Box 32
Container
Contains 10 Results:
U-W
File — Box: 32, 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
Two letters from the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), inquiring if Irving is interested in joining their faculty, 1973-01-09
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Two replies are included by Irving, 3 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-01-09
A letter from University Intramural Correspondence, 1971-11-10
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
requesting information about Helen Vendler, a colleague in the field, 2 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-11-10
Irving's carbon of a letter he sent to Mayor Walter Washington in Washington, D.C., 1969-11-19
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
regarding the anti-war demonstration that his son was in, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-11-19
A letter from Wesleyan University, 1974-01-17
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
requesting that Irving critique a manuscript of a professor of their school, 5 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-01-17
A letter from Judy Wideman, no date
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
a friend of the family, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: no date
A letter from Daniel A. Harris, regarding employment, 1973-10-25
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
Letter to University of Florida from Irving, on behalf of Harris, and a reply from that school, 9 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-10-25
Two letters to and one from the Hon. Lawrence Williams of the House of Representatives regarding the Vietnam war, and the views of students at universities, 1967-07-16
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
Also included is a response letter from Lawrence Williams and a newsletter dated June 1967 called the Washington Report, 5 pages
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-07-16
A letter from Ray Windle, 1970-08-13
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
regarding a critique done by Irving, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-08-13
carbon of a letter from Irving to Professor Wood, 1970-03-15
Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents
regarding the outcome of the GH (General Humanities) committee meeting, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-03-15