Box 30
Container
Contains 14 Results:
H-J
File — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
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 letter to the Alumni of Haverford College, requesting candidate proposals for a new president of the school from John F. Gummere, 1966-06-08
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Includes a reply letter by Irving suggesting a candidate, with a personal note that his son will be attending there in the coming fall semester, 4 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-06-08
Grouping of letters from Frederick (Ted) W. Hilles, 1960-09-21
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
a former colleague of Irving's, personal nature, 6 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-09-21
Two letters, one on (Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. Publishers letterhead) from editor Kenny Withers, 1962-01-31
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
expressing excitement for a book idea of Irving's, involving the development of language, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962-01-31
Letter from Henry Hood
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
requesting Irving lecture at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, 1 page (November 26)
Dates:
1930-2001; bulk 1940-1998; Other: Date acquired: 1998
Four letters, two to and two from Leo Gurko at Hunter College in New York, 1958-02-22
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
regarding a teaching position, 4 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1958-02-22
One letter to University of Illinois (R.E. Kraske) and one from, 1962-10-12
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
regarding a teaching position, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962-10-12
One letter to the University of Indiana, 1959-12-01
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
requesting information on a position in the English department, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-12-01
A letter by Irving to his parents, 1964-07-19
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
regarding the republican candidate for president, he was opposed, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-07-19
An exchange of letters to and from Indiana University Press, 1964-12-14
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents
asking him to critique a manuscript before it becomes a book. Entitled The Classic Line, by Albert Cook, 4 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-12-14