Lewis (Clarence I.) Papers, 1933-1967

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Summary

Title:
Clarence Irving Lewis Papers,
Dates:
1933-1967
Creators:
Lewis, Clarence Irving, 1883-1964.
Extent:
14.5 linear ft.
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Clarence Irving Lewis Papers, M0174, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains: the correspondence of CLARENCE IRVING Lewis, PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR (or about Lewis) dating from 1953 through 1967; the lecture notes Lewis used for his Philosophy courses; the manuscripts of Lewis' books such as Mind and the World Order; manuscripts of Lewis' papers; reprints of writings by and about Lewis; annotated/(by Lewis) books of Philosophy such as Kants Critique of Judgment; a bibliography of Philosophic works used by Lewis (on index cards). An extensive listing of the material is contained in the notebook by Robb Crist.

Biographical / historical:

Clarence Irving Lewis - Professor of Philosophy

Born April 12, 1883, Stoneham Massachusetts

Education AB Harvard, 1906 PhD 1910 LHD University of Chicago 1941

Married Mabel Maxwell Graves, Jan. 1, 1907 Children: Irving Maxwell, Margaret Maxwell, David Edson, Andrew Kittredge

Teacher High School English 1905-6

Instructor University of Colorado, 1906-8 (English)

Inst. and Asst. Prof. University of California 1911 - 20 (Philosophy)

Lecturer & Asst. Prof. & Prof. of Philosophy Harvard, 1920 -

Member of: American Philosophic Association, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophic Society, British Academy, Phi Beta Kappa

Author of: Survey of Symbolic Logic, 1918 Mind and the World Order 1929 Symbolic Logic with C.H. Langford) 1932 An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation 1946

Died: [UNK]

Custodial history:

Gift of Andrew K. Lewis, 1966, 1980; articles about Lewis given by Fernando R. Molina, 1982.

About this collection guide

Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 Sept. 23. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Clarence Irving Lewis Papers, M0174, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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