Series No. 1
Academic writings. -- 196[?]-95. -- 1.6 m of textual records
Scope and content: This series documents Ferrari's academic activities as author of upwards of 35 published articles and books, several unpublished manuscripts, and a concordance in two volumes -- Concordantia in libros XIII confessionum S. Aurelii Augustini, the latter published jointly with Rodney H. Cooper, Peter M. Ruddock, and J. Robert Smith in 1991. In particular, it highlights his research interest in St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), bishop and doctor of the church. This series also contains several booklets on the subject of racial discrimination which Ferrari prepared for the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission.
It includes correspondence, research notes, background material, and newspaper clippings as well
as drafts and published copies of articles, booklets, and major works.
This series consists of 3 subseries: 1) research and correspondence, 2) manuscripts, and 3)
published articles and booklets.
Subseries 1, research and correspondence includes correspondence, primarily between Ferrari
and journal editors, with respect to the publication of articles and books. Letters with friends,
faculty, and university administrators discuss research problems, invitations to lecture, and
university matters. This subseries also includes a few draft articles, receipts, reports, research
notes, and related research materials. File 9 contains a single review of Ferrari's book The
Confessions of St. Augustine.
Subseries 2, manuscripts contains drafts of books and articles as well as a published copy of the
Concordantia (1991) to the Skutella text. It also includes Parts I to V of Ferrari's The Story of
Western Philosophy From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb, which the author used in class.
Subseries 3, published articles and booklets contains off-prints and published copies of scholarly articles which appeared in such journals as Augustinian Studies, Augustiniana, Revue Des Études Augustiniennes, Laval Théologique et Philosophique, and Queens Quarterly. It also includes published copies of five works dealing with human rights issues and a 1958 article concerned with higher education in Halifax, N.S. The archivist has indicated if files contain off-prints, published copies, or both.
File arrangement of subseries 1 is random; file arrangement of subseries 2 is alphabetical by title;
file arrangement of subseries 3 is chronological by date of publication.
Title based on contents of series.
Copies of Ferrari's unpublished manuscript The Earth is Flat! An Exposé on The Globularist
Hoax, of his published article "Feminism and Education in a Flat Earth Perspective" which
appeared in McGill Journal of Education, and of his writings about The Flat Earth Society's aims
and views are located in series 2, The Flat Earth Society.
A number of letters are in French or German.
1. Eclectic philosophy of Augustine [includes notes concerning Barry R. Morrison's 1971 thesis
Plotinus and St. Augustine]
2-1 Paul and Plotinus [files 2-1 to 2-12 were deposited together]
2-2 Confessions (General)
2-3 Augustine - miscellaneous material and bibliography of works in English on St. Augustine
[created]
2-4 Ambrose
2-5 Cyprianus
2-6 Confessions - Latin vocabulary
2-7 Confessions, Book VI
2-8 Augustine and Bible
2-9 Influence of Augustine [includes 2 drafts of "Saint Augustine's Conversions: Some Insights
of Modern Science" by Ferrari]
2-10 Conversion - Insights
2-11 Augustine and Theatre
2-12 Trees in Confessions [includes 2 drafts of "The Pear-Theft in Augustine's Confessions" by
Ferrari]
3. Stars [includes draft of "Augustine and Astrology" by Ferrari]
4. Mystical Trees [includes drafts of "The Mystical Tree in the Western Christian Tradition" by
Ferrari]
5. Trees
6. Renaissance and Enlightenment
7. Augustine and Western Culture [includes draft of "Saint Augustine and Western Culture" by
Ferrari]
8. Augustinus Lexikon I, 1981-85 [includes correspondence with scholarly journal Augustinus
Lexikon about articles and books; some letters in German]
9. Arbor - Augustinus Lexikon II, 1983-85 [includes correspondence, research notes, drafts of
"Arbor", and a review of Ferrari's book The Conversions of Saint Augustine; some letters in
German]
10. Arbor III, 1986-88 [includes correspondence with Augustinus Lexikon, drafts of "The Tree in
the Works of Saint Augustine, copy of agreement with editors; some letters in German]
11. Books in the Confessions [includes drafts of "Books and Augustine's Quest for Wisdom"]
12. Boyhood Beatings, Book 1 [includes notes, drafts of "The Boyhood Beatings of Augustine"]
13. Beatings
14-1 Correspondence on Augustine, 1973-78 [includes correspondence about scholarly articles
and the concordance; some letters in French or German]
14-2 Correspondence on Augustine, 1971-77 [includes correspondence about scholarly articles;
some letters in French or German]
15-1 Correspondence on Augustine, 1979-82 [some letters in German or French]
15-2 Correspondence on Augustine, 1978-87 [some letters in German or French]
16. "Augustine's Cosmography" [drafts dating from 12 September 1992 to November 1995
totalling 46 packets. Note: first 20 packets dating from 12 September 1992 to 1 November 1993
are located in Box 1; the remainder are located in Box 2]
BOX NO. 2
17. "Augustine's Passion for Philosophy" [drafts dating from 29 July 1992 to 29 March 1993
totalling 11 packets ]
BOX NO. 3
18-1 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, chapters 1-3
18-2 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, chapters 4-7
18-3 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, chapters 8-12
18-4 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, chapters 13-16
18-5 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, chapters 17-20
18-6 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Beginnings up to Data Processing [final
draft] by Leo C. Ferrari and Walter E. Avis - contributing author, appendices A-F
19-1 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari - "Art Work" for manuscript [includes letter from Addison-Wesley
Publishers Limited dated 6 December 1985]
19-2 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapters 1-4
19-3 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapters 5-7
19-4 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapters 8-11
19-5 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapters 12-15
19-6 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapters 16-19
19-7 Basic without Math (on the IBM-PC): From the Very Beginnings up to Data Processing
[draft] by Leo C. Ferrari, chapter 20 plus appendices A-F
20. Concordantia in libros XIII confessionum S. Aurelii Augustini, 2 vols., ed. Rodney H.
Cooper, Leo C. Ferrari, Peter M. Ruddock, and J. Robert Smith, published 1991
BOX NO. 4
21. "From Halley's Comet to Manicheism" [drafts dating from 14 February 1994 to 8 March
1994 totalling 5 packets]
22. "The Food of Truth: Studies in Augustine's Confessions" [draft and a few notes,
unpublished]
23. "The Food of Truth: Studies in Augustine's Confessions" [draft, unpublished]
24. The Human Education of Man [draft, unpublished]
25. The Human Education of Man [draft, unpublished] pp. 1-180
26. The Human Education of Man [draft, unpublished] pp. 181-333 and footnotes
27. "The Scourging God" [drafts dating from 14 February 1994 to 10 March 1995 totalling 8
packets]
28. The Story of Western Philosophy From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb [draft]
29. The Story of Western Philosophy (From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb) II: Patristic
and Medieval Thought [pp. 65-121; corrected, 1967]
30. The Story of Western Philosophy (From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb) III:
Renaissance and Post-Renaissance [pp. 122-76; corrected, 1967]
31. The Story of Western Philosophy (From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb) IV: The
Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century [pp. 178-241; corrected, 1967]
32. The Story of Western Philosophy (From the Ancient Greeks to the Atom Bomb) V: The
Reactionary Thinkers of the Twentieth Century [pp. 242-69 and general index; corrected, 1967]
BOX NO. 5
33. "Young Augustine: Both Catholic and Manichee" [drafts dating from 5 May 1993 to 13
March 1994 totalling 18 packets]
34. Note by Leo C. Ferrari about his draft manuscripts
35. "The Origin of the State According to Plato," Laval Théologique et Philosophique, vol. XII,
no. 2, 1956, pp. 145-51. [off-print]
36. "Higher Education in Halifax," Culture, vol. XIX, no. 2, 1958, pp. 200-03. [off-print and
published copy]
37. "'Abstractio Totius' and 'Abstractio Totalis'," The Thomist, XXIV, vol. XIV, no. 1, January
1961, pp. 72-89. [off-print and published copy]
38. "A Thomistic Appraisal of Thomas de Vio Cajetan's 'abstractio totalis...,'" Angelicum, vol.
42, no. 4, 1965, pp. 441-62. [off-print and published copy]
39. "Augustine and Christian Anti-Intellectualism," Queen's Quarterly, vol. LXXII, no. 4, 1966,
pp. 614-25 [off-print and published copy]
40. "Aquinas and the Renaissance," Queen's Quarterly, vol. LXXVI, no. 4, 1969, pp. 603-12
[off-print and published copy]
41. "Some Surprising Omissions from Augustine's 'City of God'", Augustiniana, vol. XX, nos. 3-4, 1970, pp. 336-46. [off-print and published copy]
42. The Rise of Human Rights: A Canadian Outline, The New Brunswick Human Rights
Commission, 1970 [published copy of booklet]
43. "Symbols of Sinfulness in Book II of Augustine's Confessions," Augustinian Studies, vol. 2,
no. 2, 1971, pp. 93-104. [off-print]
44. "The Mystical Tree in the Western Christian Tradition," Communio Viatorum, vol. XIV, no.
1, 1971, pp. 1-12. [published copy]
45. L'evolution des Droits de L'homme: Une Perspective Canadienne, 1971, The New
Brunswick Human Rights Commission [published copy of booklet]
46. "Background to Augustine's 'City of God'," The Classical Journal, vol. 67, no. 3, 1972, pp.
198-208. [photocopy]
47. "Astronomy and Augustine's Break with the Manichees," Revue Des Études Augustiniennes,
vol. XIX, 1973, pp. 263-76. [off-print]
48. Human Rights and the Canadian Indian, 1973 and 1975, New Brunswick Human Rights
Commission [published copy of booklet]
49. "Monica on the Wooden Ruler," Augustinian Studies, vol. 6, 1975, pp. 193-205. [off-print]
50. "'Christus Via' In Augustine's Confessions," Augustinian Studies, vol. 7, 1976, pp. 58-74.
[off-print]
51. "Halley's Comet of 374 AD: New Light upon Augustine's Conversion to Manicheism,"
Augustiniana, vol. XXVII, 1977, pp. 139-50. [off-print and published copy]
52. "The Theme of the Prodigal Son in Augustine's Confessions," Recherches Augustiniennes,
vol. XII, 1977, pp. 107-18. [off-print]
53. "The Barren Field in Augustine's Confessions," Augustinian Studies, vol. 8, 1977, pp. 55-70.
[off-print]
54. "Augustine and Astrology," Laval Théologique Philosophique, October 1977, pp. 241-51.
[off-print]
55. Human Rights in a Changing World: The Problems of Preserving Human Values in the
Upheavals Caused by Science and Technology, 1975 and 1977, The New Brunswick Human
Rights Commission [proof and corrected version of booklet]
56. "The 'Food of Truth' in Augustine's Confessions", Augustinian Studies, vol. 9, 1978, pp 1-14.
[off-print]
57. "The Peculiar Appendage of Augustine's 'Enarratio in Pasalmum LXI'", Augustiniana, vol. 28
(1978), pp. 18-33. [off-print]
58. "The Gustatory Augustin," Augustiniana, 29, 1979, pp. 304-15. [off-print]
59. "The Arboreal Polarisation in Augustine's Confessions", Revue Des Études Augustiniennes,
vol. XXV, 1979, pp. 35-46. [off-print]
BOX NO. 6
60. "The Dreams of Monica in Augustine's Confessions," Augustinian Studies, vol. 10, 1979, pp.
3-17. [off-print]
61. "The Tree in the Works of Saint Augustine," Augustiniana, vol. 38, nos. 1-4, 1988, pp. 37-53. [off-print]
62. "La escena de la conversión de san Agustín: ¿El fin de un debate moderno?", Augustinus,
vol. XXXVI, nos. 140-142, 1991, pp. 89-106. Trad. Jesús Alvarez [off-print]
63. "The Development of Human Rights in a Technological Age," in Human Rights Issues and
Trends, eds. Abdul Q. Lohdi and Russell A. McNeilly, 1993, pp. 19-31. [published collection of
essays]
64. "From Pagan Literature to the Pages of the Holy Scriptures Augustine's Confessions as Exemplary Propaedeutic," Kerygma und Logos, n.d. [off-print]