Publication information: The Philosophy of History (New York: W. W. Norton, 1981). The ‘dead matter’ for the book is found in Box 41 of the Miller Papers. All titles are editorial additions unless otherwise specified.
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Appendix on editorial marks
Preface
Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Chapter 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Chapter 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Preface.
Editorial Mark: F. 1950s d (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 9(¶1-3).
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 4:7.
Editorial Mark: To GPB 12/6/59.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 10(¶1)-(amidst ¶2 “. . . only show something.”).
Date: 6 December 1959.
Box & Folder: MP 30:3.
Editorial Mark: To GPB 4/2/59.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 10(remainder of ¶2).
Date: 21 April 1959.
Box & Folder: MP 30:3.
Chapter 1. The Utility of Historical Study.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/49 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 13-15(¶2).
Date: 15 January 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 3:16.
Editorial Mark: F. 1958 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 15(¶3)-17.
Date: 1958.
Box & Folder: MP 4:2.
Chapter 2. Motives.
Editorial Mark: To EAH 2/21/49.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 18-22.
Date: 21 February 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 13:11 and EAH 1.
Remarks: Editorial mark on folder is F. 3/1/49 a (3).
Chapter 3. Explanation.
Editorial Mark: F. 1944 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 23-24(¶2).
Date: 1944.
Box & Folder: MP 12:10.
Editorial Mark: F. 6/-/52 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 24(¶3)-26.
Date: June 1952.
Box & Folder: MP 14:23.
Chapter 4. Cause.
Editorial Mark: F. 3/1/49 a (3).
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt, and other notes.
Pages: 27-31.
Date: 1 March 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 13:11.
Chapter 5. Purpose.
Editorial Mark: F. 1950s b (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 32-36.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 4:5 and EAH 4:1.
Chapter 6. Psychology.
Editorial Mark: EAH 2/24/49.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 37-39.
Date: 24 February 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 20:1 and EAH 1.
Chapter 7. Accidents.
Editorial Mark: None.
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 40-43.
Date: 23 June 1948.
Box & Folder: EAH 4:1.
Remarks: Miller’s elaboration on a discussion on “The Accidental in History” that occurred between himself, former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt, and Miller’s son Mr. Eugene R. Miller.
Chapter 8. The Static Ideal.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/49 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 44-50.
Date: 15 January 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 3:16.
Remarks: Miller’s original title.
Chapter 9. Mistrust of Time.
Editorial Mark: F. 11/17/67 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 51-58(¶2).
Date: 17 November 1967.
Box & Folder: MP 5:6.
Editorial Mark: F. ap (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 58(¶3)-60.
Date: Before 1970.
Box & Folder: MP 8:3.
Chapter 10. Alliance with Time.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 61-65.
Date: 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 4:25.
Chapter 11. A Victory is in Time.
Editorial Mark: F. x (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 66-69.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 7:7.
Chapter 12. The Sense of Time.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 70-73.
Date: Before 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
Chapter 13. Time and Immediacy.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 74-79.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
Chapter 14. The Sense of History.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 80-86.
Date: Before 1970.
Box & Folder: MP 26:25.
Remarks: The editorial mark is actually F. ao (3).
Chapter 15. The Simultaneous and the Successive.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 87-90.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
Chapter 16. Memory and Morals.
Editorial Mark: None.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 91-94.
Date: 9 September 1948.
Box & Folder: EAH 1.
Chapter 17. Memory and the Humanities.
Editorial Mark: F. 1940s? a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 95-97.
Date: 1940s?.
Box & Folder: MP 13:16.
Chapter 18. The Past as an Influence.
Editorial Mark: F. 1950s c (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 98-99.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 17:13.
Chapter 19. Memory as Control.
Editorial Mark: F. 1950s c (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 100-01.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 17:13.
Chapter 20. Prediction.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 102-03(amidst ¶5 “. . . root of prediction”).
Date: 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 4:25.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960s b (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 103(amidst ¶5 “is identification. Say. . .”)-06.
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder: MP 16:13.
Chapter 21. Documentation.
Editorial Mark: F. ap (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 107-09(¶1) and 112(¶2)-15.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 8:3.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960s b (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 109(¶2)-12(¶1).
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder: MP 5:8.
Chapter 22. The “Referent” of a Statement in History.
Editorial Mark: F. 1944 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 116(1)-(amidst ¶4 “. . . events that happen.”), 117 (amidst ¶2 “. . . once, as if. . .”)-119 (amidst ¶7 “. . . from objectivity.”).
Date: December 1944.
Box & Folder: MP 12:10.
Editorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 116(amidst ¶4 “Report contains. . .”)-117(amidst ¶2 “. . . approached all at. . .”).
Date: 1948-53.
Box & Folder: MP 13:15.
Editorial Mark: F. red b (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 119(amidst ¶7 “We find ourselves. . .”)-122.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 23:5.
Chapter 23. The Facts.
Editorial Mark: F. The Facts 9/1/65.
Document Type: Letter draft.
Pages: 123-25(¶4).
Date: 1 September 1945.
Box & Folder: MP 18:6.
Editorial Mark: W. To Cushing Strout 10/31/46 (6).
Document Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature S. Cushing Strout.
Pages: 125(¶5)-26.
Date: 31 October 1946.
Box & Folder: MP 21:3.
Chapter 24. Order and Disorder.
Editorial Mark: None.
Document Type: Letter.
Pages: 127-29.
Date: None.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: The only possible lead is to consider the boxes containing letters since the source is the postscript to a letter. It is not possible to accurately date the source.
Chapter 25. The Common and the Unique.
Editorial Mark: To EAH 2/-/68.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 130-35.
Date: February 1968.
Box & Folder: MP 20:1 and EAH 2.
Chapter 26. Action and Immediacy.
Editorial Mark: F. 6/-/52 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 136-38.
Date: June 1952.
Box & Folder: MP 14:23.
Chapter 27. The Free Act.
Editorial Mark: F. 6/-/52 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 139-41.
Date: June 1952.
Box & Folder: MP 14:23.
Chapter 28. Power.
Editorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 142-43.
Date: 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 13:14.
Chapter 29. Might and Right.
Editorial Mark: F. 1950s b (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 144-46.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 4:5.
Chapter 30. Action is Inherently Historical.
Editorial Mark: F. aa (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 147-50.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: MP 7:10.
Chapter 31. Myth and Error.
Editorial Mark: F. am (2).
Document Type: Essay Draft.
Pages: 151-56.
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder: MP 7:22.
Chapter 32. Myth and Control.
Editorial Mark: Letter to EAH 4/-/69.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 157-64.
Date: April 1969.
Box & Folder: EAH 3.
Chapter 33. The Role of the Actual.
Editorial Mark: To EAH 4/20/46.
Document Type: Letter to former student Mr. Edward A. Hoyt.
Pages: 165-67.
Date: 20 April 1946.
Box & Folder: EAH 1.
Chapter 34. Judgment.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/49 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 168-73.
Date: 15 January 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 3:16.
Chapter 35. Reflections and Aphorisms.
Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Item 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Item 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
i. A Short Outline.
Editorial Mark: To Elias 7/6/73.
Document Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias.
Pages: 174-75.
Date: 6 July 1973.
Box & Folder: MP 19:15.
ii. Consequences.
Editorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 175.
Date: 30 August 1953.
Box & Folder: MP 13:14.
iii. Error.
Editorial Mark: M. z (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 175-76.
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 7:9.
iv. To Omit Artifacts is to Omit History.
Editorial Mark: F. ap (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:3.
v. The Trouble with a Static Rule.
Editorial Mark: F. red d (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 176.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 23:7.
vi. Order is Nonterminating.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 177-78.
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
vii. Mutuality and Independence.
Editorial Mark: F. 7/10/31a (5).
Document Type: Diary.
Pages: 178.
Date: 1933
Box & Folder: MP 19:11.
viii. Disclosure.
Editorial Mark: F. 1970s red d (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 178-79.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 26:21.
ix. The Past is Not Come Upon.
Editorial Mark: F. red c. (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 179.
Date: 1970s.
Box & Folder: MP 23:6.
x. The Price of the Actual.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960s G (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 179.
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: The editorial mark appears unusual and may be in error.
xi. Time and the Humanities.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/11/46 (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 179.
Date: 11 January 1946.
Box & Folder: MP 12:16.
xii. The Price of the Past.
Editorial Mark: F. as (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 179-80.
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:6.
xiii. Success.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 180
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
xiv. Precedents.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 180.
Date: 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 4:25.
xv. Law, Physical and Moral.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 180-81.
Date: 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 4:25.
xvi. Institutions.
Editorial Mark: Outsize 1/25/43 a (5).
Document Type: Diary.
Pages: 181.
Date: 25 January 1943.
Box & Folder: MP 42c:19.
Remarks: The source is located on page 305 of the bound notebook.
xvii. A Common Past.
Editorial Mark: F. 10/14/46 (3)
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 181-82.
Date: 14 October 1946.
Box & Folder: MP 13:1.
xviii. Philosophy.
Editorial Mark: Outsize 1/25/43 a (5).
Document Type: Diary.
Pages: 182.
Date: 25 January 1943.
Box & Folder: MP 42c:19.
Remarks: The source is located on page 357 of the bound notebook.
xix. Superstition.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/49 a (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 182.
Date: 15 January 1949.
Box & Folder: MP 3:16.
xx. The Transcendental.
Editorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 182-83.
Date: 1951.
Box & Folder: MP 13:14.
xxi. What is to be Done About the Pilgrims?
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 183-84.
Date: 1950s?
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
xxii. Physics Has a History.
Editorial Mark: F. ao (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 184.
Date: Before 1970.
Box & Folder: MP 8:2.
xxiii. Economic Determination.
Editorial Mark: F. 1949-51 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 184.
Date: 1948-53.
Box & Folder: MP 13:15.
xxiv. Outside and Inside.
Editorial Mark: 6/23/54 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 184-85.
Date: July 1954.
Box & Folder: MP 14:8.
xxv. Criticism and History.
Editorial Mark: F. 1/15/54 (5).
Document Type: Diary.
Pages: 185-86.
Date: 1953.
Box & Folder: MP 19:12.
xxvi. Passing Judgment.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960 (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 186.
Date: 1960.
Box & Folder: MP 4:25.
xxvii. History Does Not Excommunicate.
Editorial Mark: F. 1960s G (2).
Document Type: Essay draft.
Pages: 186.
Date: 1960s.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: The editorial mark appears unusual and may be in error.
xxviii. Anachronism.
Editorial Mark: Unfinished draft of letter to GPB.
Document Type: Draft of letter to former student Mr. George P. Brockway.
Pages: 186-87.
Date: None.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: Could be located in boxes 19-22 (letter drafts) or boxes 27-29 (unmailed letters).
xxix. Symbols and Tongues.
Editorial Mark: 6/23/54 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 187.
Date: August 1954.
Box & Folder: MP 14:8.
xxx. Change.
Editorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 187-88.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: 12:2.
Remarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Brégy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s. These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.
xxxi. One Point of View.
Editorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 188.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: 12:2.
Remarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Brégy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s. These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.
xxxii. Our Heritage.
Editorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 188.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: 12:2.
Remarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Brégy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s. These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.
xxxiii. Caesar is Not Crossing the Rubicon.
Editorial Mark: F. Report of Four Meetings.
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 188-89.
Date: 1950s.
Box & Folder: 12:2.
Remarks: Professor Miller and former students Mr. George P. Brockway, Mr. Philip Brégy, and Professor of American Literature Robert H. Elias held semi-formal seminars during the 1950s. These notes constituted summaries and often an elaboration on the meetings.
xxxiv. Originality.
Editorial Mark: W. to Cushing Strout 10/23/51 (6).
Document Type: Letter to former student Professor of American Literature S. Cushing Strout.
Pages: 189-90.
Date: 23 October 1951.
Box & Folder: MP 21:3.
Remarks: Editorial mark on the folder is W. 10/31/46-1076 (6).
xxxv. Motives and Reactions.
Editorial Mark: F. 8/15/55 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 190-91.
Date: 15 August 1955.
Box & Folder: MP 14:10.
xxxvi. Cyclic Theories.
Editorial Mark: None.
Document Type:
Pages: 191.
Date: None.
Box & Folder: MP 14:23.
Remarks: Editorial mark on folder is F. 6/-/52 a (3).
xxxvii. Presence.
Editorial Mark: 10/30/72 (4b).
Document Type: Unmailed letter.
Pages: 192.
Date: 30 October 1972.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: This source, like those used for sections 36 and 38 of this chapter, was added at the galley stage and is not found in the typescript file in the ‘dead matter’ box.
xxxviii. Nihilism.
Editorial Mark: 21 Aug. 73 (5).
Document Type: Diary.
Pages: 192.
Date: 21 August 1973.
Box & Folder:
Remarks: This source, like those used for sections 36 and 37 of this chapter, was added at the galley stage and is not part of the typescript file found in the ‘dead matter’ box. The editorial mark may be mistaken as there are no diary materials from 1973.
xxxix. Good in History.
Editorial Mark: F. 10/15/55 a (3).
Document Type: Notes.
Pages: 192.
Date: 15 August 1955.
Box & Folder: MP 14:10.
Remarks: The editorial mark is inaccurate as the notes actually date from August of 1955. The short paragraph comes from some pages of commentary apropos of an essay by Professor of History Theodore C. Smith of Williams College.
