Tufts papers, 1785-1942.

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Tufts papers, 1785-1942.

The Tufts papers contain family correspondence, correspondence to James H. Tufts from Jane Addams, John Burnet, Mary Calkins, John Dewey, William James, Bertrand Russell, Josiah Royce and others. There are extensive genealogical notes on the Tufts family as well as on the Chapin and Warren families in addition to other family lines.

3 archive boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7646916

Amherst College. Library

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James, William, 1842-1910

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William James (born January 11, 1842, New York City – died August 26, 1910, Tamworth, New Hampshire) was the preeminent American philosopher of his day. His reinterpretations of psychology and pragmatism were among his major contributions to world thought, and his work continues to reward study and inspire analysis. ...

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

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...

Warren family.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Tufts, James, 1764-1841

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James Tufts (1764-1841) was the son of William and Margaret Tufts of New Braintree, Mass. He graduated from Brown University in 1789 and completed his theological studies with Nathaniel Emmons (1745-1840) of Franklin, Mass. Tufts was ordained in 1794 and installed as minister to the Congregational Church in Wardsboro, Vt., where he served until his death in 1841. From the description of Diary, 1789-1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207175880 ...

Tufts family.

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Calkins, Mary Whiton, 1863-1930

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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 ...

Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916

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Josiah Royce was born in Grass Valley, California, on November 20, 1855. He received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1885 and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in 1878. Royce taught English and philosophy at both Berkeley and Harvard, and was also active in the study of the American West. He spent a significant amount of time from 1883 to 1891 writing both histories and novels relating to California history. Royce Hall at UCLA and the Grass Valley Library...

Tufts, James, 1812-1901

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Chapin family.

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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

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Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell. From the guide to the Letters to Robert C. (Robert Charles) Marsh, 1950-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Russell, British philosopher and mathematician and the 3rd Earl Russell. From the description of [Letter, 19]44 Dec. 8, Trinity College, Cambridge [to] Dear Sir / Bertrand Russell. (Smith C...

Burnet, John, 1863-1928

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 2000 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x00016f Epithet: Surgeon to the South Sea Company in the West Indies, etc., and afterwards Physician to Philip V of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000171 ...

Amherst College. Class of 1884. Tufts.

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