Theodore de Laguna collection Bulk, 1896-1930 1896-1989

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Theodore de Laguna collection Bulk, 1896-1930 1896-1989

Theodore de Laguna (1876-1930) was a philosopher, author and professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College, serving in that capacity for 23 years. The Theodore de Laguna collection, dating from 1896 to 1989, contains diverse writings and annotated books by de Laguna. This collection focuses mainly on de Laguna's manuscripts, off prints, and poetry, but also contains original musical arrangements, annotated works by others, and correspondence regarding de Laguna's death in 1930.

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De Laguna, Theodore, 1876-1930

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Theodore de Laguna (1876-1930) was a philosopher, author and professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College, serving in that capacity for 23 years. Born July 22, 1876 in Oakland, California to European immigrants Alexander de Laguna and Frederica Bergner, Theodore de Laguna was first educated at home by an older sister, then educated at the public schools of Oakland and the University of California where he received his Bachelor’s degree in 1896. While an undergraduate, de Laguna’s in...

Bryn Mawr college

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De Laguna, Frederica

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Frederica de Laguna (1906-2004)was born in Ann Arbor, MI in 1906. Both her parents taught phisosophy at Bryn Mawr College from the time that she was an infant. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from Bryn Mawr College in 1927. Her first memoir was "Voyage to Greenland," about her first anthropology field work, published in 1929. She earned a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1933. Her first job was field director for the University ...

de Laguna, Grace Andrus, b. 1878

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Grace De Laguna received her AB from Cornell in 1903 and her Ph.D from the same instution in 1906. A philosopher, she joined the Bryn Mawr faculty in 1907 with her husband, Theodore de Laguna, later becoming the department chair. She is the mother of renowned anthropologist Federica de Laguna. GdL was a past president of the American Philosophical Association and the founder and one-time president of the Fullerton Club (a professional philosophical club). Retiring in 1946, she serve...