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Box 32

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Contains 65 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