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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1767

William Torrey Harris correspondence

Overview

Papers of American educator and philosopher William Torrey Harris.

Dates

  • Creation: 1874-1924

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)

The bulk of this collection consists of 837 letters, 1874-1909, to Harris from Charles H. Ames, publisher with D. C. Heath & Co. and other firms; 69 letters, 1879-1909, to Harris from Edwin Doak Mead, editor, author, and social reformer; and 22 letters, 1878-1905, to Harris from Lucia True Ames Mead, feminist, reformer, and wife of Edwin Doak Mead. Also includes lists of writings by Harris, clippings and other printed material, and some letters to Ames and other members of Harris's family.

Biographical / Historical

Harris was an educator and philosopher. He was superintendent of schools in St. Louis, Mo. (1867-1880) and U.S. Commissioner of Education (1889-1906). He founded the Journal of Speculative Philosophy in 1867 and was the leading exponent of Hegelianism in American philosophy.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. Correspondence
  2. II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

65M-55. Gift of Edith Davidson Harris; received: 1965.

Title
Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909. William Torrey Harris correspondence, 1874-1924: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00878

Repository Details

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