Box 30
Container
Contains 7 Results:
G
File — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
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 personal letter from John Gardner, 1961-06-18
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Stetson University (Florida) letterhead, 3 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1961-06-18
A personal letter from Tom Greene, 1964-04-29
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
asking to come for a visit, handwritten on Yale University letterhead, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-04-29
Letter to Ted from Edward J. Gordon, 1964-06-03
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
Yale University letterhead, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-06-03
Letter to Edward Irving from Loren Ghiglione
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Haverford College letterhead, 1 page (September 30)
Dates:
1930-2001; bulk 1940-1998; Other: Date acquired: 1998
Completed application for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation?s fellowship, 1960-03-29
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
Also is a carbon of a request for a letter of recommendation by a professor, and the rejection letter to Irving stating that he did not receive the fellowship, 10 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-03-29
A letter from Stanley Greenfield, Chairman of the University of Oregon, 1965-01-15
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
requesting Irving do a light investigation of a possible candidate for the position of Graduate Dean named Gerald Brault. Also is a reply (carbon) by Irving stating that the reputation of Mr. Brault is such that he would be an unsuitable candidate, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-01-15