Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) was one of the foremost American intellectuals of the twentieth century. The Lewis Mumford Papers and associated collections document Mumford's work as scholar, critic, and teacher, as well as his personal life.
Information for researchers
The central collection documenting Mumford's life and career is the Lewis Mumford Papers (Ms. Coll. 2), in the Kislak Center. A number of smaller collections and more recent acquisitions complement this collection. Following is a separation list.
Major collections
Ms. Coll. 2 (197 boxes): Lewis Mumford Papers, ca. 1905-1987. The Mumford papers provide extensive documentation of Mumford's professional life over a period of approximately seventy years. Note: For a full listing of correspondence in the Lewis Mumford Papers, researchers must search in the main online catalog, Franklin.
- Full, alphabetical listing of correspondents in the Lewis Mumford Papers (in the online catalog, Franklin)
Ms. Coll. 958 (48 boxes): Sophia Wittenburg Mumford papers, 1875-1997. The Sophia Wittenberg Mumford papers contain, correspondence, writings, diaries, photographs, memorabilia, audio-visual material, financial and legal material documenting the private and public life of Sophia and her husband Lewis Mumford.
Related collections
Ms. Coll. 1350 (1 box): Lewis Mumford Supplementary Collection. Materials by or about Lewis Mumford: purchased to supplement the Lewis Mumford Papers.
Ms. Coll. 1361 (1 box): Lewis Mumford Letters to Harry T. Moore. Detailed letters from Mumford to Moore, concerning both literary and personal matters.
Ms. Coll. 1362 (1 box): Ernest Walter Martin Papers relating to Lewis Mumford. Correspondence to Ernest Walter Martin from Lewis Mumford as well as from others concerning Mumford, and manuscripts written by Martin on Mumford’s work.
Ms. Coll. 1071 (1 volume): Jane Morley Collection of Letters from Sophia Mumford. Letters Sophia Mumford wrote to Morley from 1987 through 1991.
Ms. Coll. 1072 (1 box): Evelyn Manuel Huber Collection of Mumford and Huber family material. Letters from Lewis and Sophia Mumford to Evelyn Manuel Huber, Lewis Mumford's cousin once removed.
Ms. Coll. 1423 (1 box): Ann Parr collection of material relating to Geddes Mumford. Correspondence and collected articles and clippings about the Mumford family and mainly relating to Geddes, the son of Lewis and Sophia Mumford, collected by Ann Louise Kessinger Parr.
The central collection documenting Mumford's life and career is the Lewis Mumford Papers (Ms. Coll. 2), in the Kislak Center. A number of smaller collections and more recent acquisitions complement this collection. Following is a separation list.
Lewis Mumford Papers (Ms. Coll. 2).
Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) was one of the foremost American intellectuals of the twentieth century. The Lewis Mumford Papers and associated collections document Mumford's work as scholar, critic, and teacher, and his personal life.
