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Alpheus Thomas Mason Papers, circa 1925-1979: Inventory
MC177
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Mason, Alpheus Thomas, 1899-1989.
- Title and dates:
- Alpheus Thomas Mason Papers, circa 1925-1979
- Abstract:
- Alpheus T. Mason taught in the Dept. of Politics at Princeton University beginning in 1925 and authored a number of legal works as well as biographies of Supreme Court justices Harlan Fiske Stone and Louis D. Brandeis. This collection consists of papers of Mason, including material relating Stone, Brandeis and Woodrow Wilson.
- Size:
- 20.20 cubic feet (24 boxes, 17 cartons)
- Call number:
- MC177
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
Biography of Alpheus Thomas Mason
Alpheus Thomas Mason (1899-1989), McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Princeton University, was born in a small farming and fishing village two miles outside of Snow Hill, Maryland. At age fifteen he gained a reputation as a speaker, and at age sixteen he entered Dickinson College and receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920 (and a Master of Arts degree in 1921, plus a Doctor of Philosophy in 1923 from Princeton University).
In 1923 Alpheus Thomas Mason became a professor at Trinity College (now Duke University) a small Methodist coeducational institution. In 1925 he accepted a teaching position at Princeton University where he became a distinguished Constitutional scholar in the Politics Department. He remained at Princeton University for forty three years until he retired to emeritus status in 1968. After his retirement from Princeton University, Mason went on to teach at fifteen different universities in the United States, Japan and Israel.:
Alpheus Thomas Mason was the author of twenty-two books and numerous articles relating to the Supreme Court and its Justices including:
- Brandeis: Lawyer & Judge in the Modern State
- Brandeis & the Modern State
- The Brandeis Way: A Case Study in the Workings of Democracy
- Brandeis: A Free Man's Life
- Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law
- William Howard Taft: Chief Justice
- The Supreme Court: Palladium of Freedom
- Bureaucracy Convicts Itself
- Free Government in the Making
- American Constitutional Law
- Numerous articles in American Political Science
He was awarded the American Library Association's Liberty and Justice Award and the Francis Parkman Prize in history for Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law. In the 1930's, he was one of the few political scientists to hold a visiting membership at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Political Science Association.
At the time of his death on October 31, 1989, Mason was survived by his wife Christine, daughter Louise Bachelder, three granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
Description
Consists of papers of Mason, including material relating to Supreme Court justices Harlan Fiske Stone and Louis D. Brandeis and to Woodrow Wilson.
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Public Policy Papers. Researchers are responsible for determining any other copyright questions.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
The papers came from the Mason estate.
Processing and Other Information
Processing Information
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks and Cristela García-Spitz on February 24, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alpheus Thomas Mason Papers, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.
- Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946.
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Political and social views.
- Princeton University. Dept. of Politics.
- Princeton University -- Faculty -- 20th century.
- United States. Supreme Court -- Justices -- 20th century.
- Political science -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
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Contents List
Correspondence
Princeton University Dept of Politics
General Correspondence-Student Recommendations
Box 1-3 Letters to students
Box 1-3 Publishers and Editors
Box 4 Law Schools-Universities-Faculty etc; Lawyers, Judges and Graduate Schools
Box 5 Correspondence A-Z student files
Box 6 Princeton University Department of Politics
General Correspondence, Salary, degrees; Notes, clippings and Princeton Alumni Weekly
Box 7-10 NEH Seminar-America's continuing revolution, 1979
Box 11 Supreme Court Material-Relating to P.U. Notes on Philosophers- Mills, Hobbes & Burke
Box 12 Politics-course material. Other colleges- Yale, Harvard, Pomona centre, Yugoslavia and Israel
Box 13 Political Philosophy; Pamphlets, Reports, clippings & Watergate
Box 14 Supreme Court Justices
Brandeis-Philosophy of L.B.-Pamphlets, clippings, notes from L.B. diary & correspondence
Box 15-16 Stone-Correspondence, clippings, notes and briefs
Box 17-19 Various Justices-Chase, Fuller, Hughes, Marshall, Taft, Warren & Frankfurter
Box 17-19 Supreme Court Material
Pamphlets, reports, official reports and statements
Box 21-22 Writings
Relating to Supreme Court
Box 23-25 Personal
Letters and two copies of an autobiography
Box 26 Photographs
A. Mason-wife Christine-daughter Louise
Box 27 Album of photographs taken in Japan, 1953
Box 27 Tapes
Box 28 Three Radio Recordings, 3-13-1966
Box 28 A. Mason-Free Gov't in the Making
Box 28
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