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York (Neil), Willson (Lawrence) correspondence
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  • Title: Neil York, Lawrence Willson correspondence
    Identifier/Call Number: SC 1149
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 0.02 linear feet (1 folder)
    Creator: Willson, Lawrence
    Source: York, Neil L.
    Date (inclusive): 1978-1995
    Abstract: Correspondence between Lawrence Willson, a well-known English professor at UCSB and Neil York.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Neil York, Lawrence Willson correspondence, SC 1149. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Library purchase, 2014.

    Biographical Note

    Lawrence Willson was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, on May 6, 1911. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1934 and earned a doctorate in English from Yale University in 1944. He taught at Delaware, Tennessee, Wesleyan, and Berkeley before coming to the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1947, where he was a professor of English, a Henry D. Thoreau scholar, and a longtime active member in the UCSB Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
    He retired in 1978 and died in Santa Barbara on January 28, 1996. A Lawrence Willson Memorial Lectureship was established later in 1996 and has been awarded to some of the most distinguished faculty at UCSB.

    Scope and Content

    Correspondence between Lawrence Willson, a well-known English professor at UCSB and Neil York, his former student.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Letters (correspondence)
    York, Neil L.