John Mason Tyler (AC 1873) Papers, 1875-1929
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Tyler, John M. (John Mason ), 1851-1929
Biographical History for: Tyler Papers
Biographical Note John Mason Tyler was born on May 18, 1851 in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Professor William Seymour Tyler. He graduated from Amherst College in 1873 and earned an M.A. from Amherst in 1876. He received a Ph.D. from Colgate in 1888. Tyler taught at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. From 1876 to 1879 he studied in Germany at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig. Upon his return to Amherst he was appointed to the faculty of Amherst College as Instructor in Biology (1879-1881), Instructor in Zoology and Botany (1881-1882), and Stone Professor of Biology (1882-1917). Tyler died in 1929. He is the author of many books, including The Coming of Man; Growth and Education; Man in the Light of Evolution; The New Stone Age in Northern Europe; The Physical Basis of Education; The Place of the Church in Evolution; and Whence and the Whither of Man.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The John Mason Tyler Papers document the professional work and personal life of John Mason Tyler spanning the period from 1875 to his death in 1929. The bulk of this collection is manuscripts for published and unpublished works by Tyler, including lectures, pamphlets, speeches, notes on the same, and classroom notes taken as a student. The first series contains all personal correspondence to and from Tyler.
Botany--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Amherst.
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Botanists--Massachusetts.
Tyler, John M. (John Mason), 1851-1929.
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Amherst College--Faculty.
Amherst College. Class of 1873. Tyler.
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1875-1929, n.d.
Incoming correspondence: Illegible signatures n.d.
Incoming correspondence: A-C n.d.
Incoming correspondence: D-F n.d.
Incoming correspondence: G-L n.d.
Incoming correspondence: M-S n.d.
Incoming correspondence: T n.d.
Incoming correspondence: V-Z n.d.
Outgoing correspondence: Illegible signatures n.d.
Outgoing correspondence: A-T n.d.
Outgoing correspondence: Mrs. W.S. Tyler (mother) 1875
Outgoing correspondence: Mrs. W.S. Tyler 1876
Outgoing correspondence: Mrs. W. S. Tyler 1877
Outgoing correspondence: Mrs. W.S. Tyler 1878
Outgoing correspondence: Mrs. W.S. Tyler 1879
Outgoing correspondence: G. H. Whitcomb n.d.
Bills n.d.
Incoming correspondence to Mrs. John M. Tyler: Letters of condolence upon the death of daughter Elizabeth 1919
Letters of condolence upon death of John Mason Tyler 1929
Series 2: Manuscripts for Published Works, n.d.
The Dawn of Civilization in Northern Europe during the Neolithic Period (published under title: The New Stone Age in Northern Europe) n.d.
The Coming of Man n.d.
Pamphlet: "The first Hundred Years of Amherst College" (three final copies, first and second drafts, address given on the paper in 1920) n.d.
Series 3: Manuscripts for Unpublished Works, n.d.
Evolution and Progress, ms. Pp. 1-178, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, ms. Second copy of pp. 1-178, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, notes and ms., pp. 179-220, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, notes and ms., pp. 221-265, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, notes and ms., pp. 266-319, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, notes and ms., pp. 320-348, typescript n.d.
Evolution and Progress, miscellaneous notes n.d.
Ms. and notes relating to the history of the Puritans in the Connecticut Valley - French and Indian Wars - The Puritan Holds the Valley - Shay's Rebellion n.d.
Ms. and notes on the history of the Puritan in the Connecticut Valley - The Puritan Around the Bay and in the Valley n.d.
Ms., notes, and addresses on the Puritan and his Evolution. n.d.
Ms. and notes on the Puritan in England n.d.
Notes on the Puritan in England n.d.
Miscellaneous notes - The Last of the Puritans - The Puritans Hope - Hill Towns and Villages - The Flat Hills Road - Stone Walls n.d.
Two manuscripts on Amherst College n.d.
Mss. of lectures: Lecture 4, Worms and the Rise of Vertebrates; Lecture 5 n.d.
Mss. Of lectures: Lecture 3; 2 - Harp of a Thousand Strings; 3 - The Evolution of the Human Nervous System; 4 - The Constitution of the Child; 5 - The Child Entering School; 7 - The Boy and Girl in the Grammar Grades; 8 - The Boy and Girl in the High School (2 copies) n.d.
Mss. Of lectures: 9 - Man and his Possibilities; 10 - The Teacher's Problem; Fragment of lecture, pp. 8-20; Fragment of lecture, pp. 10-16; Present Needs in Education; Untitled lecture (2 copies); Conformity to Environment; Man's Chief End; Playgrounds for Young Girls; Leisure; Tag and Education; The Wishing Gate n.d.
Mss. Of lectures and speeches: Why We Should Give our Children Physical Training; Present Needs in Education (newspaper clipping); The School and Outdoors; The Place of Physical Training in the Public Schools; Conformity to the Environment (notes); Education for Power and Efficiency; The Girl in the Grammar School (address, 2 copies); Girl and Boy in Grammar Grade; fragment of a lecture (4 pages); Last Senior Chapel Address, 1916; Speech - The Whence and Whither of Man (2 copies); Speech on the founding of Amherst College n.d.
Notes and speech - Play and Work n.d.
Notes and speech - What Religion Means to Me n.d.
Notes and speech - (fragments) n.d.
Notes and ms. of Memorial service for President Harris n.d.
Series 4: Miscellaneous Notes and Manuscripts, n.d.
Notes on Psychology n.d.
Notes on Evolution and Ethics n.d.
Notes on Philosophy (Huxley) n.d.
Notes on Philosophy (James) n.d.
Notes on Plato and Aristotle n.d.
Notes on Socrates n.d.
Notes on the Jew n.d.
Notes on the Microcosm n.d.
Notes on the Macrocosm n.d.
Series 5: Published Pamphlets, 1883-1921
Synopsis of the Morse lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary 1895
Prospectus for the University Lectures Under the Auspices of the Education Department of the Twentieth Century Club. 1898-1899
Abstracts of Ten Lectures on "Man in the Light of Evolution," Twentieth Century Club 1898-1899
"The Survival of the Fittest," No. 6 in a series of twelve lectures on "Man in the Light of Evolution," delivered at the State Normal School, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 1899
Address to the graduating class of 1901 1901
Letter to the Alumni 1908
"Yesterday and Today in the Curriculum", from Amherst Graduates' Quarterly 1911 Oct
"The Ministers Needed", address before the National Conference on Unitarian and other Christian Churches, Altlantic City, N.J. from the Christian Register 1903
How Can We Suit Our System of Education to Present Conditions? And address delivered before the Schoolmaster's Association of New York and vicinity 1903?
"The Girl in the Grammar School", address before the American Physical Education Association, Springfield, Massachusetts 1906
"Physical Development and Success", in American Gymnasia 1907 Dec
"The First Hundred Years of Amherst College", address delivered at the Amherst College Centennial Celebration, reprinted from the Amherst Graduates' Quarterly 1921
"The Pathology of Education in its Biological Aspect", (2 copies) Reprint - The American Social Science Association n.d.
Biology Notes, Amherst, Massachusetts 1883
Series 6: Miscellaneous, ca. 1876-1921
Chemistry notes by Tyler as a graduate student in Germany; Devotional n.d.
Official report of the first American Tyler family gathering, by Willard I. Tyler Brigham, Esq., Chicago 1897
Review of The New Stone Age in Northern Europe, New York Times Book Review and Magazine 1921 Mar 27
Scrapbook: "Tip Tyler's Calendar" n.d.
Photographs of Tyler and others (unidentified) n.d.