Editing Objectivist movement (section)

===1970s===
[[File:Leonard Peikoff.tiff|thumb|upright|alt=|Leonard Peikoff delivered lectures on Objectivism throughout the 1970s.]]
In the 1970s, Rand gave fewer public speeches. She concentrated instead on nonfiction writing and on helping the work of her students and associates, through efforts such as a series of private workshops on [[epistemology]] that she conducted from 1969 through 1971 for about a dozen students and professionals in philosophy, math and physics.<ref>{{harvnb|Burns|2009|p=250}}</ref> ''The Objectivist'' was replaced by ''[[Objectivist periodicals#The Ayn Rand Letter|The Ayn Rand Letter]]'' in 1971. While ''The Objectivist'' had published articles by many authors, ''The Ayn Rand Letter,'' marketed as a personal newsletter from Rand, published only her work (plus occasionally Leonard Peikoff's).<ref name="Hessen 1999 p=353"/>

Throughout the decade, Peikoff continued to offer a number of lecture series on various topics related to Objectivism to large audiences, often incorporating new philosophic material.<ref>"Founders of Western Philosophy" (1972) and "The Philosophy of Objectivism" (1976)</ref> Rand worked closely with Peikoff, helping edit his book, ''[[The Ominous Parallels]]'', for which she wrote the introduction.<ref>{{harvnb|Heller|2009|pp=386–387}}</ref> In mid-1979, [[Peter Schwartz (writer)|Peter Schwartz]] began editing and publishing ''[[The Intellectual Activist]]'', a publication which Rand recommended to her audience.<ref>{{harvnb|Burns|2009|p=276}}</ref> One of Rand's associates, philosopher [[Harry Binswanger]], pitched to Rand his idea for a mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism, ''The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z'' (1986), and she approved of the project after seeing a sample of the proposed selections. Rand advised him on standards of inclusion but died before the work was completed.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z |last=Binswanger |first=Harry |author-link=Harry Binswanger |location=New York |publisher=New American Library |year=1986 |isbn=0-453-00528-4 |url=http://aynrandlexicon.com/}}</ref> After the close of ''The Objectivist Calendar,'' a short publication listing upcoming events within the Objectivist movement, Binswanger began editing and publishing ''The Objectivist Forum'', a bimonthly journal on Objectivism which had Rand's support and for which she served as "Philosophic Consultant".<ref>{{cite journal |title=To the Readers of the Objectivist Forum |journal=The Objectivist Forum |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=February 1980}}</ref>