Grace De Laguna Papers 1994-01 Lorett Treese, Melissa Torquato

Grace de Laguna papers 1994-01 Lorett Treese, Melissa Torquato.

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Bryn Mawr College Grace de Laguna papers

Table of Contents

Summary Information...... 3 Biography/History...... 3 Scope and Contents...... 4 Administrative Information...... 5 Controlled Access Headings...... 5 Collection Inventory...... 7 Series I: Personal Material...... 7 Series II: Professional Correspondence...... 7 Series III: Personal Correspondence (Inc. Letters on Death)...... 13 Series IVa: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore...... 14 Series IVb: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore...... 14 Series V: Sabbatical Letters...... 15 Series VI: Reprints...... 16 Series VII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (1)...... 16 Series VIII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (2)...... 17 Series IX: Typescript/Loose MS...... 17

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Summary Information

Repository Bryn Mawr College

Creator De Laguna, Grace Andrus

Title Grace de Laguna papers

Call number 1994-01

Date [inclusive] 1899-1969

Extent 5 linear feet

Language English .

Abstract Grace de Laguna was a professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, a past president of the American Philosophical Association, and mother of Frederica de Laguna, the noted anthropologist. This collection consists of Personal Material, Correspondence, Reprints, and Typescripts.

Cite as:

Cite as Grace de Laguna papers, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library

Biography/History

Grace De Laguna received her AB from Cornell in 1903 and her Ph.D from the same instution in 1906. A philosopher, she joined the Bryn Mawr faculty in 1907 with her husband, Theodore de Laguna, later

- Page 3 - Grace de Laguna papers becoming the department chair. She is the mother of renowned anthropologist Federica de Laguna. GdL was a past president of the American Philosophical Association and the founder and one-time president of the Fullerton Club (a professional philosophical club). Retiring in 1946, she served as a professor emeritus until her death.

Scope and Contents

The Grace de Laguna papers house the personal material, correspondence, and book materials of Grace de Laguna, philosophy professor at Bryn Mawr and mother of renowned anthropologist, Frederica de Laguna. The collection, which dates from 1899 to 1969, holds biographical information, family history, correspondence, reprints, and typescripts. The collection is composed of nine series: "Series I: Personal Material," "Series II: Professional Correspondence," "Series III: Personal Correspondence;" "Series IVa: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore;" "Series IVb: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore;" "Series V: Sabbatical Letters;" "Series VI: Reprints;" "Series VII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (1);" "Series VIII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (2);" "Series IX: Typescript/Loose Manuscript." "Series I: Personal Material" includes biographical information, family history, and documents from de Laguna's time at Bryn Mawr. "Series II: Professional Correspondence" is comprised of de Laguna's professional correspondence with a wide variety of correspondents. "Series III: Personal Correspondence" consists of general personal correspondence, correspondence with Jose Ferrater-Mora, and de Laguna's four letters on death. "Series IVa: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore" consists of correspondence between de Laguna, and her husband, Theodore de Laguna, from April 1905- September 1905. "Series IVb: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore" consists of correspondence between de Laguna and Theodore from June 1906-June 1907. It also holds the de Laguna's marriage certificate from September 9th, 1905, and letters of congratulations received by the de Lagunas from April-September 1905. "Series V: Sabbatical Letters" consists of letters written by de Laguna to her mother and father between the spring of 1914 and the fall of 1915 while Grace spent a year's sabbatical in Europe with her husband Theodore and her children Wallace and Frederica. The series also includes some newspaper clippings. "Series VI: Reprints: contains reprints of N.R. Hansen and de Laguna herself. Both "Series VII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (1) and "Series VII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (2)" include hard copies of de Laguna's articles. "Series IX: Typescript/Loose Manuscript" contains a manuscript of "The Individual and the Person." As president of the American Philosophical Association and founder and president of the Fullerton club, Grace de Laguna was an outspoken voice in the field of philosophy during the first half the twentieth century. Especially notable in this collection are de Laguna's letters on death and her sabbatical correspondence written from Europe during World War I. The collection would be of interest to those interested in philosophy, early twentieth century history, and the work of Grace de Laguna.

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Administrative Information

Bryn Mawr College Lorett Treese, Melissa Torquato.

Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions The Grace de Laguna papers are the physical property of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors' heirs and assigns.

Immediate Source of Acquisition Materials came directly from family members, particularly from daughter Frederica de Laguna and her sister, who donated a bulk of correspondence in 1994.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• Bryn Mawr College

Form/Genre(s)

• Correspondence

Subject(s)

• Women -- Education -- Pennsylvania • Women in education

- Page 5 - Grace de Laguna papers • World War, 1914-1918 • Education • Education -- United States • Philosophy -- Study and teaching • Philosophy

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Personal Material. box 1 box

Biographical Information and Bibliography. 1 1

Bryn Mawr College Testimonial. 1 2

Family History. 1 3

High School Material. 1 4

Earlier Papers. 1 5

Articles on, and references to, GDL. 1 6

Series II: Professional Correspondence. box 2 box

A-C. 2 1

box folder

Ernest Albee. 3 1

Adele A. Abrhamsen (amd excerpts of printed paper, "Child Language: An 3 1 Interdiciplinary Guide to Theory and Resarch").

Amiel Avivi. 3 1

J. Anderson. 3 1

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Robert Beard. 3 1

Ruby C. Blackwell. 3 1

C.R. Bukala. 3 1

R.D. Bendall. 3 1

George Boas (6/19/62). 3 1

Brand Blanchard. 3 1

William Bascom. 3 1

Ernest Cassirer (2/19/45, 3/27/42). 3 1

Walter Cerf. 3 1

C.H. Cooley (1/2/28, 6/4/28). 3 1

Wallace Craig. 3 1

Robert Cohen. 3 1

Robert Cumming. 3 1

D-J. 2 3

box folder

Cora DuBois. 3 2

George Devereaux. 3 2

John Dewey (12/12/27, 12/19/27). 3 2

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George Dorsey. 3 2

George Foster. 3 2

John Fisher. 3 2

Erick Fauk. 3 2

Warner Fite. 3 1

Mann Farber.

Louis Finkelstein. 3 2

August Fruge. 3 2

Marjorie Greene. 3 2

Ralph H. Gabriel. 3 2

H. Graeburn (?). 3 2

Carl E. Guthe. 3 2

N.R. Hansen. 3 2

Gorden Hewes. 3 2

John Irving. 3 2

Wilfred Hambly . 3 2

Pierre Janet. 3 2

John Honigmann. 3 2

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Gerhard Hopp. 3 2

A.I. Hallowell. 3 2

Dell Hymes. 3 2

K-L. 1 3

box folder

L.E. Loemker. 3 3

Anne W. Kierstead. 3 3

Thelma Z. Lavine. 3 3

Victor Lowe. 3 3

Frater Bruno Lyons OSB. 3 3

Bruce Kuklick. 3 3

J.R. Klein. 3 3

Mario Lins. 3 3

C.I. Lewis. 3 3

Clyde Kluckhohn (5/13/42). 3 3

A.H. Kroeber (1/8/60). 3 3

Theodore Lafferty . 3 3

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M-R. 2 4

box folder

P.J. Morgan. 3 4

D.W. MacKinnon. 3 4

W.C. McKern. 3 4

Glenn Morrow. 3 4

re: Margaret Mead. 3 4

A. Moore. 3 4

Ted McCairn. 3 4

E.L. Margetts. 3 4

Maurice Madelba. 3 4

E. Elwain. 3 4

Ernest Nagel. 3 4

R.M. Ogden. 3 4

Lita Osmundsen. 3 4

Edwin B. Newmann. 3 4

Louise Pound. 3 4

Charles P. Poole. 3 4

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J.H. Randall, Jr. 3 4

Fritz Redl. 3 4

Ellen W. Robinson. 3 4

S. 2 5

box folder

Herbert Schneider.

Wilmon H. Sheldon.

Isabel Stearns.

G.S. Scur.

Gideon Sjoberg.

Edward Sapir (4/20/29).

Paul Schrecker.

George Sabine. 3 5

F. Speck (?). 3 5

F.C.S. Schiller. 3 5

E. Swiger. 3 5

R.E. Saleski. 3 5

Stevenson Smith. 3 5

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T-Z. 2 6

box folder

Anne Tesse Tyrineniecho (?). 3 6

N. Toul. 3 6

E. Tegen. 3 6

Eliseo Vivas. 3 6

Wills M. Uilrain (?). 3 6

Paul Weis (1/2/65, 4/29/63, 4/29/63, 2/8/52). 3 6

Edward H. Watson, Jr. 3 6

Donald C. Williams. 3 6

Margaret Floy Washburn . 3 6

John B. Watson. 3 6

Dorothy Walsh. 3 6

Alfred North Whitehead (2/22/41, 6/3/42, 10/5/30). 3 6

Series III: Personal Correspondence (Inc. Letters on Death). box 3 box

Personal Correspondence (general). 3 1

Personal Correspondence with Jose Ferrater-Mora. 3 2

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Letters on Death (1). 3 3

Letters on Death (2). 3 4

Letters on Death (3). 3 5

Letters on Death (4). 3 6

Series IVa: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore. box 4 box

Grace Andrus to Theodore de Laguna, April 1905. 4 1

Theodore de Laguna to Grace Andrus, April 1905. 4 2

Grace Andrus to Theodore de Laguna, July 1905. 4 3

Theodore de Laguna to Grace Andrus, June- July 1905. 4 4

Grace Andrus to Theodore de Laguna, August 1905. 4 5

Theodore de Laguna to Grace Andrus, August-September 1905. 4 6

Series IVb: Correspondence Between Grace and Theodore. box 5 box

Marriage Certificate, Grace Andrus and Theodore de Laguna, September 9 5 1 1905.

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Letters of Congratulations to Grace and Theodore de Laguna, April- 5 2 September 1905.

Grace de Laguna to Theodore de Laguna, June 1906. 5 3

Theodore de Laguna to Grace de Laguna, June 1906. 5 4

Grace de Laguna to Theodore de Laguna, April-June 1907. 5 5

Theodore de Laguna to Grace de Laguna, April-June 1907. 5 6

Series V: Sabbatical Letters. box 6 box

5/4/1914-7/12/1914. 6 1

7/19/1914-9/6/1914. 6 2

Newspaper Clippings. 6 3

9/13/1914-10/21/1914. 6 4

10/25/1914-12/12/1914. 6 5

12/14/1914-1/15/1915. 6 6

1/19/1915-2/17/1915. 6 7

2/22/1915-3/30/1915. 6 8

4/5/1915-5/2/1915. 6 9

5/28/1915-6/29/1915. 6 10

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7/8/1915-8/28/1915. 6 11

8/29/1915-10/3/1915. 6 12

Undated. 6 13

Series VI: Reprints. box 7 box

Reprints of N.R. Hansen (5). 7 1

GdL Reprints (5). 7 2

GdL Reprints (6). 7 3

GdL Reprints. 7 4

Series VII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (1). box 8 box

Wallace Andrus, "A Banking System", carbon typescript. 8 1

TS and carbon, "The Place of Secondary Qualities in Nature"; two untitled 8 2 TSs, and misc typed fragments.

TS on Heidigger (TS, carbon, and manuscript); reprint of Hugo 8 3 Weiswenger, "The Influence of Verbal Commands on the Behavior of Very Young Children".

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TSs: "Epistemological Inquiry"; "Sharing a Common World"; "Thought"; 8 4 "Thought and Perception".

TSs: "The Conception of the Individual; Historical Analysis"; "Questionn 8 5 on Time"; "There are No External Truths"; "Queries on Wittgenstein"; fragments and type on ontology and epistemology.

TSs: "Introduction to Epistemology"; "Perception"; "Language and 8 6 Thought"; 4 unititled.

Untitled TSs on Culture and Rationality; typed notes; TS on John Dewey; 8 7 autographed notes; TS: Diderot: Supplement au Voyage de Bargainville"; typed excepts from Newton's "Optics".

Series VIII: Typescripts and Professional Papers (2). box 9 box

TS: "On Existence and the Human World"; two bound TS . 9 1

Series IX: Typescript/Loose MS. box 10 box

"The Individual and the Person". 10 1

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