Child, Francis James, 1825-1896
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1825-02-01 - 1896-09-11
Biography
Francis James Child (1825-1896), American philologist and educator
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Davidson papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 169
Abstract:
Correspondence, lectures, articles, printed matter, clippings, and film relating to the career of Davidson who came to the U.S. in 1867 and was associated with the St. Louis and Concord schools of philosophy, the founding of the Fellowship of the New Life, and the establishment of the Breadwinners' College. From 1878 to 1884, he was in Italy studying the writings of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, about whom he published a study in 1882. The major portion of the papers is made up of correspondence,...
Dates:
1857-1948, bulk 1857-1902
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Thomas Davidson papers
Letter : Cambridge, Massachusetts, to A. Van Name, 1892 Jul 21
Part of Collection — Box 44: [Barcode: 39002137225190], Folder: GROUP 1309, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1892 Jul 21
Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates:
1829-1915
William Dwight Whitney family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 555
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, journals and diaries, writings, legal and financial papers, and miscellanea of the William Dwight Whitney family, including William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), his wife Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin Whitney (1824-1912), his brother Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896), and his father Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786-1869). William Dwight Whitney material includes several hundred letters with his wife, journals and diaries (1843-1893), and a small quanity of...
Dates:
1778-1951, bulk 1814-1912