R. Catesby Taliaferro Papers
Collection
Identifier: TAL
Scope and Content
Notes, notebooks, offprints, mimeographed material, and other papers; including five handwritten notebooks in French on Maurice Blondel, notes on analytical geometry and recursive functions, and a mimeographed book on Plotinus and related material dating from the 1930s; also Rainich geometry for teachers; papers documenting a geometry course; Arnold Ross material; anniversary conference material; and related books.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-1972.
Creator
Language of Materials
English.
Legal Status
Private
Conditions Governing Access
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Background
Philosopher, translator, and classicist with an interest in mathematics, R. Catesby Taliaferro taught at the University of Notre Dame, 1952-1972.
Extent
2.5 linear feet
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thomas Banchoff.
Legal Status
Private
Subject
- Blondel, Maurice, 1861-1949 (Person)
- Plotinus. (Person)
- Rainich, G. Y. (George Yuri), 1886-1968 (Person)
- Ross, Arnold E. (Arnold Ephraim), 1906- (Person)
- University of Notre Dame (Organization)
- Title
- R. Catesby Taliaferro Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository