Bundle of letters

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 ALEX/A/1/1/68
  • Dates of Creation
      24 May 1925-24 Apr 1938
  • Physical Description
      6 letters; 8 sheets.

Scope and Content

From R.G. Collingwood [Robin George Collingwood (1889-1943), philosopher and historian]. Topics include: the artist’s motivating force and whether imagined experiences can be 'physica' (ALEX/A/1/1/68/1); Alexander’s theories as expressed in ACCC ['Artistic Creation and Cosmic Creation', Proceedings of the British Academy, November 1927] and AI [Art and Instinct, Herbert Spencer Lecture (Clarendon Press, May 1927)] (ALEX/A/1/1/68/2); STD [Space, Time and Deity] (ALEX/A/1/1/68/1-4) and its relation to [Alfred North] Whitehead’s PR [Process and Reality, (1929)] (ALEX/A/1/1/86/4); thanks for a testimonial (ALEX/A/1/1/68/5); and Collingwood’s plans following a minor stroke in 1938 (ALEX/A/1/1/68/6).

Dated at North Moreton, Wallingford, [Berkshire]; and Pembroke College, [Oxford].