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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location:
Call No.: MS Am 1850
Creator: Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.
Title: Letters to Guy Emerson,
Date(s): 1944-1947.
Quantity: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Letters from Harvard philosophy professor Alfred North Whitehead to banker Guy Emerson.

Acquisition Information:

Historical Note

Whitehead received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1926 and taught philosophy at Harvard. Guy Emerson was a banker.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Includes personal correspondence regarding visits between North and Evelyn Whitehead and Guy and Ruth Emerson. Also includes newspaper clippings and two notes written about Whitehead by Emerson.

Container List

• Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947. 10 A.L.s. to Guy Emerson:
  • (1) Cambridge, 20 May 1944. 1s.(2p.)
  • (2) same, 3 Nov 1944. 1s.(2p.)
  • (3) same, 30 Nov 1944. 1s.(2p.)
  • (4) same, 11 Jan 1945. 1s.(1p.)
  • (5) same, 14 Mar 1945. 1s.(2p.)
  • (6) same, 24 Oct 1945. 1s.(2p.)
    Contains an A.MS. note concerning Alfred North Whitehead by Guy Emerson, p. 2.
  • (7) Cambridge, 26 Nov 1945. 1s.(1p.)
  • (8) same, 29 [Jun] 1946. 1s.(2p.)
  • (9) same, 24 Oct 1946. 1s.(1p.)
  • (10) same, 3 Feb 1947. 1s.(1p.)

• (11) Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947. A.L.s. to Ruth Emerson; Cambridge, 19 Dec 1946. 1s.(2p.)
  Written for Evelyn (Willoughby-Wade) Whitehead.

• Whitehead, Evelyn (Willoughby-Wade) 2 A.L.s. to Guy and Ruth Emerson:
  • (12) [n.p.] Dec 1951. 1s.(1p.)
  • (13) [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)

• Emerson, Guy, 1886- [2 notes on Alfred North Whitehead]
  • (14) A.MS.; [n.p.] 19 Mar 1945. 1s.(1p.)
  • (15) A.MS.; [n.p.] 12 Nov 1946. 2s.(4p.)