The collection consists of the galley proof of Sophocles' tragedy, Antigone, translated by Palmer, published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin; galleys include some corrections and commentary, in pencil. Antigone defies the king by planning to bury her brother; her capture and punishment lead to tragedy.
In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (#XXXX-0970R/VF Lit)
Biographical or Historical Sketch
Educator and philosopher George Herbert Palmer was born in Boston and educated at Harvard and the Andover Theological Seminary. He returned to Harvard as Greek tutor, became a philosophy professor, and retired as professor emeritus. He is remembered as the first Harvard professor to abandon the textbook and structure a class around his own ideas. He wrote numerous books and articles, translations, philosophy, education, and biography, including a biography of his second wife, Alice Freeman Palmer, America's first woman college president.
Binding notes
Housed in ShareBox 088 boxShare088 GST/P/2/1 c.1 (Archival/Manuscript Material) bound in ShareBox 088
