Box 1

Scope and Contents Includes: Costello's Psychology I. notebook from 1907 (Earlham College, undergraduate studies); handwritten seminar papers and essays from 1909 to 1911, titled ‘Some partly neglected aspects of the free-will controversy’; ‘External relations and the “argument from Missouri”’; ‘Individuality and value: A study of the relation of individuality to ethical means and ends’; ‘The nature of means and ends in ethics’; ‘The significance of the concept of relative efficiency’ [for J. Royce’s seminar];...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Harry Todd Costello papers is a small collection containing lecture notes, essays, syllabi, correspondence, and diaries documenting Costello's career as an instructor of philosophy and psychology primarily while at Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut), but also from his time as a student or instructor at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale. In addition, the collection includes materials related to the Trinity College library, as well as some biographical material and a small amount of...

Scope and Contents

Includes syllabi, exam questions, notes, lecture notes, and newspaper clippings. Also includes course material for the following courses:

Introduction to Philosophy (n.d.)

Philosophy 4 (1925)

Psychology 2 (1945)

Philosophy 12a (1946)

Philosophy 15b (1948, 1949)

Philosophy 10a (1950)

Philosophy 316 (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953)

Philosophy 205 (1954)

Philosophy 315 (1954)