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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Alfred Edwin Longeuil papers
Creator:
Longeuil, Alfred Edwin
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1489
Physical Description:
14.5 Linear Feet
(19 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1962-1965
Abstract: The materials consist of lecture transcripts and audio reels by UCLA Professor Alfred E. Longueil, for five different classes:
Chaucer, History of English Poetry (122a), History of English Poetry (122b), Functions of Literary Criticism (201), and Romanticism
(224).
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Deposited by UCLA English Department, probably 1982.
[Identification of item], Alfred Edwin Longeuil Papers (Collection 1489). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942333263606533
Alfred Edwin Longueil was born on April 3, 1894 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, and received his B.A. from Boston University
and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was named assistant professor of English at UCLA in1922, and became a full
professor in 1947. He served as chair of the English department from 1936-45, and was known for his lectures on Chaucer. He
was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award and served on various committees, including the Executive Committee of the College
of Applied Arts. He founded a scholarship for undergraduate women in the name of his deceased wife, Deborah King Longueil,
and also endowed several graduate fellowships for study in English literature, before passing away on October 18, 1983.
The materials consist of lecture transcripts and audio reels by UCLA Professor Alfred E. Longueil, for five different classes:
Chaucer, History of English Poetry (122a), History of English Poetry (122b), Functions of Literary Criticism (201), and Romanticism
(224). Some of the lecture transcripts for the Chaucer course are accompanied by tape recordings of the lectures, with multiple
drafts included for many of the lectures. For the other courses, the lectures are only available as audio tape recordings.
The lectures are grouped by course, and within those groupings, are organized chronologically as well as by the numbering
of the individual lectures.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes.
Literature teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Longeuil, Alfred Edwin--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of English--Faculty -- Archives