Kenneth on the Invitation to Give a Haskell Lectures and His Preparation

Kenneth on the Invitation to Give a Haskell Lectures and His Preparation

Haskell lectures on history of religions

In 1947 Kenneth was invited to give the Haskell lectures at the University of Chicago. It was one of the six most prestigious lectures in religion and philosophy in all of the US. A week before the lectures he loaded his material and came to Chicago to prepare. At first there were mostly religious people in attendance, but as days passed Kenneth's lectures drew more anthropologist, sociologists and philosophers, and eventually none of the people in the religious department came. 

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

January 1, 1947

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Kenneth Landon (1903-1993)

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Box 82: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles," CDs 51-75

Hour 72, clip 19

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical