This project brings together the recollections of students, faculty, colleagues, and others who knew Richard Hofstader, for the most part during his years at Columbia (1946-70), where he became DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History. Contributors recall him as a teacher, social observer, and friend, tracing the intellectual development of a major scholar. Specifics include comments on Social Darwinism in American Thought, The American Political Tradition, The Age of Reform, Anti-intellectualism in American Life, and other works as well as insights into the mind and character of the man.