Creator:
Barroll, Henry Harris, 1850-
Inclusive Dates:
1876- 1881
Abstract:
Diary kept by the U.S. Naval officer during his voyages to the West Indies, French Polynesia and the Virgin Islands, recording the social scene, observations of the natives and geographical details. Included are photographs and a list of 66 books read during 1876.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Photographs.
Subject:
Books and reading.
Travelers -- Polynesia -- Diaries.
Travelers -- West Indies -- Diaries.
Military history
Creator:
Adler, Mortimer Jerome,1902-2001.
Inclusive Dates:
1937- 1966
Abstract:
Papers of the American philosopher, educator, author. Correspondence (1937-1966); manuscript articles, books, lectures, and notes (1938-1963); correspondence, notes, and manuscript drafts and revisions relating to The Great Ideas: a syntopicon of Great books of the Western world; scrapbooks; and printed material, including articles and clippings about Adler and reviews of his books.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Book reviews.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Scrapbooks.
Subject:
The Great ideas: a syntopicon of Great books of the Western world.
Authors.
Educators.
Philosophers.
Adult education
Religion and Philosophy
Authors, American.
Books and reading.
Civilization, Philosophy.
Civilization, Western.
Education, Humanistic.
Educators, United States.
Intellectuals, United States.
Philosophers, United States.
Philosophy, Modern.