Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Oscar Amos Papers
1904-1933
Cage 119
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Amos, Oscar
- Title
- Oscar Amos Papers
- ID
- Cage 119
- Date [inclusive]
- 1904-1933
- Extent
- 3.25 feet of linear shelf space, 4 boxes, 1 oversize folder
- Location
- Folder 18 located in map case.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of a diary, meditations, notes, and other papers associated with Oscar Amos in the period 1904-1933.
Preferred Citation
Oscar Amos Papers, 1904-1933
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biography/History
Oscar Amos, born September 12, 1871, was abandoned at five months old in a Poor House in Scoot County, Indiana. Several years later, Amos was taken to the Orphan's Home in Jeffersonville, Indiana. For the majority of his life, Amos lived in poverty and was a "handy-man" in Pullman, Washington, and a student of philosophy. He called himself a "philosophy reader."
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a diary, meditations, notes, and other papers associated with Oscar Amos in the period 1904-1933. The notes and bound diary date from 1916-1933 and were written by Amos while residing in Pullman, Washington. The collection also includes a copy of "The Stoic Philosophy" by Professor Gilbert Murray, and meditations written by Amos between 1920 and 1932 on the philosophy of life. These meditations are handwritten in pencil on scavenged bits of cardboard, notebook paper, backs of postcards, theatre posters, etc. In them, Amos discusses mankind's purpose, ways to improve one's life, predictions of future world events, religion, and related topics.
Handwritten transcriptions by Margaret Weller that were completed after Amos' death are filed with the collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections 2013
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Pullman (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
Subject(s)
- Reflection (Philosophy)
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
| box | folder | |||
|
Transcriptions by Margaret Weller undated |
1 | 1 | ||
|
Diary circa 1913-1930 |
1 | 2 | ||
|
Meditations circa 1920-1932 |
1-4 | 3-17 | ||
|
Meditations circa 1920-1932 |
oversize | 18 | ||