Matthews (William) papers, 1940-1974

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Title:
William Matthews papers
Dates:
1940-1974
Creators:
Matthews, William, 1905-
Abstract:
William Richard Matthews (1905-1975) was born in London, England. He was an English professor at UCLA and director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. His published works include Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London, comp. (with Roy Harvey Pearce), American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of American Diaries Written Prior to the Year 1861 (1945); comp., British Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries Written Between 1442 and 1942 (1950), editor (with Robert Latham), Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A New and Complete Transcription (1970-74). The collection consists of manuscripts, research materials, correspondence, photographs, speeches, tape recording, ephemera, reprints of articles, and subject files.
Extent:
31 boxes (15.5 linear ft.)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Matthews papers (Collection 509). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of manuscripts, research materials, correspondence, photographs, speeches, tape recording, ephemera, reprints of articles, and subject files of UCLA English professor William Matthews. Manuscripts include American Diaries in Manuscript, The Ill-Framed Knight: A Skeptical Inquiry Into the Identity of Sir Thomas Malory, and The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Correspondents include Ray Bradbury, Christopher Isherwood, and Emmet Godfrey Lavery.

Biographical / historical:

William Richard Matthews was born on June 25, 1905 in London, England; BA (with honours, 1929), MA (with distinction, 1931), Ph.D (1934), Birkbeck College, London; served as a tutor in the Diplomatic and Indian Civil Service, 1934-37; lectured in English at Westfield College (1936) and Birkbeck College (1937); came to the US in 1938, where he was an instructor in English at the University of Wisconsin (1938-39); assistant professor (1939-41), associate professor (1941-48), professor (1948-72), and professor emeritus (1972-75) of English, UCLA; director of Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1970-72; president, International Association of University Professors of English (1971-74), fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of council, Modern Language Association of America (1966); president, Philological Association of the Pacific Coast (1964-66); awarded UCLA distinguished teaching award, 1967; published works include Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London, comp. (with Roy Harvey Pearce), American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of American Diaries Written Prior to the Year 1861 (1945); comp., British Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries Written Between 1442 and 1942 (1950), editor (with Robert Latham), Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A New and Complete Transcription (1970-74); he died on June 10, 1975 in Los Angeles.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Professor William Matthews, 1974. Gift of Lois Matthews, 1977.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Matthews correspondence.
  2. Papers and books by others (Boxes 1-2).
  3. Background for Lacey.
  4. Bibliography of Autobiographies, Memoirs, and Diaries of Englishmen and Hindus in Overseas Empire (Box 2).
  5. American Diaries in Manuscript (Boxes 3-6).
  6. The Ill-Framed Knight: A Skeptical Inquiry Into the Identity of Sir Thomas Malory (Box 7).
  7. Material related to The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Box 8).
  8. Subject files (Boxes 8-12).
  9. Reprints of articles (Boxes 12-13).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Elizabeth S. Eisenberg; boxes 14-31 processed by Benjamin Formaker-Olivas, June 2012; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from finding aid processed using the Archivists' Toolkit, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit, Notetab Pro, and Oxygen. Date of source: July 2012 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Matthews papers (Collection 509). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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