Ong, Walter J., SJ (Part I)., 01/01/1946-12/31/1962
Series-level Scope and Content Note
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
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
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