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Guide to the George Herbert Mead Papers 1855-1968 University of Chicago Library Guide to the George Herbert Mead Papers 1855-1968 © 2014 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 3 Information on Use 3 Access 3 Citation 3 Biographical Note 3 Scope Note 4 Related Resources 4 Subject Headings 4 INVENTORY 4 Series I: Biographical Materials 4 Series II: Correspondence 6 Series III: Course Materials 9 Subseries 1: Mind, Self and Society 9 Subseries 2: Movement of Thought in the 19th Century, Materials 11 Subseries 3: Philosophy of the Act Materials 12 Subseries 4: Student Notes 14 Series IV: Writings 18 Subseries 1: Titled Works 18 Subseries 2: Untitled Works 22 Subseries 3: Reviews 30 Subseries 4: Reports 31 Descriptive Summary Identifier ICU.SPCL.MEAD Title Mead, George Herbert. Papers Date 1855-1968 Size 8 linear feet (16 boxes) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract George Herbert Mead (1863-19310 educator, social psychologist, philosopher. The Mead Papers contain correspondence, primarily with family members including Henry Northrup Castle, Helen Castle Mead, Henry Castle Mead, and Irene Tufts Mead. Other correspondents include John Dewey and Charles Morris. The collection also includes manuscripts of published journal articles and books, correspondence relating to publications, and student notes from Mead's courses. Information on Use Access The collection is open for research. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Mead, George Herbert. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note Mead was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1863, the son of a clergyman, Hiram Mead. Seven years later, the family moved to Oberlin, Ohio, where his father took the chair in Homiletics at the Theological Seminary of Oberlin College. In 1879, George entered Oberlin where he met two students from Hawaii, Henry and Helen Castle. In 1891, Mead married Henry's sister Helen. A year later, their only child, Henry Castle Albert Mead, was born. Mead taught from 1891 to 1894 at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Chicago from 1894 to the year of his death. A prominent American thinker, Mead is studied for his work in social psychology and social philosophy, systematic pragmatism, and the history of ideas, as well as for his relationship with his friend and contemporary, John Dewey. 3 Mead published many books and articles including; Philosophy of the Present (1932), Mind, Self and Society (1934), Movements of Thought in the Nineteenth Century (1936), and Philosophy of the Act (1938). George Herbert Mead died in 1931. Scope Note The George Herbert Mead Papers contain correspondence, primarily with family members including Henry Northrup Castle, Helen Castle Mead, Henry Castle Mead, and Irene Tufts Mead. Other correspondents include John Dewey and Charles Morris. The collection also includes manuscripts of published journal articles and books, correspondence relating to publications, and student notes from Mead's courses. The collection is comprised of four series: Series I: Biographical Materials; Series II: Correspondence; Series III: Course Materials; Series IV: Writings. Related Resources Browse finding aids by topic. Subject Headings • Castle, Henry Northrup, b. 1853 • Dewey, John, 1859-1952 • Mead, George Herbert, 1863-1931 • Mead, Helen Castle • Mead, Henry C. A • Mead, Irene Tufts • Morris, Charles W. (Charles William), 1903-1979 • Philosophy • Social psychology • Philosophers INVENTORY Series I: Biographical Materials Box 1 Folder 1 Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association, Resolutions regarding Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mead, October 20, 1900 Box 1 Folder 2 Eulogies for Helen Castle Mead, 1929-1930 Box 1 Folder 3 4 Program of the American Philosophical Association meeting, University of California, Berkeley, December 29-31, 1930; Two humorous verses regarding the theory of relativity, Holograph, 1930 Box 1 Folder 4 Obituaries, 1931 Box 1 Folder 5 Autopsy report of George Herbert Mead, April 27, 1931 Box 1 Folder 6 Eulogies, 1931 Box 1 Folder 7 "George Herbert Mead," a memorial pamphlet; three eulogies and a biographical essay, 1931 Box 1 Folder 8 Ames, Edward Scribner, "Professor George Herbert Mead, April 30, 1931," Eulogy, typescript carbon, 4 pp, 1931 Box 1 Folder 9 Dewey, John, "George Herbert Mead as I knew Him," Eulogy, typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 8 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 10 pp, 1931 Box 1 Folder 10 Webster, Mary H. "Mr. Mead's Funeral," Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 1 p, undated Box 1 Folder 11 Raymond Graham Swing to Henry C. A. Mead, September 23, 1931, concerning memorial booklet and memories of Mead, 1931 Box 1 Folder 12 Letters of condolence on the death of GHM, 1931-1932, Includes Ellsworth Faris, Serge Prokofieff, Graham Taylor, William Kelley Wright, and others, 1931-1932 Box 1 Folder 13 Memorial statement by James M. Tufts at 1932 meeting of Western Philosophical Association, 1932 Box 1 Folder 14 University of Chicago Press, Mead's Writing, 1933 Box 1 Folder 15 Article on Mead's Writing, 1938 5 Series II: Correspondence Box 1 Folder 16 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, July 1883-October 1884, 1883-1884 Box 1 Folder 17 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, January 1885-March 1889, 1885-1889 Box 1 Folder 18 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, August 1890-December 1894, 1890-1894 Box 1 Folder 19 Mead to his parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Northrup Castle, 1892-1906 Box 1 Folder 20 Dewey, John, 1915-1929 Box 1 Folder 21 Geddes, Patrick, 1914 Box 1 Folder 22 George Herbert Mead to Elizabeth S. Mead, ALS, January 9, 1912 Box 1 Folder 23 Mead to his wife, Helen Castle Mead, 1894-1918 Box 1 Folder 24 Mead, Helen Castle Mead, 1915-1925 Box 2 Folder 1 Mead to his son, Henry C. A. Mead, 1899-1913 Box 2 Folder 2 Mead to his son, 1914 Box 2 Folder 3 Mead to his son, 1915 Box 2 Folder 4 Mead to his son, 1916-1919 Box 2 Folder 5 Mead to his son, 1920-1921 Box 2 Folder 6 6 Mead to his son, 1923-1925 Box 2 Folder 7 Mead to his son, 1929 Box 2 Folder 8 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1916 Box 2 Folder 9 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1917 Box 2 Folder 10 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1918 Box 2 Folder 11 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, March, 1919 Box 2 Folder 12 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July, 1919 Box 2 Folder 13 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 1-13, 1919 Box 2 Folder 14 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 14-31, 1919 Box 2 Folder 15 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August, 1919 Box 2 Folder 16 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1919 Box 2 Folder 17 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1919 Box 2 Folder 18 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July 17, 1920 Box 2 Folder 19 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July, 1920 Box 2 Folder 20 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July 20-July 31, 1920 Box 2 Folder 21 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August, 1920 7 Box 2 Folder 22 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August, 1920 Box 2 Folder 23 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1920 Box 2 Folder 24 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1920 Box 2 Folder 25 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July-August, 1921 Box 2 Folder 26 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1921 Box 2 Folder 27 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July, 1923 Box 2 Folder 28 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August-September, 1923 Box 2 Folder 29 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July, 1925 Box 2 Folder 30 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August-September, 1925 Box 2 Folder 31 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September, 1926 Box 2 Folder 32 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1927-1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, ALS, July 17, 1927 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, TLS, July 25, 1927 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, TLS, August 8, 1927 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, AL, September 18, 1928 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, TL, January 5, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, TLS, January 26, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, ALS, February 20, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, TLS, February 25, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, AL, February 28, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, AL, March 1, 1929 • George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts. Mead, AL, March 9, 1929 Box 3 Folder 1 8 Mead to Cynthia Tufts, August, 1919 Box 3 Folder 2 George Herbert Mead to Arthur E. Murphy, TL, February 11, 1929; George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, AL, 1929, note concerning correspondence with Arthur E. Murphy, 1929 Box 3 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1916-1930 • Mead, Irene Tufts • Mead, Myra J. • Monroe, Mary K. • Park, Marion • Schweitzer, Arthur R. • Swanzy, Julie • Swing, Alice Mead Box 3 Folder 4 Irene Tufts Mead to David Miller, ALS, May 28, 1964 List of material lent to David L. Miller by Irene Tufts Mead, of George Herbert Mead Manuscripts lent to D. W. Miller by Irene Tufts Mead, 1964-1977 Box 3 Folder 5 Correspondence to Irene Mead, 1968 Box 3 Folder 6 Miscellaneous letters, 1908-1931 • J. K[?] to Mead, February 3, 1908 • James Tufts to Irene T. Mead, July 1, 1923 • John Dewey to Mead, September 6, 1928 • Kate Gordon to James Tufts, June 19, 193[?] Box 3 Folder 7 List of persons referred to in Mead's correspondence, undated Series III: Course Materials Subseries 1: Mind, Self and Society Box 3 Folder 8 Correspondence, chiefly to and from Charles W.
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