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Editions' Resources

Supporting the Editions

The Peirce and Santayana Editions have acquired numerous resources to support their work, which are held at the Research Center. The Research Center houses the largest consolidated accumulations (in xerographic form collected from scores of archival deposits) of the extant papers of Peirce and Santayana, as well as all of the scholarly records deriving from over twenty-five years of textual study for each of the editions

 


 

 

Santayana Edition Collections

The Santayana Edition has acquired Important resources in order to serve as a centralized library for students and scholars researching the life and works of George Santayana.

The book collection consists mainly of works that have grown around editing needs of the edition, including photocopies of original Santayana manuscripts and papers held by libraries around the country, such as the Houghton Library at Harvard University, the Nicholas Murray Butler Library at Columbia University, the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Joseph Mark Lauinger Library at Georgetown University, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Scribner Archive at Princeton University, the Temple University Libaries, and the Rockefeller Archive Center. In addition to the photocopies of Santayana's manuscripts and papers, the Santayana Collection includes books published by Santayana, books published about Sanatayana, translations of Santayana's works, other philosophical reference books, copies of Santayana photographs, and original photographs donated by individuals taken of significant Santayana sites (such as his European homes). The Santayana Collection maintains an electronic database that includes scanned copies of Santayana's books, articles, and letters. The database may be searched by topic or keywords. Archival collections , apart from the working materials generated by preparation of the edition, include the materials assembled by Santayana's most recent biographer, John McCormick.

Anyone wishing to visit the Santayana Collection is advised to coordinate with Kris Frost. She may be contacted at 317-278-2637 or kfrost@iupui.edu .

Santayana Edition
Institute for American Thought
0010 Education/Social Work
Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5157 USA

Peirce Edition Collections

The Peirce Edition has acquired significant collections over the years which have served as a magnet for scholars researching the lives and works of Charles S. Peirce and Charles W. Morris or utilizing the libraries and archives of prominent Peirce scholars such as Max Fisch and Carolyn Eisele. Components of the Peirce Edition Project's resources housed in the Institute's Research Center are:

Phone: (317) 278-3374
Fax: (317) 274-2170 Peirce Edition Project

Institute for American Thought
0010 Education/Social Work
Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5157 USA

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