<p> MS COLL/THORNDIKE, LYNN</p><p>THIS COLLECTION IS SHELVED OFF-SITE</p><p>Lynn Thorndike Papers, 1902-1963 60 linear ft. (ca. 30,000 items in 124 boxes and 1 Flatbox; some in Mapcase)</p><p>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</p><p>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.</p><p>Finding Aids: Contents list, 9 pages</p><p>Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects. </p><p>Restrictions on Use: Permission to quote or publish must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Rare Book and Manuscript Library.</p><p>Provenance: Gift of Lynn Thorndike, 1963 Bequest of the estate, 1965 Gift of Robert Thorndike, 1980</p><p>Processing History: Processed in 1963; Revised by Bernard Crystal, 1972; Revised by Bernard Crystal, 12/1980</p><p>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]</p><p>Physical Location: Off Site and in Mapcase</p><p>RLIN ID: NYCR89-A874 THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 2 of 9</p><p>I. TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF NATURAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES</p><p>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.</p><p>BOX 1 No. 1 - No. 7</p><p>2 No. 8 - No. 17</p><p>3 No. 18; 19; 22; 24 - 25 Note: For 20, 21, 23 see Mapcase</p><p>4 No. 27, 29 - 38 Note: 28 not received; for 39 see Mapcase</p><p>5 No. 40 - 49</p><p>6 No. 50 - 54</p><p>7 No. 55 - 60; 63 - 69 Note: 61 & 62 not received</p><p>8 No. 71 - 75 Note: 70 not received</p><p>9 No. 76 - 89</p><p>10 No. 90 - 98</p><p>11 No. 100 - 102; 104 - 109; 111 - 119 Note: For 103 & 110 see Mapcase</p><p>12 No. 120 - 125; 127 - 142 Note: 126 not received</p><p>13 No. 143 - 155</p><p>14 No. 156 - 166; 167 - 175 Note: 126 not received</p><p>15 No. 176 - 190</p><p>16 No. 191; 192; 194 - 204; 206 - 210; 212 Note: 211 not received; for 193; 205; 210 see Mapcase</p><p>17 No. 213 - 218; 220 - 226; 228 - 231; 234 - 244 Note: 219 missing, see microfilm; 232, 233 see Mapcase</p><p>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</p><p>19 No. 300 - 310; 312 Note: 311 missing see microfilm THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 3 of 9</p><p>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</p><p>21 No. 350; 352 - 358; 360 - 369 Note: 351 missing see microfilm; 359 see Mapcase</p><p>22 No. 370 - 380; 383; 385 - 388; 390 - 392; 396 - 408 Note: 381; 382; 384; 389; 395 are missing see microfilm; 393 see Mapcase</p><p>23 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [1] 1963 ed.</p><p>24 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [2] 1963 ed.</p><p>25 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [3] 1963 ed.</p><p>26 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [4] 1963 ed.</p><p>27 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [1] 1963 ed.</p><p>28 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [2] 1963 ed.</p><p>29 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [3] & miscellaneous correspondence 1963 ed.</p><p>30 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [1] 1963 ed.</p><p>31 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [2] 1963 ed.</p><p>32 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [1] 1963 ed.</p><p>33 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [2] 1963 ed.</p><p>34 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [1] 1937 ed.</p><p>35 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [2] 1937 ed.</p><p>36 Notes fro revised edition of Magic, etc.</p><p>37 Reprints, etc.</p><p>38 Articles in preparation, etc.</p><p>39 Miscellaneous</p><p>40 Ancient & medieval history</p><p>41 Index to 1937 THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 4 of 9</p><p>BOX 42 Revised draft History of Medieval Europe</p><p>43-46 Note Cards</p><p>47 Miscellaneous notes</p><p>48 Index of Herbs</p><p>49 Index VII & VIII</p><p>50 Index VII & VIII; miscellaneous</p><p>51 Drafts for Michael Scot</p><p>52 Incipits & miscellaneous</p><p>53 Diaries 76 a.ms.</p><p>54 Card Files : Authors AA-BRA</p><p>55 Card Files : Authors BREH - COR</p><p>56 Card Files : Authors COS - GRI</p><p>57 Card Files : Authors GRO - KO</p><p>58 Card Files : Authors KR - NA</p><p>59 Card Files : Authors NE - SALZ</p><p>60 Card Files : Authors SAM - VINC</p><p>61 Card Files : Authors WIND - Z</p><p>61 Notes for the WUS</p><p>61 Catch proof</p><p>61 Mss. catalogs</p><p>61 Indices of Mss. articles</p><p>62 Card Files: Notes on Mss., A - Florence</p><p>63 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Geneva - Montreal 63A Card Files: Notes on Mss., Munich-Oxford 64 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Padua - Peruga</p><p>65 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Philadelphia - A</p><p>66 Card Files: Bibliography 17th Century</p><p>66 Indices British Medic</p><p>66 Mss. article</p><p>66 Incipits, 1957</p><p>66 1960 Biz. Notes THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 5 of 9</p><p>BOX 67 Card Files: Photostats</p><p>68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal</p><p>68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal</p><p>69 Card Files: Notes on authors, A - G</p><p>70 Card Files: Notes on authors, H - Z</p><p>71 Card Files: Dates - 1660</p><p>72 Card Files: Dates 1660 -</p><p>73 Card Files: Notes, A - Barth</p><p>74 Card Files: Notes, Barto - Comets</p><p>75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan</p><p>75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan</p><p>76 Card Files: Notes, Gar - I</p><p>77 Card Files: Notes, J - Mar</p><p>78 Card Files: Notes, Mas - Plab</p><p>79 Card Files: Notes, Pling - St.</p><p>80 Card Files: Notes, Sur - Z</p><p>81 Card Files: Subjects, A - Cli</p><p>82 Card Files: Subjects, Clo - Lau</p><p>83 Card Files: Subjects, Pe - Z</p><p>84 Card Files: Subjects, Law - Pa</p><p>85 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, A & B</p><p>86 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, C - John G.</p><p>87 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Joh - Ra</p><p>88 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Re - Z</p><p>89 Card Files: 17th Cent., A - Fab.</p><p>90 Card Files: 17th Cent., Fac - Me</p><p>91 Card Files: 17th Cent., Mi - Z</p><p>92 Card Files: Incipits, A - Ha</p><p>93 Card Files: Incipits, He - Quia</p><p>94 Card Files: Incipits, Quib - Z</p><p>95 Card Files: Ancient THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 6 of 9</p><p>BOX 96 Card Files: Roman</p><p>97 Card Files: Medieval</p><p>98 Mailing List</p><p>98 16th century</p><p>98 Later books on 17th century</p><p>99 Card Files: Miscellaneous</p><p>100 Card Files: Miscellaneous Typescripts</p><p>101 Correspondence, 1902 - 1907</p><p>101 Correspondence, 1903 - 1923</p><p>101 Correspondence, 1917 - 1925</p><p>102 Correspondence, 1933 - 1939</p><p>102 Correspondence, 1939 - 1943</p><p>102 Correspondence, 1944 - 1947</p><p>103 Correspondence, 1948 - 1951</p><p>103 Correspondence, 1951 - 1955</p><p>103 Correspondence, 1955 - 1958</p><p>104 Correspondence, 1950 - 1960</p><p>104 Correspondence, 1960 - 1962</p><p>104 Christmas Cards, 1961</p><p>105 1924 - 1932</p><p>105 June 16, 1963 - chiefly taxes and photographs</p><p>105 Materials before 1500 still in use, notes, lists, indices, etc.</p><p>105 Some in 1500 - 1800</p><p>106 1951/1952 Bibliography 17th century notes written up</p><p>106 Stetton & Silvestre offprints</p><p>106 Early offprints</p><p>107 Mike Scot</p><p>107 American Council of Learned Societies MA Academy</p><p>107 Short History of Civilization</p><p>108 Articles in process or published</p><p>108 Neugebauer/Zinner THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 7 of 9</p><p>BOX 108 Notes on 17th century authors</p><p>109 Reviews of magic & experimental science</p><p>109 Book reviews</p><p>109 16th century (8 x 10 notes), etc. mostly combined in IV-VI</p><p>110 Magic IX Medicine</p><p>110 MacMillan Co. correspondence</p><p>110 Historical Outlook articles</p><p>111 Miscellaneous 1950s/1960s</p><p>111 Secondary schools (History, Latin, English)/University administration</p><p>112 Reprints</p><p>112 Old notes mainly written up not from mss., arranged alphabetically</p><p>113 Correspondence re. Vols I & II of Magic & Experimental Science</p><p>113 General articles on MA & Early Modern Times: Essays in the History of Science</p><p>113 Alchemy</p><p>114 Lectures, 2nd half</p><p>114 Historiography 16th-18th centuries</p><p>114 France mss. catalogs by cities</p><p>114 Notes on mss. (no matters after 1500 now in this file)</p><p>115 Hist. 231</p><p>115 Letters current to 1961</p><p>115 Article in preparation</p><p>116 Houghton Mifflin re. History of Magic</p><p>116 Rufinus Rotograph notes, etc.</p><p>117 Hist. 223 (suppl. or dup. material)</p><p>117 Family letters</p><p>117 Notes on 236</p><p>118 Books published with C.U. Press</p><p>118 1964 Typed 568-1247</p><p>118 Proofs VII - VIII THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 8 of 9</p><p>BOOKS</p><p>BOX 119 History of Magic & Experimental Science, III - VI</p><p>119 Science and Thought in the 15th Century</p><p>119 The Sphere of Sacrobosco and its Commentators</p><p>119 History of Astrology, Astronomy, and Mathematics</p><p>120 Studies in Medieval Latin Mss. 4 volumes</p><p>120 Essays in Intellectual History</p><p>120 Papers in Early Modern History</p><p>120 Article on the History of Medicine, 1953-1959</p><p>120 Reprints Through 1937 3 volumes</p><p>120 Reprints Through 1937 3 volumes</p><p>121 Offprints IV - VII 4 volumes</p><p>121 Papers on the History of Medicine, 1940 </p><p>121 Medieval Intellectual History </p><p>121 Manuscripts and Research </p><p>121 Renaissance </p><p>121 Miscellaneous Early Modern </p><p>121 History and Geography </p><p>121 Medieval History and Political Thought </p><p>121 History of Medicine </p><p>121 History of Alchemy </p><p>122 History of Astronomy and Mathematics </p><p>122 Aristotle - Alchemy </p><p>122 History of Science by George Sarton </p><p>122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume II </p><p>122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume I</p><p>122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume II</p><p>122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume I1</p><p>122 History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume III</p><p>122 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writing in Latin THORNDIKE, Lynn Page 9 of 9</p><p>BOX 123 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writing in Latin Notebook Mss.</p><p>123 General notebook [Mss.]</p><p>123 Economics notebook [Mss.]</p><p>123 Glass Plate Negatives [3 boxes]</p><p>123 Verreichnis . . . by E. Zinner, 1925</p><p>Flat Box 570 Wesleyan University Scrapbook</p>