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Primarily consists of originals and copies of handwritten letters, postcards, and one manuscript written by James. Correspondents include cousin Anne Edwards, Professor W. Lutoslawski, Susan Goldmark, Thomas Sergeant Perry, Guy Waring, and others. Topics include James' writing, his health, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (James and his family were at Stanford University when it happened), lecturing and travel, care of the insane, the change in Harvard University's presidency in 1910, and other topics. Also included is a letter from Alice James, William's wife, to Guy Waring after William's death; Karl Menninger's reading notes from James' San Francisco earthquake manuscript; and a 1970 article on James' life.
Creator: James, William, 1842-1910
Date: 1889-1910
Item Number: 223277
Call Number: Menninger Historic Psychiatry Coll., James, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223277
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Philosopher
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Psychologists
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives - Historic Psychiatry
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Earthquake
Date - 1880s - 1889
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s - 1910
Education - Higher education
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
People - Notable People - James, William (psychologist)
People - Persons with disabilities
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Cambridge
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Postcard
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