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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Online Items Available

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller papers
    Creator: Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott)
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0191
    Physical Description: 9.0 linear feet (18 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1940
    Abstract: F.C.S. Schiller (1864-1937) was a pragmatist philosopher. He was the president of the Aristotelian Society (1921), and was elected fellow of the British Academy (1926). The collection consists of manuscripts of published books and articles, correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera related to Schiller's life and professional career.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Available note for the link to the digitized materials.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Louise S. Schiller, bequest, 1967.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9929767663606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Papers (Collection 191). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Julia Jones, July 1968.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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    Biography

    Schiller was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1864; studied at Oxford; taught briefly at Cornell University and returned to England to teach at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1897; president, Aristotelian Society (1921); elected fellow of the British Academy, 1926; distinguished himself as a pragmatist philosopher, writing several books, including Humanism: Philosophical Essays (1903), Studies in Humanism (1907), Must Philosophers Disagree? (1934), and Our Human Truths (1939); visiting lecturer and professor, USC, 1926-35; relocated to Southern California, 1935; died, 1937.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of manuscripts of published books and articles, correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera related to the life and professional career of pragmatist philosopher FCS Schiller.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    1. Correspondence.
    2. Manuscripts by Schiller and others.
    3. Printed items.
    4. Personal effects and papers.
    5. Papers of Louise Strang Schiller.

    Online Items Available

    Digitized materials are available electronically at Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Papers (1 item) .

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archives.
    Philosophers -- Archives.
    Schiller, Louise Strang -- Archives
    Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott) -- Archives