Bertrand Russell letters to Robert Charles Marsh
Overview
Letters to scholar Robert C. Marsh from English logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1959
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.16 linear feet (1 volume)Includes typescript letters from Russell to Marsh concerning proofs of Russell's writings; Russell's essays On denoting, Logical positivism, Logic of relations, and Education for democracy; Marsh's editing of Logic and knowledge; and Marsh's educational experiences at Trinity College in Cambridge. Also includes an unsigned typescript with autograph corrections and revisions of Russell's The logic of relation, translated from French by Robert C. Marsh.
Biographical / Historical
Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
69M-92. Gift of Robert Charles Marsh, 452 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614; received: 1969 August 13.
- Title
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970. Bertrand Russell letters to Robert Charles Marsh, 1950-1959: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01029
Repository Details
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