Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller papers, circa 1870-1940

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Summary

Creators:
Schiller, F.C.S. (Ferdinand Canning Scott)
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.
Extent:
9.0 linear feet (18 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
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.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Louise S. Schiller, bequest, 1967.
Processing information:

Processed by Julia Jones, July 1968.

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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.

Physical / technical requirements:

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

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

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.

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.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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