Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, an autobiography, writings, research notes, and teaching materials of Jack Randall Crawford. Also included are a small amount of papers belonging to Dorothy Gabain, Crawford's second wife. The largest part of the papers is made up of plays, fiction and literary criticism, both published and unpublished, written by Crawford. Also included are lecture notes and texts and students papers reflecting his teaching career at Yale University (1909-1946).
Dates
- 1889-1951
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
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 Dorothy Crawford, 1960 and 1972.
Extent
13 Linear Feet (37 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, an autobiography, writings, research notes, and teaching materials of Jack Randall Crawford. Also included are a small amount of papers belonging to Dorothy Gabain, Crawford's second wife. The largest part of the papers is made up of plays, fiction and literary criticism, both published and unpublished, written by Crawford. Also included are lecture notes and texts and students papers reflecting his teaching career at Yale University (1909-1946).
Biographical / Historical
Jack Randall Crawford: author, educator; professor of English at Yale University, 1909-1946; professor emeritus, 1946-1968; author of novels and studies of literature.
- Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949
- Authors
- Authors, American
- Autobiographies
- Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956
- Blanshard, Brand, 1892-1987
- Brooke, Tucker, 1883-1946
- Crawford, Dorothy
- Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878-
- Diaries
- Educators
- Griswold, Alfred Whitney, 1906-1963
- Hadley, Arthur Twining, 1856-1930
- Haight, Gordon Sherman
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Nettleton, George Henry, 1874-1959
- Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
- Rogers, James Grafton, 1883-1971
- Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963
- Students
- Theater
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Yale University. Department of English
- Title
- Guide to the Jack Randall Crawford Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Preliminary Inventory
- Date
- September 1972
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511