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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf3s2003b8 No online items Guide to the Joseph Richmond Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Note This finding aid has been filmed for the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (Chadwyck-Healey Inc.) Note History --History, University of California --History, UC BerkeleyGeographical (By Place) --University of California --University of California BerkeleySocial Sciences --EducationHistory --GeneralHistory --History, Asia --History, China Guide to the Joseph Richmond BANC MSS 71/113 c 1 Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Guide to the Joseph Richmond Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Collection number: BANC MSS 71/113 c The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: ca. 1971 Encoded by: Charlotte Gerstein © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Joseph Richmond Levenson Papers, Date (inclusive): [ca. 1954-1969] Collection Number: BANC MSS 71/113 c Creator: Levenson, Joseph Richmond, 1920-1969 Extent: Number of containers: 5 boxes, 2 cartons Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Correspondence with colleagues, friends, former students, etc.; MSS of his writings (books and articles) primarily on Chinese history and civilization; some related notes; biographical information and personalia; notes for course lectures and seminars. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Guide to the Joseph Richmond BANC MSS 71/113 c 2 Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Joseph Richmond Levenson Papers, BANC MSS 71/113 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biographical Sketch Joseph R. Levenson was born on June 10, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston Latin School (1931-1937) and Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in June 1941. In September he became a graduate student in Harvard's History Department, but with U.S. entrance into World War II, Levenson spent the next five years in the Navy. In 1946 he returned to Harvard and was awarded his A.M. in 1947 and his Ph.D. two years later, having written his dissertation on Liang Ch'i-ch'ao under the direction of John K. Fairbank. After spending three years as a Junior Fellow of Harvard's Society of Fellows (1948-1951), he accepted an assistant professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he remained the rest of his distinguished career. In 1965 he was appointed Sather Professor of History. Levenson died in a boating accident on April 6, 1969. During Levenson's lifetime, five of his books were published, including Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and the Mind of Modern China and the three volumes comprising the trilogy, Confucian China and Its Modern Fate. Another four books were published posthumously. In addition he published thirty-six articles and numerous book reviews. Scope and Content The collection of his papers was donated to The Bancroft Library by his widow, Rosemary Sebag-Montefiore Levenson, in 1970, with additions from Professor Frederic Wakeman in 1973. Housed in five boxes and two cartons, the collection includes correspondence, manuscripts of Levenson's articles and books, and course notes which reflect both his teaching career and his research interests. The Key to Arrangement which follows describes the material in greater detail. Boxes 1-4 Letters written to Levenson. Additional Note Letters from colleagues and friends. Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. Letters not listed have been put in alphabetical miscellanies at the end of each box. Unidentified correspondents are at the end of the file, in Box 4. Box 4 Letters re publication of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and the Mind of Modern China; 1955-1969. Physical Description: 52 letters, Additional Note Include letters by Michael Edwardes, University of California Press, Thames and Hudson International Limited, Harvard University Press, and others. See also Letters written by Levenson (Oct. 14, 1958; Dec. 12, 1958; Jan. 19, 1959); Oscar Handlin and Wilbur K. Jordan. Papers relating to U.S. intervention in Cuba, 1961. Additional Note Include “Historians' Open Letter to the President,” signed by Levenson, letter to Levenson by Thomas F. McGann and press release with note to Levenson by Carl Schorske. Papers relating to war in Vietnam, 1967-1968. Additional Note Include letters to Levenson by John Lewis, George Kahin and Carl Marcy; copy of letter by Harold R. Isaacs to The New York Times; statements on the war signed by Levenson. Guide to the Joseph Richmond BANC MSS 71/113 c 3 Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Key to Arrangement Letters from departments of history in various universities regarding appointments. See also Alexander Eckstein,Rochester University,John Wilson Lewis Letters to Levenson re invitations to give lectures. Letters written by Levenson (1953-1969 and n.d.) Additional Note Carbon copies, transcripts, and photocopies, arranged chronologically. Letters of recommendation written by Levenson, 1953-1969 and n.d. Additional Note Carbon copies, arranged chronologically. Correspondence of Frederic Wakeman as Levenson's literary executor, 1969-1971. Additional Note Arranged chronologically. Box 5 Papers relating to Levenson's students, including letters from them reporting on projects. Additional Note Arranged alphabetically by name of student. Carton 1 Manuscripts of Levenson's writings, as classified in Appendix B: The Works of Joseph R. Levenson in The Mozartian Historian, Maurice Meisner and Rhoads Murphey, editors. (University of California Press, 1976) Published books China: An Interpretive History, Volumes 1 and 2 Additional Note (annotated typescript) Confucian China and Its Modern Fate, Volumes 1-3 Additional Note (annotated carbon typescript) Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and the Mind of Modern China Additional Note (annotated typescript and carbon copy) Revolution and Cosmopolitanism: The Western Stage and the Chinese Stages Additional Note (annotated typescript and carbon copy) Published articles The Abortiveness of Empiricism in Early Ch'ing Thought Additional Note (annotated typescript and carbon copy) The Attenuation of a Chinese Philosophical Concept: 'T'i-Tung' in the Nineteenth Century Additional Note (carbon typescript) The Breakdown of Confucianism: Liang Ch'i-ch'ao Before Exile - 1873-1898 Additional Note (carbon typescript) Guide to the Joseph Richmond BANC MSS 71/113 c 4 Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Key to Arrangement China after World War II Additional Note (typescript and holograph) The Communist Attitude Towards Religion Additional Note (annotated typescript and annotated carbon copy) Communist China in Time and Space: Roots and Rootlessness Additional Note (annotated typescript, photocopy, reprint of published article) Folder includes notes by Wakeman. Confucianism and Taiping 'Heaven': The Political Implications of Clashing Religious Concepts Additional Note (annotated mimeographed copy, annotated carbon copy, and abstract) The Genesis of Confucian China and Its Modern Fate Additional Note (annotated typescript, carbon copy, photocopy, editor's notes, reprint of published article) Historical Significance Additional Note (mimeographed copy) The Humanistic Disciplines: Will Sinology Do? Additional Note (carbon typescript) The Intellectual Revolution in China Additional Note (annotated typescript, annotated carbon copy of later typescript) Marxism and the Middle Kingdom Additional Note (annotated carbon typescript; notes) The Suggestiveness of the Vestiges: Confucianism and Monarchy at the Last Additional Note (typescript and carbon copies, annotated mimeographed copy, annotated photocopy) T'ien-hsia and Kuo and the 'Transvaluation of Values' Additional Note (annotated typescripts, holograph notes, carbon copy of completed manuscript) Western Powers and Chinese Revolutions: The Pattern of Intervention Additional Note (annotated typescript) Guide to the Joseph Richmond BANC MSS 71/113 c 5 Levenson Papers, [ca. 1954-1969] Key to Arrangement Western Religion and the Decay of Traditional China: The Intrusion of History on Judgment and Value Additional Note (annotated typescript, annotated carbon, carbon copies of another version) Abstracts Additional Note (carbon copies, typescripts, holographs) Book