Josiah Royce correspondence with the Mason family, 1900-1989.

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Josiah Royce correspondence with the Mason family, 1900-1989.

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Letters concern Royce's attempt to mitigate a Mason family problem (divorce) through the use of his pragmatism theory of philosophy, especially concerning loyalty and the natural moral order. Correspondence concerns Daniel Gregory Mason, Edward Palmer Mason, and Mary Mason. Also includes some notes and letters from others concerning family issues. Materials entrusted to Harvard philosophy professor William Ernest Hocking and later to his son, Richard Hocking.

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