Box 30
Container
Contains 5 Results:
T-V
File — Box: 30, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Edward B. Irving (1923-1998), was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1993. He also taught at Yale University. He specialized in medieval literature, but could lecture on a variety of topics from Shakespeare to James Joyce. He was a member of both the Medieval Academy of America and the Modern Language Association of America. He published several books, among them An Introduction to Beowulf which was included in Prentice-Halls’...
Dates:
1930-2001; bulk 1940-1998; Other: Date acquired: 1998
A handwritten draft of a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien at Oxford, no date
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 14
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
thanking him for writing The Lord of the Rings triology, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: no date
A letter by Irving to the Chair of the Senate Committee regarding donations and practices that could be changed, 1964-12-29
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 14
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
Includes response letter by the Chair, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-12-29
A letter by Irving to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the building of the Midcounty Expressway in Delaware County in Pennsylvania, 1964-04-13
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 14
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
A response letter from the Acting Assistant Director is included, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-04-13
A letter to Irving from the University of Virginia regarding an open position on the faculty of the English department, 1959-12-01
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 14
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
A carbon of the response is included (declined), 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-12-01