Lamont, Corliss (1902-1995)
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1995
Biography
The New York Times, via WWW, September 20, 2013(April 28, 1995 edition; Corliss Lamont, the Socialist author, teacher and humanist philosopher who battled Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the C.I.A. and other icons of authority in a lifelong fight for civil liberties and international understanding, died on Wednesday, April 26, 1995 in Ossining, N.Y.; he was born on Marc h 28, 1902, in Englewood, N.J., he graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1920 and from Harvard in 1924 with a bachelor's degree and high honors; after a year at Oxford University, he became a philosophy lecturer at Columbia and in 1932 earned a doctor of philosophy degree there; in a career that spanned much of the century, Dr. Lamont wrote 16 books and hundreds of pamphlets on subjects ranging from humanism to McCarthyism, taught at Harvard, Cornell, Columbia and other universities, campaigned for Soviet-American friendship, and weathered false accusations of Communist affiliations; he also served as a director of the American Civil Liberties Union for 22 years (1932-1954), was chairman of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee for 30 years, won court fights against censure by Senator McCarthy and mail censorship by the Central Intelligence Agency, ran twice for the United States Senate, opposed the Vietnam War and championed the Bill of Rights in countless forums; his books include "The Philosophy of Humanism (1949), "The Illusion of Immortality," (1935) and "The Peoples of the Soviet Union" (1946))
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Consumers' League of Massachusetts, 1891-1955
Minutes, financial statements, reports, etc., of the Consumers' League of Massachusetts, which sought to mobilize public opinion in support of improved conditions for workers.
Papers of Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth) Dreier, 1797-1968 (inclusive), 1897-1968 (bulk)
Correspondence, day books, financial records, and photographs of Mary Dreier, social reformer, from Brooklyn, New York.
Papers of Virginia Foster Durr, ca.1910-2007
Biographical materials, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials documenting the life of civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr.
Papers of Helen Boyden Lamb, 1937-1975
Correspondence, drafts, notes, etc., of Helen Boyden Lamb, economist.
Papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith, 1912-2008
Correspondence, photographs, writings, diaries, and other personal papers of Catherine Atwater Galbraith.
Papers of Mary Ware Dennett, 1874-1945
Correspondence, scrapbooks, writings, etc., of Mary Ware Dennett, suffragist, pacifist, artisan and advocate of birth control and sex education.