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| Title: | Hodgson, Marshall G. S. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1940-1971 |
| Size: | 11 linear feet (18 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Marshall Goodwin Simms Hodgson (1922-1968) was a professor of Islamic Studies and Chairman of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. The Marshall G.S. Hodgson Papers contain correspondence, teaching materials, research notes, and writings, primarily related to his professional life and scholarly work. |
Series V contains student evaluations, restricted for 80 years.
The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Hodgson, Marshall G. S. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Marshall Goodwin Simms Hodgson (1922-1968) was a professor of Islamic Studies and Chairman of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s.
Hodgson's tenure at the University overlapped with the restructuring of the core "civilizations" courses for undergraduates. During the 1950s the sequence was expanded to include India, China, and Islam. This integrated approach provided an important intellectual background for Hodgson's own work; so too did his involvement with the Committee on Social Thought, which brought him into contact with important historians, anthropologists, and sociologists, notably John Ulric Nef, Mircea Eliade, Robert Redfield, and Edward Shils.
As an Islamic scholar, Hodgson rejected the Eurocentrism of most historical study. He argued that Europe's historical divergence occurred not during Renaissance, but much later, during the scientific revolutions of the seventeenth century. His efforts to locate the origins of modernity in a global context led to his interest in theories of world history. He is known primarily for his Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization (1975, 1977) and The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizârî Ismâî'lîs Against the Islamic World (1955). The former was revised by university colleague Reuben W. Smith and published after Hodgson's death. Both books are still considered major contributions to the field. In these works Hodgson broke with the dominant historiographical narrative of Islam, focusing on piety rather than on political or dynastic history. He was concerned with the way Islamic philosophers and historians used Qur'anic teachings to approach the problems and ideals of their contemporary societies.
Hodgson was a practicing Quaker who attended the 57th Street Friends Meeting. His Quakerism informed his academic work and his political views. Hodgson was interested in the role of individual conscience and sensibility in history. He downplayed the idea that war and violence accounted for Islam's initial spread, and he supported anti-Vietnam pacifism and draft resistance. As a scholar who paid particular attention to terminology and the relationship between language and the perception of reality, he sought to distance himself from the oversimplified umbrella of "radical politics." Hodgson was also a strict vegetarian described as "ascetic."
Hodgson had three children with his wife, Phyllis, also an active member of the Hyde Park community.
The Marshall Hodgson Papers cover the period between1940-1971 and are organized into five series:
Series I: University of Chicago, contains correspondence, teaching materials, and copies of papers delivered during Hodgson's tenure as Chairman of the Committee on Social Thought and Professor of Islamic Studies and History at the University of Chicago. It covers the period 1943-1968.
Series II: Professional, contains correspondence and papers relating to Hodgson's academic work beyond the University of Chicago. It contains correspondence with colleagues from other institutions. It also includes notes for, and copies of, papers delivered at venues outside the university. This series spans 1946-1967.
Series III: Research, contains research material compiled by Hodgson between 1941 and 1948. These are primarily detailed notes and commentary on secondary sources, many folders also containing correspondence on the subject or author in question. Some notes are written on the back of unrelated personal correspondence. This series spans 1941-1971.
Series IV: Writings and Publications, contains drafts and offprints of articles and books by Hodgson. It includes book reviews and correspondence with publishers. This series contains notes by Roy Benbee for a paper on Marshall Hodgson. Material in this series spans 1941-1968.
Series V: Restricted, contains student evaluations.
Series I: University of Chicago |
This series contains correspondence, teaching materials, and copies of papers delivered during Hodgson's tenure as Chairman of the Committee on Social Thought and Professor of Islamic Studies and History at the University of Chicago. It covers the period 1943-1968.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Committee on Social Thought and St. John's College, Oxford, Lists of the Great Books, 1943, 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Syllabi: History, Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, 1951-1963, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | "Inter-regional Relationships and Comparisons" seminar, notes and syllabus, 1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | "Comparison of Cultures and Civilizations," seminar, notes and syllabus, 1957-1964 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | "Introduction to Islamic Civilization," syllabi, 1957-1958 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Committee on Social Thought, notes and seminar schedule, 1960 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Hourani, seminar notes, 1962 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | "The Muslim Religion," lecture notes, 1961-1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Hodgson Examinations, 1948-1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | "Methods of Civilization Studies," course outline, 1965 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | "The Qur'an," teaching notes and materials, 1965 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | "Formal Teachings," course, notes, 1968 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | "Sufism," lecture notes and exam, 1968 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | "Shi'ism," lecture notes in English and German, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Students, correspondence, 1965 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | "Orthodoxy and Dissent in Medieval Islam," paper for the Committee on Social Thought, 1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | History of Religions conference, University of Chicago, response to Charles Adams, 1965 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | "Pre-modern Muslim Historians: Pitfalls and Opportunities in Presenting Them to Moderns," University of Chicago Radio lecture, notes,1966 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | "The Historian as Theologian," guest lecture for Henry Rago, 1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | "Towards World Community" conference, program, 1968 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Middle Eastern Studies Fellowship, correspondence, 1956 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | University administration, correspondence, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Committee on Near Eastern Studies, correspondence, 1961-1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Committee on Southeast Asian Studies, correspondence, 1961-1967 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | College grading policy, correspondence, Hodgson article, 1962-1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | History Department, correspondence, 1963-1967 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | College curriculum, correspondence, 1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Hodgson, research expenses, 1966-1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Middle Eastern Studies job search, correspondence, 1967-1968 |
Series II: Professional |
This series contains correspondence and papers relating to Hodgson's academic
beyond the University of Chicago. It contains correspondence with colleagues from other institutions. It also includes notes for, and copies of, papers delivered at venues outside the university. This series spans 1946-1967.
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Colleagues, names and addresses, 1946-1964, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | W.A. Isanow, correspondence, 1949-1950 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | W.A. Isanow on the Ismailis, notes, 1949-1950 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Quakerism and Islam, public talks, notes, correspondence, 1954-1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Islamic history and the Westernization of Turkey, correspondence, books, 1952-1963 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Gustav von Grunebaum, correspondence, 1957-1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, report, 1959 |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Colleagues, postcards, 1960, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Colleagues, names and institutional affiliations, 1960-1963 |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Colleagues, list of those sent copy of article, “Interrelations of Societies in History,” circa 1960s |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | American Association of Middle Eastern Studies, Lecture Series, correspondence, 1962-1964 |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Pratt Institute, correspondence on teaching materials, 1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | "History 187," at Harvard University, correspondence and lecture notes, [1/3], 1964-1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | “History 187” at Harvard University, correspondence and lecture notes – Gibb, Islamic History [2/3], 1964-1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | “History 187” at Harvard University, Gibb’s lecture notes [3/3], undated |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | International Congress of Orientalists, correspondence, 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Colleagues, professional correspondence, 1966-1967 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Westernization, correspondence, 1967 |
Series III: Research |
This series contains research material compiled by Hodgson. These are primarily detailed notes and commentary on secondary sources, many folders also containing correspondence on the subject or author in question. Some notes are written on the back of unrelated personal correspondence. This series covers the period between 1941 and 1971. It is divided into four topical subseries:
Subseries 1: Islamic Studies, contains notes, commentary, and correspondence on Islamic history, philosophy, religion, and culture.
Subseries 2: Religion, contains notes, commentary, and correspondence on world religions and the philosophy of religion.
Subseries 3: History and Politics, contains notes, commentary, and correspondence on historical method, historical periods, particular regions, and problems of politics.
Subseries 4: Philosophy, Language, and Literature, contains notes, commentary, and correspondence on theories of language and the text. Of particular interest is Hodgson's correspondence with Wilfred Smith on translation, and his notes and outlines for a science fiction novel, "Valley of Vision."
Subseries 5: Oversize, contains a map of Muslim population distribution.
Subseries 1: Islamic Studies |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Islamic History and Law, 1948-1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Ismaili assassins, 1949-1951 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Shi'ite heterodoxy, 1949-1960, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Non-Shi'a Muslim sects, 1949-1961, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Ismailia, Egypt, 1949-1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Islamic political thought, 1949-1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Life and times of Mohammed, notes and correspondence, 1949-1962 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Islamic philosophy, 1949-1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Later Islamic philosophers, 1949-1967 |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Biography of Islam, 1948-1953 |
| Box 3 Folder 17 | Popular piety, circa 1949-1961, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 18 | Qarmathian sect, 1950-1961, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Shi'ism, 1950-1963, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Guilds and chivalry, 1949-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Saljuqid period, 1949-1951, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Buyid times, 1952-1953 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Early Islamic states, 1952-1965, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Tabari's historical method, 1952-1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Shi'a histories, 1952-1953, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Nasir-i Khusraw, 1948-1953, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Mystic philosophy, 1954-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Modern Islamic politics, 1955-1962 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Islamic historiography, 1949-1968, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Islamic art and architecture, notes and bibliography, 1957-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Modernization in Islam, 1958-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Islam in America, 1957-1961, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | Tabari, 1953-1954, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | Shi'ite leader Bayan, 1952-1958, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Islam and science, 1960-1965 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Meccan calendar, 1961-1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Abbasid period, 1961-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Batiniyyah, notes and correspondence, 1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Islamic institutions, notes and correspondence, 1960-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Muslims in Russia, 1963-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Mystics, 1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Gazzali, 1950-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Sufism, 1949-1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Islam in Africa, undated |
Subseries 2: Religion |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Life of Jesus, 1940-1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Quakerism, 1945-1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | Nature of faith and history of religion, notes and correspondence, 1941-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Heresy, 1950-1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | Philosophy of religion, 1949-1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Quaker history, 1952, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | Christianity and Judaism, 1955-1961 |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Religion and philosophy, 1959-1968 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Islam and Christianity, 1958-1961, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Alcohol and religious devotion, 1960-1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Christianity, 1963 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Worship and prayer, 1963-1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Unity in religious history, 1965-1966 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | History as theology, 1965-1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Judaism, 1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | History of religions, 1966-1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Buddhism, 1967, undated |
Subseries 3: History and Politics |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Theoretical approaches to history, 1943-1957, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Historical method and purpose, 1947-1965, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | "Wild historical theorizing," 1952-1959 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Meaning of history, 1955-1957 |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | Theories of historical progress and synthesis, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | History by field, 1945-1965 |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | Chronology, 1971 |
| Box 6 Folder 17 | History of the human world, 1954-1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 18 | Regionality, 1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 19 | Inter-regional relations, 1955-1963 |
| Box 6 Folder 20 | Trans-regional history, 1957-1961, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 21 | World history and epic history, 1942-1959, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 22 | World history, 1951-1959, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 23 | Distortions in world history, 1946-1963, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 24 | Structure of world history, 1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 25 | Gibbon, 1947, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 26 | Marx and theories of historical process, 1949-1964, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Toynbee, 1953-1957, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Sorokin, 1943-1955, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Herodotus and Thucydides, 1947-1959, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | East-West relations, 1955-1958 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Modernity and modernization, 1961-1962, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Comparative cultures, bibliography, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Prehistory, circa 1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Crusades, 1947, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Classical Mediterranean history, 1943-1965, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Medieval West, 1949-1967 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Early modern West, 1965, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Early modern Europe, 1952-1965 |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Ancien Regime and the Enlightenment, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | The Occident, 1952, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Ancient Middle East, 1960-1966, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 16 | Safavids, Mongols, Timurids, 1961-1967 |
| Box 7 Folder 17 | Pre-Islamic Middle East, 1957-1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 18 | Pre-Islamic Arab World, 1950-1965, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 19 | Modern Middle East, 1955-1958 |
| Box 7 Folder 20 | Spain, Iran, Turkistan, Egypt, Syria, 1952-1963, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 21 | Israeli-Arab relations, 1958 |
| Box 7 Folder 22 | Iran, 1963-1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Syria, 1949-1953 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Saljuk Turks, 1949-1958 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Ottoman Empire, 1955-1967 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Turkey and Turkish nationalism, 1958-1963 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Modern Egypt, 1949-1967 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Education in Egypt, India, Pakistan, 1958, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Russia, 1957-1960 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | McNeill’s “Europe’s Steppe Frontier,” notes, 1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Delhi Sultanate, 1949-1967 |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Modern India and Pakistan, 1957-1960 |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Modern India, excluding Muslim India, 1962, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Non-Muslim India, 1944-1962, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | India, bibliographies, 1952-1959, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | Pakistan, bibliographies, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 15 | Raja Ram Kumar Book Depot, Lucknow, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Chinese History and Philosophy, 1943-1966, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Japan, 1963, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Malaysia, 1960-1964 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Eastern history, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Africa, 1964, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Latin America, 1942-1944, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | America, 1943-1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Contemporary radical politics, 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | General – Bibliographies and unsort-able lists [1/2], 1944-1967, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | General – Unclassifiable history [2/2], 1954-1966, undated |
Subseries 4: Philosophy, Language, and Literature |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Human nature, 1942-1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 12 | Epic history and verse, 1944-1955 |
| Box 9 Folder 13 | Arabic literature, Early and Early Modern, 1947-1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 14 | Philosophy of education, 1947-1968, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 15 | Philosophy of society and anthropology, 1949-1967, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 16 | Philosophy, 1948-1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Persian and Turkish literature, 1952-1966 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Philosophy of health, 1953-1960 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Philosophy and relativity, notes and correspondence, 1959-1960 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Arabic language, 1950-1963, undated
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| Box 10 Folder 6 | Early Syrian texts, 1949-1955, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Science fiction, "Valley of Vision" novel, 1956-1966 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Publishing, notes, 1957-1961 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Editing and translating, 1955-1968 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Truth and logic, notes and correspondence, 1960-1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Esperanto, 1961-1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | Microcosmic myth, 1962-1967, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | Rhetoric, 1966 |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | Philosophy of language, 1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | Dozening and numerical systems, 1963-1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | Literature, notes and correspondence, 1962-1968 |
| Box 10 Folder 17 | Philosophy of art, 1966, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 18 | Teaching Arabic, 1953-1967
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| Box 10 Folder 20 | Natural science, 1966-1968 |
| Box 10 Folder 21 | Philosophy of Ethics, 1962-1966 |
| Box 10 Folder 22 | Linguistic spelling reform, Calendar reform, 1950-1963, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 23 | Pascal, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 24 | Yoga, undated |
Subseries 5: Oversize |
| Box 19 | Distribution of Muslims by political area, undated |
Series IV: Writings and Publications |
This series contains drafts and offprints of articles and books by Hodgson. It includes book reviews and correspondence with publishers. In addition to his scholarly work, of note are his "Legacy Essays," which include "If Your Friend Turns Vegetarian" and "Dialogue for the Soul of an Ex-Nazi." This series contains notes by Roy Benbee for a paper on Marshall Hodgson. Material in this series spans 1940-1968.
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Pacifism and socialism, drafts, 1941-1963, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | “The Problems of Interregional History,” Hodgson Thesis, 1946 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | “Historical Method” and “Approaches to Controversy,” drafts, 1947-1957 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | “Responsibilities of the Historical Profession,” draft, 1954 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | “Legacy Essays," drafts, 1945-1955 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | “Limitations of Quakerism,” draft, 1952-1958 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | "The Role of Islam in World History," draft, 1956-1958, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | “The Role of Islam in World History,” offprint, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | "Interregional Structure of World History," draft and outline, 1957-1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | "A Non-Western Civilization Course in Liberal Education," offprint, 1959 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | "Interrelations of Societies in History," draft and outline, 1961-1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | “Interrelations of Societies in History, offprints, 1963 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | "Studies in Medieval Shi'a Islam," book proposal, 1954-1962 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | "Al-Darazi and Hamza in the Origin of the Druze Religion," draft, 1962 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | “Al-Darazi and Hamza in the Origin of the Druze Religion,” offprint, 1962 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | "The Islamic Political Problem," draft, 1962-1963 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | "On the Islamic Political Problem," draft, 1963 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | "Islam and Image," offprint, 1964 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | "Mood Drugs in History," draft, 1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | “Islam in West Africa,” draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | "Order of Assassins," drafts, 1954-1956 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | "Order of Assassins," correspondence with publishers, 1955-1964 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | "The Venture of Islam," Table of Contents, drafts, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 1, Chapter 2: Muhammad’s Challenge, draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 1, Chapter 3: The Early Muslim State, draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 14 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2: The Classical Civilization of the High Caliphate, Prologue, draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 15 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 1: The Islamic Opposition, draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 16 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 2: Absolutism in Bloom, draft, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 17 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 3: The Shari Islamic Vision, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | "Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 4: Muslim Personal Piety, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 5: Speculation, Falsafah, and Kalam, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 6: Adab: The Bloom of Arabic Literary Culture, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 2, Chapter 7: The Dissapation of the Absolutist Tradition, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3: Establishment of an International Civilization, Prologue, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 1: The Formation of the International Political Order, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 2: The Social Order, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 3: Maturity and Dialogue among the Intellectual Traditions, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 4: The Sufism of the Tariqah Orders, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 5: Victory of the New Sunni Internationalism, draft, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 6: The Bloom of Persian Literary Culture and Its Time, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | "Venture of Islam," Book 3, Chapter 7: Cultural Patterning in Islamdom and the Occident, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 4: Crisis and Renewal, Prologue, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 4, Chapter 1: After the Mongol Irruption, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 4, Chapter 2: Conservation and Courtliness in Intellectual Traditions, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 4, Chapter 3: The Visual Arts in an Islamic Setting, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | "The Venture of Islam," Book 4, Chapter 4: The Expansion of Islam, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | "The Venture of Islam," 19th c., notes, 1963 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | "The Venture of Islam," Modern Turkey, chapter draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | "The Venture of Islam," Arab, chapter draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | "The Venture of Islam," Iran, chapter draft and notes, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | "The Venture of Islam," Chapter 29: Muslim India: Problems of Islamic Nationalism, draft and notes, 1967, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | "The Venture of Islam," 20th c., notes, and epilogue, draft, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 13 | "The Venture of Islam," Epilogue, draft, 1966 |
| Box 14 Folder 14 | "The Unity of World History," Part 1, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | “The Unity of World History,” Part 2, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | “The Unity of World History,” Part 3, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | “The Unity of World History,” Part 4, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | “The Unity of World History,” Proposal and draft, 1962 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | “The Unity of the World,” notes, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | “The Unity of the World,” Part 3-1, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | “The Unity of the World,” Part 3-2, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | "Impact of the Great Western Transmutation," draft and notes, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | "Impact of the Great Western Transmutation," offprint, 1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | “The Great Western Transmutation,” Chicago Today, 1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | "How Did Early Shi'a Become Sectarian?" draft and notes, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | “How Did Early Shi’a Become Sectarian?” offprint, 1955 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | "Modernity and the Islamic Heritage," offprint, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | Wheelock, "Nasser's New Egypt," book review, 1960 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Mardin, "Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought," book review, 1962 |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | Saunders, "The Muslim World on the Eve of Europe's Expansion, book review, 1966-1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | “A Comparison of Islam and Christianity as Frameworks for Religious Life,” offprints, 1960 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | “Towards World Community,” offprint, 1968 |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | “Hemispheric Interregional History as an Approach to World History,” offprint, 1954 |
| Box 16 Folder 14 | Islamic studies, book reviews and correspondence, 1950-1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 15 | Islamic studies, book reviews and correspondence, 1962-1967 |
| Box 16 Folder 16 | Research notes and ideas, 1945-1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 17 | Publications, notes and correspondence, 1955-1960 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | “Islam and Image,” notes and correspondence, 1962-1963 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | World history publications, correspondence, 1953-1955 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Studia Islamica, notes and correspondence, 1957-1962 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Encyclopedia of Islam, correspondence, 1956-1960 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | "Islam in Modern Eurasia," correspondence, 1965-1968 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | New Grolier Encyclopedia, correspondence, 1960-1966 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | The Courier, copies, 1954, 1958 |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Marshall Hodgson, notes and paper by Roy Benbee, 1968 |
Series V: Restricted |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Student evaluations, 1946-1967 |