Keeling Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ADD 326
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Keeling Papers
Date(s)	: Created 1930-1979
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 5 folders
Name of creator(s)	: Keeling | Stanley Victor | 1894-1979 | philosopher
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Keeling was a member of staff of the Philosophy Department at University College London from 1927 to 1954.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, including personal and professional correspondence; a heavily annotated copy of A.J.Ayer's 'Thinking and Meaning'; proof copy of J.E.McTaggart's 'Philosophical Studies'; Keeling's work on time and other reviews and articles; reviews of Keeling's own works; draft and proof articles for 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' and related correspondence; Keeling's birth and death certificates and documents relating to his will; 2 letters from Bertrand Russell (photocopies); a photocopy of details of Keeling's imprisonment as a conscientious objector in the First World War.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Mr Edward Senior, Keeling's executor, in September and October 1987 and August 1988. Some papers transferred from the Philosophy Department in 1993.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999