A Guide to the Loren Corey Eiseley Papers 1913-1987 164.0 Cubic feet UPT 50 E36 The University Archives and Records Center 3401 Market Street, Suite 210 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3358 215.898.7024 Fax: 215.573.2036 www.archives.upenn.edu Mark Frazier Lloyd, Director Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROVENANCE...............................................................................................................................1 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE................................................................................................................1 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE................................................................................................... 2 INVENTORY.................................................................................................................................. 3 CORRESPONDENCE, INDIVIDUAL.....................................................................................3 CORRESPONDENCE, GENERAL AND SUPPORTING FILES (ARRANGED BY NAME OF INSTITUTION); PERSONAL............................................................................................8 ORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH LCE BELONGED............................................................ 10 LECTURES AT COLLEGES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS............................................ 10 PUBLICITY - GENERAL......................................................................................................10 PUBLISHED WORKS:...........................................................................................................10 THE BARLOW FILES; ALSO SEE REPORT IN UPT VERTICAL FILE.......................... 11 REPORT OF LOREN EISELEY COLLECTION..................................................................11 PUBLISHED WORKS............................................................................................................11 WRITINGS..............................................................................................................................12 WRITINGS BY OTHER AUTHORS COLLECTED BY LOREN EISELEY...................... 19 SISTER JANET MOORE ACCESSION. 87-37:11-24-87.................................................... 24 NOTES AND HOLOGRAPH'S OF POEMS FROM:........................................................... 25 HONORARY DEGREES:...................................................................................................... 26 CEREMONIAL HOODS:....................................................................................................... 27 Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Guide to the Loren Corey Eiseley Papers 1913-1987 UPT 50 E36 164.0 Cubic feet Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. PROVENANCE Accessioned in three parts, from 1978 to 1982, this collection has not been fully processed. The following brief biography is available, along with preliminary inventories and extended biographies, all compiled by Caroline E. Werkley, Eiseley’s long-time Secretary. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Loren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer. A Nebraska native, Eiseley earned his PH.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937 and returned to Penn in 1947 as Professor, Chair and Curator of the Department of Anthropology. From 1959 to 1961, Eiseley served as Provost of the University, and from 1961 until his death, he was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History of Science. From the 1950s through the 1970s, Eiseley published and lectured widely on diverse topics, earning a national reputation as a scholar of uncommon creativity and literary ability. He was honored with 36 honorary degrees and was a fellow of many distinguished professional societies. - 1 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The inventory of Loren Corey Eiseley Papers was originally prepared by Caroline E. Werkley, Eiseley’s long-time Secretary. For the convenience of the users, Werkley's long inventory has been divided into the following sections: •Biographical sketches of Loren Corey Eiseley •Brief summary of the inventory and a note on its creation •Inventory: Manuscript, Correspondence, Memorabilia •Inventory: Books •Inventory: Reprints •"Report of Loren Eiseley Collection" by Caroline E. Werkley Werkley’s report provides not only information about the provenance of the collection, but also rich biographical and bibliographical information about the author. We have therefore attached it here for researchers’ reference. As the original inventory was not finalized in certain sections and the inventory itself is long and involving, some technical adjustment was made in its format when the inventory was converted into digital form in 2001. As Eiseley willed, the copyright of all his published works has been transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and has become the University’s property. - 2 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Loren Corey Eiseley Papers 1913-1987 UPT 50 E36 Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. INVENTORY CORRESPONDENCE, INDIVIDUAL Box Folder A-Z, also misplaced material to be refiled Files for each letter of the alphabet, A through W and one for X,Y, 1 and Z. A-Z, Radio, TV and Film Correspondence Bates, Marston 2 Beagle, Peter 2 Beebe, William 2 Blanton, Smiley 2 Bliven, Bruce 2 Boring, Edwin 2 Boreland, Hal 2 Bowen, Catherine Drinker 2 Bradley, E. Scully 2 Bronowski, J. 2 Brooks, Van Wyck 2 Burhoe, Ralph Wendell 2 - 3 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Burke, Noah 2 Cannon, H. Graham 2 Carson, Rachel 2 Chase, Stuart 2 Clark, Graham 2 Clark, Letta May 2 Coon, Carleton S. 2 Coblenty, Stanton 2 Cousins, Mormon 2 Crabill, Frank W. 2 Darlington, C. D. 2 Dart, Raymond P. 2 Davidson, D.S. 2 DeBeer, Sir Gavin 2 De Camp, Sprague 2 DeForest, Mrs. Alfres 2 Deutsch, Babette 2 Dillard, Annie 2 Dobzhansky, Theodosius 2 Dupree, A. Hunter 2 Feininger, Andreas 2 Fejos, Paul 2 Fleming, Irwin 2 Fuller, Edmund 2 - 4 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Gerenday, Lacide 2 Gillespie, Charles 2 Glass, Bentley 2 Goddard, David 2 Goddy, William 2 Greene, John C. 2 Gregorian, Vartan 2 Griswald, E.G. 2 Hallowell, Pete 2 Hamady, Walter 2 Harden, Gerrett 2 Harnwell, Gaylord 2 Hartsock, Ernest 2 Haury, Emil 2 Hawke, David 2 Harding, Walter 2 Hayden, Hiram 2 Heizer, Robert F. 2 Heuer, Kenneth 2 Hoffman, Daniel 2 Holmes, John Hayes 2 Howard, Ben 2 Howells, William 2 Huxley, Julian 2 - 5 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Jacobi, Lotti 2 Jameson, Storm 2 Keith, Sir Arthur 2 Hrdlikar, Ales 2 Kidder, Dwight 2 Lee, Charles Leakey 2 L.S.B. McCown, 2 Theodore D. 2 McGregor, James H. 2 Mannix, Daniel 2 Mather, Kirtley 2 Menninger, Roy W. 2 Meyerson, Martin 2 Milne, Lorus and Margery 2 Montagu, Ashley 2 Morris, Wright 2 Movins, H.L. 2 Nelson, N.C. 2 O’Brien, Edward J. 2 Oppenheim, Shulamith 2 Parnall, Peter 2 Peterson, Virgilia 2 Pfieffer, John 2 Plymell, Charles 2 - 6 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Pyramid Film 2 Read, Kenneth E. 2 Rockefeller, Gov. Nelson 2 Sauer, Carl O. 2 Sayce, R. V. 2 Schmidt, F.W. 2 Schmidt, Waldo 2 Schultz, Bertrand 2 Sears, Paul B. 2 Simpson, G.G. 2 Snyder, Gary 2 Speck, Frank 2 Stauffer, Robert 2 Stellar, Eliot 2 Straus, William 2 Strong, William Duncan 2 Television 2 Tobias, Phillip 2 Turnbull, Colin 2 Udall, Stewart 2 Velikvsky, Immanuel 2 Villa, Jose Garcia 2 Vinal, Howard 2 Webster, Hutton 2 - 7 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Wells, Kappy 2 Weidenreich, Franz 2 Whyte, Lancelot L. 2 Wimberley, Loury 2 Woodward, A. Smith 2 Young, Mrs. Stanley 2 Animal Secrets Scripts 2 CORRESPONDENCE, GENERAL AND SUPPORTING FILES Box Folder (ARRANGED BY NAME OF INSTITUTION); PERSONAL Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1928-1977 re: publication Basket Makes material, U. of Nebraska, No. 1 3 Basket Makes material, U. of Nebraska, No. 2 3 Chairman of Department of Anthropology 3 Africa Trip 3 Clippings of material that interested in LCE 3 Hawaii University 3 “Autobiography” clippings, newsletters, misc. 3 Ettinger Program 3 Colorado, U. of offer to post 3 Columbia, U. appointment to 3 American Philosophical Society Darwin Centennial Celebration 3 1959 LCE students at U. of Nebraska 3 Papers of LCE perhaps while student at U. of Nebraska 3 LCE at U of Kansas 3 - 8 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 LCE at Oberlin 3 Nebraska, U. (General) 3 U of Pennsylvania LCE as student No. 1 3 U of Pennsylvania LCE as student No. 2 3 Nebraska Academy of Sciences (Eiseley Fund) 3 LCE – thesis U of Pennsylvania 3 LCE as Provost U of Pennsylvania 3 Correspondence as Provost 3 Benjamin Franklin Professors 3 All of U of Pennsylvania Committees – Academic Freedom and 3 Responsibility By Laws Committee 3 Committee on Faculty Personnel 3 Benjamin Franklin Associates 3 Leon Lectures 3 Harvey Foundation 3 Search Committee 3 Museum Centennial 3 Pitzer College 3 Poems 3 Science News Seminar 3 Research Club U of Pennsylvania 3 Poetry LCE likes 3 Program for the 80’s 3 Social Science Research Grant, 1941 3 - 9 - Loren Corey Eiseley Papers UPT 50 E36 Poet Laureate 3 Wyoming, U of 3 White House Task Force 3 Bronze Bust by Wells, 1976 3 LCE appointment to U. of Pennsylvania 3 ORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH LCE BELONGED Box Folder Awards 4 LECTURES AT COLLEGES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS Box Folder A-M 5 P-Z 6 PUBLICITY - GENERAL Box Folder general 7 PUBLISHED WORKS: Box Folder Animal Adventures, ca. 1913 8 The Immense Journey, 1957, lst part 8 The Immense Journey, 1957, 2nd part 9 Darwin's Century,1958,