Robert Dudley French papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 1264

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, writings, research notes, teaching materials, printed matter, a diary, a scrapbook, and photographs (1922-1952) comprise the papers. The teaching materials and the research notes reflect French's interest in Chaucer. A portion of the correspondence concerns Memorial Quadrangle at Yale, about which he published a book in 1929. There is also a substantial number of letters from students at Jonathan Edwards College, of which he was master from 1930 to 1953. Other correspondents are Robert Bates, John Philip Marchant and Emerson Tuttle.

Dates

1857-1983
Majority of material found within 1921 - 1954

Creator

French, Robert Dudley, 1888-1954

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dwight Blakeslee, 1981; gift of Bernard Lytton, 2001.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1264

Additional Description

Overview

Biographical / Historical

Robert Dudley French (1888-1954): professor of English; A.B., Yale, 1910, A.M., 1914, Ph.D., 1920; instructor in English, Yale, 1914-1919, assistant professor, 1919-1926, associate professor, 1926-1930, professor and master of Jonathan Edwards College, 1930-1953.