The Center for Dewey Studies at SIUC

Stamp: Photo of the United States Postal Service's 30 cent John Dewey stamp. This stamp was issued the day after Dewey's birthday, 21 October 1968.

First row, from left to right: John Dewey circa 1885, from the John Dewey Papers, John Dewey Photograph Series, courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan; Dewey in Adirondacks, donated by Ralph Gregory; Dewey with the editors of the Inlander at the University of Michigan, circa 1885, from the John Dewey Papers, John Dewey Photograph Series, courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan; Dewey circa 1885, from the John Dewey Papers, John Dewey Photograph Series, courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

Second row, from left to right: Dewey during his time at Columbia University, circa 1930, courtesy of Special Collections, Morris Library, SIUC; a second image of Dewey during his time at Columbia University, circa 1930, courtesy of Special Collections, Morris Library, SIUC; The Dewey Commission of Inquiry into charges made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials, painting by Dorothy Eisner purchased by the Center for Dewey Studies; A sketch of Dewey by Diego Rivera, courtesy of Special Collections at Morris Library, SIUC.

Resources

Collection and Resources

Chronology

Collection and Resources


Original letters and manuscripts, Dewey's professional library, photographs, and memorabilia are in Special Collections, Morris Library. The Center houses photocopies of original research materials, including the Dewey correspondence, located in repositories around the world. The Center's collections include copies of published writings about John Dewey, oral history interviews, photographs, audio cassettes, slides, and biographical and bibliographical materials. Requests for reprints, translation permissions, information, and assistance come from all parts of the world. Staff members at the Center and in Morris Library's Special Collections try to answer these requests and provide assistance by mail, by e-mail, and by telephone. Additionally, numerous researchers, graduate students, and advanced scholars spend extended periods of time working at the Center and at Special Collections.

		John Dewey at Columbia University, circa 1930, courtesy of Special Collections, Morris Library, SIUC

Chronology


Here we offer you two chronologies of Dewey's life and work, one short and one extensive. Both files are in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at www.adobe.com. For a short chronology, click here. The extensive Chronology of John Dewey's Life and Work, compiled by Barbara Levine, is a work in progress. The chronology will be updated frequently as newly discovered Dewey correspondence is transcribed and as additional information is gathered from other sources.

		H.A.P. Torrey, President of the University of Vermont, and Dewey's philosophy professor. (University Archives, University of Vermont.)

Short Reading List

Here we have posted a short reading list that includes some of John Dewey's writings about inquiry, ethics,
the individual and the community, education, and democracy.

Click here for our annotated reading list adapted from the introductions to the two-volume The Essential Dewey, edited by Larry A. Hickman and Thomas M. Alexander (Indiana University Press, 1998). This file is in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at www.adobe.com.

Publications



In 1990, the staff of the Center completed work on the monumental thirty-seven-volume edition of Dewey's complete writings. The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 , published by the Southern Illinois University Press, is divided into three series (Early Works, Middle Works, and Later Works). In 1991 a cumulative short-title and subject index to the Works was published. Support for this project was provided by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent Federal agency, as well as the John Dewey Foundation and private donors. In 1996 the Center, in cooperation with the InteLex Corporation, published The Collected Works on CD-ROM.




The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953



The Southern Illinois University Press Web site has detailed information on the The Collected Works of John Dewey. Click here to obtain information about Dewey's Early Works, Middle Works, and Later Works. Standard references to John Dewey's work are to the critical (print) edition, The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953, edited by Jo Ann Boydston (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969-1991), and published in three series as The Early Works (EW), The Middle Works (MW) and The Later Works (LW). These designations are followed by volume and page number. "LW 1.14," for example, refers to The Later Works, volume 1, page 14. In order to insure uniform citations of the critical edition, the pagination of the print edition has been preserved in The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition, edited by Larry A. Hickman (Charlottesville, Virginia: InteLex Corp., 1996).




The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition The Center for Dewey Studies and the InteLex Corporation now offer The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition. Distributed on a single CD-ROM in both Windows and Macintosh formats, this edition takes its place as a part of InteLex's PAST MASTERS® series. It contains the complete text of Dewey's work as it appears in the thirty-seven volume print edition published by Southern Illinois University Press between 1967 and 1990. The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition is a critical reading text that offers unprecedented access to Dewey's work. It features superior Boolean and hypertext search tools. In order to maintain the integrity of the text, it is distributed in "read only" format. To facilitate scholarly use, however, user-defined "shadow" files allow the reader to create and maintain highlights, bookmarks, and "sticky notes" as a personalized overlay to the text. Complete instructions concerning all of these features are contained in the printed and online documentation that accompanies the disk. For further information, please contact: The InteLex Corporation P.O. Box 859 Charlottesville, VA 22902-0859. They can also be reached at: Tel.: 804.979.5371 Fax: 804.979.5804 E-mail sales@nlx.com E-catalogue http://www.nlx.com/titles/titldewe.htm.




The Correspondence of John Dewey The Correspondence of John Dewey, winner of a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title, 1999" award, is a comprehensive electronic edition of letters to, from, and about John Dewey. Larry A. Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is the general 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 I. 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, and his second retirement from Columbia University. Volume 3: 1940-1953, includes correspondence pertaining to Dewey’s defense of academic freedom during World War II and the cold war; his defense of Bertrand Russell; his marriage to Roberta Lowitz Grant; his ninetieth birthday celebration; his death in 1952, and the correspondence that followed through the end of the year. For further information, please contact: The InteLex Corporation P.O. Box 859 Charlottesville, VA 22902-0859. They can also be reached at: Tel.: 804.979.5371 Fax: 804.979.5804 E-mail sales@nlx.com E-catalogue http://www.nlx.com/titles/titldewc.htm.




The Essential Dewey, Volumes I and II Edited by Larry A. Hickman and Thomas M. Alexander The Essential Dewey, Volumes I and II are Winners of Choice's "Outstanding Academic Title, 1999" award. In addition to being one of the greatest technical philosophers of the twentieth century, John Dewey (1859-1952) was an educational innovator, a Progressive Era reformer, and one of America's last great public intellectuals. Dewey's insights into the problems of public education, immigration, the prospects for democratic government, and the relation of religious faith to science are as fresh today as when they were first published. His penetrating treatments of the nature and function of philosophy, the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of life, and the role of inquiry in human experience are of increasing relevance at the turn of the twenty-first century. Based on the award-winning thirty-seven-volume critical edition of Dewey's work, The Essential Dewey presents in two thematically arranged volumes a collection of Dewey's essays that represents his thinking on every major issue to which he turned his attention. Taken as a whole, this collection provides unique access to Dewey's understanding of the problems and prospects of human existence and of the philosophical enterprise. Volume 1: Pragmatism, Education, Democracy Volume 2: Ethics, Logic, Psychology The Essential Dewey can be ordered from your bookseller or from: Order Department Indiana University Press 601 North Morton St. Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 Tel.: 800.842.6796 Fax: 812.855.7931 Email: iupress@indiana.edu Web site: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/




*Reading Dewey: Interpretations for a Postmodern Generation* Edited by Larry A. Hickman The twelve original interpretive essays included in this volume locate Dewey's major works within their historical context and present a timely reevaluation of the diverse aspects of his broad philosophical reach. Contributors are Thomas M. Alexander, Raymond D. Boisvert, James Campbell, James W. Garrison, Larry A. Hickman, Thelma Z. Lavine, Joseph Margolis, Peter T. Manicas, Gregory F. Pappas, Steven C. Rockefeller, Charlene Haddock Seigfried, and John J. Stuhr. For more information on Reading Dewey, visit Indiana University Press's listing here. Reading Dewey can be ordered from your bookseller or from: Order Department Indiana University Press 601 North Morton St. Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 Tel.: 800.842.6796 Fax: 812.855.7931 Email: iupress@indiana.edu Web site: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/




Works about John Dewey, 1886-2006 Publication of a bibliography of secondary sources, Works about John Dewey, 1886-2006, is slated for August, 2007. This new edition updates the current bibliography (Works about John Dewey, 1886-1996) by several thousand items. Southern Illinois University Press will publish this CD-ROM edition. In Works about John Dewey, 1886-2006, Barbara Levine has included all known material published about Dewey during the 120 years between 1886 and 2006. She has verified all items and, whenever possible, obtained copies. Levine has created a four-part bibliography: "Books and Articles about Dewey" lists works alphabetically by author. Replies and responses to articles immediately follow the work. "Reviews of Dewey's Works" lists titles alphabetically by journal under the Dewey work reviewed. "Author Index" includes multiple authors and editors, authors of replies and responses, and reviewers of works both by and about Dewey. "Title Key-Word Index" lists key words from most titles and subtitles. Barbara Levine has been a textual editor at the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, since 1974. Works about John Dewey, 1886-2006 can be ordered from: Southern Illinois University Press c/o Chicago Distribution Center 11030 S. Langley Ave. Chicago, IL 60628-3830 Tel.: 800.621.2736 Fax: 800.621.8476 E-mail: custserv@press.uchicago.edu Options for ordering materials online from Southern Illinois University Press can be found here.

Occasional Papers

This "Occasional Papers" series is designed to present materials that offer insights into Dewey’s life and work that may be otherwise unavailable.

The first essay in this series explores some of the similarities between Dewey's pedagogy and that of the Japanese educator and peace activist Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871 - 1944). "John Dewey and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi: Confluences of Thought and Action" thus inaugurates the series. Its author is Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International.

John Dewey and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi: Confluences of Thought and Action - Daisaku Ikeda

Multimedia

Photographs

The Center for Dewey Studies, with the support of Special Collections, Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, houses numerous photographs of John Dewey. Some of these photos are free to the public to use. For information on photos of John Dewey, contact Special Collections. Below are a few examples of the photographs.

Photo of the United States Postal Service's 30 cent John Dewey Stamp. This stamp was issued the day after Dewey's birthday, October 21st, 1968.

Photo of John Dewey from circa 1885, from the John Dewey Papers, John Dewey Photograph Series, courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

Donated by Ralph Gregory, Dewey in Adirondacks.

Audio

The following audio file is John Dewey reading from Art as Our Heritage in 1940. Below is the transcript that corresponds to the audio file.

"Creation, not acquisition, is the measure of a nation's rank; it is the only road to an enduring place in the admiring memory of mankind." (LW.14.256)

Citation of The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953

Standard references to John Dewey's work are to the critical (print) edition: The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953, edited by Jo Ann Boydston (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969-1991), and published in three series as The Early Works (EW), The Middle Works (MW) and The Later Works (LW). These designations are followed by the volume and page number. "LW.1.14," for example, refers to The Later Works, volume 1, page 14.

In order to insure citations of the critical edition, the pagination of the print edition has been preserved in The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition, edited by Larry A. Hickman (Charlottesville, Virginia: InteLex Corp., 1996).

Photo of the film, John Dewey: His Life and Work, produced by Davidson Films.

Video

John Dewey: His Life and Work, with Larry Hickman, Ph.D.

(Approximately 40 minutes)

The video was filmed in Carbondale, Illinois at the Center for Dewey Studies, at the Mission Hill School (Deborah Meier, principal) in Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts, in the home of Louise Rosenblatt in Princeton, New Jersey and in various other sites around the country.

Visit Davidson Films' Web site here to find out more about the film, to view a short clip from it, to find a video learning guide, or to read a review of the film.

To find out Davidson Films' options for ordering the film, click here.