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Title: David W. and Margaret C. Prall Papers
Dates: 1908-1954
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Extent: 259 Items
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Mills College at Northeastern University
Oakland, California 94613
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of David W. and Margaret C. Prall.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. David W. and Margaret C. Prall Papers. Collection Number: Consult repository.. Mills College at
Northeastern University
Gift of Margaret E. Lyon, trustee of the Prall Estate
Scope and Content of Collection
David Wight Prall (1886–1940), distinguished philosopher and teacher, was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard and taught also
at Cornell, Amherst, the University of Texas, and the University of California. The Prall Papers includes letters, holograph
notes, manuscripts, and typescripts of papers and reviews (both published and unpublished), the manuscript of his book, Aesthetic
Analysis, and lecture notes for courses taught during the last years of his life.
His sister, Margaret C. Prall, Mills Music Department Faculty (1929–1955) and the Chair of the Mills Music Department (1954–1955),
is represented by the manuscripts of a number of articles and speeches and some correspondence.
Their sisters, Elizabeth (Mrs. Sherwood Anderson) and Dorothea (Mrs. Max Radin), and father, Delbert E. Prall, are also represented.