Guide to the Abraham Melden Papers
Processed by Eddie Yeghiayan.
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Guide to the Abraham Melden Papers
Collection number: MS-F03
Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Eddie Yeghiayan
- Date Completed:
- Ca. 1995
- Encoded by:
- Adrian Turner
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Abraham Melden papers,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1990
Collection number: MS-F003
Creator:
Melden, A. I. (Abraham Irving), 1910-
Extent:
2 linear feet (5 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection contains the professional papers of Abraham I. Melden. It includes personal and professional correspondence;
manuscripts, including his Ph.D. dissertation; notebooks; and lecture material.
Language:
English.
Collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections and Archives regarding availability for research use.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abraham Melden Papers. MS-F03. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Regula Melden, 1992.
Preliminary processing by Eddie Yeghiayan, ca. 1995.
Abraham I. Melden was an author, academic, and philosopher known for his work on ethical theory and applied ethics. He was
born in 1910 and studied philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles and Brown University. He earned his Ph.D.
at the University of California, Berkeley in 1938. Melden was Professor of Philosophy at Berkeley and the University of Washington
before joining the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 1964 as Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Philosophy. He wrote several books on philosophical issues, including ethics, and civil and human rights. Melden died in 1991.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains the professional papers of Abraham I. Melden. It includes personal and professional correspondence;
manuscripts, including his Ph.D. dissertation; notebooks; and lecture material.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Melden, A. I. (Abraham Irving), 1910- --Archives.
University of California, Irvine--Faculty--Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Melden, Regula, former owner.