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Boxes 1 - 6:

Correspondence.

 

Howison's outgoing letters, 1869-1916, in Box 1, arranged chronologically. Some are transcripts only.

 

Incoming letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent. and then filed chronologically within each folder. Single letters have been placed in miscellanies. A partial list of correspondents is appended at the end of this report.

 

At end of Box 6, one folder of miscellaneous statements of recommendation for Howison, 1862-1883.

Carton 1:

Manuscripts and printed copies of articles, lectures and essays. Arranged alphabetically by title, A - P

Carton 2:

Manuscripts and printed copies of articles, lectures and essays. Arranged alphabetically by title, Q - Z

 

Untitled articles and addresses

 

Outlines and notes for lectures and articles

 

Book reviews by Howison

 

Translations by Howison

 

Reviews of The Conception of God

 

Reviews of Howison's book The Limits of Evolution

 

Clippings — mainly relating to Howison. A few written by him.

 

Bibliographies

 

Biographical material and personalia

 

Notes on philosophy

 

Examinations for English courses

 

Examinations for Philosophy courses

 

Outlines for courses

 

Philosophical Union — Miscellaneous

 

Mathematics — Miscellaneous

 

Notes on Kant

 

Notes on courses taken in Berlin

Physical Description: (2 folders)
 

Miscellaneous notes

 

Misc. re teaching career at the University of California: announcements, register, and notes taken during ethics course taught by Howison

 

Papers concerni ng construction of Howison's house: blueprints, accounts, etc.

 

Photographs — Removed to Pictorial Corrections, 1978.

Portfolio:

Diplomas, lithograph of Marietta College, 1856, etc.

Partial List of Correspondents:

 

A Miscellany

 

Andrews, William Given, 1835-1912

 

Letter, June 27, 1902

 

Angell, Frank, 1857-1939

 

Letter, Dec. 27, 1911

 

Armstrong, Andrew Campbell, 1860-1935

 

Letter, Mar. 31, 1904

 

Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902

 

2 letters, 1886,

Scope and Content Note

written as president, Cornell University
 

Adams, George Plimpton, 1882-

 

15 letters, 1908-1917.

Scope and Content Note

1915-1917 letters written for the Philosophical Union of the University of California.
 

Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888

 

3 letters, 1870-1874

 

Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939

 

3 letters, 1903-1909

 

Alger, William Rounseville, 1822-1905

 

6 letters, 1891-1898

 

Allen, Joseph Henry, 1820-1898

 

2 letters, 1879

 

Ames, Charles H.

 

10 letters, 1884-1910

 

Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916.

 

20 letters, 1868-1912

Scope and Content Note

Some written as president, University of Michigan. 1868 letter addressed to Mr. Capen.
 

Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

 

4 letters, 1899-1905

 

B Miscellany

 

Babcock, Kendric Charles, 1864-1932

 

Letter, Jan. 12, 1917

 

Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936

 

Letter, Nov. 24, 1905

 

Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900

 

Letter, n. d.

 

Bartlett, Columbus

 

Letter, Dec. 9, 1903

 

Bartlett, Louis, 1872-1960

 

Letter, Nov. 29, 1904

 

Bentley, Charles Harvey, 1869-1922

 

Letter, July 23, 1916

 

Bolton, Thaddeus Lincoln, 1865-1948

 

Letter, May 2, 1904

 

Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932

 

Letter, Jan. 10, 1917

 

Brown, Edward Osgood, 1847-1923

 

Letter, Jan. 15, 1917

 

Bakewell, Charles Montague, 1867-1957

 

104 letters, 1889-1915

 

Baldwin, James Mark, 1861-1934

 

12 letters, 1898-1904.

Scope and Content Note

Some as editor of the Psychological Review.
 

Barnett, Alma

 

6 letters, 1907-1908,

Scope and Content Note

as student of Royce and W. James
 

Beard, James E

 

10 letters, 1889-1917,

Scope and Content Note

Mainly re preparation of papers for the Philosophical Union.
 

Blanchard, Milton E

 

6 letters, 1894-1912.

Scope and Content Note

A student of Royce's.
 

Block, Louis James, 1851-1927

 

4 letters, 1888-1917

 

Bont, John Harmon C., d. 1896

see

California. University. Board of Regents

 

Bradley, Cornelius Beach, 1843-1936

 

5 letters, 1900-1912

 

Bradley, Francis Herbert, 1846-1924

 

3 letters, 1895-1901

 

Brown, Elm et Ellsworth, 1861-

 

6 letters, 1898-1917

 

Brown, Warner, 1882-

 

4 letters, 1906-1908

 

Buckham, John Wright, 1864-1945

 

6 letters, 1905-1916.

Scope and Content Note

Undated letters at end of folder.
 

Burks, Jesse Dismukes

 

9 letters, 1892-1910

 

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

 

12 letters, 1887-1916.

Scope and Content Note

Some as president, Industrial Education Association, and Columbia, and as editor, Editorial Review.
 

C Miscellany

 

Caldecott, Alfred, 1850-

 

Letter, Oct. 11, 1903

 

Calthrop, Samuel Robert, 1829-1917

 

Letter, Sept. 3, 1913

 

Carpenter, Joseph Estlin, 1844-1927

 

Letter, Dec. 23, 1901

 

Cassel, Paulus Stephanus, 1821-1892

 

Letter, Jan. 2, 1882

 

Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877

 

Letter, June 6, 1868.

Scope and Content Note

Enclosing letter from W. Chauvenet of May 29, 1868
 

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

 

Letter, Sept. 23, 1882

 

Cook, Albert Stanburrough, 1853-1927

 

Letter, Jan. 3, 1904

 

Crosby, Alpheus, 1810-

 

Letter, June 4, 1868,

Scope and Content Note

addressed to Barnard Capen
 

Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903

 

18 letters, 1877-1901

 

Caird, Edward, 1835-1908

 

2 letters, 1898-1901

 

California. University.

 

Board of Regents:

 

7 letters, 1884-1918,

Scope and Content Note

by J. H. C. Bont and V. H. Henderson. 1917 and 1918 letters addressed to Mrs. Howison
 

President:

 

50 letters, 1899-1918,

Scope and Content Note

by B. I. Wheeler, V. H. Henderson, John A. Brewer, Farnham P. Griffiths, and Ralph P. Merritt. 1917 and 1918 letters to Mrs. Howison. See also Kellogg, Martin and Reid, William Thomas.
 

Calkins, Mary Whiton, 1863-1930

 

2 letters, 1908-1917

 

Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944

see

Psychological Review

 

Chauvenet, William, 1820-1870

 

5 letters, 1869-1870.

Scope and Content Note

At end of folder, letter from his wife and one from his son. See also Caswell, Alexis.
 

Christy, Samuel Benedict, 1853-1914

 

2 letters, 1889-1902

 

Creighton, James Edwin, 1861-1924

 

3 letters, 1895-1899

 

Crosby, Alice (Ballard) (Mrs. William Otis Crosby)

 

11 letters, 1887-1907

 

Crosby, William Otis, 1850-1925

 

3 letters, 1889-1908

 

D Miscellany

 

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

 

Letter, Feb. 3, 1899

 

Davidson, Thomas, 1840-1900

 

12 letters, 1876-1899

 

Davis, Horace, 1831-1916

 

7 letters, 1888-1905

 

Denman, William, 1872-1959

 

2 letters, 1897-1898

 

Dyer, Louis, 1851-1908

 

2 letters, 1901-1906

 

E Miscellany

 

Earl, Guy Chaffee, 1861-1935

 

Letter, Aug. 10, 1916

 

Eliot, Thomas Lamb, 1841-

 

Letter, Jan. 5, 1917

 

Elkin, William Baird

 

Letter, May 22, 1901

 

Ellis, Robinson, 1834-1913

 

3 letters, 1900-1910

 

Eucken, Rudolf Christof, 1846-1926

 

11 letters, 1897-1913.

Scope and Content Note

1897 letter is copy only.
 

Evans, Evan William, 1827-1874

 

3 letters, 1870-1873

 

Everett, Charles Carroll, 1829-1900

 

6 letters, 1883-1897.

Scope and Content Note

Included are testimonials by Everett for Howison.
 

F Miscellany

 

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

 

Letter, Nov. 13, 1892

 

Fite, Warner, 1867-1955

 

Letter, Mar. 11, 1899

 

Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889

 

Letter, Nov. 12, 1869

 

Foote, H. S.

 

Letter, Apr. 12, 1899

 

Fowler, Thomas, 1832-1904

 

Letter, June 25, 1901

 

Fowler, William Warde, 1847-1921

 

Letter, June 8, 1910

 

Fullerton, George Stuart, 1859-1925

 

Letter, Apr. 15, 1903

 

Foster, Frank Hugh, 1851-1935

 

13 letters, 1897-1908

 

Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927

 

2 letters, 1869-1870

 

Frieze, Henry Simmons, 1817-1889

 

3 letters, 1886-1887

 

G Miscellany

 

Garber, John

 

Letter, Nov. 2, 1896

 

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896

 

Letter, Dec. 30, 1869,

Scope and Content Note

to Wilson, Hinckle & Co., re Howison's Analytic Geometry.
 

Gardner, Percy, 1846-1937

 

5 letters, 1900-1909

 

Goddard, Charles H

 

18 letters, 1863-1902,

Scope and Content Note

1863 letter addressed to Mr. Cranch
 

Gregory, Caspar Ren, 1846-1917

 

12 letters, 1909-1913

 

Gregory, William Jones

 

3 letters, 1911.

Scope and Content Note

Brother of C. R. Gregory
 

Griffiths, Farnham Pond, 1884-1958

see

California. University, President

 

H Miscellany

 

Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909

 

Letter, Apr. 19, 1895

 

Hill, Albert Ross, 1869-1943

 

Letter, Mar. 25, 1899

 

Hirn, Yrj, 1870-1952

 

Letter, June 17, 1901

 

Huey, Edmund Burke, 1870-1913

 

Letter, May 13, 1904

 

Hume, James Gibson, 1860-

 

Letter, Jan. 19, 1903

 

Hyslop, James Hërvey, 1854-1920

 

Letter, Apr. 16, 1903

 

Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930

see

Yale University

 

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

 

2 letters, 1879-1901

 

Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909

 

73 letters, 1870-1908

 

Hastings, James, 1852-1922

 

3 letters, 1904-1905

 

Henderson, Ernest Norton, 1869-1938

 

12 letters, 1897-1902

 
 

Hibbert Journal

 

27 letters, 1902-1910,

Scope and Content Note

by L. P. Jacks, editor, and Francis H. Jones, secretary.
 

Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-

 

17 letters, 1906-1926.

Scope and Content Note

Undated items at end of folder. 1926 letter addressed to Mrs. Howison.
 

Hough, Williston Samuel, 1860-1912

 

7 letters, 1884-1888

 

Hudson, Jay William, 1874-1951

 

10 letters, 1906-1909

 

Irons, David, 1870-1907

 

2 letters, 1899

 

J Miscellany

 

Jastrow, Joseph, 1863-1944

 

Letter, Dec. 11, 1904

 

Judd, Charles Hubbard, 1873-1946

 

Letter, Apr. 14, 1904

 

Jacks, Lawrence Pearsall, 1860-

see

Hibbert Journal

 

James, William, 1842-1910

 

15 letters, 1879-1906

 

Johnson, Thomas Moore, 1851-1919

 

4 letters, 1891-1901

 

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

 

7 letters, 1901-1905

 

K Miscellany

 

Kedney, John Steinfort, 1819-1911

 

Letter, Feb. 28, 1896

 

Keeler, Louise Mapes (Bunnell), 1877-1907

 

Letter, Mar. 13, 1902

 

Keith, William, 1838-1911

 

Letter, [Nov. 1904]

 

Kelsey, Francis Willey, 1858-1927

 

Letter, Feb. 8, 1899

 

Kade, Emil

 

5 letters, 1881-1882

 

Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937

 

2 letters, 1896-1917

 

Kelley, Tracy Randall

 

2 letters, 1904-1914

 

Kellogg, Martin, 1828-1903

 

6 letters, 1888-1901.

Scope and Content Note

Mainly as president, University of California.
 

Kennedy, Francis, 1874-

 

2 letters, 1896

 

Keyser, Cassius Jackson, l862-1947

 

3 letters, 1907-1917

 

Kinkel, Laura (Mundy)

 

6 letters, 1905-1907.

Scope and Content Note

Student of Royce, Palmer, etc.
 

L Miscellany

 

Ladd, George Trumbull, 1842-1921

 

Letter, Sept. 11, 1898

 

Leavitt, Bradford

 

Letter, Sept. 17, 1901

 

Lefevre, Albert

 

Letter, n. d.

 

Lloyd, Alfred Henry, 1864-1927

 

Letter, Feb. 6, 1899

 

Lyman, William Whittingham, 1885-

 

Letter, June 11, 1911

 

Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921

 

3 letters, 1913

 

Levermore, Charles Herbert, 1856-1927

 

18 letters, 1888-1917

 

Lloyd, Warren Estelle

 

10 letters, 1896-1908

 

Long, John Davis, 1838-1915

 

5 letters, 1879-1882

 

Lovejoy, Arthur Oncken, 1873-1962

 

11 letters, 1898-1917

 

M Miscellany

 

McGiffert, Arthur Cushman, 1861-1933

 

Letter, Oct. 18, 1912

 

McLean, John Knox, 1834-1914

 

Letter, Dec. 10, 1903

 

Matheson, Percy Ewing, 1859-

 

Letter, Jan. 26, 1917

 

Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941

 

Letter, Mar. 8, 1899

 

Micou, Richard Wilde, 1848-1912

 

Letter, Apr. 10, 1902

 

Mills, Susan Lincoln, 1826-1912

 

Letter, Dec. 14, [1903]

 

Minton, Henry Collin, 1855-1924

 

Letter, Jan. 22, 1898

 

Monod, Wilfrid, 1867-

 

Letter, Mar. 21, 1903

 

McChesney, Joseph B

 

3 letters, 1885-1904

 

McGilvary, Evander Bradley, 1864-1953

 

24 letters, 1898-1917

 

McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis, 1866-1925

 

2 letters, 1902-1904

 

Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931

 

2 letters, 1899-1901

 

Merrill, William Augustus, 1860-

 

4 letters, 1914

 

Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-

see

California. University. President

 

Mezes, Sidney Edward, 1863-1931

 

20 letters, 1889-1917

 

Michelet, Karl Ludwig, 1801-1893

 

5 letters, 1882-1887

 

Mills, Darius Ogden, 1825-1910

 

8 letters, 1881-1904.

Scope and Content Note

1881 letter is copy only.
 

Moffitt, James Kennedy, 1866 ?-1955

 

3 letters, 1904-1910

 

Montague, William Pepperrell, 1873-1953

 

19 letters, 1898-1908

 

Moore, Ernest Carroll, 1871-

 

6 letters, 1898-1917

 

Morris, George Sylvester, 1840-1889

 

14 letters, 1879-1886

 

Münsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916

 

5 letters, 1894-1907

 

N Miscellany

 

Newbold, William Romaine, 1865-1926

 

Letter, Apr. 18, 1903

 

Northend, William Dummer, 1823-1903

 

Letter, July 31, 1884

 

Newton, Hubert Anson, 1830-1896

 

2 letters, 1870

 

Olney, Warren, 1841-1921

 

14 letters, 1896-1916

 

Overstreet, Harry Allen, 1875-

 

66 letters, 1899-1917

 

P Miscellany

 

Painter, George Stephen, 1864-

 

Letter, Aug. 23, 1898

 

Palmer, Charles Ray, 1834-1914

 

Letter, Nov. 1, 1869

 

Pardee, George Cooper, 1857-1941

 

Letter, Nov. 25, 1904

 

Parsons, Edward Lambe, 1868-

 

Letter, Jan. 18, 1904

 

Paulsen, Friedrich, 1846-1908

 

Letter, Mar. 13, 1882

 

Peabody, Francis Greenwood, 1847-1936

 

Letter, Apr. 20, 1907

 

Peirce, Charles Santiago Sanders, 1839-1914

 

Letter, Mar. 8, 1894

 

Philip, Joseph Howard

 

Letter, Dec. 18, 1914

 

Psychological Review

 

Letter, May 16, 1898,

Scope and Content Note

by J. M. Cattell. See also Baldwin, James Mark.
 

Palmer, George Herbert, 1842-1933

 

33 letters, 1883-1917

 

Philbrick, John Dudley, 1818-1886

 

7 letters, 1862-1869

 

Pillsbury, Walter Bowers, 1872-

 

4 letters, 1904-1905

 

R Miscellany

 

Ritchie, David George, 1853-1903

 

Letter, Oct. 30, 1898

 

Rogers, Arthur Kenyon, 1868-

 

Letter, Feb. 11, 1899

 

Rashdall, Hastings, 1858-1924

 

21 letters, 1901-1917

 

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

 

3 letters, 1901-1902

 

Reid, William Thomas, 1843-1922

 

9 letters, 1883-1901, mainly written as president, University of California.

 

Rieber, Charles Henry, 1866-

 

28 letters, 1890-1917

 

Rodgers, Arthur, 1848-1902

 

2 letters, 1893-1898

 

Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

 

3 letters, 1878

 

Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916

 

10 letters, 1886-1914

 

Runkle, John Daniel, 1822-1902

 

3 letters, 1884-1888

 

S Miscellany

 

Schuyler, Aaron, 1828-1913

 

Letter, Dec. 20, 1869,

Scope and Content Note

to Wilson, Hinkle & Co., re Howison's Analytic Geometry.
 

Shaw, Charles Gray, 1871-1949

 

Letter, Apr. 12, 1899

 

Slack, Charles W., 1858-

 

Letter, Apr. 26, 1893

 

Small, Albion Woodbury, 1854-1926

 

Letter, Mar. 12, 1899

 

Snider, Denton Jaques, 1841-1925

 

Letter, June 30, 1885

 

Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936

 

Letter, Dec. 8, 1888

 

Stoops, John Dashiell, 1873-

 

Letter, Apr. 17, 1903

 

Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901

 

2 letters, 1869-1870

 

Savage, Minor Judson, 1841-1918

 

5 letters, 1902-1903

 

Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott, 1867-1937

 

17 letters, 1900-1912

 

Schinz, Albert, 1870-1943

 

2 letters, 1899

 

Schurman, Jacob GouId, 1854-

 

7 letters, 1891-1899.

Scope and Content Note

1891-1892 letters as editor, The Philosophical Review.
 

Seth, James, 1860-1924

 

9 letters, 1895-1910.

Scope and Content Note

1895 letter is copy only.
 

Seth Pringle-Pattison, Andrew, 1856-1931

 

3 letters, 1895-1917

 

Shackleford, Thomas Mitchell, 1859-1927

 

21 letters, 1904-1913

 

Shinn, Milicent Washburn, 1858-1940

 

4 letters, 1898

 

Slate, Frederick, 1852-1930

 

2 letters, 1901-1903

 

Smith, John Alexander, 1864-

 

2 letters, 1899-1900

 

Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902

 

11 letters, 1885-1901

 

Stout, George Frederick, 1860-1944

 

6 letters, [1897?] -1910

 

Stratton, George Malcolm, 1865-1957

 

107 letters, 1889-1915

 

Street, Arthur I.

 

3 letters, 1890-

Scope and Content Note

Royce student
 

Sturt, Henry Cecil, 1863-

 

2 letters, 1903-1904

 

T Miscellany

 

Tabrum, Arthur H

 

Letter, July 12, 1913

 

Tausch, Edwin, 1867-

 

Letter, May 2, 1905

 

Tetlow, John, 1843-1911

 

Letter, Mar. 30, 1884

 

Thayer, Joseph Henry, 1828-1901

 

Letter, May 21, 1901

 

Taylor, Edward Robeson, 1838-1923

 

7 letters, 1902-1904

 

U Miscellany

 

Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

 

Letter, Oct. 1, [1870]

 

Upton, Charles Barnes, 1831-

 

4 letters, 1901-1917

 

V Miscellany

 

Voorsanger, Jacob, 1852-1908

 

Letter, Dec. 28, 1904

 

Vaihinger, Hans, 1852-1933

 

9 letters, 1885-1909.

Scope and Content Note

Some as editor of Kantstudien
 

Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933

 

3 letters, 1905

 

W Miscellany

 

Warren, William Fairfield, 1833-1929

 

Letter, Dec. 6, 1895

 

White, Erskine Norman, 1833-1911

 

Letter, Dec. 17, 1903

 

Wolfe, Harry Kitke, 1858-1918

 

Letter, Apr. 20, 1903

 

Woodworth, Robert Sessions, 1869-1962

 

Letter, Oct. 29, 1902

 

Wrinch, Frank Sidney, 1868-

 

[Letter?], Oct. 3, 1903

 

Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897

 

2 letters, 1886-1887

 

Wallin, John Edward Wallace, 1876-

 

4 letters, 1904-1906

 

Ward, James, 1843-1925

 

11 letters, 1901-1911.

Scope and Content Note

Syllabus of his Gifford lectures at end of folder.
 

Warren, W. R.

 

6 letters, 1896-1898

 

Watson, John, 1847-

 

2 letters, 1895

 

Wells, Chauncey Wetmore, 1872-1933

 

7 letters, 1910-1911

 

Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931

 

2 letters, 1896-1917

 

Wenley, Robert Mark, 1861-1929

 

6 letters, 1897-1902

 

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

see

California. University. President

 

Wilbur, Earl Morse, 1866-1958

 

5 letters, 1904-1905

 

Wilkinson, Warring, 1834-1918

 

4 letters, 1903-1914

 

Worcester, Joseph, 1836-1913

 

16 letters, [1891?]-1903

Scope and Content Note

Many undated.
 

Wright, Harry Manville, 1872-

 

7 letters, 1898-1917

 

Yale University

 

2 letters, 1906,

Scope and Content Note

by Arthur T. Hadley