Leslie A. Marchand papers

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{"value"=>"23661", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900-", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Leslie A. Marchand papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1930-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1999", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 linear ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Papers concerning Marchand's friendship with Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947), the type designer and printer, are in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library</p>"}

acqinfo

{"date"=>"1996", "source"=>"Marchand, Leslie", "address"=>"Englewood, FL", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".4 o", "value"=>"<p>Gift, Marchand, Leslie, 1996</p>"}

repository

{"value"=>"The New York Public Library, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, New York, N.Y. 10018."}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia.</p><p>In the memoir (405 p.), Marchand describes his early years in the Pacific Northwest, his experiences as one of the first faculty members of the University of Alaska in the early 1920s, travels, especially his first visits to Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, graduate school, his teaching career, his research on Byron's life and work, professional activities, interactions with colleagues, and other topics. There are also a color photograph of Marchand, taken in 1983, and a copy of the galley proof of his biographical sketch for the 1997 Who's Who in America.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1930

keydate

1930

date_end

1999

date_inclusive_start

1930

date_inclusive_end

1999

extent_statement

6 linear feet

prefercite

{"value"=>"Leslie A. Marchand papers, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982). This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia.", "generated"=>true}

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