The family of Creighton Peden has endowed the AIPCT with his scholarly books and papers. The books have been processed and are on the shelves. Creighton left some amazing papers that we will process as soon as possible. In the meantime, some very rare and interesting books in the history…
Here is a first day issue of the US Postal Service’s stamp honoring John Dewey. You can see it was postmarked in Burlington, VT, one day after the 109th anniversary of Dewey’s birth. This was a gift of Steve Fesmire and Heather Keith to the AIPCT. We thank them very…
Carolyn Gassan Plochmann, the wife of George Kimball Plochmann (1914-2014), long time professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has endowed the AIPCT with Professor Plochmann’s books and some of his papers, along with art created by him and by herself. This is Carolyn Plochmann’s portrait of Kim, which…
The AIPCT is pleased to announce that it has procured a microfilm reader. Since we have been given a fair amount of microfilm, it is good to have the reader. The technology is, of course, out of date, but our space is limited and we have chosen to preserve and…
The AIPCT held its Grand Opening and Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Larry Hickman on “Humanism, the Humanities, and Technoscience” on November 21, 2016. Watch it here.
Message from Thomas Alexander Re: The Center for Dewey Studies: As of January 1, 2017, The Center for Dewey Studies is closed indefinitely. All funding, even for minimal personnel to keep it open as a research center, has been terminated by Southern Illinois University Carbondale. This is due to the on-going political gridlock…