Lynn Thorndike papers, 1902-1963

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Series I: Texts in the History of Natural and Occult Sciences

The numbers below refer to descriptions published in Medievallia Humanistica. Volume 13, 1960 and Progress of Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the United States and Canada. Bulletin No. 20, 1949.



Box 1 No. 1 - No. 7



Box 2 No. 8 - No. 17



Box 3 No. 18; 19; 22; 24 - 25

[For 20, 21, 23 see Mapcase]



Box 4 No. 27, 29 - 38

[28 not received; for 39 see Mapcase]



Box 5 No. 40 - 49



Box 6 No. 50 - 54



Box 7 No. 55 - 60; 63 - 69

[61 & 62 not received]



Box 8 No. 71 - 75

[70 not received]



Box 9 No. 76 - 89



Box 10 No. 90 - 98



Box 11 No. 100 - 102; 104 - 109; 111 - 119

[For 103 & 110 see Mapcase]



Box 12 No. 120 - 125; 127 - 142

[126 not received]



Box 13 No. 143 - 155



Box 14 No. 156 - 166; 167 - 175

[126 not received]



Box 15 No. 176 - 190



Box 16 No. 191; 192; 194 - 204; 206 - 210; 212

[211 not received; for 193; 205; 210 see Mapcase]



Box 17 No. 213 - 218; 220 - 226; 228 - 231; 234 - 244

[219 missing, see micrifilm; 232, 233 see Mapcase]



Box 18 No. 245; 246; 248 - 252; 254 - 262; 264 268; 270 - 272; 274; 279 - 283; 291; 293 - 295; 297 - 298

[253; 269; 275 - 277; 288 are missing see microfilm; 247; 263; 273; 278; 284 - 288; 290; 292; 296; 299 see Mapcase]



Box 19 No. 300 - 310; 312

[311 missing see microfilm]



Box 20 No. 313 - 322; 324; 326 - 328; 330; 331; 333 - 340; 346 - 349

[323; 325; 329; 332; 341 - 345 are missing see microfilm]



Box 21 No. 350; 352 - 358; 360 - 369

[351 missing see microfilm; 359 see Mapcase]



Box 22 No. 370 - 380; 383; 385 - 388; 390 - 392; 396 - 408

[381; 382; 384; 389; 395 are missing see microfilm; 393 see Mapcase]



Box 23 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [1], 1963 ed.



Box 24 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [2], 1963 ed.



Box 25 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [3], 1963 ed.



Box 26 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. First Draft [4], 1963 ed.



Box 27 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [1], 1963 ed.



Box 28 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [2], 1963 ed.



Box 29 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Final Copy [3] & miscellaneous correspondence, 1963 ed.



Box 30 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [1], 1963 ed.



Box 31 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Galley Proof [2], 1963 ed.



Box 32 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [1], 1963 ed.



Box 33 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Index [2], 1963 ed.



Box 34 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [1], 1937 ed.



Box 35 Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin. Typescript [2], 1937 ed.



Box 36 Notes fro revised edition of Magic, etc.



Box 37 Reprints, etc.



Box 38 Articles in preparation, etc.



Box 39 Miscellaneous



Box 40 Ancient & medieval history



Box 41 Index to 1937



Box 42 Revised draft History of Medieval Europe



Box 43 Note Cards



Box 44 Note Cards



Box 45 Note Cards



Box 46 Note Cards



Box 47 Miscellaneous notes



Box 48 Index of Herbs



Box 49 Index VII & VIII



Box 50 Index VII & VIII; miscellaneous



Box 51 Drafts for Michael Scot



Box 52 Incipits & miscellaneous



Box 53 Diaries, 76 a.ms.



Box 54 Card Files : Authors AA-BRA



Box 55 Card Files : Authors BREH - COR



Box 56 Card Files : Authors COS - GRI



Box 57 Card Files : Authors GRO - KO



Box 58 Card Files : Authors KR - NA



Box 59 Card Files : Authors NE - SALZ



Box 60 Card Files : Authors SAM - VINC



Box 61 Card Files : Authors WIND - Z


Box 61 Notes for the WUS


Box 61 Catch proof


Box 61 Mss. catalogs


Box 61 Indices of Mss. articles



Box 62 Card Files: Notes on Mss., A - Florence



Box 63 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Geneva - Montreal



Box 64 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Padua - Peruga



Box 65 Card Files: Notes on Mss., Philadelphia - A



Box 66 Card Files: Bibliography 17th Century


Box 66 Indices British Medic


Box 66 Mss. article


Box 66 Incipits, 1957


Box 66 1960 Biz. Notes



Box 67 Card Files: Photostats



Box 68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal


Box 68 Card Files: Notes on "Romance of the Rose" and Juvenal



Box 69 Card Files: Notes on authors, A - G



Box 70 Card Files: Notes on authors, H - Z



Box 71 Card Files: Dates - 1660



Box 72 Card Files: Dates 1660 -



Box 73 Card Files: Notes, A - Barth



Box 74 Card Files: Notes, Barto - Comets



Box 75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan


Box 75 Card Files: Notes, Comp - Gan



Box 76 Card Files: Notes, Gar - I



Box 77 Card Files: Notes, J - Mar



Box 78 Card Files: Notes, Mas - Plab



Box 79 Card Files: Notes, Pling - St.



Box 80 Card Files: Notes, Sur - Z



Box 81 Card Files: Subjects, A - Cli



Box 82 Card Files: Subjects, Clo - Lau



Box 83 Card Files: Subjects, Pe - Z



Box 84 Card Files: Subjects, Law - Pa



Box 85 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, A & B



Box 86 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, C - John G.



Box 87 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Joh - Ra



Box 88 Card Files: MSS - Authors/Titles, Re - Z



Box 89 Card Files: 17th Cent., A - Fab.



Box 90 Card Files: 17th Cent., Fac - Me



Box 91 Card Files: 17th Cent., Mi - Z



Box 92 Card Files: Incipits, A - Ha



Box 93 Card Files: Incipits, He - Quia



Box 94 Card Files: Incipits, Quib - Z



Box 95 Card Files: Ancient



Box 96 Card Files: Roman



Box 97 Card Files: Medieval



Box 98 Mailing List


Box 98 16th century


Box 98 Later books on 17th century



Box 99 Card Files: Miscellaneous



Box 100 Card Files: Miscellaneous Typescripts



Box 101 Correspondence, 1902 - 1907


Box 101 Correspondence, 1903 - 1923


Box 101 Correspondence, 1917 - 1925



Box 102 Correspondence, 1933 - 1939


Box 102 Correspondence, 1939 - 1943


Box 102 Correspondence, 1944 - 1947



Box 103 Correspondence, 1948 - 1951


Box 103 Correspondence, 1951 - 1955


Box 103 Correspondence, 1955 - 1958



Box 104 Correspondence, 1950 - 1960


Box 104 Correspondence, 1960 - 1962


Box 104 Christmas Cards, 1961



Box 105 1924 - 1932


Box 105 June 16, 1963 - chiefly taxes and photographs


Box 105 Materials before 1500 still in use, notes, lists, indices, etc.


Box 105 Some in 1500 - 1800



Box 106 1951/1952 Bibliography 17th century notes written up


Box 106 Stetton & Silvestre offprints


Box 106 Early offprints



Box 107 Mike Scot


Box 107 American Council of Learned Societies MA Academy


Box 107 Short History of Civilization



Box 108 Articles in process or published


Box 108 Neugebauer/Zinner


Box 108 Notes on 17th century authors



Box 109 Reviews of magic & experimental science


Box 109 Book reviews


Box 109 16th century (8 x 10 notes), etc. mostly combined in IV-VI



Box 110 Magic IX Medicine


Box 110 MacMillan Co. correspondence


Box 110 Historical Outlook articles



Box 111 Miscellaneous 1950s/1960s


Box 111 Secondary schools (History, Latin, English)/University administration



Box 112 Reprints


Box 112 Old notes mainly written up not from mss., arranged alphabetically



Box 113 Correspondence re. Vols I & II of Magic & Experimental Science


Box 113 General articles on MA & Early Modern Times: Essays in the History of Science


Box 113 Alchemy



Box 114 Lectures, 2nd half


Box 114 Historiography 16th-18th centuries


Box 114 France mms. catalogs by cities


Box 114 Notes on mss. (no matters after 1500 now in this file)



Box 115 Hist. 231


Box 115 Letters current to 1961


Box 115 Article in preparation



Box 116 Houghton Mifflin re. History of Magic


Box 116 Rufinus Rotograph notes, etc.



Box 117 Hist. 223 (suppl. or dup. material)


Box 117 Family letters


Box 117 Notes on 236



Box 118 Books published with C.U. Press


Box 118 1964 Typed 568-1247


Box 118 Proofs VII - VIII



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