Joseph L. Blau papers, 1912-1987.
Biographical Note
Columbia, A.B., 1931; M.A., 1933; Ph.D., 1944. Professor of religion and philosophy at Columbia University. Member of Fraternity
of Leaders of the American Ethical Union; author and scholar in field of American philosophical and religious thought.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, manuscripts, course materials, research notes, minutes, clippings, reprints of articles, as well as 25 inscribed
or annotated books. The cataloged correspondence includes letters from Alfred Kazin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Alfred Knopf. The
collection offers a comprehensive view of Dr. Blau's professional and intellectual interests during his 50 years of association
with Columbia University, as well as an indication of his varied professional involvement with the American Council for Learned
Societies, American Society for the study of Religion, Association for Jewish Studies, and the Society for Ethical Culture/American
Ethical Union. 1990 Addition: Correspondence with publishers, colleagues, friends, and family; articles, drafts of book manuscripts,
addresses, and talks; Columbia course files, research files, and printed materials; and personal files of Blau and of his
father Rabbi Joel Blau, 1912-1987. Among the cataloged correspondence added are 15 letters from Salo Baron and l letter from
Albert Einstein to David Rothstein.
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