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Title: Langdon Elsbree Papers
creator:
Elsbree, Langdon
Dates: 1980-1995
Extent: 6 feet 6 boxes
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: h170
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
This collection is open for research.
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
[Identification of item] Langdon Elsbree Papers. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Clareomont University Consortium.
Donation from Langdon Elsbree in 1994 and 2008.
Arranged and Processed by By Neeka Cannon in 2008
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Langdon Elsbree was a professor at Claremont McKenna College for over 30 years. He taught Literature focusing in 19th and
20th century British and American literature. In addition to numerous articles, Professor Elsbree is well known for helping
to edit six editions of Heath's College Handbook of Composition as well as co-authoring Heath's Brief Guide to Rhetoric with
Fredrick Bracher, 1972 and Heath's Brief Handbook of Usage with Fredrick Bracher and Nell Altizer, 1977. Professor Elsbree
had a lifelong fascination with ritual with led him to spend over 40 years photographing rituals. His photographs were exhibited
in 2000 at Claremont Community Foundation. Further he wrote two books on the subject; The Rituals of Life: Patterns and Narratives,
1982 and Ritual Passages and Narrative Structures, 1991. Professor Elsbree retired from Claremont McKenna College in 1994.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection contains the professor's handwritten lecture notes, syllabi, handouts, and some tests and quizzes focusing
mainly on British and American Literature after WWII. Some of Professor Elsbree's articles and reviews are also present.
The materials are mainly from the 1980-90's, but some older information is present. This collection relates to The Claremont
Colleges through the professor's ties to Claremont McKenna College.
Series 1. Lecture Notes and Handouts
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Elsbree, Langdon
Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, Calif.)
American fiction -- 20th century
British Literature
Ritual in Literature
Science Fiction
Claremont, California.