Nicholas Wolterstorff Collection, 1951-2016 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Nicholas Wolterstorff Collection, 1951-2016

ID: COLL/335

Primary Creator: Wolterstorff, Nicholas (1932-)

Extent: 5.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of philosophy at Calvin College and at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. The collection includes articles, lectures, addresses, pamphlets, editorials, book reviews, and periodical clippings. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Biographical Note

Nicholas Wolterstorff was born January 21, 1932 in Bigelow, Minnesota. Wolterstorff attended Calvin College where he earned his B.A. in philosophy in 1953. He went on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard, Wolterstorff worked as a lecturer in the Philosophy department at Yale University. In 1959 Wolterstorff returned to his alma mater, Calvin College, this time as faculty. Wolterstorff served the college as professor of philosophy until 1989, when he accepted the role of Noah Porter Professor Philosophical Theology at Yale University. He remained at Yale University until his retirement in 2002.

During his academic career Wolterstoff served as president of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, and as president of the Society of Christian Philosophers. Wolterstoff has written over 150 articles and published 16 books. Wolterstorf's main interests include epistemology, aesthetics, and political philosophy. Next to writing, Wolterstorff is a gifted lecturer. Wolterstorff has held endowed lectureships at several universities.

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 11 Boxes

Related Materials: James Den Boer Collection

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal papers and correspondence, 1956-2002],
[Series 2: Published work, 1960-2013, n.d.],
[Series 3: Sermons and chapel talks, 1975-2012, n.d.],
[Series 4: Research papers, 1951-2012, n.d.],
[Series 5: Speeches, 1966-2015, n.d.],
[Series 6: Lectures, 1976-2016, n.d.],
[Series 7: Course files, 1952-2001, n.d.],
[Series 8: Miscellany, 1950s-1986, n.d.],
[All]

Series 7: Course files --- 1952-2001, n.d.

Box 9

Folder 1: Medieval Philosophy Course (H. Stob) --- 1952
Folder 2: Philosophy 151 Courses --- 1960s
Folder 3: Philosophy 395 Courses --- 1962 and 1974
Folder 4: Philosophy Perspective Courses --- 1965
Folder 5: Philosophy Perspectives Courses --- 1974
Folder 6: Epistemology Courses - Calvin College and Free University of Amsterdam --- 1980s
Folder 7: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art Courses --- 1981-1983
Folder 8: Perspective Courses --- 1983-1984
Folder 9: Vale Aesthetics Course --- early 1990s
Folder 10: Modern Philosophy Course, Yale --- 1992
Folder 11: Seminar on "Devine Simplicity," Yale --- 1993
Folder 12: Concept of God Seminar --- 1995

Box 10

Folder 1: Theological Aesthetics Course --- 1998
Folder 2: Theological Hermeneutics Course, Yale University --- 1998
Folder 3: Aesthetics, Free University --- 1990
Folder 4: Philosophy of Religion Course, Yale --- 2000
Folder 5: Transcript of Teological Hermeneutics Course, Yale --- 2000
Folder 6: 2001 Theological Aesthetics Course
Folder 7: Contemporary Philosophy Course --- n.d.
Folder 8: Modern Philosophy Course, Calvin College --- n.d.
Folder 9: Liturgy --- n.d.
Folder 10: Realism/Anti-Realism Course, Yale, n.d

Box 11

Folder 1: Liturgy and Justice Course --- n.d.
Folder 2: Theological Aesthetics Course, unidentified
Folder 3: Contemporary Philosophy Courses --- n.d.