Found 5 collections related to College teachers -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence

Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

Louis Landré, French academic and professor of literature. · To Carl H. Pforzheimer, investment banker, philanthropist and collector : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Dec 1926 : (H'ANA 0108) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (single sheet) : from 154 Irving Ave., Providence R.I. : on Brown University letterhead; begins, "Replying to your letter of November 26, I am preparing for a thesis for the French Doctorat d'Etat on "Leigh Hunt's Works" ..."; discussing his consultation of Hunt manuscripts in various libraries. less

Robert Metcalf Smith, American professor and scholar of English literature. · To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 9 items : -- 1 typescript letter signed : 18 May 1945 : (S'ANA 0947b1) : 1 page (partial sheet) : from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. (printed stationery) : begins, "What about the Severn you had on your list for me?" With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 22 Oct 1945 : (S'ANA 0947b2) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. (printed stationery) : begins, "I have delayed answering your kind letter about as long as you have delayed at times answering my letters ...."; mentioning Mary Shelley manuscript letters in Rutan's possession and Rutan's work on Harriet Shelley, "... rehabilitating her from the ravages of Mary and Lady Shelley." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 27 Oct 1945 : (S'ANA 0947b3) : from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am glad you see signs of a possibility of returning to Shelley soon..."; expressing his opinion of Mary Shelley's character, including, "Mary, among her other accomplishments, was a liar and a cat -- and a bitch -- no wonder the circle despised her." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 envelope (empty) : [postmark 27 Nov 1945] : (S'ANA 0947b4) : printed Lehigh University envelope with typed address and cancelled stamp. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 18 Jul 1947 : (S'ANA 0947b5) : from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. (printed stationery) : begins, "I have not replied to your last letter -- not in imitation of your lapses into long silences, but because I wonder whether they indicate that you have or have not found out whether Harriet drowned herself in November or December." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 6 Nov 1947 : (S'ANA 0947b6) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am moved by your note to exclaim as Lear did: 'Have I caught thee? He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven' etc." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Aug 1948 : (S'ANA 0947b7) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Maplecroft Manor, Bancroft P.O., Middlefield, Massachusetts : begins, "No. I never received any letter from you after you left Bethlehem ..."; including, "All I know about Audrey Wurdemann is that she is married to a very clever poet and Jew and both must have an eye out for the dollar. They claim the Shelley line, or at least she does ...." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Aug 1949 : (S'ANA 0947b8) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Maplecroft Manor, Bancroft P.O., Middlefield, Massachusetts (printed stationery) : begins, "Thank you for your letter. Yes, I have escaped from my Bethlehem inferno to my Berkshire Hills retreat ...." With the stamped, postmarked envelope. -- 1 typescript letter signed : 30 Aug 1950 : (S'ANA 0947b9) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) : from 304 Lehigh University Library, Bethlehem, Penna. (on printed Shakespeare Association of America stationery) : begins, "Thank you for writing again ..."; saying, "I am glad your Shelley collection continues to grow apace ..."; with comments on Walter Edwin Peck. With the stamped, postmarked envelope. less

Newman Ivey White, American professor of English. · To Clinton N. Rutan of New Jersey : 7 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Jul 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c1) : 1 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) + envelope : from Oak Grove Hotel, 230 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, Minn. (printed stationery) : begins, "Your interesting letter was forwarded from Duke here and reaches me in the midst of packing up . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Aug 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c2) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "I am sending you in two separate packages some autographed off-prints of my Shelley articles . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 29 Sep 1941 : (S'ANA 0947.c3) : 1 page (single sheet) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "We are delighted that you like our little Shelley mementoes . . . ." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 24 Feb 1943 : (S'ANA 0947.c4) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "Thank you very much for the Shelley portrait." -- 1 typescript letter signed : 31 Jul 1943 : (S'ANA 0947.c5) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "I am sorry I have had to wait so long to answer your letter of June first . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1947 : (S'ANA 0947.c6) : 2 pages (2 single sheets) + envelope : from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (printed stationery) : begins, "Hunting through some back correspondence the other day, I came across a letter of yours written in 1943 from a camp in S.C., enclosing a copy (of an original in Fanny Godwin's hand) of a letter from Godwin to Shelley." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Nov 1948 : (S'ANA 0947.c7) : 1 page (single sheet) + envelope : from 24 Berkeley St., Cambridge 38 Mass. : begins, "I don't think I have written to you or heard from you since the War . . . .". less