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Wittgenstein research correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6951

Scope and content

Correspondence of Mary Elwyn McHale, O.P. with family, friends, colleagues, and students of Ludwig Wittgenstein during the year 1966. The work was conducted at The Catholic University of America as part of the work for an M.A. thesis entitled "Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Critical Survey of Source Material for a Philosophical Biography." The threefold purpose of the thesis was: 1) to work out a chronology of Wittgenstein's life, 2) to locate and describe correspondence, and 3) to collect personal reminiscences. Also includes a copy of the thesis and of her dissertation, "The Notion of the Mystical in Wittgenstein's Tractatus," 1979.

Dates

  • 1966-1979.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Sr. Mary Elwyn Hale served as a professor of philosophy at Dominican College. She received a B.A. from Edgewood College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University of America.

Extent

.8 cubic feet. (.8 cubic feet.)

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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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