Talk:Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Better Photo?

The picture of Schlesinger used in the article is terrible - it's very blurry and grainy. Surely there must be a better picture of the man that could be used. Just a thought. 2602:304:691E:5A29:50A0:A422:3F13:2012 (talk) 14:40, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Untitled

NPOV check posted for the following reasons:

1.) Schlesinger is cited as an 'articulate voice for Kennedyism,' but Kennedyism itself has no article defining the word or explaining the ideas behind it

2.) Schlesinger is cited as being admired for his 'devotion to the liberal agenda,' which I think is markedly different language than the previous sentence, which calls him 'a prolific contributor to liberal theory.' Liberal agenda is quite a loaded phrase, and in my opinion, implies Jewish agenda and thereby, anti-Semitism.

External Link

It is not clear why my link affirming Schlesinger's views about philosophic naturalism and Unitarianism, including photos of his actual 1950s letters to me, was removed: Arthur Schlesinger Jr. - contains photos of his letters confirming his religious and philosophic views. Warren Allen Smith 14:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

pronoun problem

To whom does the "he" in "he took it up" refer?

attention tag

OK, unless someone posts an explanation, I'm taking off the attention tag. This seems like an okay article. If you post here explaining the problem, go ahead and put the attention tag back

Criticism by Noam Chomsky

Is this the same Schlesinger about whom Noam Chomsky writes this: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/12172 ? Common Man 18:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Rkevins82 00:37, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

thx! Common Man 05:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Do you think a section on this should be added to his wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:F720:F00:403D:4463:17BD:43F7:9733 (talk) 22:58, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

HIS NAME IS ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR.

I checked several books this man has written, and his name is Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. He is named for his father.SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 19:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Your pointing being? And please don't shout. john k 21:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

That he generally uses his middle initial instead of middle name. What is the Wikpedia standard for this? Go with the name most often used or the whole thing? Can we change the name of the article to include the M? His father used the full middle name more. (As an aside, Jr. changed his middle name to the same as his father, as a late teenager I think, so that he could be Jr.) --Zachbe 18:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I deleted "After using the middle initial "M" on a passport signature, he took it up." I was not able to find any non-Wikipedia source for the passport story; it is not mentioned in Schlesinger's autobiography when he discusses the name change. The title of this entry should certainly be "Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." but I have not added the middle initial, for fear of breaking other links that may be scattered throughout Wikipedia.4granite 03:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Is he Jewish?

If so, he should be listed in the lists of famous Jewish-Americans, Jewish-American historians, Jewish-American authors, etc.

No, his great grandfather was, but his grandfather had converted to Protestantism. Schlessinger was raised mostly Unitarian. See A Life in the Twentieth Century, vol 1, page 1. --Zachbe 16:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

It was mentioned in the WIKI acticle on his father that "...he was born a Prussian Jew, but emigrated to America and married a Catholic." Do we know whether A.M. Schlesinger, Jr, was raised a Catholic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.170.59.138 (talk) 02:57, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

If he practiced or was raised in an other religion, this can not change the fact that he was an Ashkenazi Jew. --L. Woititz (talk) 12:38, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Birthplace

He was born in Columbus, Ohio, not Xenia. He spent summers in Xenia, but was not born there, as supported by the current reference and the following:

• The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s from University of Pennsylvania
• NNDB
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Encarta
• JFK Presidential Library
• Ohio History Central
• Ohio State University

Does that settle it? Rkevins82 05:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Article request

I'm looking for an article by Arthur Schlesinger called "The Opening of the American Mind". Perhaps written or published in July 1989.

Try this. Rkevins82 15:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure it was Schlesinger? Lawrence W. Levine wrote a book The Opening of the American Mind in 1996.--RedJ 17 00:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused. Did you click on the link (it clearly identifies the author and the earlier date (1989). Rkevins82 14:59, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry the link is to exclusive content at the New York Times which I could not access.--RedJ 17 03:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

High school education

Article states that Schlesinger attended the Collegiate School in NYC. A CNN article reports (wire source is AP) that he attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. Or perhaps both? -- wachen 14:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Apparently, the Collegiate School is K-12, so he attended the middle school before transferring to Phillips Exeter, where he graduated in 1933 (at the age of 15!). -- wachen 09:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

External link?

I worked on the site, so I have a conflict of interest, but would an interview with transcript with Arthur Schlesinger from 1986 be useful here as an external link? Focus of conversation is nuclear weapons policy. http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_796750C2392A439F8E9F9F0E1D08DF18 Mccallucc (talk) 13:26, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

No COI conflict unless you are now changing Wiki users to go there. Please make link or post it here on talk. Rjensen (talk) 13:28, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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