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Letter from James H. Jeans to Whitehead
Jeans asks whether Whitehead would like to read his paper "The Theory of the Inertial Field" at an upcoming meeting of the Royal Society, and also provides some criticisms of the paper, which would require revision if it was to be published.
Letter from Alice James and ? James to Whitehead
Best wishes on Whitehead's 80th birthday.
Letter from International Shove-Halfpenny Association to Whitehead
Best wishes on Whitehead's 80th birthday.
Letter from Home University Library to Whitehead
Informs Whitehead that Home University Library will be taken over by OUP, gives latest royalty statements.
Letter from William Ernest Hocking to Whitehead
Hocking thanks Whitehead for sending his handwritten notes on his 80th birthday speech, and returns the notes, having copied them down.
Letter from History of Science Society to Whitehead
An invitation to join the society. James Haughton Woods is listed on the Organizing Committee.
The History of Science Society invitation to join
James Haughton Woods is listed on the Organizing Committee
Letter from Mysore Hiriyanna to Whitehead
Hiriyanna sends Whitehead an article he wrote on the similarity between his view of time and the Indian view of it.
Letter from Sue Herman to Whitehead
Herman sends Whitehead best wishes.
Letter from Lawrence J. Henderson to Whitehead
Henderson writes that the Harvard faculty are hoping Whitehead will join them.
Photo of Julia Isham Taylor, Henry Osborn Taylor, Whitehead, and William Morton Wheeler
Photo taken during the "Philosophers' Weekend" of 1932, an annual event hosted every Columbus Day weekend from 1924 to 1938 by Henry Osborn Taylor and Julia Isham Taylor. For more information, see the article here.
Whitehead Lecture Notes: Philosophy of Science
Student notes on a Whitehead course on philosophy and metaphysics.
Whitehead Lecture Notes: Philosophy 3b, Radcliffe, 1924-1925
Notes taken during Whitehead's first year of Radcliffe lectures. An edited version of these notes appears in The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead, 1924-1925, edited by Paul Bogaard and Jason Bell.
Telegram from A.H. Heath to Whitehead
Heath wishes to discuss Open Court book offer.
Letter from A.E. Heath to Whitehead
Heath inquires whether Whitehead would be interested in publishing a book with Open Court, also wonders if he would be interested in delivering the Carus lectures.
Letter from George Lee Haskins to Whitehead
Haskins sends Whitehead best wishes on his 80th birthday.
Important Notice to Instructors
Instructions on how to handle course lists and the reporting of absentee students
Letter from Charles Hartshorne to Evelyn Whitehead
Hartshorne says he is feeling better, says he won't forget the previous night's celebration.
Whitehead Lecture Notes: Philosophy of Science
Hartshorne's notes for Whitehead's 1925-26 Philosophy 3b. This version of the notes has been re-ordered and newly numbered by WRP (upper-left corner) through comparison with other other notes from the same year, most notably Roethlisberger's…
Letter from A.H. Hannay to Whitehead
Informs Whitehead that he has been elected an honorary member of the Aristotelian Society.
Letter from Learned Hand to Whitehead
Hand sends Whitehead best wishes on his 80th birthday.
Naval and Military Despatches Relating to Operations in the War
The despatch is dated 1915-12-11, and describes operations in the Gallipoli peninsula. Eric Whitehead's name is handwritten on the cover.
Letter from Richard Haldane to Whitehead
Haldane writes that he is glad to hear of improvements to Evelyn's health, talks of a conference with J.J. Thomson and Eddington, mentions principles for congruence and measurement, plus Einstein. Also mentions that various bishops of Truro had been…
Letter from Mason W. Gross to Whitehead
Gross sends Whitehead greetings on his birthday, says his work is being taught for the first time in the general history of philosophy course at Columbia, that he himself is teaching a class on Whitehead's philosophy for the following year, that he…
Letter from Thomas Greenwood to Whitehead
Greenwood expresses regret over being unable to see Whitehead and Evelyn before their departure for the United States, says he looks forward to the next International Congress of Philosophy, mentions progress on translating one of Whithead's books,…