Summary Information

Title: Stephen Pearl Andrews Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1925 (bulk 1860s-1880s)

Creator:

• Andrews, Stephen Pearl, 1812-1886

Call Number: U.S. Mss 19A; Micro 871

Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly from the 1860s through the 1880s, of Stephen Pearl Andrews, an abolitionist, philosopher, and linguist. The collection includes an outline for an eight-volume treatise on Universology, a deductive science of the universe; articles and addresses regarding Alwato, an international language devised by Andrews; a constitution and reports for the Pantarchal University, founded by Andrews and others in 1872 to promote his theories regarding the ideal society; an incomplete autobiography; and a small amount of correspondence. Reference is made in the autobiography to Andrews' work as an abolitionist in Texas, his work with Sir Isaac Pitman in developing the Pitman Shorthand system, his editing of two radical magazines, The Anglo-Saxon and The Propagandist, and his sponsorship of two societies for free discussion in New York: the Colloquium and the Manhattan Liberal Club. Part of the autobiography is water-damaged and unreadable.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us00019a

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