Fonds USMC/PIMS/Gilson - Etienne Gilson fonds

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Etienne Gilson fonds

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    CA ON00347 USMC/PIMS/Gilson

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    • 1927-1978 (Creation)

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    5.3 m of textual material Good

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    Etienne Gilson was a professor of philosophy at universities in France and an internationally renowned scholar by the time he lectured at St. Michael's College in 1927. He was the founder (1929), along with the Basilian Fathers, of the Institute of Mediaeval Studies, which became The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) in 1939, for the purpose of graduate studies in philosophy.

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    This fonds contains Etienne Gilson's correspondence, articles, lectures and pocket diaries for the period 1927-1978. It also contains biographical material, copies of articles in journals, articles by others about Gillson, some reviews of his published works, memorabilia, and the notebooks of Abbe Andre Gilson, younger brother of Etienne. In addition there are photographs and audio cassettes.

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    Creator Etienne Gilson, Director of PIMS, donated the material in 1978. Some materials have been photocopied from other repositories

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        In consultation with Archivist

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        Textual

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        Andre Gilson notebooks (undated), Laurence K. Shook's notes and manuscripts for his biography of Etienne Gilson.

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        English and French

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        University of St. Michael's College Archives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

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        The fragility of the original hand written correspondence required that a photocopied set be provided for handling. The typsecript lectures contain marginal notes and revisions.

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        L.K. Shook 's biography entitled Etienne Gilson, and Margaret McGrath's bibliography entitled Etienne Gilson

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