Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James Foster Scott collection covers his life span from 1863 to 1946. It is comprised mainly of the writings and correspondence of James Foster Scott and various family members. Dr. Scott spent approximately forty years studying philosophy and religion, and many of his writings deal with those subjects. Important items of interest to a researcher would be Folder 2, Item 1, a thirty-two- page letter to Coleman Jennings on the description of Dr. Scott's conclusions in the...