John Arras papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Access to all materials in Box 7 of the collection are restricted at this time. Local access restriction types are as follows: Donor/university imposed access restriction and respository imposed access restriction.

Terms of access:

Some materials in the collection may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Summary

Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet 6 records boxes and 1 document box
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, topical research files, course materials, and professional papers owned by former University of Virginia professor John Arras.

Biographical / historical:

John Dyer Arras, 1945-2015, was a noted professor of philosophy and bioethics at the University of Virginia. Arras was born in San Mateo, California, to Ernest Arras Sr., and Margaret Dyer, on 25 August 1945. Arras studied at the Institute of European Studies and the University of Paris (Sorbonne) before graduating from the University of San Francisco in 1967 with degrees in Philosophy and French. After spending two years with the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, he attended graduate school at Northwestern University, where he received a doctorate in Philosophy in 1972. Arras' doctoral work focused on existentialism and Continental philosophy.