Christine Ladd Franklin and Fabian Franklin papers, 1900-1939

Summary Information

At a Glance

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

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.

• 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

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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

Subject Headings

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Christine Franklin who lectured at Columbia University from 1914 to 1927, 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).