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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.
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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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
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.
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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:
- Correspondence.
- Manuscripts by Schiller and others.
- Printed items.
- Personal effects and papers.
- Papers of Louise Strang Schiller.
Online Items Available
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archives.
Philosophers -- Archives.
Schiller, Louise Strang -- Archives
Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott) -- Archives