Guide to the George Herbert Mead Papers

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1 University of Chicago Library Guide to the George Herbert Mead Papers University of Chicago Library

2 Table of Contents Descriptive Summary Information on Use Access Citation Biographical Note Scope Note Related Resources Subject Headings INVENTORY Series I: Correspondence Subseries 1: Personal Correspondence Subseries 2: Philosophy of the Present Correspondence Series II: Course Materials Subseries 1: Mind, Self and Society Subseries 2: Movement of Thought in the 19th Century, Materials Subseries 3: Philosophy of the Act Materials Subseries 4: Student Notes Series III: Writings Series IV: Addenda Materials Subseries 1: Correspondence Subseries 2: Biographical Subseries 3: Essays on Psychology Subseries 4: Titled Manuscripts Subseries 5: Untitled Writings Subseries 6: Student Notes Subseries 7: Writings by Others Subseries 8: Addenda Correspondence Subseries 9: Biographical materials Subseries 10: Addenda Writings Subseries 11: Student notes Subseries 12: Books signed by Mead

3 Descriptive Summary Title Mead, George Herbert. Papers Date Size Repository Abstract 7.5 linear ft. (15 boxes) Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois U.S.A. George Herbert Mead, educator, social psychologist, philosopher. The George Herbert Mead Papers contain correspondence, primarily with family members including Henry Northrup Castle, Helen Castle Mead, Henry Castle Mead, and Irene Tufts Mead. Other correspondents include John Dewey and Charles Morris. The collection also includes manuscripts of published journal articles and books, correspondence relating to publications, and student notes from Mead's courses. Information on Use Access No restrictions. Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Mead, George Herbert. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note Mead was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1863, the son of a clergyman, Hiram Mead. Seven years later, the family moved to Oberlin, Ohio, where his father took the chair in Homiletics at the Theological Seminary of Oberlin College. In 1879, George entered Oberlin where he met two students from Hawaii, Henry and Helen Castle. In 1891, Mead married Henry's sister Helen. A year later, their only child, Henry Castle Albert Mead, was born. Mead taught from 1891 to 1894 at the University of Michigan, and at the University of Chicago from 1894 to the year of his death. A prominent American thinker, Mead is studied for his work in social psychology and social philosophy, systematic pragmatism, and the history of ideas, as well as for his relationship with his friend and contemporary, John Dewey. 3

4 Mead published many books and articles including; Philosophy of the Present (1932), Mind, Self and Society (1934), Movements of Thought in the Nineteenth Century (1936), and Philosophy of the Act (1938). George Herbert Mead died in Scope Note The George Herbert Mead Papers contain correspondence, primarily with family members including Henry Northrup Castle, Helen Castle Mead, Henry Castle Mead, and Irene Tufts Mead. Other correspondents include John Dewey and Charles Morris. The collection also includes manuscripts of published journal articles and books, correspondence relating to publications, and student notes from Mead's courses. The collection is comprised of four series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Course Materials; Series III: Writings; Series IV; Addenda Materials. Related Resources The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections: Subject Headings Castle, Henry Northrup, b Dewey, John, Mead, George Herbert, Mead, Helen Castle Mead, Henry C. A Mead, Irene Tufts Morris, Charles W. (Charles William), Philosophy Social psychology Philosophers INVENTORY Series I: Correspondence Subseries 1: Personal Correspondence Folder 1 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, July 1883-October

5 Folder 2 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, January 1885-March 1889 Mead to Henry Northrup Castle, August 1890-December 1894 Folder 4 Mead to his parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Northrup Castle, Folder 5 Mead to his wife, Helen Castle Mead, Folder 6 Mead to his son, Henry C. A. Mead, Folder 7 Mead to his son, 1914 Folder 8 Mead to his son, 1915 Folder 9 Mead to his son, Folder 10 Mead to his son, Folder 11 Mead to his son, Folder 12 Mead to his son, 1921 Folder 13 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1916 Folder 14 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1917 Folder 15 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, 1918 Folder 16 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, March 1919 Folder 17 5

6 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July 1919 Folder 18 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 1-13, 1919 Folder 19 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 14-31, 1919 Folder 20 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 1919 (typescript copies of some of letters in folders 18 and 19, preceding) Folder 21 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September 1919 Folder 22 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September 1919 (typescript copies of some of letters in folder 21, preceding) a Folder 1 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July 17, 1920 a Folder 2 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July 1920 (typescript of some letters in folder 1, preceding) a Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July 20-July 31, 1920 a Folder 4 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 1920 a Folder 5 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August 1920 (typescript of some letters in folder 4, preceding) a Folder 6 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September 1920 a Folder 7 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September 1920 (typescript of some letters in folder 6, preceding) a Folder 8 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, July-August 1921 a Folder 9 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September

7 a Folder 10 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July 1923 a Folder 11 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August-September 1923 a Folder 12 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, June-July 1925 a Folder 13 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, August-September 1925 a Folder 14 Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, September 1926 a Folder 15 Mead to Cynthia Tufts, August 1919 a Folder 16 Miscellaneous letters; a Folder 17 List of persons referred to in Mead's correspondence a Folder 18 "George Herbert Mead," a memorial pamphlet; three eulogies and a biographical essay Subseries 2: Philosophy of the Present Correspondence Folder 1 The Paul Carus Foundation Lectures, Typescript with corrections and additional carbon copy of preface to and exchange of letters between H. C. A. Mead and Charles Morris, October, Folder 2 Untitled manuscripts I and II. Typescript with corrections, used as "Supplementary Essays." Series II: Course Materials Subseries 1: Mind, Self and Society Correspondence, chiefly to and from Charles W. Morris, editor,

8 Folder 4 "Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 5 Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 6 Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 7 Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 8 Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 9 Mind, Self, and Society," carbon copy of transcript of student notes, pp Folder 10 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 11 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 12 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 13 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 14 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 15 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 16 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Folder 17 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321), student notes by Box 3 Folder 1 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321). Carbon copy of notes by R. R. Page, from the course given by Mead, Winter Quarter, 1930, interspersed with letters from R. R. Page to Charles Morris, concerning the notes, pp

9 Box 3 Folder 2 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321). Carbon copy of notes by R. R. Page, from the course given by Mead, Winter Quarter, 1930, interspersed with letters from R. R. Page to Charles Morris, concerning the notes, pp Box 3 "Supplementary Material." Carbon copy marked for printer's copy of Supplementary Essays I, II, and III, "The Function of Imagery in Conduct," "The Biologic Individual," and "The Self and the Process of Reflection." Box 3 Folder 4 Social Psychology (Philosophy 321). Typescript of notes by G. Shelburg, from the course by Mead, Winter Quarter, 1927 Box 3 Folder 5 Social Psychology. Typescript of student notes on the course given by Mead. (The penciled notation indicates 1912 as the date of this set of notes, and the course as Philosophy 321. However, according to the Annual Register for the University of Chicago in 1912, Mead was teaching a course on social psychology in the Psychology Department, Psychology 13.) Box 3 Folder 6-8 Copies of the contents of folder five Box 3 Folder 9 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 321). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's lecture course, Winter Quarter, 1927 Box 3 Folder 10 Social Psychology. Typescript of student notes from Mead's course Box 3 Folder 11 Social Psychology. Untitled handwritten set of student notes by Subseries 2: Movement of Thought in the 19th Century, Materials Box 3a Folder 1 Movements of Thought in the 19th Century (Philosophy 212). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, April 2-May 4, 1928 Box 3a Folder 2 Movements of Thought in the 19th Century (Philosophy 212) Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, May 8-June 8, 1928 Box 3a 9

10 Movements of Thought in the 19th Century (Philosophy 212). Apparent duplicate of the student notes contained in Box 3a, folders 1 and 2 above, with different pagination. April 2-May 4, 1928 Box 3a Folder 4 Movements of Thought in the 19th Century (Philosophy 212). Apparent duplicate of the student notes contained in Box 3a, folders 1 and 2 above, with different pagination, May 8-June 8, 1928 Box 4 Folder 1 Movements of Thought in the 19th Century (Philosophy 212). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Summer Quarter, 1928 Box 4 Folder 2 Henri Bergson (Philosophy 413). Typescript of student notes by George N. Pappas on Mead's course, Summer Quarter, 1927 Box 4 (Carbon copy of the notes in folder 4) Box 4 Folder 4 Henri Bergson. Carbon copy of student term paper for Mead by M. J Wahl Subseries 3: Philosophy of the Act Materials Box 4 Folder 5 Correspondence, chiefly to Charles Morris concerning the preparation of the volume, August 1933-December Included is a carbon copy of the contract with the University of Chicago Press for that volume Box 4 Folder 6 Notes by Charles W. Morris, in preparation for the volume Box 4 Folder 7 Typescript of the table of contents, the preface, and the introduction, marked for printer's copy Box 4 Folder 8 Carbon copy of the title page and preface and typescript of an earlier draft of the introduction, with corrections Box 4 Folder 9 Manuscript of essays I and II, Part I, titled by the editors, "Stages in the Act; Preliminary Statement" and "The Limits of the Problematic." Also "Perception," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 2 pp.; "The Reality of the Object in Perception," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink. 4 pp. (p. 5 missing); "The Perceptual 10

11 and the Scientific Objects," typescript carbon, 7 pp.; and untitled fragment of "The Limits of the Problematic," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, paginated Box 4 Folder 10 Manuscript of essays III and IV, Part I, titled by the editors, "The Nature of Scientific Knowledge" and "Consciousness and the Unquestioned." Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, paginated Box 4 Folder 11 Manuscript of essays V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI, Parts I and II, titled by the editors, "Fragments on the Process of Reflection," "History and the Experimental Method," "Perspective Theory of Perception," "Mediate Factors in Perception," "The Social Factor in Perception," "Perceptual Error," and "Perspective Theory of Objects." Box 4 Folder 12 Manuscript of essays XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI, Parts II and III, titled by the editors, "The Relativity of Objects," "Perception and the Spatiotemporal," "The Perceptual Model in Science," and "Ontological Assumptions." Also untitled fragment of "The Perceptual Model in Science," typescript carbon, 9 pp.; and untitled fragment on "Ontological Assumptions," typescript carbon, 3 pp Box 4 Folder 13 Manuscripts of essays XVII, XVIII, XIX, and XX, Part III, titled by the editors, "Mechanical and Teleological Objects," "Form and Environment," "Mechanism and Contingency," and "Passage, Process, and Permanence." Box 5 Folder 1 Manuscript of essay XXI, Part III, titled by the editors, "The Process of the Mind in Nature," and of that section of essay XXX, Part V titled by the editors, "Measurement and Action." Also incomplete typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, paginated 1-88 Box 5 Folder 2 Manuscripts of essays XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, and XXVIII, Part IV, titled by the editors, "Value and the Consummatory Phase of the Act," "The Aesthetic and the Consummatory," "Moral Behavior and Reflective Thinking," "Science and Religion," "Religion and Social Values," "Back of Our Minds," and "Experimentalism as a Philosophy of History." Also, "Back of Our Minds," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 19 pp Box 5 Manuscripts of essays XXIX, XXX, and XXXI, Part V, titled by the editors, "Fragments on Whitehead," "Fragments on Relativity," and "Miscellaneous Fragments." Also, copy of fragment titled by the editors, "Relativity and Perception," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, paginated 62-75; copy of fragment titled by the 11

12 editors, "Relativity and Perception," typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, paginated 76-80; and copy of fragment titled by the editors, "Questions About Whitehead's Concept of Relativity," typescript carbon, 3 pp Box 5 Folder 4 Typescript of section G, essay XXXI, Part V, titled by the editors, "Categorical Fragments." Also, typescript carbon with annotations in pencil, paginated [irregular] Box 5 Folder 5 Manuscript of student notes, from which the material in folder 4 above, was compiled Box 5 Folder 6 Fragments of Mead's work. Typescripts with some corrections, labeled, presumably by the editors of Philosophy of the Act, as "Used in Philosophy of the Act." Box 5 Folder 7 Fragments of Mead's work. Typescripts with some corrections, labeled, presumably by the editors of Philosophy of the Act, as omitted from that volume Box 5 Folder 8 Fragments of Mead's work. Typescripts, labeled, presumably by the editors of Philosophy of the Act, but apparently not included in that volume Box 5 Folder 9 Fragments of Mead's work. Typescript and handwritten, untitled Box 5 Folder 10 Fragments of Mead's work. Typescript and ditto copy, with some corrections Subseries 4: Student Notes Box 6 Folder 1 Aristotle's Metaphysics (Philosophy 355). Typescript of student notes by George N. Pappas, on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1925, pp Box 6 Folder 2 Aristotle's Metaphysics (Philosophy 355). Typescript of student notes by George N. Pappas, on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1925, pp. 73a-158 Box 6 Carbon copy of material in folder 1 Box 6 Folder 4 Carbon copy of material in folder 2 Box 6 12

13 Folder 5 Carbon copy of material in folder 1 Box 6 Folder 6 Carbon copy of material in folder 2 Box 6 Folder 7 Aristotle's Metaphysics (Philosophy 355). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Spring Quarter, 1928, pp Box 6 Folder 8 Aristotle's Metaphysics (Philosophy 355). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Spring Quarter, 1928, pp Box 6 Folder 9 Carbon copy of material in folder 7 Box 6 Folder 10 Carbon copy of material in folder 8 Box 7 Folder 1 John Dewey (Philosophy 441?). Student notes. Student notes by George Dykhuisen on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1926 Box 7 Folder 2 The Philosophy of John Dewey (article by G. H. Mead). Carbon copy marked from printer's copy Box 7 Elementary Ethics (Philosophy 104). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1927, pp Box 7 Folder 4 Elementary Ethics (Philosophy 104). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1927, pp Box 7 Folder 5 Hegel's Phenomology (Philosophy 420). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1928, pp Box 7 Folder 6 Hegel's Phenomology (Philosophy 420). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1928, pp Box 7 Folder 7 13

14 Hume (Philosophy 17). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, Spring Quarter, 1922, 36 pp. Also, carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1925, with penciled notation indicating the notes were taken by George Dykhuisen Box 7 Folder 8 Hume. Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Spring Quarter, 1927 Box 7 Folder 9 Hume. Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, undated Box 7 Folder 10 Hume. Typescript of student notes on Mead's course, undated Box 7 Folder 11 Hume (Philosophy 345). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, undated Box 7 Folder 12 Hume (Philosophy 407). Typescript of a student paper by David H. Chirin for Mead Box 7 Folder 13 Leibnitz (Philosophy 341?). Typescript of student notes on Mead's course, undated Box 7 Folder 14 Leibnitz (Philosophy 344). Typescript of "Logical and Epistemological Implications of the Leibnitzian Monadology," based on a presentation by Mead, Autumn Quarter, 1926, arranged by G. E. M. Shelburg Box 7 Folder 15 Leibnitz (Philosophy 344). Apparent duplicate of the student notes contained in folder 13 Box 7 Folder 16 Leibnitz (Philosophy 344). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1926 Box 8 Folder 1 Logic (Philosophy 103). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1928, pp Box 8 Folder 2 Logic (Philosophy 103). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1928, pp Box 8 Philosophies on Eminent Scientists (Philosophy 65?). Carbon copy of student notes. (Penciled notation indicates the notes were taken by George Dykhuisen, for Spring Quarter, 1925) 14

15 Box 8 Folder 4 Philosophies on Eminent Scientists (Philosophy 343). Carbon copy of student notes on Mead's course, Winter Quarter, 1927) Box 8 Folder 5 The Problem of Consciousness (Philosophy 403). Typescript of student notes by G. E. M. Shelburg on Mead's course, Spring Quarter, 1926 Box 8 Folder 6 The Problem of Consciousness (Philosophy 403). Apparent duplicate of the student notes contained in folder 5 Box 8 Folder 7 Rationalism and Empiricism (Philosophy 19). Holograph notes taken by Irene Tufts Mead, Autumn Quarter, 1915, 94 pp. Also, typescript of student [?] notes on Mead's course, Autumn Quarter, 1915 Box 8 Folder 8 Logic of Social Science (Philosophy 30). Typescript of student notes by Juliet Hammond on Mead's course, Box 8 Folder 9 Philosophy of Education (Philosophy ). Typescript of student notes by Juliet Hammond on Mead's course, Series III: Writings Folder 1 "Bishop Berkeley and His Message; an address delivered on the 200th anniversary of the landing of Bishop Berkeley in this country, at a joint celebration by the University of California and the city of Berkeley,, 1929." Typescript marked for printer's copy. Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink; galley proofs; and reprint from The Journal of Philosophy, XXVI, August 1, 1929 Folder 2 "Cooley's Contribution to American Sociological Thought." Typescript marked for printer's copy. Also, typescript carbon and reprint from The American Journal of Sociology, XXXV, March 1930 "The Genesis of the Self and Social Control." Typescript marked for printer's copy. Also, reprint from The International Journal of Ethics, XXXV, April 1925 Folder 4 15

16 "Industrial Education, the Working Man, and the School." Holograph draft, 60 pp. Also, typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 19 pp.; and reprint from The Elementary School Teacher, X, March 1909 Folder 5 "The Mechanism of Social Consciousness." Typescript marked for printer's copy; typescript copy prepared by student [?]; galley proofs; and reprint from The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, IX, July 18, 1912 Folder 6 "National-Mindedness and International-Mindedness." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 19 pp. Also, galley proofs titled, "International-Mindedness and Its Achievement"; and two reprints from The International Journal of Ethics, XXXIX, July 1929 Folder 7 "Natural Rights and the Theory of the Political Institution." Reprint from The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, XXI, March 18, 1915 Folder 8 "The Nature of Aesthetic Experience." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 12 pp. Also, carbon copy and reprint from The International Journal of Ethics, XXXVI, July 1926 Folder 9 "The Nature of the Past." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 9 pp Folder 10 "The Philosophies if Royce, James, and Dewey in Their American Settings." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 21 pp. lso, typescript carbon, 20 pp. [incomplete]; typescript marked for printer's copy, 28 pp.; and reprint from The International Journal of Ethics, XL, January 1930 Folder 11 "A Pragmatic Theory of Truth." Typescript with corrections, 22 pp. Also, a carbon copy (possibly lecture given at the Chicago Literary Society or the University College. M. McF.). This material has been published under the title "A Pragmatic Theory of Truth," in Studies in the Nature of Truth, University of California Publications in Philosophy, XI, 1929 Folder 12 "The Psychology of Punitive Justice." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 28 pp. Also, reprint from The American Journal of Sociology, XXIII, March 1918 Folder 13 "Relativity." Typescript of manuscript, 46 pp. Begins; "Newtonian relativity recognized that uniform translation in a straight line..." 16

17 Folder 14 "Scientific Method and the Moral Sciences." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 18 pp. Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 18 pp.; and reprint form The International Journal of Ethics, XXXIII, April 1923 Folder 15 "Suggestions Toward a Theory of the Philosophical Disciplines." Carbon copy of a transcript of a reprint from The Philosophical Review, IX, 1900 Folder 16 Untitled essay or lecture. Begins; "The grandiose undertaking of Absolute Idealism to bring the whole of reality within experience..." (on connection between behavioristic psychology and Whitehead's philosophy of relativism). Penciled note by David Miller reads, "The Objective Reality of Perception," address given at Sixth International Congress of Philosophy, 1926.' Typewritten carbon copy, 13 pp Folder 17 Obituary of Albert Temple Swing. Typewritten carbon copy, 3 pp Folder 18 Untitled essay on perception. Begins; "All perception refers to actual or possible contact experience." Holograph, 1 p Folder 19 Untitled essay on Royce and James. Begins; "To envisage Royce and James as they were projected upon the minds and imaginations of graduate students..." Typescript with corrections and carbon copy, 7 pp. each Folder 20 Reviews and book notices on Mind, Self, and Society; Movements of Thought in the 19th Century; and Philosophy of the Present Folder 21 Untitled welcoming speech to new members of the University Congregation, re; the functioning of the Congregation and obligations of its members. Typescript with corrections, 2 pp Folder 22 Hart, Schaffner and Marx Labor Agreement; Mead's notes, holograph, 4 pp Folder 23 Untitled MS re; proposal for central statistical bureau to coordinate the findings of various agencies on Chicago's social conditions Folder 24 "Social Bearings of Industrial Educations." Typescript, incomplete, 24 pp 17

18 Folder 25 Untitled notes re; living conditions of Slavic immigrants working in the packing industry. Typescript, 1 p Folder 26 "The Teaching of Science in College." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 13 pp. Also, reprint from Science, XXIV, September 28, 1906 Folder 27 Review of McDougall's An Introduction to Social Psychology, 1908 Folder 28 Untitled fragments. Typescripts, 1 p. each Folder 29 Untitled miscellaneous notes on logic; various quotations from Plato and Aristotle; mimeographed outline "Impulse, Problems of," bibliography for "Effort," and quotations from various philosophers on "Choice." 0 Untitled essay, holograph, 7 pp. Begins; "The distinction between the primary and secondary qualities..." 1 Untitled essay, typescript, 14 pp. (incomplete). Begins; "The Presentation that follows advances upon two suppositions." 2 Untitled essay, holograph, 14 pp. (incomplete). Begins; "Science in its assumptions takes to be real the result of an actual or conceivable contact." 3 Untitled essay, typescript, 2 pp. On World War I 4 Clippings. Five articles by Mead on World War I Folder 1 Untitled essay on Jesus, love and activity. Holograph, 39 pp. page 1 missing), February 1893? Folder 2 Untitled remarks on the 100th anniversary of the death of Kant, 1904, holograph, 8 pp 18

19 "The Imagination in Wundt's Treatment of Myth and Religion" (published in Psychological Bulletin, III, 1906). Typescript marked for printer's copy, 8 pp Folder 4 Untitled essay (published as "Science in the High School," School Review, XIV, 1906). Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 16 pp. Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 16 pp (p. 9 missing) Folder 5 Review of Henri Bergson's L'Evolution Creatrice, Paris; 1907, holograph, incomplete, 21 pp Folder 6 Untitled essay (published as "Concerning Animal Perception," Psychological Review, XIV, 1907), holograph, incomplete, 21 pp Folder 7 Untitled essay (published as "Policy of The Elementary School Teacher," The Elementary School Teacher, VIII, ) Holograph, 13 pp Folder 8 Untitled essay (published as "The Philosophical Basis of Ethics," International Journal of Ethics, XVIII, 3, April 1908). Holograph, 52 pp Folder 9 "Social Psychology as Counterpart to Physiological Psychology." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 10 pp. Also, reprint from Psychological Bulletin, VI, December 15, 1909 Folder 10 Untitled speech on the world of thought before and after the publication of Origin of the Species. Address given at celebration of Darwin Centenary, Typescript, 16 pp Folder 11 Untitled essay (published as "What Social Objects Must Psychology Presuppose?"). Holograph draft, 29 pp. Also, typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 10 pp. Published in Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, VII, 1910 Folder 12 "The Psychology of Social Consciousness Implied in Instruction." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 10 pp. Also, galley proofs, Science, XXI, 1910 Folder 13 Review of Warner Fite's Individualism; Four Lectures on the Significance of Consciousness for Social Relations, New York, London; Longmans, Green & Co., Holograph draft, 18 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 8 pp.; and galley proofs, Psychological Bulletin. 19

20 Folder 14 "The Social Self" (published in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, X, 1913). Typescript marked for printer's copy, 13 pp. Also, typescript prepared by student [?], 7 pp. (incomplete) Folder 15 Untitled essay (published as "Mead on the Child and the School" with an introduction by Darnell Rucker, in School and Society, March 2, 1968, pp ). Holograph, 29 pp. Also, reprint from School and Society Folder 16 "Educational Aspects of Trade Schools" (speech before the Women's Trade Union League of Chicago, reprinted in the Union Labor Advocate, pp , n. d.) Folder 17 "The Relation of Embryological Development to Education." Typescript, incomplete, 7 pp Folder 18 "Science in social practice." Partial typescript, partial manuscript, 40 pp Folder 19 Untitled report on vocational training. Typescript, 12 pp Folder 20 Untitled essay on the origin of Greek speculation. Typescript, incomplete, pp Carbon copy, incomplete, pp Folder 21 Notes on industry and slavery from Plato's Laws. Typescript, 7 pp Folder 22 Untitled translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Book III (B) Typescript, incomplete, 17 pp Folder 23 Untitled response to a paper by Professor Robinson. Partially typescript, partial manuscript, 7 pp Folder 24 Untitled essay on social consciousness and social science. Partial typescript, partial manuscript, 22 pp. Begins; "From the attitude of Tennyson who `saw the heavens filled..." Folder 25 Untitled fragments on the social role of religious emotion. Typescript with corrections, 14 pp 20

21 Folder 26 Untitled fragment on social conflict and the superstition of necessity. Typescript with corrections, 10 pp Folder 27 Untitled fragment on the act and the stimulus. Typescript, 9 pp. Folder 28 Untitled fragment on the act, control of the environment, intelligence, etc. Typescript, 1 p. Folder 29 Untitled fragment on the distinction between fact and theory. Holograph, 3 pp 0 Untitled fragment on the relation between evolution, the development of intelligence, and the control of emotion, passion, or reflex action. Typescript, 7 pp 1 Untitled fragment on the development of locomotion and tactual control in the feeding process of animals. Typescript, 2 pp 2 Untitled fragment on the art impulse in the young child and on the development of it by education. Typescript, 2 pp 3 Untitled fragment on the development of Greek political consciousness based on rational individual participation as opposed to the family or clan oriented irrational political organization of more primitive societies. Typescript, 5 pp 4 Review of B. M. Anderson, Jr., Social Value; A Study in Economic Theory; Critical and Constructive, Boston and New York; Houghton, Mifflin Co., Holograph draft marked or printer's copy, 13 pp 5 Untitled fragment on sense of perception and behavior. typescript, not necessarily continuous, 7 pp 6 Untitled fragment on rationality in lower forms as exhibited in external behavior and as result of possible nervous processes, typescript, 5 pp Series IV: Addenda Materials 21

22 Subseries 1: Correspondence 1 Folder 1 Corrrespondence 1 Folder 2 Correspondence Subseries 2: Biographical 1 Eulogies for Helen Castle Mead, Folder 4 Program of the American Philosophical Association meeting, University of California, Berkeley, December 29-31, Two humorous verses regarding the theory of relativity. Holograph, 2 pp 1 Folder 5 Ames, Edward Scribner. "Professor George Herbert Mead. April 30, 1931." Eulogy, typescript carbon, 4 pp 1 Folder 6 Dewey, John. "George Herbert Mead as I knew Him." Eulogy, typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 8 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 10 pp 1 Folder 7 Webster, Mary H. "Mr. Mead's Funeral." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 1 p 1 Folder 8 Letter of condolence on the death of GHM, Includes Ellsworth Faris, Serge Prokofieff, Graham Taylor, William Kelley Wright, and others 1 Folder 8a Raymond Graham Swing to Henry C. A. Mead, September 23, 1931, concerning memorial booklet and memories of Mead. Memorial statement by James M. Tufts at 1932 meeting of Western Philosophical Association Subseries 3: Essays on Psychology 1 Folder 9 Manuscript on essays titled, "The Social Character of Instincts," "Social Psychology as Counterpart to Physiological Psychology," "What Social Objects Must Psychology 22

23 Presuppose," "Emotion and Instinct," and "A Psychological Study of the Use of Stimulation." 1 Folder 10 Galley proofs for essays in folder 9 1 Folder 11 Manuscript essays titled, "The Problem of Comparative Psychology," "Concerning Animal Perception," "On Perception and Imitation," "The Relation of the Embryological Development to Education," and "The Child and His Environment." Typescript, paginated Folder 12 Galley proofs for essay in folder 11 1 Folder 13 Manuscript of essays titled, "The Kindergarten and Play," "The Relation of Play to Education," "On the Social Situation in the School," "The University and the School of Education," "The University and the Elementary Schools," "Science in the High School," "The Teaching of Science in College," and "Industrial Education, the Workingman, and the Elementary School." Typescript, typescript carbon, and reprints, paginated Folder 14 Galley proofs for essays in folder 13 Subseries 4: Titled Manuscripts Folder 1 "A Behavioristic Account of the Significant Symbol." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 8 pp. Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 8 pp Folder 2 "Editorial, Feb. School Rev." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 9 pp. Published in School Review, XV, February 1907 "How Can a Sense of Citizenship Be Secured?" Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 11 pp Folder 4 Human nature and Conduct. By John Dewey. Review, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 7 pp Folder 5 23

24 "The League and the Community." Bulletin of the Vocational Supervision League, April 15, 1919, p. [1]. Reprint Folder 6 "Natural Rights and the Theory of the Political Institution." Typescript marked for printer's copy, 19 pp. Also, galley proofs, Journal of Philosophy Folder 7 The Philosophy of the Act. Manuscript fragments prepared for possible use and titled by the editors, "Simultaneity in Relation to Neo-Realism and Pragmatism," "Time Systems and Contingency," "Perceptual Simultaneity," "The Subjective," and "The Reflective Act." Typescript carbon, paginated , Folder 8 A Report on Vocational Training in Chicago and Other Cities, by a Sub-Committee [Ernest A. Wreidt, William J. Bogan, and GHM] of the Committee on Public Education of the City Club of Chicago (Chicago; U of C Press, 1912). Chapter I, miscellaneous manuscript fragments. Typescript, 4 pp.; typescript carbon, 18 pp Folder 9 A Report on Vocational Training in Chicago and Other Cities, by a Sub-Committee [Ernest A. Wreidt, William J. Bogan, and GHM] of the Committee on Public Education of the City Club of Chicago (Chicago; U of C Press, 1912). Chapter V, miscellaneous manuscript fragments. Typescript, 5 pp.; typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 5 pp Folder 10 A Report on Vocational Training in Chicago and Other Cities, by a Sub-Committee [Ernest A. Wreidt, William J. Bogan, and GHM] of the Committee on Public Education of the City Club of Chicago (Chicago; U of C Press, 1912). Chapter V, manuscript fragment. Typescript carbon, 3 pp Folder 11 A Report on Vocational Training in Chicago and Other Cities, by a Sub-Committee [Ernest A. Wreidt, William J. Bogan, and GHM] of the Committee on Public Education of the City Club of Chicago (Chicago; U of C Press, 1912). Chapter X, manuscript by Walter C. Campbell, special investigator. Typescript carbon, 22 pp. Also, covering letter from Campbell to the Committee, holograph, 1 p Folder 12 "Scientific Method and the Individual Thinker." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 38 pp Folder 13 "Social Consciousness and the Consciousness of Meaning." Typescript (pp. 1-3) and holograph (pp. 3-24) marked for printer's copy, 24 pp 24

25 Folder 14 "Social Settlements." Address delivered in Mandel Hall on Settlement Sunday, October 28, 1907; published in The University Record, XII, January Typescript marked for printer's copy, 6 pp Subseries 5: Untitled Writings Folder 15 Eulogy for Maria Merriam Shorey. Begins; "Mrs. Shorey was born 76 years ago in a New England town..." Holograph, 11 pp Folder 16 Fragments on mind-body, experience, gestures, and other subjects. Holograph, 3 pp. in pencil, 26 pp. in ink and pencil Folder 17 On a proposed Board of Examination and Supervision for the Chicago public schools. Begins; "1. I wish to make it perfectly clear at the outset that in appearing before the Committee at this hearing..." Typescript carbon, 8 pp Folder 18 On a review of Ross' Sin and Society. Begins; "Professor Ross of the University of Wisconsin has written a book entitled Sin & Society..." Holograph, 23 pp Folder 19 On America's entry into World War I. Begins; "Out of a situation of great confusion [of] judgement and uncertainty of issues America has passed into the completely definite attitude of a fighting power..." Typescript, 4 pp Folder 20 On Bergson's theory of perception. Begins; "Bergson's theory of perception involves two essential conceptions." Typescript carbon, 3 pp Folder 21 On charitable man and sympathy. Begins; "The charitable man is immediately moved by sympathy to assist those in distress." Typescript, 2 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 2 pp Folder 22 On conflicting responses and the emergence of thought. Begins; "Sensitivity implies a relation between the object and the organism..." Added title in the handwriting of David L. Miller. Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in pencil, 16 pp. (incomplete) Folder 23 25

26 On consciousness and the material world. Begins; "St. Augustine watching from his spiritual height the sack of Rome..." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 19 pp Folder 24 On contact experience and distance experience. Begins; "Reality in perceptual world and under scientific method is ultimately determined by the agreement between anticipated contact experience..." Holograph, 8 pp Folder 25 On disease prevention. Begins; "There are constantly appearing in the practice of the community new procedures, methods of treating and preventing disease..." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 2 pp Folder 26 On humanity, happiness, and the moral order [1922]. Begins; "There are three conceptions potent in the life of the world today..." Typescript carbon, 2 pp Folder 27 On Kant and German nationalism. Begins; "Immanuel Kant is the Königsberg philosopher to whom the present King of Prussia ascribes in good part..." Typescript with holograph corrections in pencil, 21 pp Folder 28 On labor and industrial power. Begins; "In the face of the problem of our modern industrial society..." Typescript, 2 pp Folder 29 On labor's interests in World War I. Begins; "What are the specific interests of labor in the war?" Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 16 pp 0 On loss of consciousness. Begins; "What is the meaning of the expression, loss of consciousness?" Typescript with holograph corrections in pencil, 26 pp. (paginated a-z). Also, typescript carbon with holograph corrections in pencil, 31 pp. (paginated a-z) 1 On medical training for women. Begins; "The problem of training women for medicine is much more serious than that of the training of men." Typescript, 7 pp. Also, holograph note by Irene Tufts Mead dating the manuscript ca. 1917, 1 p 2 On might and right in World War I. Begins; "The most serious injury which can be dealt to the cause of Germany is to identify it..." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 11 pp 26

27 Folder 1 On militarism and nationalism. Begins; "The war in Europe has paid certain great spiritual dividends." Holograph, 37 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 22 pp. (incomplete) Folder 2 On nationalism, individual rights, and social conflict. Begins; "Since the middle of the nineteenth century there has been a rising tide of nationalism throughout the world." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 14 pp On perception, consciousness, and the mind-body problem. Begins; "There appear to be two problems involved in perception..." Typescript carbon, 6 pp Folder 4 On primary and secondary qualities. Begins; "There appear to be two problems involved in Perception..." Typescript, 11 pp (paginated aa-kk, incomplete). Also, typescript carbon, 18 pp (paginated aa-qq) Folder 5 On relativity. Begins; "Relativity inevitably makes spatiality and temporality functions of immediate experience..." Holograph in ink and pencil, 34 pp Folder 6 On Russell's Skeptical Essays. Begins; "I wish to propose for the reader's favorable consideration a doctrine..." Typescript, 8 pp Folder 7 On socialism and World War I. Begins; "I recognize that there are many socialist doctrines, and still more socialist attitudes among Folder 8 On space and motion. Begins; "If all motion was transitory and uniform..." Holograph in ink, 3 pp Folder 9 On space and time. Begins; "A physical thing lies in a space-time, and it has characters..." Typescript carbon, 4 pp Folder 10 On temperance. Begins; "The phenomena of intemperance are of such a fundamental character that they are sure to have their roots..." Added title in the handwriting of David L. Miller. Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 7 pp Folder 11 27

28 On the appointment of the Librarian of the Chicago Public Library in Chicago. Begins; "The appointment of the Librarian of the Public Library of Chicago presents a problem..." Typescript with holograph corrections and additions in ink and pencil, 11 pp Folder 12 On the colonization of Hawaii. Begins; "Hawaii is America's oldest and indeed only colony..." Typescript and holograph, 23 pp Folder 13 On the creative character of human intelligence. Begins; "The real issue involved in the creative character of human intelligence..." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 128 pp. (paginated I-CXXXI, pp. II, LVIII-LIX missing); 2 pp. typescript original (paginated XVII-XIX) Folder 14 On the effects of industrialization. Begins; "The study of the development of the machine reveals certain fairly definite tendencies..." Holograph, 40 pp Folder 15 On the German Kulturstaat. Begins; "There are voices heard in Germany, occasionally reaching the world outside, that betray serious anxiety..." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 9 pp Folder 16 On the individual and the environment. Begins; "The problem of the modern world, at least as the modern world has conceived it..." Typescript with holograph corrections in pencil, 4 pp Folder 17 On the individual and the object. Begins; "An object is that toward which an individual reacts as a whole." Typescript, 5 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 6 pp (incomplete) Folder 18 On the integration of academic departments at the University of Chicago. Begins; "The departments in this group cover subjects so intimately related..." Holograph, 9 pp. Also, typescript carbon, 4 pp Folder 19 On the material universe and the social world. Begins; "The reality of the material universe in so far as it is distinguished from the social world..." Typescript with holograph corrections in pencil, 2 p Folder 20 On the methodology of the social sciences. Begins; "Scientific method the same in all sciences." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 2 pp 28

29 Folder 21 On the object and the gesture. Begins; "Thinking involves significant indication of objects..." Typescript carbon, 1 p Folder 22 On the relationship between intellectualistic psychology and America's entry into World War I. Begins; "There are certain inheritances of an intellectualistic psychology..." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 6 pp Folder 23 On the relationship between the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin state government. Begins; "... a so-called progressive movement in Wisconsin politics which has led among other things to the formation of commissions..." Galley proofs and typescript with corrections in pencil, 27 pp (incomplete) Folder 24 On the role of social settlements. Begins; "The Settlement grew out of ecclesiastical philanthropy." Typescript carbon, 12 pp Folder 25 On the self and teleological behavior. Begins; "The human individual has as part of his self, the physical organism in so far as it acts as a stimulus..." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 39 pp Folder 26 On the state and social control. Begins; "The two sides of our emotional life upon which emphasis has been laid..." Holograph, 8 pp Folder 27 On Tolstoi and Ibsen. Begins; "Two artists have arisen in the last generation, upon who, Maeterlinck has commented..." Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 16 pp Folder 28 Report of a subcommittee of the Committee on the Chicago Board of Education and Teaching Federation. Begins; "The Vice President of the Board of Education, Mr. Eckhart, in statements of the 7th and 8th..." Typescript carbon, 8 pp Folder 29 Report of the Committee on Public Education on vocational training in high schools, [1913]. Begins; "Your committee instructed two years ago to make a survey of the various agencies involved in educating..." Typescript carbon with hlograph corrections in ink, 8 pp 0 Review of Lasswitz' Die moderne Energetik in ihrer Bedeutung für die Erkenntniss Kritik. Begins; "The author adds in these articles another chapter to his history of modern atomism." Holograph, 10 pp 29

30 Subseries 6: Student Notes 4 Folder 1 Advanced Social Psychology (Philosophy 21). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 69 pp. Winter Quarter, Folder 2 Aristotle's Metaphysics (Philosophy 40). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 71 pp. Autumn Quarter, Hegel's Logic (Philosophy 63). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 50 pp. Spring Quarter, (10 pp. of reading motes on Hegel follow the lecture notes) 4 Folder 4 Hegel's Phenomenology (Philosophy 44). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 21 pp. Spring Quarter, Folder 5 Logic of the Sciences (Philosophy 45). Holograph notes, with one 4 Folder 6 Movements of Thought in the Nineteenth Century (Philosophy 6). Holograph notes taken by Irene Tufts Mead, 69 pp. Spring Quarter, Folder 7 Philosophy pf Kant (Philosophy 42). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 29 pp. Autumn Quarter, Folder 8 Philosophy of Kant (Philosophy 43). Holograph notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 29 pp. Winter Quarter, Folder 9 Problems of Consciousness (Philosophy 50). Holograph notes 4 Folder 10 Relativity from the Standpoint of Pragmatism (Philosophy 46). Typescript notes taken by Van Meter Ames, 45 pp. (pp borrowed from Charles Morris). Spring Quarter, Folder 11 Social Psychology (Philosophy 13). Holograph notes taken by Irene Tufts Mead, 59 pp. Spring Quarter, 1915 Subseries 7: Writings by Others 30

31 4 Folder 12 Addams, Jane. "Charity and Social Justice." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in pencil, 27 pp 4 Folder 13 Anonymous. "Education through Activity, Behavior, Expression." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections and drawings in ink, 182 pp 4 Folder 14 Anonymous. Eulogy for Gordon Dewey. Typescript carbon, 8 pp 4 Folder 15 Anonymous. "Mr. Lowell's College," Typescript with holograph corrections in ink, 19 pp 4 Folder 16 Chamberlain, Thomas C. "The Reform of the Calendar." Reprint from Science. N.S., XXXII, November 25, Folder 17 Robinson, James Harvey. "The Background of History." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in pencil, 28 pp 4 Folder 18 Talbert, Ernest L. Opportunities in School and Industry for Children of the Stockyards District (Chicago; U of C Press, 1912). Typescript with holograph corrections in ink and pencil, 96 pp 4 Folder 19 Yoshioka, Gen-ichiro. "A Semantic Study of the Verbs of Doing and Making in the Indo- European Languages." Typescript carbon with holograph corrections in ink, 34 pp Subseries 8: Addenda Correspondence 5 Folder 1 George Herbert Mead to Elizabeth S. Mead, ALS, January 9, Folder 2 George Herbert Mead to Irene Tufts Mead, AL, 1929, note concerning correspondence with Arthur E. Murphy Subseries 9: Biographical materials 5 31

32 Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association, Resolutions regarding Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mead, October 20, 1900 Autopsy report of George Herbert Mead, April 27, 1931 Memorial booklet for Albert Temple Swing, Folder 4 Irene Tufts Mead to David Miller, ALS, May 28, 1964 List of material lent to David L. Miller by Irene Tufts Mead, of George Herbert Mead Manuscripts lent to D. W. Miller by Irene Tufts Mead Subseries 10: Addenda Writings 5 Folder 5 Review of Thoughts of a Psychiatrist on the War and After by William A. White, M. D., TD 5 Folder 6 Review of The Domain of Natural Science by E. W. Hobson, TD"The Function of the Settlement in the Community" (TD) 5 Folder 7 "Ideal," typed and autograph manuscript Subseries 11: Student notes 5 Folder 8-10 Class notes from Philosophy 321, Social Psychology, author unknown, 1912 or Folder Class notes from Philosophy 321, Social Psychology, by G. Shelburg, Spring [sic] Folder 13 Class notes from Philosophy 21, Social Psychology, by Ernst Bouldin Harper, Winter Folder 14 Class notes from Psychology 11; Theoretical Comparative Psychology and Psychology 13; Abstract Social Psychology, by Juliet Hammond, Subseries 12: Books signed by Mead 5 Folder 15 J. Baumann, Einführung in die Pädagogik, Leipzig, Folder 16 Jürgen Bona Meyer, Aristoteles Thierkunde; Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Zoologie, Physiologie, und alten Philosophie, Berlin,