J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Ephraim Edward Ericksen papers
Ericksen, Ephraim Edward
MS 0534
7.75 linear feet
1828-1968
The Ephraim Edward Ericksen papers (1828-1968) contain writings by Ericksen, some writings by others, and personal correspondence and notes. E. E. Ericksen (1882-1967) was a moral philosopher and served as dean of the University of Utah's College of Arts and Sciences.
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Ephraim Edward (known as E.E.) Ericksen was born into the second family of Danish emigrant Bendt Jensen Ericksen of Logan, Utah, at the turn of 1882. After grammar school membership in the first graduating class of the Oneida Stake Academy, Ericksen returned to Logan to attend Brigham Young College. It was under his instructors here that the young man decided to professionally pursue the study of philosophy and to do so at the University of Chicago.
Before completing undergraduate work at the BYC, Ericksen met and married Edna Clark of Auburn, Wyoming. The couple returned to Chicago where Ephraim continued graduate school under the tutelage of James H. Tufts, a notable American thinker and philosopher. It was in Chicago that Ericksen "began to examine more critically my religious heritage." In the homes of married couples near campus Latter-day Saint students would meet to discuss their religion and church. It was here that Ericksen was exposed to scientific and sociological methodology in the consideration of his culture. The fruit of discussions in this circle, his primary study interest in moral philosophy with a minor emphasis in economics, was his doctoral dissertation, "The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon Group Life," completed in 1918. It was published by the university in 1922.
In 1911 Ericksen accepted an appointment as principle of the Murdock Academy in Beaver, Utah. Here he taught in and administered the four-year prep/normal/reform/high school. In 1914 he requested a leave of absence to continue his work at the University of Chicago. Upon completion of his Ph.D. he returned to Utah, not to Beaver, but to Salt Lake City where he accepted a $1700 annual salary to teach in the Philosophy Department at the University of Utah. Here he remained as a well respected instructor, department head, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences until his retirement in 1948.
He wrote a textbook titled
Social Ethics, as well as an autobiography. Ephraim Edward Ericksen died in 1967.
The Ephraim Edward Ericksen papers (1828-1968) contain writings by Ericksen, some writings by others, and personal correspondence and notes. Manuscript drafts and related materials for books Ericksen planned make up the bulk of the collection. Much of the correspondence is from family members after Ericksen's retirement.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Gift of Margaret E. Kenney in 1983.
Gift of Scott G. Kenney in 1991.
Transferred from Western Americana in 2011.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0494).
Processed by Richard Saunders in 1993.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2013.
Erickson family
United States--Economic conditions
Latter Day Saint churches--History
Philosophy, Modern--20th century--Study and teaching
Ethics
Correspondence
Drafts (documents)
Articles
Lectures
Photographs
Autobiography and Correspondence
Scott Kenney Notes on EEE Chronology
1
1
News Clippings
1
2
University of Utah Faculty Record
1915-1948
1
3
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Distinguished Service Award
1
4
"Inquisition" Draft Manuscript
1
5
"The View from the House of Ephraim"
1
6
"Ephraim Edward Ericksen: His Memories and Reflections"
1
7-13
Manuscript and draft.
Contracts
1
14
Incoming Correspondence
1910-1966
1
15-21
Outgoing Correspondence
1927-1943
1
22-26
Correspondence and Notes
Outgoing Correspondence
1944-1966
2
1-20
Miscellaneous Class Materials
2
21
Philosophy 104
2
22-27
Outlines and biographies.
Education 227E, "Education for a World Society"
2
28
Nevada Lectures
2
29
Nevada Class Registers
2
30
"Why Study Religion?"
2
31
Class outline.
"Department of Philosophy: Its Functions in an Undergraduate School"
2
32
"Milton Bennion: Teacher and Philosopher"
2
33
Writings by Ericksen and Others
Bennion, Lowell, "How Shall We Judge One Religion as `Better' Than Another?" ; Clapp, Edwin R., "`Beauty' and `Truth' in Art"
3
1
Ericksen, Eugene P., "Logic and Clear Thinking"; Fielding, R. Kent, "The Concept of Stages in Mormon Historical Development"
3
2
Geddes, Joseph A., "Value Systems and Institutions of Utah"
3
3
Miller, Frieda S., "Statement . . . Before the House Ways and Means Committee, In Support of Certain Amendments to Title II of the Social Security Act"; Monson, Charles, "Is Religion True?"
3
4
Nicolayson, Mack, "Criticsm of the Tract, Practical Application and Results "; "Youth and Sex Morality"; "Youth, the Word of Wisdom, and Civic Morality"
3
5
Snell, Heber C., "The Last Chapter in a `Bad Book's' History"
3
6
The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon Group Life
3
7
Promotional Material for Ericksen's Books
3
8
Social Ethics, Criticism and Reviews
3
9
"The Distribution of Wealth"
3
10
"Church and Community Enterprise among the Mormons"
3
11
"Problems vs Environment"
3
12
"Environment Selected, or, The Problem Side of Experience"
3
13
Senior Thesis
3
14-15
Notes
3
16
Mutual Improvement Association Board Reports
3
17
"The Cooperative Family"
3
18
Chapter contributed by EEE to the 1937 YMMIA manual.
"Prevention of Crime through Wholesome Leisure"
3
19
"W. H. Chamberlin--Philosopher and Teacher"
3
20
"W. H. Chamberlin: Pioneer Philosepher in Utah"
3
21
Notes on William H. Chamberlin
3
22
"The Concept of Responsibility--Ethical-Economic Implications"
3
23
"Philosophy in Democracy, Democracy in Education"
3
24-26
"Priesthood and Philosophy"
3
27-29
James, William, "World Thinkers," n.13
3
30
"Utah's Religious Economy: Paradoxes in Community Righteousness"
3
31-32
"Comments on Carpenter's Criticism [of "Ideological Aspects of the Legal Profession"]"
4
1
Medicine and Medical Profession
4
2
Four variously numbered chapters of an unidentified work.
"The Doctors and the Health Values in American Democracy"
4
3
"Sagebrush to Sophistication"
4
4
Acknowledgements for Bendt Ericksen Biography; "Biography of Bendt Jensen Ericksen"
4
5
"Bendt Jensen Ericksen: A Biography by Ephraim E. Ericksen"
4
6-11
Bear River City (Utah) Pioneer Monument Dedication
1947
4
12
"Social Justice in American Economy"
Preface and Foreward Notes
5
1
Democracy--Economic and Cultural Implications Moral Judgment of the Ethicist: The Economist and Ethicist
5
2
The American Democracy
5
3
Moral Judgments in Economics
5
4
Social Responsibilities of Vocational and Professional Groups
5
5
The Democracy of Culture in an Industrial Civilization
5
6
Social Justice in American Economy; Capitalism in America: Liberalism and Justice; The Origin of American Capitalism: Hamilton; Capitalism in Operation: Methods and Principles
5
7
Capitalism and Industrial Mechanization
5
8
Capitalism in America: Liberalism and Justice
5
9
The Idealist Traditions: Dualistic Aspects; The Bifurcations of Values (In American Idealism)
5
10
Ethical Dualism and the World of Action; The Idealist Traditions: Dualistic Aspects
5
11
Values
5
12
Truth as a Way of Life--The Social Way
5
13
Values, Constitution
5
14
Preface, Constitution
5
15
Revolution
5
16
Moral Problems in Industry
5
17
Moral Problems of Industry
5
18
Recreation
5
19
Economic Justice in American Democracy
5
20
Manuscript Notes
5
21
Ancient Naturalism
5
22
Adam Smith
5
23
Classical Economics and Ethics--18th Century
5
24
Economic Naturalism--Ancient Roots
6
1-2
Naturalism of the Classical Economists
6
3
Utilitarianism
6
4
Utilitariansim--And Ethical Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century; Mills' Social Philosophy--A Motivating Naturalism
6
5
Wealth and Industry in Puritan Religion
6
6
Philosophy of Justice in American Enlightenment
6
7
Philosophy of Justice in the Constitution
6
8
The Supreme Court: A Philosophic Agency
6
9
Truth, Self
6
10
Justice in Colonial America
6
11
The Major Promise--An Appeal to Nature in the Interest of Efficiency
6
12
Andrew Jackson
6
13
Economists and the Social Economic Issues
6
14
The Bill of Rights and the Philosophy of Justice
6
15
Constitution of the United States: Philosophical Foundation
6
16
Something on Utah
6
17
Objective Social Thinking
6
18
Truth as a Human Enterprise
6
19
Truth as a Way of Life--The Social Way
6
20
Economics: Science or Philosophy
6
21
Economics and World Security
6
22
Notes from Montague, The Way of Things
6
23
Economics and the Constitution
6
24
Behind the Law: Metaphysics and Ethics: Philosophy in Perspective; The American Laborer--His Philosophy of Living and Making a Living; The Communist Movement
6
25
Bentham and the Utility Doctrine; Bentham's Radicalism; Naturalistic Traditions in American Economy; Behind the Law: Metaphysics and Ethics: Philosophy in Retrospect
6
26
Creative Participation--Philosophy of Work
6
27
Notes
6
28
Social Justice in Colonial America; Religion in colonial America
6
29
Pragmatism, Religion in America
6
30
Agrarianism in America: A Philosophy of Economic Justice; Agrarianism Takes Idealistic Form: Integrating Factors; The Agrarian Dilemmas
7
1
Group Consciousness: The Agrarian Protest; The Agrarian Dilemmas; Agrarianism Takes Form: Integrating Factors; Roots of Agrarianism
7
2
The Agrarian Dilemma, 1860-1890; Agrarianism in the Twentieth Century
7
3
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)--The Agrarian Preacher
7
4
Group Consciousness: The Agrarian Protest
7
5
The Farm and the Welfare State
7
6
Objective Thinking and Social Values
7
7
Roots of Agrarianism
7
8
Industry, Capitalism
7
9
Bentham and the Utility Doctrine
7
10
Moral Responsibility
7
11-12
The Laboring Man and the Welfare State
7
13
Modified Capitalism and the Welfare State: The Philosophy of the New Deal
7
14
Colonialism
7
15
Capitalism in Action: Its Advocates and Critics
7
16
Pattern Makers in Business: Economic and Social Philosophy
7
17
Dualism in Business Ethics
7
18
Capitalism in Distress and the Welfare State
7
19
Capitalism in Distress; Disillusionments in American Economy
7
20
Capitalism in Dilemma; Dilemmas in American Economy
7
21
Capitalism in Reverse
7
22
Unionism--A Philosophy of Method
8
1
The American Laborer--His Philosophy of Living and Making a Living
8
2
Unionism in Capitalistic Industry
8
3
Unionism, Industry
8
4
Philosophy in the American Revolution; Philosophical Leadership; Secularizing the Puritan Ideals--Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); A Revolutionary Document: A Peoples' Declaration of Rights
8
5
Group Philosophies and the Welfare State; The Philosophy of the New Deal
8
6
Sam Adams, Revolution Philosophy
8
7
Declaration of Independence, Revolution
8
8
Revolutionary Period; Philosophical Leadership
8
9
Property Rights as Natural Rights; Philosophy in the American Revolution
8
10
Economic Problems in the Revolution; Revolution and Constitutional Periods
8
11
The Community in American Economy
8
12
Notes
8
13
Philosophy
8
14
Capitalism; The Foundation of American Capitalism; The Pecuniary Motive of Capitalism
8
15
Capitalism, Corporation
8
16
Bentham and the Utility Doctrine
8
17
Metaphysical Assumptions in Classical Economics
8
18
Naturalism, Utilitarianism, Karl Marx
8
19
Law in Prospective Philosophy: Economic and Social Implications; The Naturalistic in the Ethics of American Economy
8
20
Social Justice in Classical Economics of the Eighteenth Century
9
1
The Idealist Traditions: Dualistic Aspects
9
2
America--A Laboratory for Democracy; The Self in Creative Social Thinking
9
3
Classical Economists, Utilitarianism
9
4
Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism
9
5
Karl Marx, Communism
9
6
Hebrew and Christian Traditions in Colonial Philosophy
9
7
Preface and Foreword
9
8-9
Colonial Period
9
10
Industry, Welfare
9
11
Group Responsibility and Social Thinking; New Deal Philosophy and the Welfare State
9
12
Welfare State
9
13
Individualism, Labor, Welfare
9
14
The American Laborer--His Philosophy of Living and Making a Living
9
15
The American Lawyer--Custodian of Justice, Philosopher and Statesman
9
16
Naturalism, Industry
9
17
Class, Democracy, Industry
9
18
Economic Naturalism--Ancient Roots; Naturalism in Western Economics
9
19
Naturalism, George Herbert Mead
10
1
Pragmatic Naturalism: A Socio-Economic Philosophy
10
2
Naturalism
10
3
Socialism
10
4
Values, Industry
10
5
Morals in Economics, Culture
10
6
Law
10
7
Supreme Court and Manuscript Notes
10
8
Supreme Court, Bill of Rights
10
9
The Bifurcation of Values--Material and Spiritual
10
10
Social Responsibility
10
11-14
Dualistic Traditions in American Economy
10
15
Dualism, Democracy
10
16
The Bifurcation of Values In American Idealism
10
17
Dualism, Values
10
18
Dualistic Traditions in American Economy
10
19
Class, Dualism
10
20
Philosophy, Responsibility, Bibliographies
10
21
Notes
11
1-2
Social Thought, Group Responsibility
11
3
Individualism, Responsibility
11
4
Social Justice, Individualism
11
5
The American Businessman--His Philosophy and Economics
11
6
The American Men of Affairs' Philosophy of Business
11
7
The American Businessman
11
8
Businessmen, Business
11
9
Pattern Makers in Business: Economic and Social Philosophy; Capitalism in Action: Its Advocates and Critics
11
10
Agrarianism in America: A Philosophy of Economic Justice
11
11
Agrarianism
11
12
Economic Philosophy in Education; American Economy and World Responsibility; The Self in Creative Social Thinking; Mechanization of Industry; The Bifurcation of Values (In American Idealism); Wealth in Hebrew and Christian Tradition
11
13
The Lawyer Statesman in a Dynamic Economy; Behind the Law Metaphysics and Ethics: Philosophy in Retrospect; Collective Action; Pattern Makers in Business: Economic and Social Philosophy; Capitalism in America: Liberalism and Justice; The Origin of American Capitalism: Hamilton; Roots of Agrarianism
11
14
Teachers in American Economy; The Social and Educational Effect of Changes in Teaching Staff
11
15
Objective Thinking and Social Values
11
16
Naturalism
11
17
Moral Criteria; Religion and Democracy
11
18
Economic Philosophy in American Education
11
19
Social Justice and the Political State; Dualism in Idealistic Tradition
11
20
Bibliographies
11
21-22
Conservation of Utah's Human Resources; The Teachers and the Schools in American Economy
12
1
Educators and the Philosophy of Economics
12
2
Teaching, Economic Thought
12
3
Education, Economic Thought, Democracy
12
4
Philosophy of Education in a New World--Economic Aspects
12
5
Economic Tradition
12
6
Education in Social Justice
12
7
Wanted: An Economic Philosophy for Education
12
8
Educating for Democracy
12
9
American Economy and World Responsibility
12
10
Internation Realism--America in Action; Capitalism on a World Basis
12
11
Democracy, Education
12
12
America's Internationalism: Idealistic and Realistic
12
13
America Assumes World Responsibility
12
14
Idealism, Outline
12
15
Naturalism, Outline
12
16
Ethics of Pragmatism and Instrumentalism, Outline
12
17
Realism, Outline
12
18
Morale and National Defense, Outline
12
19
Miscellaneous Nevada Materials
12
20
"Mormonism in Philosophical Perspective"
Utah, Philosophy, Mormonism
13
1-2
Mormonism
13
3-4
Notes from John Taylor on Preexistence and Immortality
13
5
Liberalism in Mormonism
13
6
Mormonism and Community
13
7-8
Authority, Priesthood
13
9
Philosophy and Religion in Mormonism
13
10
Consolation, Individual Salvation
13
11
Authority, Priesthood, Philosophy
13
12
Joseph Smith and Philosophy
13
13
Priesthood, Philosophy, Cooperation
13
14
Joseph Smith, Prophecy, Philosophy
13
15
Prophecy, Priesthood, Theology
13
16
Joseph Smith
14
1-3
Critical Examination of the Prophet's Visions; The Youthful Prophet; Origin and History
14
4
Our Faith; Our Criticism
14
5
Apocalypse, Prophets
14
6
The Hallowed Old and the Promising New in Mormonism
14
7-8
Mormon Educators
14
9
Community, Conflict, Exclusivism
14
10
Mormon Churches and Christian Tradition
14
11
Article of Faith 1; Mormon and Christian Theology
14
12
Article of Faith 2
14
13
Article of Faith 4-5; Faith and Repentence; Authority in the Ministry: Men Called of God
14
14
Article of Faith 9; Revelation, Past, Present and Future
14
15
Exclusivism and Group Conflict
14
16
Zion Building--Mormon Idealism
14
17-18
Cooperation, Economy, Social Economics
14
19
Transcriptions from LDS Publications
14
20
Mormonism Adapting to Twentieth Century
14
21
The Mormon Seminary of the Early Fifties
14
22
George T. Boyd Survey Responses
14
23
Mormonism and the Apocalyptic Scripture
15
1
Mormonism's Consideration of Scripture
15
2
Modern Prophets
15
3
Ancient Prophets
15
4
Mormonism and Capitalism
15
5
The Church and Politics
15
6
Science in a Christian Society
15
7
Modern Prophets, Priestly Stuctures
15
8
Mormonism in Philosophical Perspective
15
9
General Materials
General Materials
1828-1955
16
1
This folder contains a variety of materials such as a letter, a presentation, news clipping, and essays titled, "Lessons in Thrift for Senior High Schools," "Recreation Within the Home in Relation to Moral Values," and "Standard of Living Within the Home in Relation to Moral Values".
Writings
1942-1957
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This folder contains the following articles: "Materialism in Democracy-Democracy in Culture," "William H. Chamberlin: Pioneer Mormon Philosopher," and "Idealogical Aspects of the Legal Profession".