The National Endowment for the Humanities continues to provide major funding for our preparation of an electronic edition of The Correspondence of John Dewey . This award is especially significant, given the severe budgetary cutbacks that the Endowment has suffered. In October 1999 we submitted a proposal to the NEH for funding from May 2000 through April 2002. The work of the Center is also supported by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, the John Dewey Foundation, and private donors.
Contributions are welcome, and tax deductible.
The first volume of The Correspondence of John Dewey is now available. It features both Boolean and hypertext search capabilities. The Center's editors have completed transcription of all known Dewey correspondence. Proofreading has been accomplished for materials up to the late 1930s. This means that visitors to the Center can now have electronic access to over 16,000 items of Dewey's correspondence.