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THE PAPERS OF DR. COLEMAN H. BENEDICT

Accession #2010-006


"The Practical benefits of a true education are going to show in the months to come. Moderation, self-control, and thinking are going to stand as good stead. It will not be pleasant to watch the world go mad, but we shall at least have the satisfaction of not following it. We can't all have the keen mind of Socrates, but we can have his courage. He, too, lived in a world that fell apart."

                                                                                                Coleman Hamilton Benedict

[Excerpt from letter to Benedict’s mother before the Normandy Invasion, June 1944]

 

Dates Inclusive Dates: 1800s -2000s
Bulk Dates: 1930s-1980s

 
Extent 22 boxes / 11 cubic feet

 
Creator Coleman Hamilton Benedict (1911-2005)

 
Access/Use The collection is open for research.
Copyright is retained by Brooklyn College.
Materials can be accessed at the Brooklyn College Archives & Special Collections, Main floor, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210

 
Languages English, Russian, Latin, and Greek

 
Finding Aid Guide is available in-house and online.

 
Acquisition/Appraisal These papers were donated by Dr. Benedict’s wife, Brooklyn College’s Professor Emeritus Ethyle Wolfe.

 
Description Control Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Processers of this collection include Jamie Mullen, Robert Lipnitsky, Lino Jean, Matthew Marvel, Halima Chaudhry, Dwayne Budheah, Annemarie Casella, and Edythe Rosenblatt.

 
Preferred Citation Item, folder title, box number, The Papers of Coleman H. Benedict, Brooklyn College Archives & Special Collections, Brooklyn College Library

 
Subject Heading Benedict, Coleman H., 1911-2005.

 

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