Descriptive Summary
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Josiah Royce Memorial Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1875-1936
Collection number: 253
Extent: 20 boxes (10 linear ft.)
Abstract: Josiah Royce (1855-1916) was a professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University.
His published works include:
Primer of Logical Analysis for the Use of Composition Students (1881),
The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (1885) and
The Spirit of Modern Philosophy (1892). The collection consists of writings by and about Josiah Royce, copies of his correspondence, books, clippings and
photographs.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Biography/History
Royce was born on November 20, 1855 in Grass Valley, California; AB, University of California at Berkeley, 1875; studied at
Leipzig and Göttingen Universities (1875-76), and then entered Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Ph.D in 1878;
instructor in English literature and logic (1878-82), University of California at Berkeley; instructor in philosophy (1882-85),
assistant professor (1885-92), professor of the history of philosophy (1892-1914), and in 1914 was named Alford professor
of natural religion, moral philosophy, and civil polity, Harvard University; published works include:
Primer of Logical Analysis for the Use of Composition Students (1881),
The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (1885),
The Spirit of Modern Philosophy (1892),
The Conception of God (1895),
The World and the Individual (1899, 1901), and
The Problem of Christianity (2 vols., 1913); he died on September 14, 1916 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Expanded Biographical/Historical Narrative
In 1927 the Regents of the University of California approved a recommendation that the main classroom building on the new
Westwood campus of the University be named Royce Hall in honor of the great American scholar and philosopher, Josiah Royce.
The Department of Philosophy on this campus undertook the task of assembling a Josiah Royce Memorial Collection to be placed
in a designated alcove of the building, known as the Josiah Royce Alcove.
Through the generosity of Royce's family and friends, books and articles by and about Royce, originals and copies of some
of his correspondence, his master's and doctor's thesis, as well as pictures, clippings and other Royce memorabilia were acquired
for this collection. His own large and stately walnut bookcase was used to house the collection.
The Royce Memorial remained in Royce Hall under the care of the Philosophy Department until December, 1954. At this time,
because of the program for remodeling Royce Hall, it was transferred to the University Library's Department of Special Collections.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of writings by and about Josiah Royce, copies of his correspondence, books, clippings, photographs, a
typescript copy of a journal written by his mother, Sarah Eleanor Royce entitled, Across the Plains (1849), and other Royce
memorabilia collected by the UCLA Department of Philosophy in memory of Royce.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916--Archives.
Philosophers--United States--Archives.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Royce, Sarah, 1819-1891.
