Edward Scribner Ames papers, 1870-1958.

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Edward Scribner Ames papers, 1870-1958.

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The Edward Scribner Ames Papers consist primarily of manuscripts addressing a variety of religious topics. The manuscripts include Ames's speeches delivered at The Fourth Annual Pastor's Institute held at the University of Chicago (1936) and the Gates Memorial Lectures held in Grinnell, Iowa (1937). Also included are manuscripts of many of his sermons and lecture notes, as well as articles printed in various religious magazines. A few manuscripts by other authors are included in the collection. The correspondence includes letters from E.A Burtt, John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, Arthur Murphy and James H. Tufts. Most of the correspondence deals with administrative problems in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago during the 1930's. The Ames papers also include 36 appointment books (1915-1955), five diaries (1887-1931), and two address books, all of which are arranged chronologically. A genealogy of the Ames family, compiled in 1966 by Van Meter Ames, is also part of the papers. An almost complete collection of The Scroll magazine from Spring 1926 to Autumn 1958, was donated by Van Meter Ames and S. Morris Eames in 1982, and is housed with the Little Magazine Collection in the Rare Book Room of Special Collections. These papers of Edward Scribner Ames are a small collection and do not appear to represent the bulk of Ames's work.

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University of Chicago. Dept. of Philosophy

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Burtt, Edwin A. (Edwin Arthur), 1892-1989

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Philosopher. Edwin A. Burtt was educated at Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1932 and was named Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy in 1941. He retired in 1960 and died in 1989. His long-time focus was on the history and philosophy of religion, and he was the author of many books in this field. From the description of Edwin A. Burtt papers, 1950-1988. (Cornell University Library). World...

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931

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Philosopher, social psychologist, and educator. A.B., Oberlin College, 1883; A.B., Harvard University, 1888; graduate student of philosophy, Leipzig and Berlin, 1888-91. Instructor in philosophy, University of Michigan, 1891-93; assistant professor, 1893-94. Assistant professor of philosophy, University of Chicago, 1894-1902; associate professor, 1902-07; professor, 1907-31. Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, 1930. From the description of Papers, 1883-1964 (inclusive), 1883-19...

Ames, Edward Scribner, 1870-1958

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Edward Scribner Ames was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on April 21, 1890. He was the son of a Disciples of Christ Minister, and became a minister himself after his graduation from Drake College (A.G., 1889, A.M., 1891). Ames received his B.D. from Yale in 1892, and accepted a doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago in 1894. Ames studied under James Hayden Tufts, and in 1895 he became the first person to receive a Ph. D. from the University's newly formed philosophy departm...

Tufts, James Hayden, 1862-1942

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Tufts was educated at Amherst College, A.B., 1884; M.A., 1889; D.B., Yale, 1889; Ph. D. Freiburg, 1892. He taught philosophy at the University of Michigan, 1889-1891 and at the University of Chicago, 1892-1930 and wrote extensively on philosophical topics. From the description of Tufts papers, 1785-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 52034227 James H. Tufts was born on July 9, 1862 in Monson, Massachusetts. Tufts graduated from Amherst College in 1884 and remained there to ...

Murphy, Arthur Edward, 1901-1962

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Arthur E. Murphy (1901–1962) was a professor of philosophy at several major American universities, including Berkeley, Chicago, Cornell, Brown, Illinois, Washington, and Texas. Among his publications were The Theory of Practical Reason, The Uses of Reason, Reason, Reality, and Speculative Philosophy, and Reason and the Common Good, and he was the coauthor of Philosophy in American Education . From the guide to the Arthur E. Murphy Papers 2009-330., (Dolph Briscoe Center for American ...