Lester Frank Ward papers (Ms.90.23)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Additional Information
| Related material: | Lester Frank Ward Papers, 1882-1913, with related materials to circa 1965, Record Unit 7321, Smithsonian Institution Archives; Lester Frank Ward biography, text of his two American Sociological Association Presidential addresses and bibliography, American Sociological Association Archives |
| Separated material: | One of Ward's most important research tools was his personal library of about 1,400 volumes, consisting primarily of works relating to the physical and social sciences. Also included, however, are works of poetry, philosophy, art, history, and travel. Among the authors represented by these books and pamphlets are Locke, Comte, Hume, Haeckel, Darwin, William James, T.H. Huxley, Asa Gray, Victor Hugo, and Walt Whitman. In addition, various secondary sources referring to Ward have been added to his personal library. Most of the printed material in Ward's personal library has been grouped by subject and arranged according to a system of Cutter numbers. Some volumes, however, have been catalogued and shelved according to Library of Congress classification. A reasonably complete list of these books is provided in Addendum I of the Inventory. In addition, author, title, and subject entries should be found in the cataloging records of books at Brown University Library. Lester Frank Ward's personal library, comprising about 1,400 books is located in the John Hay Library. This material has not been microfilmed. |
| Location/Existence of copies: | The content of Series 1, the bulk of Series 2, and other portions of the collection outlined in the Series description which follows, are available on microfilm (Reels 2-34). The series and subseries that have not been microfilmed include Series 2--Subseries B (Writings, Published Writings [codices 1-25], and Index Register [shoeboxes 104-111]); Series 4--Special Index to Index Rerum [shoeboxes 114-115]; and Series 6 through Series 11. The reel contents lists in their entirety constitute Part Three of this inventory; the separate contents lists in their entirety constitute Part Three of this inventory; separate lists for each reel have also been filmed at the beginning for their respective reels. These lists, keyed to the frame numbers in each reel, should be used in conjunction with the more detailed descriptions for selected series in Part Two of this inventory. |
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