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SERIES Identifier: MS Am 2587

IV. Compositions by Quine

Scope and Contents

Quine's compositions arrived in the repository in excellent order, and consequently we have retained the categories established by Quine. The reader should note, however, that there will be some duplication of titles, ie: the same text may appear under sub-series "Articles ..." as well as "Occasional lectures," meaning that the text began as a lecture, but then Quine filed it as an article when it became published.

Dates

  • Creation: 1908-2020

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and Italian.

Conditions Governing Access

A portion of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.

There are also a number of permanent restrictions that apply to portions of these papers as follows:

  1. The entire "Recommendations series" is restricted for 80 years (until the year 2068).
  2. Student files are restricted for 80 years from date of creation.
  3. Some Harvard University departmental files are restricted and fall under the Harvard University records 50-year restriction rule.
  4. Some outside agency files are restricted due to privacy concerns, and are restricted for 50 years from date of creation.
  5. Original audio materials and computer floppy disks are restricted until surrogates are produced for general use.

Extent

86 linear feet (155 boxes)

Arrangement

This series is organized into the following sub-series:

  1. A. Articles and other short texts
  2. B. Books and other long texts
  3. C. Occasional lectures
  4. D. Harvard lectures and other teaching materials
  5. E. Abortive writings and miscellaneous notes
  6. F. Computer floppy disks
  7. G. Unidentified compositions by Quine

Physical Location

Harvard Depository, pf, Vault

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.

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