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A Medieval Spirit in the Modern World
Richard Hofstadter, review of Vida Dutton Scudder, "On Journey," New York Herald Tribune, April 18, 1937.
Students Fight War
Front page of a National Student League anti-war pamphlet, 1935.
Anti-ROTC Petition, 1935
National Student League petition against Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs on college campuses, 1935. That year, Richard Hofstadter headed the NSL strike publicity committee at the University of Buffalo and helped to coordinate the…
Letter from Charles A. Beard
Letter from Charles A. Beard, written May 8, 1944, congratulating Hofstadter for his article, "U.B. Phillips and the Plantation Legend," which appeared in the April 1944 issue of The Journal of Negro History.
"The Tariff and Homestead Issues in the Republican Platform of 1860"
Richard Hofstadter's senior thesis, written at the University of Buffalo, May, 1936.
One-act play
A one-act play written by Richard Hofstadter while a high school student in Buffalo, NY.
List of Historians Who Marched From Selma to Montgomery
A list of American historians who participated in the historic march for African-American civil rights in Alabama, March 25, 1965
The New Deal and American Liberalism
Full text of an unpublished essay that Richard Hofstadter wrote around 1950, entitled "The New Deal and American Liberalism." Scroll down to "Document Viewer" to browse.
Social Darwinism in American Thought (1944)
Advertisement for Social Darwinism In American Thought, early 1940s.
Jefferson's Ideas on Class Relations
"Jefferson's Ideas of Class Relations," an essay written by Richard Hofstadter for a graduate seminar in intellectual history taught by Merle Curti at Columbia University in the late 1930s.
The Need of New Values
Richard Hofstadter, review of Georgia Harkness, "The Recovery of Ideals," New York Herald Tribune, June 6, 1937
National Student League membership application form, 1935.
National Student League membership application form, 1935. Richard Hofstadter headed the University of Buffalo chapter of the organization that year.
University Scholarship Certificate, September 1933
Certificate announcing Richard Hofstadter's scholarship award for his university education.
High School Commencement Program
Program for Hofstadter's commencement ceremony, Fosdick-Masten Park High School, June, 1933.
The American Political Tradition: The Unpublished Introduction
Full text of the unpublished introduction to Richard Hofstadter's The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It.