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Social Darwinism in American Thought (1944)
Advertisement for Social Darwinism In American Thought, early 1940s.
Das Land Lincolns
Lecture by Richard Hofstadter translated into German for a radio broadcast on Westdeutscher Rundfunk, December 4, 1959. Published by Amerika-Haus Köln, February 1960).
Curriculum vitae, Spring 1970
Richard Hofstadter's curriculum vitae, drafted in 1970 shortly before his death.
Current Biography profile
Profile of Richard Hofstadter in Current Biography, October 1956.
Anti-Intellectualism notebook
Composition notebook containing notes for Richard Hofstadter's 1963 book, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
A People and A Nation
Documents relating to A People and A Nation, a 1971 United States history textbook co-authored by Richard Hofstadter and Clarence ver Steeg.
H. L. Mencken at his typewriter in Baltimore Sun office, 1913
Portrait photograph taken in 1913 of a young H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken working at his typewriter in the Baltimore Sun office. He holds a corncob pipe in his hand. The Sun offices were then located in a building on…
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.
"The Tariff and Homestead Issues in the Republican Platform of 1860"
Richard Hofstadter's senior thesis, written at the University of Buffalo, May, 1936.
"The Paranoid Style in American Politics"
Original edition of Richard Hofstadter's famous essay, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics," which appeared in Harper's magazine, November, 1964.
"History Debunked Realistically but to Excess." Review of The American Political Tradition.
1948 review of The American Political Tradition, with accompanying photograph of Richard Hofstadter. Publication unknown.
"From Calhoun to the Dixiecrats"
Cover page of a draft of Richard Hofstadter's article, "From Calhoun to the Dixiecrats," which appeared in the June 1949 issue of Social Research.
"American Historians Shift Emphasis To Conflict"
Article in The New York Times, from January 1969, that discusses the major historiographic shifts that were underway in the final years of Richard Hofstadter's life.
"Academic Freedom in the University," Berkeley, 1967
Copy of Richard Hofstadter's commencement address at the University of California, Berkeley, in May 1967. Hofstadter discussed academic freedom in the university, touching on many of the same ideas that he would again emphasize at his famous Columbia…