Box 30
Container
Contains 16 Results:
M
File — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
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
Two letters to Maynard Mack, a friend/colleague at Davenport College in Connecticut regarding Irving starting a project on Beowulf, 1964-01-24
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Also included is a postcard from Maynard Mack, and a personal letter about family, etc., 5 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-01-24
A thank you letter from Francis P. Magoun, Jr., 1953-05-14
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
for receiving a copy of Exodus from Irving, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-05-14
A thank you note from Kemp Malone (The Johns Hopkins University letterhead), 1953-05-14
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
for receiving a copy of Exodus from Irving, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-05-14
Letters from John C. Marsh, former classmate/colleague, 1966-10-25
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
business/personal, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-10-25
A personal letter from Claire Mendell, 1960-12-30
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-12-30
Some letters from Louis L. Martz, Chair of the English dept. at Yale, 1961-08-14
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
A reply by Irving on the progress of a Beowulf book, 5 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1961-08-14
A letter from Michigan State University-Oakland asking Dr. Irving if he is interested in a position teaching, 1959-10-28
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter from Irving asking more about the program, and a handwritten rough draft declining the offer to join the faculty, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-10-28
One carbon of a letter to Mills, responding to the postcard, 1966-02-18
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
Also one letter and a postcard from Tim Mills, a former colleague/friend, 5 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-02-18
Two letters from a former student, Madison Morrison, 1963-06-19
Item — Box: 30, Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents
The first comments on Irving's article in Maldon, the other is more personal, 3 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1963-06-19