Showing 5 results

Archival Description
David Braybrooke fonds Series
Print preview View:
Ascending

Publications

Series represents a significant component of Braybrooke's career documenting his extensive writing and publishing activities, including the writing and publication of Congestion Goes Through the Issue Machine, Three Tests for Democracy, A Strategy of Decision, Ethics in the World of Business, and Logic on the Track of Social Change. Although the majority of the works were created in Canada or the United States, many also document writing done in collaboration with colleagues from around the world. The series includes notes, draft manuscripts, and (in some cases) final publications. Writings include original works and reviews of the works of others. Correspondence in this series contains incoming and outgoing letters with colleagues, editors, and requests for offprints. Additionally, Braybrooke kept records of all the major works that formed the bases of his personal research (including works by Kant, Hume, etc.). Thus, publications by others which he used in his research also form part of this series.

Teaching

Series consists of materials used in the preparation for and delivery of courses and lectures by David Braybrooke at various institutions. Included are transcripts of lectures, copies of examinations, and copies of assignments; student theses and correspondence with students regarding their theses; thesis guidelines; materials related to book purchasing; correspondence with various colleagues related to teaching; correspondence with students, including requests for references; correspondence with various Department of Philosophy staff at Dalhousie University and regarding the Austin and Hempel Fund; and correspondence related to the search for a new Chair of the Department of Philosophy.

Not all student correspondence files have been retained. Those included in this series were sampled based on their evidence of a significant relationship with David Braybrooke.

Personal records of David Braybrooke

Series consists of materials such as correspondence (including correspondence regarding employment and letters to and from family, friends, and professional colleagues); short stories; personal research (including his work on storm porches of Halifax); finances; and memorabilia created or collected during Braybrooke's education, work experience, and travels. This series also contains biographies and curricula vitae of David Braybrooke arranged chronologically (1961-1990); early writings and notes taken from Braybrooke's high school education (ca. 1937); materials relating to his undergraduate education (1941-1948) including class notes, assignments, and readings; materials relating to his graduate education (1948-1953) including applications to graduate schools, readings, drafts of both Masters and Ph.D. theses, and class notes; and materials related to courses audited at Yale University while employed there (1960-62).

Professional activities of David Braybrooke

Series documents aspects of Braybrooke's involvement in a wide variety of professional associations and on committees, in addition to his speaking engagements (including guest lectures) and conference attendance in both Canada and the United States. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence with colleagues and associations and regarding employment; meeting minutes, agendas, and reports; drafts and final copies of speeches, conference presentations, and guest lectures; administrative event planning documents such as schedules and invitations; and documentation pertaining to media interviews. Associations and committees represented in these papers include the American Philosophical Association, American Political Science Association, American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Atlantic Philosophical Association, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Canadian Association of University Teachers, Canada Council, Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, Canadian Philosophical Association, Canadian Political Science Association, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Council for Philosophical Studies, International Political Science Association, and the Societé de Philosophie du Québec.

Research of David Braybrooke

Series contains draft manuscripts and notes; bibliographies; research-related grant applications; newspaper and magazine clippings, offprints of journal articles, and other printed material; a scrapbook of articles related to business ethics; notes from interviews; correspondence with colleagues regarding research; notes on works read for Dalhousie Philosophy Department summer reading groups; information on research grants; material related to the hiring of a research assistant; and correspondence related to and notes from lectures attended during Braybrooke's sabbatical to Oxford University. Research topics include the Vagueness Project, work for the committee on the study of political behavior, and utilitarianism, among other diverse subjects.

Note: Originals of publications (sometimes annotated) used by Braybrooke in his research are also included in the Publications series.