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Photo of Jessie Whitehead
Photo of Jessie Whitehead at Pack Monadnock, three months before her 40th birthday.
Letter from James H. Woods to Whitehead
Woods writes of the lease for Whitehead's prsopective home, compensation for Radcliffe classes, and the time slot for Whitehead's seminary.
First lecture
A manuscript for Whitehead's first Harvard lecture. Comparison with student notes reveals that this typescript is not exactly the lecture that Whitehead actually delivered; he both added and substracted material from this version.
Industrial Problems
An address given on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Harvard Business School.
England and the Narrow Seas
Two separate drafts with handwritten emendations. Published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1927.
Statesmanship and Specialized Learning
Published in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Vol. 75 No. 1 in 1942
Autobiographical Notes
This is an incomplete typescript of Whitehead's "Autobiographical Notes" that would appear in his Library of Living Philosophers volume.
Address on Founder's Day at Stanley Technical Trade School
Portions have been crossed out, and a new title written at the top: A London Trade School, 1919
Presidential Address: Uniformity and Contingency
Contains handwritten notes in pencil
Governor Alfred Smith: A Speech by A.N. Whitehead
First page of Whitehead's toast for Al Smith
Lectures on Plato's Forerunners
Lecture(s) by Woods, split into four parts, with some Greek letters and math symbols handwritten.
Science in General Education
Whitehead argues for a balance within the educational system between general knowledge and specialized knowledge as a student progress within a university.
Unpublished book preface
Draft with handwritten emendations. Some of the chapters mentioned would later be published in Essays in Science and Philosophy in 1947. Apparently Whitehead's first Harvard lecture was set to be published in this book, but was later excluded from it…
The Organisation of Thought - A Polytechnic in War-time
Pages appear to have been ripped out of the original book, with the top half of page 59 crossed out, and the date "Feb. 1917" written at the top.
H.D. Anthony
A document with the name "H.D. Anthony" written upon it, as well as "Richmond College."
Harvard first year student list
Oppenheimer's name in the seminary seems to indicate a first-year list. This loose-leaf page seems likely to have been written prior to Whitehead's grading notebook.
Misc note
Contains listing of a few books and chapters on one side in pen, and some other msic notes in pencil on the other side.
Syllabus of Course for M.Sc. Degree in Principles, History, and Methods of Science
Appears to be the final version of a syllabus for which LET1063 and DOC201 are drafts
Scrap of paper with "Furniture - College" written on it
Appears to be a fragment from either a letter or an envelope.
Shih-Ying Ch'ü, Professor, National Institute of Self-Government
A business card.
Student drops
Notes from the Office of the Dean regarding adding and dropping students from the lists for each date indicated.
