Henry Babcock Veatch papers, 1941-1997
A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives
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Creator
Veatch, Henry Babcock.
TitleHenry Babcock Veatch papers,1941-1997
Collection No.
C163
Extent
3 cubic feet
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Henry B. Veatch, Jr. was a Professor of
Philosophy at IU from 1937-1965. Collection consists of his personal papers and writings
on such topics as Aristotle, natural law, metaphysics, and ethics. There are five
series: Correspondence, 1941-1997, containing correspondence to and from colleagues;
Speaking engagements, 1971-1988, containing copies of his public lectures and addresses;
Class notes, 1966-1984, containing class lectures, handouts, reading lists, and exams;
St. Meinrad group, 1985-1996, containing notes, correspondence, and papers of discussion
group formed by Veatch and colleagues; and Writings by or about Veatch, 1941-1993,
containing typescripts and publications by Veatch and also reviews of three of Veatch's
books.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Advance notice is required.
Biographical Note
Henry Babcock Veatch, Jr. was born August 26, 1911 in Evansville, IN. After graduating
high school, Veatch attended Harvard, where he received his A.B. (summa cum laude), M.A.
and Ph.D.
Professor Veatch came to the Philosophy Department at Indiana University in 1937 as an
instructor. In 1941 he was name Assistant Professor and was named Full Professor in
1952.
Veatch received many awards and honors during his time at IU. In 1954 he became the
first recipient of the Frederick Bachman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was
popular with his students and he was awarded the Sigma Delta Chi "Brown Derby " Award
for most popular professor. In 1961 he was named Distinguished Service Professor.
Veatch left IU in 1965 for Northwestern University where he remained until 1973, at
which time he accepted a position at Georgetown. There Veatch served as Department
Chairman from 1973 to 1976. He retired as a Distinguished Professor in 1983 and returned
to Bloomington.
Prof. Veatch was a well known Aristotelian scholar and published several books and
countless articles. Among his books are Rational Man: A Modern Interpretation of
Aristotelian Ethics (1961), Human Rights: Fact or Fancy (1985), and Swimming Against th
e Current in Contemporary Philosophy (1990).
Arrangement
Organized in five series: Correspondence, Speaking engagements, Class notes, St. Meinrad
group, and Writings by or about Veatch.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Professor Henry B. Veatch, Jr. comprise 3 cubic feet and are made up of
five series: Correspondence, Speaking engagements, Class notes, St. Meinrad group, and
Writings by or about Veatch.
Correspondence, 1941-1997: These folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
It consists primarily of correspondence with professional colleagues and includes
letters written by Veatch himself. Prominently featured correspondents include Doug Den
Uyl, Fred Vogel, and papers from and about Alan Donagan. There is also a large file
containing correspondence with publishers, colleagues, co-authors, and his agent
concerning Veatch's Humanities in Education typescript (available in Writings By or
About Veatch - Typescripts).
Speaking engagements, 1971-1988: This series contains handwritten notes and typescripts
of public speaking engagements. Included are Veatch's presentations at the Mills College
Conference on Legal and Moral Philosophy. These comprise several folders. Also included
in here is Veatch's acceptance speech for the Aquinas Medal, awarded to him in 1971. It
is arranged chronologically.
Class notes, 1966-1984: Included in this series are reading lists, syllabi, and exams.
The bulk of this series, however, consists of handwritten lecture notes by Veatch. The
records by no means represent all of the classes Veatch taught. There are, however,
several files containing notes from his Introduction to Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethical
Theory, On Being Human, and Philosophy of Religion classes. Upon moving back to
Bloomington after retirement, he and his wife settled in Meadowood where Veatch led some
classes. Notes from these are available here. Arrangement is by class, with the lectures
ordered chronologically.
St. Meinrad group, 1985-1996: Prof. Veatch and a small number of colleagues formed a
philosophical discussion group. Veatch often referred to this group as the "Meinrad
Group," as the majority of the members were professors at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St.
Meinrad, IN. They would meet and discuss books and articles on philosophy and would
share their own recent writings and ideas with the group. Frequent correspondents were
Dave Denz, Fr. Guy Mansini, and Fr. Joe Rautenberg. This series consists of two folders
- a substantial correspondence file and a file made up of notes and papers from the
group meetings.
Writings by or about Veatch, 1941-1993: Organized into 4 subseries: Typescripts,
1978-1993, Publications, 1941-1994, Book reviews, 1941-1997, and Reviews of Veatch's
work, 1953-1991. Included in this series are edited typescripts, photocopies, reprints
of journal articles, and book reviews. This is by no means a complete collection of his
writings, for he was a frequent contributor to academic journals and published several
books. This collection includes a copy of his History of the IU Philosophy Department
and a typescript of his Humanities in education book, but none of his other
monographs.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Henry Veatch, 1998; Accession 98/093.
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Henry Babcock Veatch papers, Collection C163, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Dina M. Kellams.
Completed in 1999.
Series:
Correspondence, 1941-1997
Box 1
John D. Arras, 1992-1994
R. Barnett, 1996
Myles Brand, 1995
Sergio Cotta, 1982
Paul Craddick, 1994
James Daughtry, 1990
L. Devaney, 1996-1997
Doug Den Uyl, 1987-1994
Misc. papers re Alan Donagan; Donagan on the Creed; My talk at memorial
service, 1988-1993
Michael Dunn, 1996
Episcopal Church Foundation, 1983-1987
Ethics Symposium honoring Henry Veatch, correspondence, 1982-1984
David Forte, 1993-1996
Zev Friedman, 1988-1993
Dance Germino, 1989-1990
Alan Gerwith, 1996
Robert Greene, 1976-1996
Charles Griswold, 1990-1991
Gerald Groff, 1994-1995
History of I.U. Philosophy Department, correspondence and notes,
1989-1991
Russ Hittenger, 1989-1991
Herb Hochberg, 1985
Human Rights, letters and acknowledgements, 1985-1986
Humanities book, correspondence re, 1977-1980
Loren Lomasky, 1983-1984
Eric Mack, 1990
Eric Mascall, 1980
A. Maurer, 1987
Fred Miller, 1984-1991
Misc. letters saved, 1983-1995
Michele Moody-Adams, 1994
George Nakhnikian, 1986
Natural Law book, comments from friends on, 1982-1984
Roger and Ruth Newton, 1990-1994
David Norton, 1981
Carl Page, 1993-1997
Walker Percy, 1989
A. Platinga, 1988
Frater Polycarp, 1941
Rocco Porreco, 1993-1996
Charles Price diatribe, 1982
Murray N. Rothbard, 1990-1994
D. Radiuses, 1995-1996
Seminaries, correspondence about, 1979-1980
Robert B. Stewart, 1979
Richard Stichler, 1994
Students, correspondence with, 1976-1997
Swimming Against the Current, letters and acknowledgements, 1990
Stephen Theron, 1988-1996
Mark Turiano, 1992-1994
Fred Vogel, 1970-1992
Henry Weiner, 1991-1994
Ted Young, 1992-1996
Series:
Speaking engagements, 1971-1988
Box 1
"Medalist's Address: A Contemporary Modus Vivendi
for St. Thomas"
- Acceptance speech for Aquinas Medal, 1971
Talk to the College freshman - '77; Georgetown University, 1977
HBV address to Our Lady of the Lake Convocation, Mar 20,
1979
Tropaia Exercises - talk, 1979
San Diego Conference and other relevant materials, 1980
ARC talk - St. Patrick's, Washington, 1983
Talks at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1986
Asbury College; I. Paper - Christian Faith and Natural Law; II. Program
and Madden letters, 1987
Miscellaneous talks - introductions, etc.; Introductions for Prof.
Shehira Gavezac, Frank O'Bannon, and Prof. Mary Hesse, 1988
Meadowood talk - The Pursuit of Happiness, undated
Mills College: Conference on Legal and Moral Philosophy
- lecture 1, undated
- lecture 2, undated
- lecture 3, undated
- lecture 4 - 1st part, undated
- lecture 4 - 2nd part, undated
Philosophy as Science and as History - presentation to Philosophy
Dept., undated
"Presidential Address: Folly and Sense in Present Day Philosophy" -
speech at annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association,
undated
Remarks at Notre Dame seminar: "On the Meaning of 'Natural' in Natural
Law," undated
Series:
Class notes, 1966-1984
Box 2
A-11
- Lectures on Ordinary Language, 1972
- Intro to Philosophy - lectures on Kuhn, et. al., 1975-1979
- Introduction to Philosophy - Husserl, 1977
- Intro to Philosophy - Exams and course materials, 1977-1979
- Introduction - A.J. Ayer - Colby College, 1979
- Contemporary Philosophy - Lectures on Wild and Classical Realism,
undated
- Introduction - Existentialism, undated
- Introduction to Philosophy, intro lectures, undated
- Introduction to Philosophy - Russell - lecture, undated
C-60: Ethical Theory
- Lectures on Hume and Kant, 1967
- Exams and course materials, 1974-1977
- New lectures on Kant, 1974-1977
- Lectures on Hume, 1977
- Aristotle - lecture notes, undated
- Lectures on Existentialism and Altruism, undated
- Hare, undated
- lecture on Moore and Aristotle, undated
Metaphysics course:
reading lists, copies of old exams, 1976-1981
lectures on Whitehead, 1978
(Aristotle) - lecture notes, undated
Aristotle lectures (some concluding summaries), undated
Lectures on Bergmann - I, undated
Lectures on Bergmann - II, undated
Summary lectures on Bergmann, undated
Lecture on Quine, undated
Summary lectures on Quine, undated
On Being Human:
(Christianity, Skinner, Existentialism) - lecture notes and course
materials, 1976
(Plato and Hobbes) - lecture notes and course materials, 1976
Lectures on Marxism, undated
Philosophy of Religion:
Exams and course materials, 1966-1974
Aquinas and Hume lectures, 1974
lecture notes and course materials, 1974
lecture notes, 1974
lecture notes, undated
Notes on Robinson, undated
Meadowood philosophy class:
misc., 1984
Russell lectures and A.J. Ayer, 1984
lectures - Aristotle, undated
Aquinas seminar, 1969 and 1972
Notes on Libertarian Rights, 1981
Foundations of Aristotelian and Thomistic ethics - notes, undated
Lectures and materials on Mysticism, undated
Series:
St. Meinrad group, 1985-1996
Box 2
Correspondence, St. Meinrad Group, 1989-1995
Notes of group discussions, St. Meinrad Group, 1985-1996
Series:
Writings by or about Veatch, 1941-1993
Subseries:
Typescripts, 1978-1993
Box 3
"Analysis and Critique of the New Natural Theory
of Finnis and Grisez"
- edited typescript, undated
"Commendations and Queries re Liberty and
Nature"
- Reason Papers, edited typescript,
1993
"Comments on the Paper by John Finnis --
'Practical Reasoning, Human Good, and the End of Man'"
- edited
typescript, undated
"Deconstruction as the Vehicle of a New
'Liberation Philosophy'"
- edited typescript, ca.
1979
"From Analytic to Post-Analytic
Philosophy"
- edited typescript, ca. 1985
Humanities book - edited typescript, undated
Logic typescripts - LFC Predication -
"
LFC Predication: The Achilles Heel of Analytical Philosophy?"
ca. 1980
ARC Paper (revised and completed) - edited typescript -
" Male and Female in a Possible Christian
Anthropology?"
ca. 1979
"Political Liberty and Individual Virtue
"
- edited typescript, ca. 1978
"Religion, Morality and Natural Law"
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edited typescript, undated
ARC Paper - edited typescript - A Response to
" Images of God: Reflections on Christian
Anthropology"
ca. 1982
"Science and Religion: A New Whipping of a Dead
Horse?"
- edited typescript, undated
"St. Thomas and the Natural Order of
Things"
- edited typescript, undated
"When and How Did Logic Cease to be
Logic?"
- edited typescript -
"How and
Why Did Logic Cease to be Logic?"
undated
Subseries:
Publications, 1941-1994
Box 3
"Are There Non-moral Goods?"
- reprint, The
New Scholasticism, 1978
"Art and Prudence: Studies in the Thought of
Jacques Maritain"
- published copy, Maritain Newsletter,
1989
"A Case for Transempirical and Supernaturalistic
Knowledge Claims "
- reprint, Mind, Matter and Method: Essays in
Philosophy and Science, undated
"A Caveat Against Professor Fehl"
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reprint, Anglican Theological Review, 1959
"Commendations and Queries Re Liberty and
Nature"
- published copy, Reason Papers, 1993
"Comment: On Taking Rights Still More
Seriously"
- reprint, Harvard Journal of Law & Public
Policy, 1985
"Concerning the Distinction Between Descriptive
and Normative Sciences"
- reprint, Philosophy and Phenomenological
Research, 1945
"Concerning the Ontological Status of Logical
Forms"
- reprint, The Review of Metaphysics,
1948
"Deconstruction in Philosophy: Has Rorty Made it
the Denouement of Contemporary Analytical Philosophy?"
- reprint,
Review of Metaphysics, 1985
"The Defense of Natural Law in the Context of
Contemporary Analytic Philosophy"
- reprint, The American Journal
of Jurisprudence, 1969
"Discussion: A Rejoinder to Professor
Lovejoy"
- reprint, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research,
1947
"Discussion: Reply to Professor Copi"
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reprint, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1951
"Does the Grisez-Finnis-Boyle Moral Philosophy
Rest on a Mistake?"
- published copy, Review of Metaphysics,
1991
"Good Reasons and Prescriptivism in Ethics a
Metaphysical Incompatibility?"
- reprint, Ethics, an International
Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 1970
"The Idea of a Christian Science and Scholarship:
Sense or Nonsense? "
- reprint, Faith and Philosophy,
1984
"Is Kant the Gray Eminence of Contemporary
Ethical Theory?"
- published copy, Ethics, 1980
"Is Quine a Metaphysician?"
- reprint, The
Review of Metaphysics, 1978
"Kant and Aquinas: A Confrontation on the
Contemporary Meta-Ethical Field of Honor "
- reprint, The New
Scholasticism, 1974
"Language and Ethics: 'What's Hecuba to him, or
he to Hecuba?'"
- published copy, 1971
"Metaphysics and the Paradoxes "
- reprint,
The Review of Metaphysics, 1952
"Modern Ethics, Telelogy, and Love of
Self"
- published copy, The Monist, 1992
"A Modest Word in Defense of Aristotle's
Logic"
- reprint, The Monist, 1968
"A Neglected Avenue in Contemporary Religious
Apologetics "
- photocopy of published article, Religious Studies,
ca. 1974
"The New Permissiveness in Philosophy: Does it
Provide a Warrant for a New Kind of Religious Apologetic?"
-
reprint, Phenomenology and Beyond: the Self and Its Language,
1989
"A Non-Cartesian Meditation upon the Doctrine of
Being in Aristotelian Metaphysics"
- published copy, ca.
1983
"Non-cognitivism in Ethics: A Modest Proposal for
its Diagnosis and Cure"
- reprint, Ethics, an International Journal
of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 1966
"A Note on the Metaphysical Grounds for Freedom
with Special Reference to Professor Lovejoy's Thesis in 'The Great Chain
of Being'"
- reprint, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research,
1947
"On Being Old-Fashioned in Philosophy"
-
reprint, The Review of Metaphysics, 1960
"On the Metaphysical Status of Natural
Law"
- reprint, Anglican Theological Review,
1965
"Paying Heed to Gewirth's Principle of Categorial
Consistency"
- reprint, Ethics, an International Journal of Social,
Political, and Legal Philosophy, 1976
"Philosophy and Ethics"
- reprint, The
Great Ideas Today, 1970
"Philosophy's Great Tradition: What Tasks are
Posed for it in Today's World of Philosophy?"
- reprint, The Modern
Schoolman, 1992
"Plato, Popper and the Open Society: Reflections
on Who Might Have the Last Laugh "
- reprint, The Journal of
Libertarian Studies, ca. 1978
"The Problems and the Prospects of a Christian
Philosophy - Then and Now "
- reprint, The Monist,
1992
"The Rational Justification of Moral Principles:
Can There be such a Thing?"
- reprint, The Review of Metaphysics,
1975
"Some Suggestions on the Respective Spheres of
Science and Philosophy"
- reprint, The Thomist,
1941
"St. Thomas and the Question, 'How are Synthetic
Judgments A Priori Possible?'"
- reprint, The Modern Schoolman,
1965
"Symposium - Logical Truth"
- published
copy, The Journal of Philosophy, ca. 1953
"Telos and Teleology in Aristotelian
Ethics"
- reprint, Studies in Philosophy and the History of
Philosophy, ca. 1975
"Tillich's Distinction between Metaphysics and
Theology"
- reprint, The Review of Metaphysics,
1957
"To Gustav Bergmann: A Humble Petition and
Advice"
- photocopy of published article, ca.
1969
"Towards a History of the Indiana University
Philosophy Department in Bloomington: The Years 1929-65,"
published copy, 1994
"The Truths of Metaphysics"
- reprint, The
Review of Metaphysics, 1964
"Two Logics, or One, or None?"
- reprint,
The New Scholasticism, 1973
"Variations, Good and Bad, on the Theme of Right
Reason in Ethics"
- reprint, The Monist, 1983
"The What and Why of the Humanities"
-
photocopy of published article, ca. 1969
Subseries:
Book Reviews, 1941-1997
Box 3
Aristotle's Theory of the Syllogism: A Logico-philosophical Study
of Book A of the Prior Analytics by Gunther Patzig - Studies in History and
Philosophy of Science - published copy, ca. 1969
The Conditions of Philosophy: Its Checkered Past, Its Present
Disorders, and Its Future Promise by Mortimer J. Adler - reprint, The Modern
Schoolman,1966
The Development of Academic Freedom in the United States by Richard
Hofstadler and Walter P. Metzger and Academic Freedom in Our time by Robert
M. MacIver - published copy, Indiana Magazine of History, ca.
1955
Dimensions of Morality: Paradigms, Principles, and Ideals by A.S.
Cua - reprint, Review of Metaphysics, 1979
God and Philosophy by Etienne Gilson - reprint, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research, 1941
Review of The Harmony of the Soul: Mental Health and Moral Virtue
Reconsidered by Neal O. Weiner - photocopy of published article, The Journal
of Value Inquiry, 1997
Heidegger: The Critique of Logic by Thomas A. Fay - published copy,
ca. 1977
Medieval Philosophy by Armand A. Maurer - published copy, ca.
1962
Modern Theories of Higher Level Predicates: Second Intentions in
the Neuzeit by Larry Hickman - published copy, ca. 1980
Natural Law and Natural Rights by John Finnis - reprint, ca.
1980
Neal Weiner for The Journal of Value Inquiry - typescripts and
correspondence, 1994
Physics and Philosophy by James A. McWilliams and The Nature and
Unity of Metaphysics by George M. Buckley - reprint, Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research, 1948
Post-analytic Philosophy edited by John Rajchman and Cornell West -
reprint, Nous, ca. 1985
Quine en Perspective: Essai de Philosophie Comparee by P. Goichet -
published copy, Review of Metaphysics, ca. 1978
Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action, and Prudence in Aquinas
by David Westberg for Speculum - galley proof and photocopy of edited
typescript, 1997
Social Order and the Limits of Law: A Theoretical Essay by Iredell
Jenkin - published copy, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, ca.
1980
St. Thomas and Cajetan; Commentary on Aristotle's On Interpretation
- reprint, Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1965
Substance, Body, and Soul: Aristotelian Investigations by E.
Hartman - published copy, Review of Metaphysics,ca. 1977
Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege
edited by Peter Geach and Max Black - published copy, The Thomist, ca.
1952
Subseries:
Reviews of Veatch's Works, 1953-1991
Box 3
Human Rights, reviews of, 1986-1990
Intentional Logic: A Logic Based on Philosophical Realism, review
of - published copy, 1953
Swimming Against the Current, reviews of,
1990-1991
