Lewis S. Feuer papers, 1880s-1990s, undated | Brandeis University

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of Feuer's personal and professional papers, spanning the 1920s to the 1990s, with heaviest emphasis on the 1950s to the 1980s. The papers consist primarily of Feuer's correspondence, the manuscripts and research notes for his books, and reprints of all his published work. The papers also contain Feuer's large collection of radical literature, including articles, pamphlets, and periodicals from the 1920s to the 1970s. The holdings are particularly rich in material concerning Feuer's involvement in Jewish studies (culture and religion), the rise of neoconservatism in the 1970s and 1980s, student movements of the 1960s (especially at Berkeley), and the history and philosophy of science and scientific thought. Feuer's own philosophical and political journey, from Marxism in his youth to alienation from the left in the 1960s to neoconservatism in the 1970s and beyond, is particularly well represented.