Christine Ladd-Franklin and Fabian Franklin papers, 1900-1939
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1532
- Bib ID:
- 4078783 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Ladd-Franklin, Christine, 1847-1930
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 100 boxes (7000 items )
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following boxes are located off-site: 2-98. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Summary
The correspondence, papers, and documents relating to Franklins' work in the fields of psychology and logic. The papers are mainly those of Christine Ladd Franklin. Among the selected autographs are fourteen letters from Henry Holt to Fabian Franklin and four letters from Bertrand Russell to Christine Ladd Franklin.
Arrangement
- Series I: Letters
- Series II: Notes, Notebooks, and Clippings
- Series III: Fabian Franklin Letters
- Series IV: Margaret Franklin
- Series V: Logic
- Series VI: Philosophy
- Series VII: Color and Vision
- Series VIII: Family and Miscellaneous
- Series IX: Offprints and Clippings
- Series X: Scrapbook
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-98. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Hotchkiss, Helen. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1962. Accession number--M-62.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
1989-06-00 Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn.
Revision Description
2021-01-14 Complete scrapbook page index added to Series X: Scrapbook. cml
Biographical / Historical
Christine Ladd-Franklin (December 1, 1847 – March 5, 1930), who lectured at Columbia University from 1914 to 1927, was an American psychologist, logician, and mathematician. She was well-known for her method of reducing all syllogisms to a single formula, and for her contributions to knowledge relating to color vision. She was married to Fabian Franklin (1853-1939).
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