W.V. Quine Papers

Front facade of Houghton Library

Cataloging is now complete on our collection of the papers of the influential thinker and Harvard philosophy professor Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000). At over 80 boxes, there is a wealth of information on Quine’s life and work. I might stop by to have a look at Series IIE, “Crank letters sent to Quine” (his categorization, not ours).

There’s a capsule biography of Quine in the finding aid, but for more information, see the very detailed web page organized by his son.