"Reflections on Santayana’s Esthetics" manuscript
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
- Creation: ca. 1905
Creator
- Sanford, Edmund C. (Edmund Clark) (Person)
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
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.
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu