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English literature -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Wilbur Lucius Cross papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 155
Abstract: The papers are composed of correspondence, speeches, writings, research notes, subject files, and memorabilia which document Wilbur Cross's education, scholarship, teaching career, service to Yale University, and tenure as governor of Connecticut. The papers are Cross's personal files and do not include administrative records from Yale or from the governor's office. The papers highlight Cross's research on the development of the English novel; public reaction to his books, public...
Dates: 1876-1948

Anselm Hollo papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1701
Abstract: The Anselm Hollo Papers contains correspondence, subject files, writings, teaching files, personal and professional papers, artwork, printed materials, computer media, and audiovisual media by or relating to Anselm Hollo. Notable correspondents include John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Grenier, Langston Hughes, Gerrit Lansing, Ron Padgett, and John Taggart. Writings contain Hollo's translations of works by Ginsberg, Pentti Saarikoski, Dylan...
Dates: circa 1907-2013, circa 1907-2013

Phillip Lopate papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1083
Abstract:

The Phillip Lopate papers consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, teaching files, printed materials, and audiovisual and computer media documenting Lopate's career as a writer, critic, and university instructor. Materials date from circa 1951 to 2015.

Dates: circa 1951-2015

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915

Frederick Albert Pottle papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1605
Abstract:

The papers include correspondence, teaching materials, and writings that document Frederick Pottle's scholarly interest in English literature, primarily the work of James Boswell. The papers also reflect Pottle's involvement in the affairs of the Yale English Department, Colby College, and the Episcopal Church.

Dates: 1861-1979, bulk 1920-1979

Alexander Maclaren Witherspoon papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 528
Abstract:

Lectures, notes, subject files, exams, and correspondence from Witherspoon's teaching career at Yale University. Also included are correspondence and manuscripts of Albert Hampton Barclay.

Dates: 1916-1964