Guide to the Edwin A. Burtt papers, 1950-1988.
Edwin A. Burtt papers, 1950-1988.
Collection Number: 14-21-2593
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Edwin A. Burtt papers, 1950-1988.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-21-2593
Abstract:
Manuscripts and other papers of Edwin A. Burtt, a Cornell University professor of philosophy.
Creator:
Burtt, Edwin A. (Edwin Arthur), 1892-1989.
Villemaire, Diane Davis.
Moriarty, Francis J.
Matlack, Jean Y.
Quanitities:
2.0 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Edwin A. Burtt was educated at Yale University, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1932 and was named Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy in 1941. He retired in 1960 and died in 1989. His long-time focus was on the history and philosophy of religion, and he was the author of many books in this field.
Unpublished manuscripts of "Philosophy, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," "The Cross of Calvary," and "Light, Love and Life" (published by Cayuga Press, 1988); "What Should Theology Be?" (1950); "Eastern Thought and Western Science" (1950); "Understanding Man in His Search for Peace" (1963); and other writings. Also included are miscellaneous articles by other scholars; correspondence with other scholars; lecture notes; typescript of "The Genius of Explanatory Ideas," n.d.; typescript work-in-progress papers related to Burtt's published work The Human Journey, including a manuscript of a book entitled "Thinking Through Confucius," by David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames; typescripts of unpublished essays; personal account books and tax records, 1960-1979; and copies of published pamphlets.
Includes a 1994 thesis by Diane Davis Villemaire "Metaphysics in the Twentieth Century: The Philosophies of History of E. A. Burtt and R. G. Collingwood;" 1994 dissertation by Francis J. Moriarty, "The Philosophy of E.A. Burtt: The Metaphysical Foundations for a World Community;" 1998 Ph.D. dissertation by Diane Villemaire, "The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science: A Window on the Life and Work of E.A. Burtt, Twentieth-Century Pragmatist and Postmodern Thinker". Letters to Diane Villemaire about Burtt from his students and colleagues at Cornell, 1995, and lecture notes from Burtt's Collingwood seminar (Philosophy 587) at Cornell, 1950-51. Also, 1976 dissertation by Jean Y. Matlack, "A Life Study of a Psychotherapist: Marjorie Murray Burtt."
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Edwin A. Burtt papers, #14-21-2593. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Access to Box 4 is restricted.
Names:
Collingwood, R. G. (Robin George), 1889-1943.
Subjects:
Philosophers -- United States.
Metaphysics -- Study and teaching.
Philosophy -- Study and teaching.
Philosophy and religion.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container |
Description |
Date |
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Guest Book |
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Income tax data |
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence with Steve Holzner |
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Paper by Sherwood M. Nelson sent to Burtt |
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Papers by other scholars sent to Burtt (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Papers by other scholars sent to Burtt (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Papers by other scholars sent to Burtt (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Papers by other scholars sent to Burtt (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Lecture notes: God, Evil, Love (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Lecture notes: God, Evil, Love (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Lecture notes: Eastern Thought and Western Science |
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Lecture notes: Freedom and Determinism |
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Lecture notes: Religion and Moral Issues |
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
The Genesis of Explanatory Ideas (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
The Genesis of Explanatory Ideas (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
What Should Theology Be? |
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Understanding Man in His Search for Peace |
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
The Cross of Calvary - Draft manuscript (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
The Cross of Calvary - Original and first copy (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
The Cross of Calvary - Changes suggested by pager (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
The Cross of Calvary (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
The Cross of Calvary (5) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
The Human Journey (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
The Human Journey (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
The Human Journey (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
The Human Journey (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
The Human Journey (5) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
The Human Journey (6) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
The Human Journey (7) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Philosophy - Original copy (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Philosophy - Original copy (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Philosophy - Ch. 1 (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Philosophy - Ch. 2 (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Philosophy - Ch. 3 (5) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Philosophy - Ch. 4 (6) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Philosophy (7) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Philosophy (8) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Philosophy (9) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Philosophy (10) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Philosophy (11) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Philosophy (12) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Philosophy (13) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Philosophy (14) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Philosophy (15) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Philosophy (16) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Philosophy (17) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Philosophy (18) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Philosophy (19) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Philosophy - Possible revisions (20) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Philosophy - Outline (21) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Together in Peril and In Hope |
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| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Recent unpublished essays (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Recent unpublished essays (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Recent unpublished essays (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 59 |
Copies of published pamphlets (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 60 |
Copies of published pamphlets (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Copies of published pamphlets (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 62 |
Copies of published pamphlets (4) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 63 |
Healing a Sick World (1) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 64 |
Healing a Sick World (2) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 65 |
Healing a Sick World (3) |
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| Box 1 | Folder 66 |
Metaphysics in the Twentieth Century by Diane Villemaire; Account book |
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Light, Love and Life (1) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Light, Love and Life (2) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Light, Love and Life (3) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Light, Love and Life (4) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Light, Love and Life (5) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Light, Love and Life (6) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Light, Love and Life (7) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Light, Love and Life (8) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Light, Love and Life (9) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Light, Love and Life (10) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Light, Love and Life (11) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Light, Love and Life (12) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Light, Love and Life (13) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Light, Love and Life (14) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Light, Love and Life (15) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (1) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (2) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (3) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (4) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (5) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (6) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (7) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (8) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (9) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (10) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (11) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (12) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (13) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (14) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Thinking Through Confucius by David Hall (15) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Printed material (1) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Printed material (2) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Printed material (3) |
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| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Printed material (4) |
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| Box 3 |
Address cards |
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| Box 5 |
Correspondence |
1952-1986 | |
| Box 5 |
Publications |
1981-1986 | |
| Box 6 |
Correspondence, publications, and drafts |
1950-1985 |