence pertaining to his defense of academic freedom during World War Two and the Cold War. His defense of Bertrand Russell. His second marriage to Roberta Lowitz Grant. His ninetieth birthday celebration. His death in 1952 and the correspondence that followed.

License Pricing

Dewey Correspondence		CD-ROM All 3 vols.	Web Server All 3 vols.	SGML	Credit
Individual		$450	n/a	n/a	n/a
Institutional		$1,125	n/a	n/a	n/a
Campus-wide		$2,250	$2,250	call	n/a
ISBN#	Windows	1-57085-262-6	1-57085-182-4	1-57085-131-x
	Macintosh	1-57085-091-7	n/a	n/a

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