Finding aid for the Bruno V. Manno collection on Michael Polanyi
Title:
Bruno V. Manno collection on Michael Polanyi
Repository:
University of Dayton
Phone: 937-229-4267
Creator:
Manno, Bruno V.
Dates:
1936-2009
Quantity:
7 linear feet
Abstract:
 This collection contains a variety of materials regarding 20th century philosopher Michael Polanyi, including articles, lectures, correspondence, and audio recordings. The items were accumulated by Bruno V. Manno, S.M., member of the University of Dayton Religious Studies Department.
Identification:
SC 7
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Michael Polanyi and Bruno V. Manno S.M.

Michael Polanyi was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1891. In 1913, he received his medical degree from the University of Budapest, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1917. He worked as a chemist in Germany from 1920 to 1933. When the Nazis came to power, Polanyi, who was Jewish, moved to Great Britain. He was chair of the Physical Chemistry Department at the University of Manchester from 1933 to 1948 and professor of social science from 1948 to 1958. In 1958 he became a senior research fellow at Merton College, Oxford, were he remained until his death in 1976.

Bruno V. Manno, S.M., is a UD alumnus and former faculty member . He received both a B.A. in philosophy (1970) and an M.A. in theological studies (1972) from the University of Dayton. Manno earned his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies from Boston College in 1975. A copy of his dissertation, "The Person of Meaning: A Study in the Post-Critical Thought of Michael Polanyi," is included in the collection.

Manno was a faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies at UD from 1977 to 1980. He also worked at the National Catholic Association in Washington D.C., the United States Department of Education, and the Hudson Institute. He most recently worked at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland, and served as a trustee of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Manno has written a number of articles and book reviews and has co-authored two books. His specialties include charter schools, Catholic schools, parochial schools, school vouchers, and federal education programs.

Scope and Content

The Bruno V. Manno collection on Michael Polanyi consists mainly of articles written by and about 20th century philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi, as well as some of his lectures. Also included in the collection are materials pertaining to symposia, conferences, and workshops about Polanyi. The collection includes documents and newsletters pertaining to the Consortium for Higher Education and Religious Studies (CHER), the Polanyi Society of Explorers, Convivium, and the Polanyi Society. The collection also contains miscellaneous notes and papers of Bruno V. Manno, S.M.

Statement of Arrangement

The Bruno V. Manno collection on Michael Polanyi is divided into six series.
Series 1: Works by Polanyi
Series 2: Works by others
Series 3: Symposia, conferences, and workshops
Series 4: Organizations and newsletters
Series 5: Papers of Bruno Manno
Series 6: Sound recordings

Copyright

The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the the researcher to locate and obtain permission from the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.

Access to Materials

The materials in this collection are open and available to the public for research in the University Archives and Special Collections reading room. The materials are non-circulating.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.

Subjects:

Education
Philosophy

Persons:

Manno, Bruno V.
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976

Organizations/Corporations:

Polanyi Society

Preferred Citation

Bruno V. Manno Collection on Michael Polanyi, 1936-2009. University Archives and Special Collections, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition Information

Bruno V. Manno is believed to have donated this collection, since many items in the collection bear Manno's ownership stamp or signature or were addressed to him.

Accruals

Additional issues of Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical are added to the collection as they are published.

Box and Folder Listing



Works by Polanyi, 1936-1970

Scope and Content
This series contains several works by Polanyi, including lectures at Duke University and the University of Texas; the Meaning project at the University of Chicago; his book, The Contempt of Freedom; more than 40 articles; a bibliography; and correspondence.

Box 1 / Folder 1
Bibliography on Michael Polanyi, undated




Box 1 / Folder 2
Duke lectures by Michael Polanyi, February 1964-March 1964




Box 1 / Folder 3
University of Texas at Austin lectures, No. 1-3, 1970-1971




Box 1 / Folder 4
University of Texas at Austin lectures, No. 4-5, 1971




Box 1 / Folder 5-6
Meaning: A Project, University of Chicago, 1969




Box 1 / Folder 7
Polanyi, M. The Contempt of Freedom: The Russian Experiment and After. London: Watts and Co., 1940




Box 1 / Folder 8
Polanyi lectures: "A Society of Explorers" and "The Structure of Tacit Knowing", undated




Box 1 / Folder 9
Correspondence: Michael Polanyi and Jerry Gill, 1969




Box 1 / Folder 10
Writings and interviews, 1947-1971

Quantity: 15 items


Polanyi, Michael. "This Age of Discovery." The Twentieth Century, Vol. CLIX, No. 949, 1956



Hall, Mary Harrington. "A Conversation with Michal Polanyi." Psychology Today, pp.20-25, 66-67, May 1968



"Conversation with Michael Polanyi." University of Dayton, 19 April 1969



Polanyi, Michael. "Points from a Conversation with Paul Tillich on February 21, 1963", 21 February 1963



Polanyi, Michael. "The Creative Imagination." Tri-Quarterly, 1966



Polanyi, Michael. "The Determinants of Social Interaction." in Roads to Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek, eds. Streissler, Haberler, Lutz, Machlup. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, undated



Polanyi, Michael. "The Foolishness of History: November, 1917-November 1957." Encounter (London), Vol. IX, pp. 33-37, 1957



Polanyi, Michael. "The Foundations of Freedom in Science" in Physical Science and Human Values, ed. Eugene Wigner. New York: Geenwood Press, pp. 124-143, 1947



Polanyi, Michael. "From Copernicus to Einstein", undated



Polanyi, Michael. "Genius in Science." Archives de Philosophie, Vol. 34 (Oct-Dec 1971), pp. 593-607 (reprint), 1971



Polanyi, Michael. "The Growth of Science in Society." Minerva, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Summer 1967), pp. 533-545, 1967



Polanyi, Michael. "History and Hope: An Analysis of Our Age." The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 1962) pp. 177-195, 1962



Polanyi, Michael. Brief address in The Christian Scholar, pp. 57-58, circa 1960



Polanyi, Michael. "Life's Irreducible Structure." Draft accepted for publication by Science, undated



Polanyi, Michael. "Life Transcending Physics and Chemistry." Chemical and Engineering News, pp.54-66, 21 August 1967





Polanyi, Michael. "This Age of Discovery." The Twentieth Century, Vol. CLIX, No. 949, 1956





Hall, Mary Harrington. "A Conversation with Michal Polanyi." Psychology Today, pp.20-25, 66-67, May 1968





"Conversation with Michael Polanyi." University of Dayton, 19 April 1969





Polanyi, Michael. "Points from a Conversation with Paul Tillich on February 21, 1963", 21 February 1963





Polanyi, Michael. "The Creative Imagination." Tri-Quarterly, 1966





Polanyi, Michael. "The Determinants of Social Interaction." in Roads to Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek, eds. Streissler, Haberler, Lutz, Machlup. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, undated





Polanyi, Michael. "The Foolishness of History: November, 1917-November 1957." Encounter (London), Vol. IX, pp. 33-37, 1957





Polanyi, Michael. "The Foundations of Freedom in Science" in Physical Science and Human Values, ed. Eugene Wigner. New York: Geenwood Press, pp. 124-143, 1947





Polanyi, Michael. "From Copernicus to Einstein", undated





Polanyi, Michael. "Genius in Science." Archives de Philosophie, Vol. 34 (Oct-Dec 1971), pp. 593-607 (reprint), 1971





Polanyi, Michael. "The Growth of Science in Society." Minerva, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Summer 1967), pp. 533-545, 1967





Polanyi, Michael. "History and Hope: An Analysis of Our Age." The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 1962) pp. 177-195, 1962





Polanyi, Michael. Brief address in The Christian Scholar, pp. 57-58, circa 1960





Polanyi, Michael. "Life's Irreducible Structure." Draft accepted for publication by Science, undated





Polanyi, Michael. "Life Transcending Physics and Chemistry." Chemical and Engineering News, pp.54-66, 21 August 1967




Box 1 / Folder 11
Writings, 1952-1957

Quantity: 17 items


Polanyi, Michael. "Logic and Psychology." American Psychologist, pp. 27-43, undated



Polanyi, Michael. "The Feelings of Machines." Encounter, Vol. XXII, pp. 85-86, January 1964



Polanyi, Michael. "The Hypothesis of Cybernetics." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. II, pp. 312-315, February 1952



Polanyi, Michael. "The Message of the Hungarian Revolution." The American Scholar, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn 1966) pp. 661-676, 1966



Polanyi, Michael. "On Body and Mind." The New Scholasticism, Vol. XLIII, No. 2 (Spring 1969) pp. 195-204 (reprint), 1969



Polanyi, Michael. "Clues to an Understanding of Mind and Body" in The Scientist Speculates by I. J. Good. New York: Busie Books, pp. 71-78, 1962



Polanyi, Michael. Notes about "Mind and Body", 1962



Polanyi, Michael. "On Liberalism and Liberty." Encounter (London), Vol. IV, pp. 29-34, 1955



Polanyi, Michael. "On the Modern Mind." Encounter, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, pp. 12-20, May 1965



Polanyi, Michael. "A Postscript" in History and Hope, ed. K. A. Jelenski. New York: Frederich A. Praeger, pp. 185-197, 1962



Polanyi, Michael. Foreword to "Reflection on Viewing a Painting" in Optics, Painting, and Photography by M. H. Pirenne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. xv-xix, 1970



Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Man." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 63, pp. 969-976 (reprint), September 1970



Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Man's Place in the Universe." Draft accepted for publication in Science as a Cultural Force, ed. Harry Woolf. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, pp. 54-76, 1964



Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Reality." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 18, pp. 177-196 (reprint), 1967



Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Religion: Separate Dimensions or Common Ground?" Philosophy Today, Vol. VII (Spring 1963) pp. 4-14, 1963



Polanyi, Michael. "Science, Tacit and Explicit." Notes for a paper to be presented at the International Congress for the Philosophy of Science in Jerusalem, August 1964



Polanyi, Michael. "Scientific Outlook: Its Sickness and Cure." Science, Vol. 125, pp. 480-484, March 1957





Polanyi, Michael. "Logic and Psychology." American Psychologist, pp. 27-43, undated





Polanyi, Michael. "The Feelings of Machines." Encounter, Vol. XXII, pp. 85-86, January 1964





Polanyi, Michael. "The Hypothesis of Cybernetics." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. II, pp. 312-315, February 1952





Polanyi, Michael. "The Message of the Hungarian Revolution." The American Scholar, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn 1966) pp. 661-676, 1966





Polanyi, Michael. "On Body and Mind." The New Scholasticism, Vol. XLIII, No. 2 (Spring 1969) pp. 195-204 (reprint), 1969





Polanyi, Michael. "Clues to an Understanding of Mind and Body" in The Scientist Speculates by I. J. Good. New York: Busie Books, pp. 71-78, 1962





Polanyi, Michael. Notes about "Mind and Body", 1962





Polanyi, Michael. "On Liberalism and Liberty." Encounter (London), Vol. IV, pp. 29-34, 1955





Polanyi, Michael. "On the Modern Mind." Encounter, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, pp. 12-20, May 1965





Polanyi, Michael. "A Postscript" in History and Hope, ed. K. A. Jelenski. New York: Frederich A. Praeger, pp. 185-197, 1962





Polanyi, Michael. Foreword to "Reflection on Viewing a Painting" in Optics, Painting, and Photography by M. H. Pirenne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. xv-xix, 1970





Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Man." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol. 63, pp. 969-976 (reprint), September 1970





Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Man's Place in the Universe." Draft accepted for publication in Science as a Cultural Force, ed. Harry Woolf. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, pp. 54-76, 1964





Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Reality." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 18, pp. 177-196 (reprint), 1967





Polanyi, Michael. "Science and Religion: Separate Dimensions or Common Ground?" Philosophy Today, Vol. VII (Spring 1963) pp. 4-14, 1963





Polanyi, Michael. "Science, Tacit and Explicit." Notes for a paper to be presented at the International Congress for the Philosophy of Science in Jerusalem, August 1964





Polanyi, Michael. "Scientific Outlook: Its Sickness and Cure." Science, Vol. 125, pp. 480-484, March 1957




Box 2 / Folder 1
Writings and interviews, 1937-1970

Quantity: 11 items


Polanyi, Michael. "Sense-Giving and Sense-Reading." Philosophy: The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Vol. XLII, No. 62, pp. 301-325, October 1967



Polanyi, Michael. "The Society of Explorers." Encounter (reprint), 1967



Polanyi, Michael. "The Structure of Consciousness" in The Anatomy of Knowledge, ed. Marjorie Grene. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 315-328 (reprint), 1969



Polanyi, Michael. "Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry?" ZYGON: Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 442-472 (Symposium) Reprint, December 1968



Polanyi, Michael. "Tacit Knowing: Its Bearing on Some Problems of Philosophy, 1962" in Knowing and Being [editor and publisher not noted] pp. 159-179 (incomplete), circa 1962



Polanyi, Michael. "Transcendence and Self-Transcendence." Soundings, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 1970), pp. 88-94 (reprint), 1970



[Author unknown] "The Value of the Inexact." Letter to the Editor, Philosophy of Science, Vol. 3, pp. 233-234, April 1936



Polanyi, Michael. "Why Did We Destroy Europe?" Studium Generale, Vol. 23, pp. 909-916 (reprint), 1970



Polanyi, Michael. "What is a Painting?" The American Scholar, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Autumn 1970) pp. 655-669 (reprint), 1970



Interview of Polanyi by Raymond E. Wilkin, Department of Secondary and Continuing Education, University of Illinois (Urbana), 1965



Polanyi, Michael. Discussion on Formal Philosophy with Raymond Wilkin, undated





Polanyi, Michael. "Sense-Giving and Sense-Reading." Philosophy: The Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Vol. XLII, No. 62, pp. 301-325, October 1967





Polanyi, Michael. "The Society of Explorers." Encounter (reprint), 1967





Polanyi, Michael. "The Structure of Consciousness" in The Anatomy of Knowledge, ed. Marjorie Grene. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 315-328 (reprint), 1969





Polanyi, Michael. "Do Life Processes Transcend Physics and Chemistry?" ZYGON: Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 442-472 (Symposium) Reprint, December 1968





Polanyi, Michael. "Tacit Knowing: Its Bearing on Some Problems of Philosophy, 1962" in Knowing and Being [editor and publisher not noted] pp. 159-179 (incomplete), circa 1962





Polanyi, Michael. "Transcendence and Self-Transcendence." Soundings, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 1970), pp. 88-94 (reprint), 1970





[Author unknown] "The Value of the Inexact." Letter to the Editor, Philosophy of Science, Vol. 3, pp. 233-234, April 1936





Polanyi, Michael. "Why Did We Destroy Europe?" Studium Generale, Vol. 23, pp. 909-916 (reprint), 1970





Polanyi, Michael. "What is a Painting?" The American Scholar, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Autumn 1970) pp. 655-669 (reprint), 1970





Interview of Polanyi by Raymond E. Wilkin, Department of Secondary and Continuing Education, University of Illinois (Urbana), 1965





Polanyi, Michael. Discussion on Formal Philosophy with Raymond Wilkin, undated





Works by others, 1964-1976

Scope and Content
This series contains a number of works by other authors. It includes more than 50 articles, many of which focus on the life and works of Michael Polanyi. Most of the articles are arranged alphabetically by author's last name. However, there are separate folders for works by Richard Gelwick, Sigmund Koch, Harry Prosch, and William Scott. There is also a copy of John Apczynski's dissertation, "Doers of the World: Toward a Foundational Theology Based on the Thought of Michael Polanyi." The series also includes book reviews.

Box 2 / Folder 2
Authors A-M, 1964-1976

Quantity: 28 items


Adams, Doug. "Meaning with the Arts: The Implications of Polanyi's Epistemology for Aesthetics", undated



Apczynski, John W. "Theology as Understanding", undated



Buckley, Walter. "A Systems Approach to Epistemology", undated



Breytspraak, W. A. "Tacit Components of Social Inquiry: Reflections on Garfinkel, Polanyi and Typologizing" Soundings (Fall 1972) pp. 312-334 (reprint), 1972



Brunner, Jerome S. "Art as a Mode of Knowing" in On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand. New York: Atheneum, pp. 59-74, 1968



Dobzhansky, Theodosius. "Biology, Molecular and Organismic." The Graduate Journal, pp. 11-26, December 1965



Davis, Harold L. "Objectivity in Science: A Dangerous Illusion?" Scientific Research, pp. 24-26, 28 April 1969



Eliade, Mircea. Articles from Myth and Reality. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., pp. 144-147, 186-193, 1964



Eliade, Mircea. "Meanings of the coincidentia oppositorum" in The Two and the One. London: Harvill Press, pp. 122-123, 1965



Gelwick, Richard L. "Michael Polanyi: Modern Reformer." Religion in Life (Spring 1965), n.p. (reprint), 1965



Gill, Jerry H. "The Case for Tacit Knowledge." Southern Journal of Philosophy (Spring 1971) pp. 49-59 (offprint), 1971



Gill, Jerry H. "On 'I'." Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Vol. LXXIX, N.S., No. 314, pp. 229-240 (offprint), April 1970



Gill, Jerry H. "Reasons of the Heart: A Polanyian Reflection", undated



Griffin, David. "The Process of Theology of Norman Pittenger: A Review Article." Process Studies: Critical Studies and Reviews, pp. 136-153 (offprint), undated



High, Dallas M. "The Morality of Speaking." Lexington Theological Quarterly, pp. 64-75 (offprint), July 1970


Scope and Content: Includes a signed letter from Dallas M. High to Bruno Manno.

Holton, Gerald. "Einstein and the 'Crucial' Experiment." American Journal of Physics, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 968-982, October 1969


Scope and Content: Includes photocopies from an issue of Time magazine with a brief article referring to Holton's writing on Einstein ("The Origin of Relativity." Time, 26 Jan. 1970, p. 45).

Holton, Gerald. "The Humanistic Basis of Scientific Work." Change, Vol. 7, No. 6 (Summer 1975) pp. 24-29, 1975



Jelenski, K. A. "The European Revival." Survey, pp. 89-100, January 1966



Koch, Sigmund. "The Allures of Meaning in Modern Psychology." in Science and Human Affairs, ed. R. Farson. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, pp. 55-82, 1965



Koch, Sigmund. "Psychology Cannot Be A Coherent Sciencce." Psychology Today, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 14, 64-68, September 1969



Lad, Frank, S.M. "Some Remarks on Knowing and Being", undated



Kroger, Joseph. "Theology and Notions of Reason and Science: A Note on a Point of Comparison in Lonergan and Polanyi." Journal of Religion, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 157-161, April 1976



Kroger, Joseph W. "The Foundations of Religious Knowledge: A Polanyi Critique." Dissertation proposal, McMaster University, March 1972



Kroger, Joseph. "Language, Community and the Task of Theology, or The Quest for 'Inter-Personal' Knowledge of God", August 1971



Kroger, Joseph. Letter to Bruno Manno, 9 April 1972



Manno, Brunno V. "Michael Polanyi on the Problem of Science and Religion." Zygon, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 44-56, March 1974



McCool, Gerald A. "The Primacy of Intuition", undated



McMullin, Ernan. "Medieval and Modern Science: Continuity or Discontinuity?" International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. IV, pp. 103-129, 1965





Adams, Doug. "Meaning with the Arts: The Implications of Polanyi's Epistemology for Aesthetics", undated





Apczynski, John W. "Theology as Understanding", undated





Buckley, Walter. "A Systems Approach to Epistemology", undated





Breytspraak, W. A. "Tacit Components of Social Inquiry: Reflections on Garfinkel, Polanyi and Typologizing" Soundings (Fall 1972) pp. 312-334 (reprint), 1972





Brunner, Jerome S. "Art as a Mode of Knowing" in On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand. New York: Atheneum, pp. 59-74, 1968





Dobzhansky, Theodosius. "Biology, Molecular and Organismic." The Graduate Journal, pp. 11-26, December 1965





Davis, Harold L. "Objectivity in Science: A Dangerous Illusion?" Scientific Research, pp. 24-26, 28 April 1969





Eliade, Mircea. Articles from Myth and Reality. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., pp. 144-147, 186-193, 1964





Eliade, Mircea. "Meanings of the coincidentia oppositorum" in The Two and the One. London: Harvill Press, pp. 122-123, 1965





Gelwick, Richard L. "Michael Polanyi: Modern Reformer." Religion in Life (Spring 1965), n.p. (reprint), 1965





Gill, Jerry H. "The Case for Tacit Knowledge." Southern Journal of Philosophy (Spring 1971) pp. 49-59 (offprint), 1971





Gill, Jerry H. "On 'I'." Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Vol. LXXIX, N.S., No. 314, pp. 229-240 (offprint), April 1970





Gill, Jerry H. "Reasons of the Heart: A Polanyian Reflection", undated





Griffin, David. "The Process of Theology of Norman Pittenger: A Review Article." Process Studies: Critical Studies and Reviews, pp. 136-153 (offprint), undated





High, Dallas M. "The Morality of Speaking." Lexington Theological Quarterly, pp. 64-75 (offprint), July 1970


Scope and Content: Includes a signed letter from Dallas M. High to Bruno Manno.



Holton, Gerald. "Einstein and the 'Crucial' Experiment." American Journal of Physics, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 968-982, October 1969


Scope and Content: Includes photocopies from an issue of Time magazine with a brief article referring to Holton's writing on Einstein ("The Origin of Relativity." Time, 26 Jan. 1970, p. 45).



Holton, Gerald. "The Humanistic Basis of Scientific Work." Change, Vol. 7, No. 6 (Summer 1975) pp. 24-29, 1975





Jelenski, K. A. "The European Revival." Survey, pp. 89-100, January 1966





Koch, Sigmund. "The Allures of Meaning in Modern Psychology." in Science and Human Affairs, ed. R. Farson. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, pp. 55-82, 1965





Koch, Sigmund. "Psychology Cannot Be A Coherent Sciencce." Psychology Today, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 14, 64-68, September 1969





Lad, Frank, S.M. "Some Remarks on Knowing and Being", undated





Kroger, Joseph. "Theology and Notions of Reason and Science: A Note on a Point of Comparison in Lonergan and Polanyi." Journal of Religion, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 157-161, April 1976





Kroger, Joseph W. "The Foundations of Religious Knowledge: A Polanyi Critique." Dissertation proposal, McMaster University, March 1972





Kroger, Joseph. "Language, Community and the Task of Theology, or The Quest for 'Inter-Personal' Knowledge of God", August 1971





Kroger, Joseph. Letter to Bruno Manno, 9 April 1972





Manno, Brunno V. "Michael Polanyi on the Problem of Science and Religion." Zygon, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 44-56, March 1974





McCool, Gerald A. "The Primacy of Intuition", undated





McMullin, Ernan. "Medieval and Modern Science: Continuity or Discontinuity?" International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. IV, pp. 103-129, 1965




Box 2 / Folder 3
Authors P-W, 1964-1976

Quantity: 24 items


Pattee, H. H. "The Problem of Biological Hierarchy" in Towards a Theoretical Biology, ed. C. H. Waddington. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 117-135, 1968



Polanyi, J. C. "A Nation's Science and Technology." The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 8-12., March 1976



Prosch, Harry. "Polanyi's Ethics." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp. 91-113 (autographed reprint), January 1972



Prosch, Harry. "Polanyi's Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers." Journal of British Society for Phenomenology, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 201-216, October 1973



Prosch, Harry. "Cooling the Modern Mind: Polanyi's Mission." Skidmore College Faculty Research Lecture. (autographed), August 1971



Sakharov, Andrei D. "Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom." Austin, March 1969



Jelenski, K. A. Letter to Michael Polanyi, 11 February 1966



Sewell, Elizabeth. "First Reports from an Experimental College." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 4, No. 3 (reprint), 1968



Scott, William T. "A Course in Science and Religion Following the Ideas of Michael Polanyi." The Christian Scholar, Vol. XLVII No. 1 (Spring 1964) pp. 36-46 (reprint), 1964



Scott, William T. "A Bridge from Science to Religion Based on Polanyi's Theory of Knowledge." Zygon: Journal of Relgion and Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 41-62 (reprint), March 1970



Scott, William T. "Tacit Knowing and the Concept of Mind", undated



Scott, William T. "The Gentle Rain: A Search for Understanding", undated



Silber, John R. Letter to Bruno Manno, 20 November 1972



Silber, John R. "The Pollution of Time." Speech on the occasion of his inauguration as seventh president of Boston University, 23 May 1971



Silber, John R. "A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr." (speech), 5 April 1971



Silber, John R. "Masks and Fig Leaves" in Privacy, eds. Pennock and Chapman. New York: Atherton Press, pp. 226-235 (reprint), 1971



Silber, John R. "The Dean as Educator: His Doing and Undoing." Proceedings from the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans (reprint), undated



Silber, John R. "Introduction: The Ethical Significance of Kant's Religion." Introduction to Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone by Immanual Kant. New York: Harper Torchbooks, pp. lxxix-cxxxiv (reprint), undated



Silber, John R. "Soul Politics and Political Morality." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 14-23 (reprint), October 1968



Chomsky, Noam. "Philosophers and Public Philosophy." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 1-9, October 1968



Turner, Victor W. "Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual: A Problem in Primitive Classification", undated



[Unknown author] "Polanyi's Theory of Commitment", undated



Wartofsky, Marx W. Review of Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union by Loren R. Graham. The New York Times Book Review, pp. 27-28, 5 March 1972



Wilczak, Paul F. "Science, Faith and Human Motivation: An Interpretation of the Work of Michael Polanyi." Dissertation proposal, undated





Pattee, H. H. "The Problem of Biological Hierarchy" in Towards a Theoretical Biology, ed. C. H. Waddington. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 117-135, 1968





Polanyi, J. C. "A Nation's Science and Technology." The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 8-12., March 1976





Prosch, Harry. "Polanyi's Ethics." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp. 91-113 (autographed reprint), January 1972





Prosch, Harry. "Polanyi's Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers." Journal of British Society for Phenomenology, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 201-216, October 1973





Prosch, Harry. "Cooling the Modern Mind: Polanyi's Mission." Skidmore College Faculty Research Lecture. (autographed), August 1971





Sakharov, Andrei D. "Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom." Austin, March 1969





Jelenski, K. A. Letter to Michael Polanyi, 11 February 1966





Sewell, Elizabeth. "First Reports from an Experimental College." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 4, No. 3 (reprint), 1968





Scott, William T. "A Course in Science and Religion Following the Ideas of Michael Polanyi." The Christian Scholar, Vol. XLVII No. 1 (Spring 1964) pp. 36-46 (reprint), 1964





Scott, William T. "A Bridge from Science to Religion Based on Polanyi's Theory of Knowledge." Zygon: Journal of Relgion and Science, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 41-62 (reprint), March 1970





Scott, William T. "Tacit Knowing and the Concept of Mind", undated





Scott, William T. "The Gentle Rain: A Search for Understanding", undated





Silber, John R. Letter to Bruno Manno, 20 November 1972





Silber, John R. "The Pollution of Time." Speech on the occasion of his inauguration as seventh president of Boston University, 23 May 1971





Silber, John R. "A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr." (speech), 5 April 1971





Silber, John R. "Masks and Fig Leaves" in Privacy, eds. Pennock and Chapman. New York: Atherton Press, pp. 226-235 (reprint), 1971





Silber, John R. "The Dean as Educator: His Doing and Undoing." Proceedings from the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans (reprint), undated





Silber, John R. "Introduction: The Ethical Significance of Kant's Religion." Introduction to Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone by Immanual Kant. New York: Harper Torchbooks, pp. lxxix-cxxxiv (reprint), undated





Silber, John R. "Soul Politics and Political Morality." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 14-23 (reprint), October 1968





Chomsky, Noam. "Philosophers and Public Philosophy." Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 1-9, October 1968





Turner, Victor W. "Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual: A Problem in Primitive Classification", undated





[Unknown author] "Polanyi's Theory of Commitment", undated





Wartofsky, Marx W. Review of Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union by Loren R. Graham. The New York Times Book Review, pp. 27-28, 5 March 1972





Wilczak, Paul F. "Science, Faith and Human Motivation: An Interpretation of the Work of Michael Polanyi." Dissertation proposal, undated




Box 2 / Folder 4-6
Apczynski, John V. Doers of the Word: Toward a Foundational Theology Based on the Thought of Michael Polanyi. Ph.D. dissertation, McGill University, Montreal, July 1972


Scope and Content: Pages 204 and 237 are missing.


Box 3 / Folder 1
Crewdson, Joan. Partial manuscript about Polanyi, undated




Box 3 / Folder 2
Gelwick, Richard L.: Writings, 1971, undated

Quantity: 4 items


"Theology as a Heuristic Enterprise." Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1971



"Resurrection and Ecology." Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1971



"Michael Polanyi: Modern Reformer", undated



"Exploring Space and Theology." Student World, pp. 388-398, undated





"Theology as a Heuristic Enterprise." Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1971





"Resurrection and Ecology." Stephens College, Columbia, MO, 1971





"Michael Polanyi: Modern Reformer", undated





"Exploring Space and Theology." Student World, pp. 388-398, undated




Box 3 / Folder 3
Koch, Sigmund: Writings, 1965-1970

Quantity: 4 items


"The Allures of Ameaning in Modern Psychology." in Science and Human Affairs, ed. R. Farson. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, pp. 55-82, 1965



"Clark Hull and Psychology's 'Age of Theory'." Draft paper submitted to the Division 26 Symposium on "The Hullian Impact on Psychology" at the 77th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 1 September 1969



"Definition of Psychological Concepts." Draft paper, April 1970



"Epilogue", undated





"The Allures of Ameaning in Modern Psychology." in Science and Human Affairs, ed. R. Farson. Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books, pp. 55-82, 1965





"Clark Hull and Psychology's 'Age of Theory'." Draft paper submitted to the Division 26 Symposium on "The Hullian Impact on Psychology" at the 77th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 1 September 1969





"Definition of Psychological Concepts." Draft paper, April 1970





"Epilogue", undated




Box 3 / Folder 4
Koch, Sigmund: Writings, 1964-1969

Quantity: 5 items


"The Place of Physiology in Psychology." Draft paper, April 1969



"Psychology and Emerging Concepts of Knowledge as Unity" in Behaviorism and Phenomenology, ed. T. W. Wann. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-41, 1964



"Psychology and the Humanities", undated



"Psychology cannot be a Coherent Science." Psychology Today, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 14, 64-68, September 1969



"Scientism and Government." Draft paper given to the Austin Town and Gown Club, 11 January 1968





"The Place of Physiology in Psychology." Draft paper, April 1969





"Psychology and Emerging Concepts of Knowledge as Unity" in Behaviorism and Phenomenology, ed. T. W. Wann. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-41, 1964





"Psychology and the Humanities", undated





"Psychology cannot be a Coherent Science." Psychology Today, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 14, 64-68, September 1969





"Scientism and Government." Draft paper given to the Austin Town and Gown Club, 11 January 1968




Box 3 / Folder 5
Prosch, Harry: Writings, undated

Quantity: 3 items


"Polanyi's Ethics", undated



"Polanyi's Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers", undated



"Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers", undated





"Polanyi's Ethics", undated





"Polanyi's Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers", undated





"Tacit Knowing in the 'Classic' Philosophers", undated




Box 3 / Folder 6
Scott, William: Writings, October 1970, undated

Quantity: 4 items


"A Bridge from Science to Religion Based on Polanyi's theory of Knowledge", undated



"The Gentle Rain: A Search for Understanding", undated



"A New Affirmation of Rationality: The Epistemology and Ontology of Michael Polanyi." Two-part lecture for CHERS Workshop, October 1970



"Tacit Knowing and the Concept of Mind", undated





"A Bridge from Science to Religion Based on Polanyi's theory of Knowledge", undated





"The Gentle Rain: A Search for Understanding", undated





"A New Affirmation of Rationality: The Epistemology and Ontology of Michael Polanyi." Two-part lecture for CHERS Workshop, October 1970





"Tacit Knowing and the Concept of Mind", undated




Box 3 / Folder 7
Book reviews, undated





Symposia, conferences, and workshops, 1969-1977

Scope and Content
This series includes materials from two symposia, two conferences, and a series of workshops about Polanyi .

Box 3 / Folder 8
"The Uses of Polanyi; Polanyi in Context: A Regional Conference", 13 October 1974-14 October 1974


Scope and Content: (Symposium was held in Boston. Speakers included Samuel D. Watson, Maxine Greene, Jerry Gill, Douglas Adams, Gene Reeves, Joseph Kroger, and Robert Innis.)


Box 3 / Folder 9
American Academy of Religion Symposium, Philosophy and Theology Section: "Towards a Post-Critical Theology: The Influence of Polanyi", 2 November 1975


Scope and Content: (Symposium was held in Chicago. Participants: Doug Adams, John V. Apczynski, Ian G. Barbour, Allen Dyer, Jerry Gill, Daniel W. Hardy, Frank G. Kirkpatrick, Joseph Kroger, Bruno V. Manno, Donald Milavec, Robert T. Osborn, Robert J. Palma, Richard C. Prust, Gene Reeves, Loyal Duane Rue, Huston Smith, Emero Stiegman, and Alford T. Welch.)


Box 4 / Folder 1
Skidmore Conference on the Relevance of Michael Polanyi's Thought to Various Disciplines, 9 June 1977-10 June 1977


Scope and Content: (Conference was held at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Participants: John V. Apczynski, Denise Carmody, John Carmody, Forest K. Davis, Ann Drake, R. V. Dusek, Leonard Hegland, Frederick Kirschenman, Harold H. Kuester, Richard Leucke, David Oyler, Geoffrey Payzant, Lady Drusilla Scott, William T. Scott, John Sevier, Earling Skorpen, J. W. Stines, Sam Watson Jr., and Raymond E. Wilken.)


Box 4 / Folder 2
The Consortium for Higher Education and Religion Studies (CHERS) Polanyi Workshop Series: "The Trajectory of Hope: A Series of Workshops on the Thought of Michael Polanyi and its Relevancy for Our Age", 1969-1971


Scope and Content: (General correspondence.)


Box 4 / Folder 3
CHERS 1970-1971 Polanyi Workshop Series: "The Trajectory of Hope: A Series of Workshops on the Thought of Michael Polanyi and its Relevancy for Our Age", 1969-1971


Scope and Content: (Correspondence with workshop leaders, including Richard Gelwick, Sigmund Koch, Harry Prosch, William Scott, and Ruel Tyson.)


Box 4 / Folder 4
CHERS "A National Conference on Culture and Crisis: The Social Thought of Michael Polanyi", May 1972


Scope and Content: (Information about participants and registered observers.)


Box 4 / Folder 5
CHERS "A National Conference on Culture and Crisis: The Social Thought of Michael Polanyi", May 1972


Scope and Content: (Correspondence.)



Organizations and newsletters, 1969-2009

Scope and Content
This series includes documents and newsletters pertaining to the Consortium for Higher Education and Religious Studies (CHER), the Polanyi Society of Explorers, Convivium (the Michael Polanyi newsletter), and the Polanyi Society. It includes several issues of the Polanyi Society Bulletin, from circa 1975 to 1992 (not a complete set). It also includes issues of Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, from 1991 to the present.

Box 4 / Folder 6
The Consortium for Higher Education and Religious Studies (CHERS), circa 1969-1970


Scope and Content: Includes miscellaneous reports and proposals, balance sheets, and Polanyi Center information.


Box 4 / Folder 7
Polanyi Society of Explorers, circa 1969-1970


Scope and Content: Includes newsletters, information sheets, and other materials.


Box 5 / Folder 1
Convivium: Michael Polanyi Newsletter, 1975-1978


Scope and Content: Included are No. 1 (Summer 1975), No. 2 (Winter 1975-1976), No. 3 (Summer 1976), and No. 5 (Winter 1978).


Box 5 / Folder 2
The Polanyi Society Bulletin, 1975-1984




Box 5 / Folder 3
The Polanyi Society Bulletin, 1984-1992


Scope and Content: Incomplete collection from Fall 1984-1985 to 1991-1992.


Box 5 / Folder 4
Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, Volume XVIII No. 2 - Volume XXI No. 3, 1991-1995


Scope and Content: Volume XIX No. 3 (1992-1993) is not included.


Box 6 / Folder 1
Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, Volume XXII No. 1 - Volume XXV No. 3, 1995-1999


Scope and Content: Volume XXIV No. 3 (1997-1998) is not included.


Box 6 / Folder 2
Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, Volume XXVI No. 1 - Volume XXIX No. 2, 1999-2003




Box 7 / Folder 1
Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, Volume XXX No. 1 - Volume XXXII No. 2, 2003-2006


Scope and Content: Volume XXXII No. 3 (2005-2006) is not included.


Box 7 / Folder 2
Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, Volume XXXIII No. 1 - Volume XXXV No. 1, 2006-2009


Scope and Content: Volume XXIV No. 1 (2007-2008) is not included.



Papers of Bruno Manno, 1969-1977

Scope and Content
This series includes miscellaneous notes and papers of Bruno V. Manno. It includes notes from Chicago (1970) and Oxford (1971). The series contains a copy of Manno's 1975 Ph.D. dissertation from Boston College, "The Person and Meaning: A Study in the Post-Critical Thought of Michael Polanyi." Two folders contain correspondence between Bruno Manno and Michael Polayni and Magda Polanyi, dating collectively from 1969-1977. One folder also contains miscellaneous items, such as additional correspondence, articles, and a few photographs.

Box 8 / Folder 1
Ph.D. dissertation: "The Person and Meaning: A Study in the Post-Critical Thought of Michael Polanyi," Boston College, August 1975




Box 8 / Folder 2
Notes and papers, including notes from Oxford, 1971




Box 8 / Folder 3
Correspondence, articles, and photographs, undated




Box 8 / Folder 4
Notes from Chicago, 1970




Box 8 / Folder 5
Correspondence: Michael Polanyi and Bruno Manno; Magda Polanyi and Bruno Manno, 1969-1972




Box 8 / Folder 6
Correspondence: Michael Polanyi and Bruno Manno; Magda Polanyi and Bruno Manno, 1972-1977





Sound recordings, 1968-1972

Scope and Content
This series includes a cassette tape of a TV program by Michael Polanyi, one reel featuring Michael Polanyi at the University of Dayton, and two reels of a discussion with Michael Polanyi.

Box 9
Audiocassette tape and audiotape reels, 1968-1972



Michael Polanyi, "Frontiers of Faith" TV program, 1968

Quantity: 1 tape


Michael Polanyi at the University of Dayton, 19 April 1969

Quantity: 1 reel


Discussion with Michael Polanyi, May 1972

Quantity: 2 reels




Michael Polanyi, "Frontiers of Faith" TV program, 1968

Quantity: 1 tape




Michael Polanyi at the University of Dayton, 19 April 1969

Quantity: 1 reel




Discussion with Michael Polanyi, May 1972

Quantity: 2 reels