Papers
Creator: McCormick, L. Hamilton (Leander Hamilton), 1859-1934
Date: 1888 - 1933
Level of Description: Sub-collection/group
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 224668
Abstract: The majority of McCormick's collection of papers consists of drafts and versions of, as well as miscellaneous other related materials, related to his books regarding Characterology: An exact science embracing physiognomy, phrenology and pathognomy, reconstructed, amplified and amalgamated, and including views concerning memory and reason and the location of these faculties within the brain, likewise facial and cranial indications of longevity. Also in this collection of papers is some correspondence, numerous photographs and documentation of criminals, scrapbooks kept by Mr. McCormick, McCormick's notebooks for many years in the 1910s and 1920s, and his wife Constance's diaries for scattered years throughout their marriage; as well as other related materials and writings.
Space Required/Quantity: 8 cubic feet (16 boxes).
Title (Main title): Papers
Part of: Menninger Foundation Archives. Historic Psychiatry sub-collection.
Biography
Biog. Sketch (Full):
Leander Hamilton McCormick, son of Leander James and Henrietta Hamilton McCormick, was born in Chicago, Illinois on 27 May 1859. McCormick came from a line of inventors; his father and two uncles formed a company that would become International Harvester. Hamilton received his bachelors in science from Amherst College in Massachusetts and also studied law at Columbia University in New York, as well as architecture.
After completing his education, McCormick began traveling around the world. On his travels he met and married Constance Plummer of Canterbury, England, on 15 February 1887. They had three children: Leander James, Edward Hamilton, and Allister Hamilton. The family lived in England for several years, and McCormick traveled, sculpted, collected art, and developed numerous inventions, including airplanes, motorcycles, torpedoes, and clocks. He wrote a textbook in characterology, a multidisciplinary approach to understanding individuals' characters through the application of physiognomy, phrenology, pathognomy, anthropology, ethnology, and sociology.
Leander Hamilton McCormick died in Chicago on 2 February 1934.
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Related Records or Collections
Associated materials:
Leander Hamilton McCormick papers, Archives of the Loyala University of Chicago.
Leander Hamilton McCormick [photograph] collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Index Terms
Subjects
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McCormick, Constance, b. 1865
McCormick, L. Hamilton (Leander Hamilton), 1859-1934 -- Archives
Characters and characteristics
Inventors -- Illinois -- Chicago
Phrenology
Physiognomy
Creators and Contributors
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McCormick, L. Hamilton (Leander Hamilton), 1859-1934
McCormick, Constance, b. 1865
Agency Classification:
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Organizations/Corporations. Menninger Foundation Archives. Historic Psychiatry. Individuals. Leander Hamilton McCormick.
