Dossier · 1964–1970

University of California, San Diego

Philosophical teaching and conflict over a new college

Chronology

1964–1970

196419671970
6 dated events
  1. Löwenthal recommends Marcuse to UCSD Documented · Source 1, pp. 210–211
  2. UCSD Hegel seminar Documented · Source 2, Introductory note, pp. 1–2
  3. Davis resumes study with Marcuse at UCSD Documented · Source 3, Davis preface, p. xi
  4. UCSD department defends Marcuse and announces prize Documented · Source 3, pp. 119–120; date in editor’s footnote 2
  5. College plan approved in principle, according to institutional history Reported · Source 5, p. 3
  6. Third College Fall 1970 program reported Reported · Source 5, p. 4

Sources

Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.

  1. Towards a Critical Theory of Society: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 2 Herbert Marcuse; editor Douglas Kellner. 2001; electronic edition 2003.
    Sources

    Leo Löwenthal to Richard Popkin, March 31,1964, in Marcuse, Towards a Critical Theory of Society: Collected Papers, vol.2, ed. Douglas Kellner (Routledge,2001; inspected electronic edition 2003), pp.210–211, PDF file pp.225–226. Contemporary recommendation from a colleague and friend; hiring-process evidence.

  2. Herbert Marcuse: Seminar on Hegel’s Science of Logic William Leiss; transcription by Michael G. Tyshenko. Fall 1966–Winter 1967; transcription February 2017.
    Sources

    William Leiss, Herbert Marcuse: Seminar on Hegel's Science of Logic, UCSD, Fall 1966 and Winter 1967; handwritten notes transcribed by Tyshenko, February 2017. Inspected pp.1–3, especially introductory note pp.1–2. Participant's original PDF . Retrospective course description and transcribed notes; no claim that Davis was in this seminar before her 1967 return.

  3. The New Left and the 1960s Herbert Marcuse; editor Douglas Kellner; preface Angela Y. Davis.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, “Marcuse's Legacies,” preface to Herbert Marcuse, The New Left and the 1960s: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, vol.3, edited by Douglas Kellner (Routledge, first published 2005; retained Taylor & Francis e-Library edition 2004), printed pp.vii–xiv, PDF file pp.8–15. Originally presented at “The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse,” UC Berkeley, November 1998 (p.x, note 5). Participant and advocate's retrospective assessment. Original retained PDF, not gateway excerpts, inspected.

    Sources

    UCSD Department of Philosophy, statement on Herbert Marcuse, July 19,1968, in collected papers vol.3, pp.119–120, PDF file pp.134–135. Institutional defense and praise. Statement date is identified by editor's footnote 2 at p.119.

  4. Eyes on the Prize II: Angela Davis interview, May 24, 1989 Angela Y. Davis; Blackside Inc.. May 24, 1989.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, interview for Eyes on the Prize II, May 24,1989, Blackside Inc., Film and Media Archive, Washington University in St. Louis, American Archive of Public Broadcasting transcript , opening questions on 1967 return and college campaign. Participant recollection. The archive warns that the transcript is unverified; this draft paraphrases the broad account corroborated by the institutional history, without copying garbled names or asserting an exact occupation date.

  5. The TMC History Project: A Short History of Thurgood Marshall College
    Sources

    Thurgood Marshall College, The TMC History Project: A Short History of Thurgood Marshall College, undated institutional history, pp.2–4. Original institutional PDF . Retrospective institutional account, not the 1969 proposal or Senate minutes. Inspected all five file pages.

  6. Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture Angela Y. Davis; interviews with Eduardo Mendieta. 2005.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, interviews with Eduardo Mendieta (Seven Stories Press,2005), retained EPUB, eISBN 9781609801038. Chapters “Politics and Prisons” and “Resistance, Language, and Law”; “Politics and Prisons,” answers beginning “Although I am no longer a member,” “Absolutely, and I think that I draw,” “Well, I’ve certainly been inspired,” “The global sweatshops,” and “Well, in one sense it has become obsolete”; “Resistance, Language, and Law,” opening answer beginning “My imprisonment had a major impact.” Davis's political analysis and participant recollection. Mendieta's questions and introduction are separately authored. No unverified print pages assigned.

  7. Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse and Otto Kirchheimer; editor Raffaele Laudani.
Research notes and unresolved sources

These archive notes identify research retrieval or evidence that still needs a bibliographic source. They are kept for verification.

Sources

The letters, department statement and participant notes document recruitment, teaching and reception.

Sources

The college history is a retrospective; its original planning records still need inspection.

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