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"Reflections on Santayana’s Esthetics" manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0467
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a handwritten manuscript (about 220 pages) by Edmund Clark Sanford. The manuscript contains Sanford’s thoughts on George Santayana’s book "The Sense of Beauty." Santayana was a professor at Harvard and a well-known philosopher; "The Sense of Beauty" was published in 1896. Sanford comments on each chapter of Santayana’s book, and he also includes some of his thoughts on aesthetics in general.

Dates

  • ca. 1905

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish material from “Reflections on Santayana’s Esthetics” must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Clark Sanford (1859 - 1924) was a prominent early American psychologist. He earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University and then moved to Clark University in 1888, where he became a professor of psychology and the founding director of the psychology laboratory. He is best known for his 1887 Writings of Laura Bridgman and for his 1897 textbook, "A Course in Experimental Psychology." He was present at the creation of the American Psychological Association in 1892 and was the cousin of another early psychologist, Milicent Shinn.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet ( (1 folder))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten manuscript (about 220 pages) by Edmund Clark Sanford. The manuscript contains Sanford’s thoughts on George Santayana’s book "The Sense of Beauty," as well as some of Sanford’s thoughts on aesthetics in general.

Acquisition Information

Removed from Fondren general collections ca. 1985.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the “Reflections on Santayana’s Esthetics” manuscript, ca. 1905
Status
Completed
Date
2008
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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