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Notes and manuscripts relating to the academic work of David Crowther, Staff Tutor in Extramural Studies (Philosophy) University of Sheffield.

Scope and Contents The papers and correspondence of Samuel Hartlib, educationalist, natural philosopher and polymath of the seventeenth century.The archive, which includes copies of his own letters as well as those sent to him by others, represents the greater part of extant Hartlib material. The seventeenth century was a period of rapid scientific and philosophical development, as well as of social, religious and political crisis, and the Hartlib Papers, as well as providing important insights...

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Papers, lecture notes, etc. of Peter Harold Nidditch (1928-1983), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield from 1969 until his death.

The collection relates mainly to his work on John Locke.

For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below

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This collection consists of around 150 volumes relating to the Positivist movement, including works by Auguste Comte, Richard Congreve, and Frederic Harrison, as well as pamphlets and volumes of key journals. It was assembled by the late Professor Royden Harrison.

For a full listing of this collection, see the External Document Section below.

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A collection of glass-mounted slides relating to German history, literature, theatre and landscape. Ernest Arthur Seemann was a printer and publisher of art and history books, and these slides likely contain the images that were used in E. A. Seeman's publications.

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A collection of books and journals covering the topic of Theosophy, a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics which developed in the late 19th century.

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The collection consists of documents relating to the work of Howard Warrender, largely relating to his Latin and English editions of Hobbes´ "De Cive", 1983, which were his major publications. They include proofs, correspondence, articles and copies of various editions of "De Cive" and other works of Hobbes.