Guide to the Neil York, Lawrence Willson correspondence SC 1149
Finding aid prepared by Edward C. Fields and Zachary Liebhaber, 2014.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2014 June 5
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.
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[Identification of Item], Neil York, Lawrence Willson correspondence, SC 1149. Department of Special Research Collections,
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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.
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.
Folder 1
Correspondence between Lawrence Willson and Neil York 1978-1995