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100	1 |aWoods, James Haughton,|d1864-1935,|erecipient.
245	10|aLetters to James Haughton Woods,|f1885-1931 and undated.
300	|a1 box (.08 linear ft.)
351	|aOrganized alphabetically by author.
545	0 |aJames Haughton Woods (1864-1935), a scholar of Greek and Indic philosophy, graduated from Harvard University in 1887 with an A.B. degree in Philosophy and English composition. He spent most of the next two decades at various institutions in England, continental Europe, and India. He studied theology and ecclesiastical history at Oxford and Cambridge, followed by ancient and medieval history and philology at the Universities of Strassburg and Berlin. After completing his Ph.D. studies in Germany, he returned to Harvard and spent two years teaching as an Instructor of Anthropology and Philosophy. He developed an interest in Indic philosophy, which led him back to Europe to study under Paul Deussen (1845-1919), one of the founders of Indic studies in Europe. After further study in India at Benares and in Kashmir, he returned to Harvard in 1903 and was appointed to the Department of Philosophy, first as Instructor, and then Professor of the Philosophical Systems of India. He remained in the department until his retirement in 1934. During this time, he served as the Chair of the Division and Department of Philosophy from 1915-18, 1920-27, and 1930-33. He published numerous translations of Pali and Sanskrit scriptures, as well as works of secondary scholarship.
545	|aWoods's interest in Buddhism led him into the study of East Asia, and he made several extended trips to Japan during his years on the Harvard faculty. He actively promoted the development of academic positions dedicated to the study of East Asia. He also worked to establish a permanent chair in Chinese, which was first filled by Chao Yuen Ren in 1922. His greatest success, however, came from working in tandem with Wallace Donham and others to secure funding from the estate of Charles Hall for the founding of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, for which he served as a trustee. Although Woods passed away before the Department of Far Eastern Languages was established, he helped to provide the institutional and intellectual backing that became the framework for its success.
520	|aLetters and a document sent to James Haughton Woods, professor of philosophy at Harvard University, with a few letters between others collected by him.
520	|aIncludes T. S. Eliot's application for Ph.D. candidacy and letters from Henri Bergson, Phillips Brooks, William James, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and George Santayana.
546	|aIn English and French.
524	|aLetters to James Haughton Woods (MS Am 2693). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
555	|aElectronic finding aid|uhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02077
600	10|aWoods, James Haughton,|d1864-1935.
610	20|aHarvard University.|bDepartment of Philosophy.
655	7|aHarvard graduates' papers.|2local
700	1 |aBergson, Henri,|d1859-1941.
700	1 |aBrooks, Phillips,|d1835-1893.
700	1 |aEliot, T. S.|q(Thomas Stearns),|d1888-1965.
700	1 |aJames, William,|d1842-1910.
700	1 |aSaint-Gaudens, Augustus,|d1848-1907.
700	1 |aSantayana, George,|d1863-1952.
506	1 |aCollection is open for research.
541	0 |cPurchase;|aGlenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc.;|b7 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011;|d2010 July 20;|e2010M-5;|h$12500.00 (Harmand Teplow Class of 1920 Book Fund).|5hou
541	0 |cPurchase;|aGlenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc.;|b7 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011;|d2010 July 21;|e2010M-5;|h$6000.00 (Harmand Teplow Class of 1920 Book Fund).|3T.S. Eliot's Doctor of Philosophy degree|5hou
561	1 |aPurchased with funds from the Harmand Teplow Class of 1920 Book Fund, 2010.|5hou
852	8 |bHOU|cB|hMS Am 2693