Finding Aid for the Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg Papers, 1935-1976

Container List

Series I. Personal Memorabilia, 1922-1926, 1935-1945, 1963

Scope and content note: The first four folders were donated by Mrs. John B. Entriken, widow of Dr. Friedenberg's tutor in Shreveport, Louisiana. Correspondence between Dr. Entriken and Friedenberg is dated 1937-1939, with the bulk occurring after Friedenberg's June 1938 graduation from Centenary College. Mrs. Entriken's collection also includes newspaper clippings from 1936-1945 (the majority concerning a Spring 1938 conference of the American Chemical Society, to which Friedenberg, at age 17, was the youngest person ever to present a paper), as well as various essays and photographs of Friedenberg during this period. Also included are business letters from Huey P. Long to Zodiag's Inc., a Shreveport store owned by Friedenberg's family, 1922-1926, and a letter from Senator J.W. Fulbright to Miss E. Friedenberg, 1963.

1			Correspondence with Dr. John B. Entriken, 1937-1939
1			Essays, circa 1935
1			Photographs, 1937-1939
1			Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1945
1			Huey P. Long, Letters to Zodiag's Inc., 1922-1926
1			J.W. Fulbright, Letter to Miss E. Friedenberg, 1963

Series II. General Correspondence, 1953-1970

Scope and content note: This series contains correspondence with persons acting as individuals. In a number of cases, a person may have also had a business or institutional association with Friedenberg. Carey McWilliams (editor of The Nation) and Norman Podhoretz (editor of Commentary), for example, had dealings with Friedenberg as a contributor to their magazines; however, their letters are largely personal in nature and consequently have been placed with this series rather than the "Correspondence with Publishers" series.

Arrangement: Professional and personal correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name. Where there are three or more letters relating to a single correspondent, they have been filed alphabetically by name; where fewer than three, the letters are filed alphabetically by the initial of the correspondent's last name. Unidentified correspondence is in a folder at the end of the alphabet.

1			A, 1964-1970
1			Akin, Kevin, 1966-1967
1			Aldrich, Michael, 1967-1969
1			Altbach, Philip G., 1968
1			B, 1966-1970
1			Becker, Ernest, 1969-1970
1			Becker, Howard, 1964
1			Berger, Bennett, 1962-1969
1			Brossard, Chandler, 1967-1968
1			Buchholz, Ernest, 1967-1968
1			C, 1966-1970
1			Claussen, Russell G., 1968-1969
1			Cohn, Jules, 1964-1967
1			Coles, Robert, 1967-1969
1			D, 1967-1970
1			Daniels, Arlene K., 1969
1			E, 1966-1969
1			Ehrmann, Winston W., 1968
1			Einhorn, Ira, 1966-1970
1			Eurich, Alvin C., 1965-1968
1			F, 1964-1970
1			Fitzpatrick, Robert L., 1968-1969
1			G, 1963-1970
1			Gerhardt, Lillian N. (re: Mrs. Jean Davis), 1967
1			Giannone, John M., 1969-1970
1			Gold, Hilary, 1968-1970
1			Goodman, Paul, 1960
1			Gordon, Michael, 1962-1964, 1967-1969
1			Greenberg, Allan, 1967
1			Greene, Maxine, 1965-1966
1			Gross, Ronald, 1967-1969
1			Grunfeld, Foster V., 1968
2			H, 1957-1969
2			Hahn, Tom, 1969
2			Hart, Jack, 1965, 1970
2			Harvey, David D., 1968-1970
2			Haubrich, Vernon F., 1968-1969
2			Holden, Benedict M., 1967
2			Holt, John, 1962-1969
2			Hope, Robert, circa 1960
2			Hyman, Tom, 1968
2			J, 1963-1970
2			Jennings, Frank G., 1966-1969
2			Josef, Mamula, 1968
2			K, 1966-1969
2			Kaldenbach, Robert J., 1968
2			Knopp, Fay, 1967-1968
2			L, 1965-1970
2			Legman, Gershon, 1968
2			M, 1966-1970
2			Mackenzie, Rev. J. Rod, 1969
2			Martell, George, 1966
2			Mayesh, Jay P., 1967
2			McCullough, Jane Fiske, 1968
2			McWilliams, Carey, 1967-1969
2			Meyers, Doug, 1967
2			Migdal, Barbara (case of), 1968-1969
2			Mrak, Emil, 1966
2			Murphy, Cpl. Mike, 1968
2			N, 1960-1969
2			Neville, Paul E., 1967, 1970
2			Noble, Marilyn, 1967-1968
2			Nyberg, David, 1968
2			O, 1967, 1969
2			P, 1955-1970
2			Patterson, Rev. Ronald P., 1969
2			Penny, Robert T., 1967-1968
2			Peyser, Minna Post, 1967-1969
2			Pinck, Dan C., 1967
2			Podhoretz, Norman, 1962-1963
2			R, 1967-1970
2			Rands, Stanley, 1970
2			Regan, John, 1969-1970
2			Riesman, David, 1953-1965
2			Roach, Jack L., 1969-1970
2			Rochdale College, 1968
2			Rossman, Michael, 1967, 1969-1970
3			S, 1963-1970
3			Schuette, Robert W., 1968
3			Schulman, Joseph D., 1969
3			Seeley, John R., 1966-1967
3			Shepherd, Herman R., 1968-1969
3			Siegel, Sanford, 1967-1969
3			Soloman, Barbara Probst, 1969
3			Stickney, Chuck, 1967-1969
3			T, 1962-1970
3			V, 1967
3			Van Pelt, Philip J., 1967-1968
3			W, 1962-1970
3			Wax, Murray L., 1965-1966
3			Whittlesey, Joy, 1965, 1967
3			Whilhelm, Jane, 1966, 1969
3			Wiseman, Frederick, 1969
3			Wisner, John, 1967
3			Worthington, Kent, 1967
3			Z, 1966, 1969
3			Zicklin, Gilbert, circa 1967-1968
3			Unidentified Letters

Series III. Correspondence with Publishers, 1962-1970, 1973-1976

Scope and content note: Letters sent and received; Of particular interest are letters to the editor of the New York Review of Books concerning Friedenberg's controversial review of the film, The Graduate, which were sent to Friedenberg by the editors for his comments, and extensive correspondence, 1973-1976, with Doubleday about his book, "The Disposal of Liberty and Other Industrial Waste."

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name of the publisher or journal.

3			American Sociological Review, 1968
3			Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1967-1968, 1970
3			Atlantic Monthly, 1968
3			Beacon Press, 1962-1970
3			Daedalus, 1968-1969
3			American Sociological Review, 1968
3			Doubleday, 1973-1976
3			American Sociological Review, 1968
3			Education News, 1968
3			Harcourt, Brace and World, 1967-1969
3			Harvard Educational Review, 1967
3			The Humanist, 1967-1970
3			Journal of Higher Education, 1969
3			Journal of Social Issues, 1966-1969
3			New American Review, 1968
3			New York Review of Books, Letters re: The Graduate, 1968
3			New York Times Book Review, 1969
3			Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
3			Playboy, 1968-1969
3			Random House, 1962-1970
3			Southern California Law Review, 1969
3			This is a Magazine About Schools, 1968

Series IV. Correspondence with Organizations, 1967-1969

Scope and content note: This series includes correspondence about a number of controversial civil rights issues. These include problems in funding the publication of the "Vietnam Curriculum" at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the alleged destruction of copies of that work by the printer; harassment at the United States border of bus loads of young people coming from Canada to attend the Woodstock Pop Festival and Friedenberg's refusal to be sworn or fingerprinted in connection with a consultant job with the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The folder in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights contains correspondence with Robert Coles and a telegram from Jonathan Kozol.

4			American Association of University Professors, 1968
4			College Entrance Examination Board, Commission on Tests, 1967-1969
4			New York Civil Liberties Union, 1969
4			United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1969

Series V. Correspondence re: Speaking Engagements, 1963-1970

Scope and content note: This series reflects the wide interest of Friedenberg's work during the 1960's. Friedenberg was asked to address programs sponsored by many colleges and universities, public education organizations, religious and student groups. While some of the correspondence is routine, much of it includes discussion of how Friedenberg's ideas would fit into the theme of a particular program or other comments on his work. Includes copies of announcement and programs.

Arrangement: Chronological

4			Speaking Engagements, 1963-1965
4			Speaking Engagements, 1966
4			Speaking Engagements, 1967
4			Speaking Engagements, 1968
4			Speaking Engagements, 1969
4			Speaking Engagements, 1970

Series VI. Correspondence re: Reprint Rights, 1961-1970

Scope and content note: While much of this correspondence is routine, it documents the interest in Friedenberg's work during this period.

Arrangement: Chronological

Reprint Rights, 1961-1970

Series VII. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1963-1970, 1974 1963-1970, 1974

Scope and content note: Materials pertaining to Friedenberg's connection with the State University of New York at Buffalo. Of particular importance is the correspondence between Friedenberg and Warren Button concerning Friedenberg's recruitment by the State University of New York at Buffalo.

5			Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), 1969
5			American Association of University Professors SUNYAB Chapter, 1969-1970
5			Black Studies, undated
5			Button-Friedenberg Correspondence, 1963-1970
5			Burstein, Letter of Recommendation, 1974
5			Correspondence, 1968-1970
5			Course Materials, 1968-1969
5			Course Proposal, "The Public School as a System of Communication," 1967
5			Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1969
5			Taylor, Jeremy, "The Tower and the Fortress (A Scenario)," undated
5			Vita, 1967

Series VIII. Manuscripts of Articles and Lectures, undated

Scope and content note: Typescripts, photocopies and proofs, generally with corrections by Friedenberg.

Arrangement: arranged alphabetically by title.

6			"Campus Community and the Community"
6			"Can Testing Contribute to the Quest for Community Among Students"
6			"Current Patters of Generational Conflict"
6			"The Economic Context of the Student Role"
6			"Education in a Decent Society"
6			"Effects of the Technological Mystique on Schooling"
6			"The Function of the School in Social Homeostasis"
6			"The Generational Gap," 1969
6			"The Hidden Costs of Opportunity"
6			"Legitimacy, Pot and the Estates General"
6			"Report from the Nigerian Frontier"
6			"The Side Effects of the Legal Process"
6			"Social Class Factors in Generational Conflict"
6			"The Spirit of Fascism"
6			"Vietnam Curriculum"
6			Unidentified Manuscript, re: public education
6			Unidentified Manuscript

Series IX. Manuscripts of Book Reviews, 1963-1970

Scope and content note: Typescripts and photocopies, generally with annotations by Friedenberg.

6			Dennison, George, The Lives of Children, 1969
6			Elbe, Kenneth E. A Perfect Education: Growing Up in Utopia
6			Etzioni, Amitia. The Active Society, 1969
6			Jacobs, Paul. Prelude to Riot, 1967
6			Mead, Margaret. Culture and Commitment, 1970
6			Aldridge, John W. In the Country of the Young, 1970
6			Hook, Sidney. Academic Freedom and Academic Anarchy, 1970
6			Minuchin, Salvador. Families of the Slums, 1967
6			Nabokov, Peter. Tijerina and the Courthouse Raid, 1969
6			Steiner, Stan. La Raza, 1969
6			Coles, Robert. Uprooted Children, 1969
6			Hoffer, Eric. The Temper of Our Time and Working and Thinking on the Waterfront, 1969
6			Tomkins, Calvin. Eric Hoffer, 1968
6			Herndon, James. The Way It Spozed To Be, undated

Series X. Published Reviews and Articles, 1963-1970

Scope and content note: Incomplete collection of Friedenberg's published articles and reviews.

Published Reviews and Articles, 1963-1970

Series XI. Published Reviews of Friedenberg's Books, 1965-1968

Scope and content note: Incomplete collection of published reviews of Friedenberg's books.

Published Reviews of Friedenberg's books, 1965-1968

Series XII. Manuscripts of Books, 1959-1976

Scope and content note: Typescripts and galley proofs, some with corrections by Friedenberg, of Friedenberg's books.

7			The Vanishing Adolescent, typescript and galleys, 1959
7			The Coming of Age in America, typescript, 1965
8			The Dignity of Youth and Other Atavisms, typescript and galleys, 1965
9			R.D. Laing, typescript and galleys, 1973
10			The Disposal of Liberty and Other Industrial Wastes, typescript and galleys, 1976

Title:	Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg Papers, 1935-1976
Collection Number:	17/F/396
Creator:	Friedenberg, Edgar Zodiag
Extent:	12 manuscript boxes, 4.7 linear feet
Repository:	University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Abstract:	Collection of Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg, 1935-1976. Includes personal and professional correspondence and manuscripts of his articles, book reviews and books.

1921	Born March 18 in New York City
1938	B.S., Centenary College of Louisiana
1939	M.A., Stanford University
1946	Ph.D., University of Chicago
1946-1953	Instructor to Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
1953-1964	Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Brooklyn College
1965-1967	Professor of Sociology, University of California at Davis
1967-1970	Professor of Sociology and Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
1970	Leaves United States as a protest to Vietnam War
1970-1986	Professor, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, named emeritus professor in 1986
1986	Named Professor emeritus