John P. Clark Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Collection 57

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The John P. Clark Papers consist primarily of correspondence and publications. These materials include correspondence with political thinkers and book publishers, independently published political pamphlets and zines, and serial periodicals such as “Our Generation”. The collection also contains a small number of flyers, microfilm reels, and reel-to-reel audio recordings.

Dates

Created: 1964-2008
Other: Majority of material found in 1970-2000
Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999

Creator

Clark, John P. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws.

Biographical or Historical Information

John P. Clark was born on August 21, 1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Tulane University as an undergraduate and graduate student, receiving Bachelor’s in Philosophy and Political Science in 1967, a Master’s in Philosophy in 1971, and a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1974. He has served as a lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans since 1970, and has additionally served as a lecturer at Tulane University, St. Mary’s Dominican College, and Goddard College between the years of 1968 and 1993. Clark has received the Dux Academicus Award, Pax Christi New Orleans Bread and Roses Award, Anthony Waters Distinguished Teaching Award, and City College Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is active in the Green Movement and other political and philosophical movements whose goals involve grassroots democracy, world peace, social justice, and ecological sustainability. He has authored and edited numerous books, including “Max Stirner’s Egoism”, “The Philosophical Anarchism of William Godwin”, “The Anarchist Moment: Reflections on Culture, Nature and Power”, “Renewing the Earth: The Promise of Social Ecology”, and “The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism”. He has also published “The Surregionalist Manifesto and Other Writings” and “Surregional Explorations” under his pseudonym “Max Cafard”. He is currently the Gregory F. Curtin Distinguished Professor of Humane Letters and the Professions, Professor of Philosophy and member of the Environmental Studies faculty at Loyola University New Orleans.

Note written by Clifford, James C.

Extent

3.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

This collection has been arranged into four series, one of which has been further divided into two subseries. The majority of original folder titles and contents for material in Series I: Correspondence have been preserved. A small number previously donated letters have been placed into existing files or new folders by correspondent. The arrangement scheme for the remainder of the collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a usable original order. Folders in Series I: Correspondence are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Items in Series II: Publications are arranged alphabetically by publication title.