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The Carl Gustav Hempel Papers are a large collection of documents and photographs that document much of his life, teaching and career. The collection is used by students, writers, researchers, instructors and historians not only for research into the life of Hempel but also for research into his theories and the theories of colleagues with whom he corresponded. The Hempel papers are restored, maintained, cataloged and housed in the Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. They include extensive handwritten, personal, correspondence with others, lecture outlines for courses that he taught, and drafts of his published works and unpublished manuscripts. Much of the content of the Carl Gustav Hempel papers is available electronically and searchable through the finding aid through the archives.

History of the collection
The papers were purchased and received in one accession in July 1999 from Hempel’s wife, Diane Hempel. The content of some of the holdings in the University's archives were copied from the original documents and are available through Project Gutenburg. The Hempel collection is cited in a number of scholarly works.

Scope of the collection
The collection is used by those researching personal information and the contents of the collection. The scope of the collection is quite large and contains information on the following subjects

Personal correspondence
Those scholars with whom Carnap corresponded were a large group.


 * Ernest Nagel
 * Rose Rand
 * David Kaplan
 * Felix Kaufmann
 * Charles Morris
 * Otto Neurath
 * Arne Næss
 * C.K. Ogden
 * Karl R. Popper
 * W.V. Quine
 * Hans Reichenbach
 * Moritz Schlick
 * Wolfgng Stegmüller
 * Hans Reichenbach
 * Moritz Schlick
 * Wolfgng Stegmüller

Work
His work is primarily associated with the concept of deductive-nomological explanation and with the Raven paradox.
 * Philosophical Essays, Early and Late (1934-1937)