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MS COLL/THORNDIKE, LYNN
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Lynn Thorndike Papers, 1902-1963 60 linear ft. (ca. 30,000 items in 124 boxes and 1 Flatbox; some in Mapcase)
Biography: Born July 24, 1882, in Lynn, Mass., Thorndike was an authority on medieval history and science. He taught history at Columbia University from 1924 until 1952, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and helped to found the History of Science Society. Thorndike was also president of the American Historical Association from 1954 to 1955. His major work, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, consists of eight volumes. Thorndike also wrote college textbooks, including The History of Medieval Europe, Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe, A Short History of Civilizations, and Michael Scott, a 1965 biography of a medieval scientist. He died in New York on 28 December 1965
Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notes, photocopies of medieval scientific manuscripts, glass slides, books, pamphlets, and reprints. The correspondence relates to his scholarly research and publication in the field of the history of medieval science. Also, some family and personal correspondence. One half of the collection consists of photostatic copies of manuscripts Thorndike indexed in his major work, A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings In Latin (1963), the first draft, final copy, galley proofs, related correspondence, and extensive card files of notes used in compiling the work. There is also a typescript of the 1937 edition. Thorndike's 76 volumes of personal diaries, 1902-1963, detail his daily activities, appointments, trips abroad, and lists of reading. In addition there are his other manuscripts for journal articles and book reviews.
Finding Aids: Contents list, 9 pages
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects.
Restrictions on Use: Permission to quote or publish must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Provenance: Gift of Lynn Thorndike, 1963 Bequest of the estate, 1965 Gift of Robert Thorndike, 1980
Processing History: Processed in 1963; Revised by Bernard Crystal, 1972; Revised by Bernard Crystal, 12/1980
Microfilm Information: A Catalogue of Incipits... revision, 1957. (for 1963 rev. ed.) [3 reels negative] “The Renaissance Science in the 14th Century”. t.ms. [1 reel negative]
Physical Location: Off Site and in Mapcase
RLIN ID: NYCR89-A874 THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 2 of 9
I. TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF NATURAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES
The numbers below refer to descriptions published in Medievallia Humanistica. Volume 13, 1960 and Progress of Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the United States and Canada. Bulletin No. 20, 1949.
BOX 1 No. 1 - No. 7
2 No. 8 - No. 17
3 No. 18; 19; 22; 24 - 25 Note: For 20, 21, 23 see Mapcase
4 No. 27, 29 - 38 Note: 28 not received; for 39 see Mapcase
5 No. 40 - 49
6 No. 50 - 54
7 No. 55 - 60; 63 - 69 Note: 61 & 62 not received
8 No. 71 - 75 Note: 70 not received
9 No. 76 - 89
10 No. 90 - 98
11 No. 100 - 102; 104 - 109; 111 - 119 Note: For 103 & 110 see Mapcase
12 No. 120 - 125; 127 - 142 Note: 126 not received
13 No. 143 - 155
14 No. 156 - 166; 167 - 175 Note: 126 not received
15 No. 176 - 190
16 No. 191; 192; 194 - 204; 206 - 210; 212 Note: 211 not received; for 193; 205; 210 see Mapcase
17 No. 213 - 218; 220 - 226; 228 - 231; 234 - 244 Note: 219 missing, see microfilm; 232, 233 see Mapcase
18 No. 245; 246; 248 - 252; 254 - 262; 264 268; 270 - 272; 274; 279 - 283; 291; 293 - 295; 297 - 298 Note: 253; 269; 275 - 277; 288 are missing see microfilm 247; 263; 273; 278; 284 - 288; 290; 292; 296; 299 see Mapcase
19 No. 300 - 310; 312 Note: 311 missing see microfilm THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 3 of 9
BOX 20 No. 313 - 322; 324; 326 - 328; 330; 331; 333 - 340; 346 - 349 Note: 323; 325; 329; 332; 341 - 345 are missing see microfilm
21 No. 350; 352 - 358; 360 - 369 Note: 351 missing see microfilm; 359 see Mapcase
22 No. 370 - 380; 383; 385 - 388; 390 - 392; 396 - 408 Note: 381; 382; 384; 389; 395 are missing see microfilm; 393 see Mapcase
23 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [1] 1963 ed.
24 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [2] 1963 ed.
25 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [3] 1963 ed.
26 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [4] 1963 ed.
27 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [1] 1963 ed.
28 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [2] 1963 ed.
29 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [3] & miscellaneous correspondence 1963 ed.
30 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [1] 1963 ed.
31 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [2] 1963 ed.
32 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [1] 1963 ed.
33 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [2] 1963 ed.
34 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [1] 1937 ed.
35 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [2] 1937 ed.
36 Notes fro revised edition of Magic, etc.
37 Reprints, etc.
38 Articles in preparation, etc.
39 Miscellaneous
40 Ancient & medieval history
41 Index to 1937 THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 4 of 9
BOX 42 Revised draft History of Medieval Europe
43-46 Note Cards
47 Miscellaneous notes
48 Index of Herbs
49 Index VII & VIII
50 Index VII & VIII; miscellaneous
51 Drafts for Michael Scot
52 Incipits & miscellaneous
53 Diaries 76 a.ms.
54 Card Files : Authors AA-BRA
55 Card Files : Authors BREH - COR
56 Card Files : Authors COS - GRI
57 Card Files : Authors GRO - KO
58 Card Files : Authors KR - NA
59 Card Files : Authors NE - SALZ
60 Card Files : Authors SAM - VINC
61 Card Files : Authors WIND - Z
61 Notes for the WUS
61 Catch proof
61 Mss. catalogs
61 Indices of Mss. articles
62 Card Files: Notes on Mss., A - Florence
63 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Geneva - Montreal 63A Card Files: Notes on Mss., Munich-Oxford 64 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Padua - Peruga
65 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Philadelphia - A
66 Card Files: Bibliography 17th Century
66 Indices British Medic
66 Mss. article
66 Incipits, 1957
66 1960 Biz. Notes THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 5 of 9
BOX 67 Card Files: Photostats
68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal
68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal
69 Card Files: Notes on authors, A - G
70 Card Files: Notes on authors, H - Z
71 Card Files: Dates - 1660
72 Card Files: Dates 1660 -
73 Card Files: Notes, A - Barth
74 Card Files: Notes, Barto - Comets
75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan
75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan
76 Card Files: Notes, Gar - I
77 Card Files: Notes, J - Mar
78 Card Files: Notes, Mas - Plab
79 Card Files: Notes, Pling - St.
80 Card Files: Notes, Sur - Z
81 Card Files: Subjects, A - Cli
82 Card Files: Subjects, Clo - Lau
83 Card Files: Subjects, Pe - Z
84 Card Files: Subjects, Law - Pa
85 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, A & B
86 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, C - John G.
87 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Joh - Ra
88 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Re - Z
89 Card Files: 17th Cent., A - Fab.
90 Card Files: 17th Cent., Fac - Me
91 Card Files: 17th Cent., Mi - Z
92 Card Files: Incipits, A - Ha
93 Card Files: Incipits, He - Quia
94 Card Files: Incipits, Quib - Z
95 Card Files: Ancient THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 6 of 9
BOX 96 Card Files: Roman
97 Card Files: Medieval
98 Mailing List
98 16th century
98 Later books on 17th century
99 Card Files: Miscellaneous
100 Card Files: Miscellaneous Typescripts
101 Correspondence, 1902 - 1907
101 Correspondence, 1903 - 1923
101 Correspondence, 1917 - 1925
102 Correspondence, 1933 - 1939
102 Correspondence, 1939 - 1943
102 Correspondence, 1944 - 1947
103 Correspondence, 1948 - 1951
103 Correspondence, 1951 - 1955
103 Correspondence, 1955 - 1958
104 Correspondence, 1950 - 1960
104 Correspondence, 1960 - 1962
104 Christmas Cards, 1961
105 1924 - 1932
105 June 16, 1963 - chiefly taxes and photographs
105 Materials before 1500 still in use, notes, lists, indices, etc.
105 Some in 1500 - 1800
106 1951/1952 Bibliography 17th century notes written up
106 Stetton & Silvestre offprints
106 Early offprints
107 Mike Scot
107 American Council of Learned Societies MA Academy
107 Short History of Civilization
108 Articles in process or published
108 Neugebauer/Zinner THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 7 of 9
BOX 108 Notes on 17th century authors
109 Reviews of magic & experimental science
109 Book reviews
109 16th century (8 x 10 notes), etc. mostly combined in IV-VI
110 Magic IX Medicine
110 MacMillan Co. correspondence
110 Historical Outlook articles
111 Miscellaneous 1950s/1960s
111 Secondary schools (History, Latin, English)/University administration
112 Reprints
112 Old notes mainly written up not from mss., arranged alphabetically
113 Correspondence re. Vols I & II of Magic & Experimental Science
113 General articles on MA & Early Modern Times: Essays in the History of Science
113 Alchemy
114 Lectures, 2nd half
114 Historiography 16th-18th centuries
114 France mss. catalogs by cities
114 Notes on mss. (no matters after 1500 now in this file)
115 Hist. 231
115 Letters current to 1961
115 Article in preparation
116 Houghton Mifflin re. History of Magic
116 Rufinus Rotograph notes, etc.
117 Hist. 223 (suppl. or dup. material)
117 Family letters
117 Notes on 236
118 Books published with C.U. Press
118 1964 Typed 568-1247
118 Proofs VII - VIII THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 8 of 9
BOOKS
BOX 119 History of Magic & Experimental Science, III - VI
119 Science and Thought in the 15th Century
119 The Sphere of Sacrobosco and its Commentators
119 History of Astrology, Astronomy, and Mathematics
120 Studies in Medieval Latin Mss. 4 volumes
120 Essays in Intellectual History
120 Papers in Early Modern History
120 Article on the History of Medicine, 1953-1959
120 Reprints Through 1937 3 volumes
120 Reprints Through 1937 3 volumes
121 Offprints IV - VII 4 volumes
121 Papers on the History of Medicine, 1940
121 Medieval Intellectual History
121 Manuscripts and Research
121 Renaissance
121 Miscellaneous Early Modern
121 History and Geography
121 Medieval History and Political Thought
121 History of Medicine
121 History of Alchemy
122 History of Astronomy and Mathematics
122 Aristotle - Alchemy
122 History of Science by George Sarton
122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume II
122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume I
122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume II
122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume I1
122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume III
122 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writing in Latin THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 9 of 9
BOX 123 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writing in Latin Notebook Mss.
123 General notebook [Mss.]
123 Economics notebook [Mss.]
123 Glass Plate Negatives [3 boxes]
123 Verreichnis . . . by E. Zinner, 1925
Flat Box 570 Wesleyan University Scrapbook