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Ong, Walter J., SJ (Part I)., 01/01/1946-12/31/1962

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 73
Identifier: GAMMS1.6.302

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Academic offprints collected by William K. Wimsatt, Jr., arranged alphabetically by author.

Dates

  • 01/01/1946-12/31/1962

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Extent

From the Collection: 6 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

1 Printed Program dated 05/14/1960 from the Saint Louis University Graduate School for the final examination of William Craig Forrest for his Ph.D. in English. Also, 1 Typed Letter Signed dated 02/17/1962 from Walter J. Ong, SJ, to William and Margaret Wimsatt, discussing his work and upcoming trips abroad. Sent from Middletown, Connecticut. And 1 Typed Note Signed dated 05/18/1962 from Sister Mary Paton to William K. Wimsatt, Jr., apologizing for not returning an article she borrowed. And 10 Offprints by Walter J. Ong, SJ. Titles include: "Newman's Essay on Development in its Intellectual Milieu" from "Theological Studies" (03/1946); "Kafka's Castle in the West" from "Thought" (09/1947); "Renaissance Ideals and the American Catholic Mind" from "Thought" (1954); "Secular Knowledge, Revealed Religion, and History" form "Religious Education" (1957); "From Allegory to Diagram in the Renaissance Mind" from "The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism" (06/1959); "Latin Language Study as a Renaissance Puberty Rite" from "Studies in Philology" (04/1959); "Personalism and the Wilderness" from "The Kenyon Review" (1959); "Ramist Method and the Commercial Mind" from "Studies in the Renaissance" (1960?); "Nationalism and Darwinism" from "The Review of Politics" (1960); and "Latin and the Social Fabric" from the "Yale Review" (1960). Seven offprints include autograph inscriptions from the author to William K. Wimsatt, Jr.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

FORREST, WILLIAM CRAIG - FINAL EXAM - PRINTED PROGRAM (1960): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - CORRESP. TO WIMSATT, WILLIAM (1962): Typed Letter Signed

WIMSATT, WILLIAM K., JR. - CORRESP. FROM ONG, WALTER J. (1962): Typed Letter Signed

PATON, MARY - CORRESP. TO WIMSATT, WILLIAM (1962): Typed Letter Signed

WIMSATT, WILLIAM K., JR. - CORRESP. FROM PATON, MARY (1962): Typed Letter Signed

ONG, WALTER J. - "NEWMAN'S ESSAY ON DEVELOPMENT" - OFFPRINT (1946): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "KAFKA'S CASTLE IN THE WEST" - OFFPRINT (1947): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "RENAISSANCE IDEALS & AMERICAN..." - OFFPRINT (1954): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "SECULAR KNOWLEDGE, REVEALED..." - OFFPRINT (1957): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "FROM ALLEGORY TO DIAGRAM" - OFFPRINT (1959): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "LATIN LANGUAGE STUDY AS A..." - OFFPRINT (1959): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "PERSONALISM & THE WILDERNESS" - OFFPRINT (1959): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "RAMIST METHOD & THE COMMERCIAL..." - OFFPRINT (1960): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "NATIONALISM & DARWINISM" - OFFPRINT (1960): Other Types

ONG, WALTER J. - "LATIN & THE SOCIAL FABRIC" - OFFPRINT (1960): Other Types

Repository Details

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