Description
Papers of Robert Carl Elliott (1914-1981), scholar and professor of literature. Elliott specialized in the study of satire
and its relationship to utopian societies. The collection includes manuscripts of writings by Elliott, correspondence with
friends and colleagues, and material related to the development of UC San Diego.
Background
Robert Carl Elliott (1914-1981) received a bachelor of arts degree from Wabash College (1936), a master of arts degree from
Columbia University (1937), and a Ph.D. from Brown University (1946). He first taught English at the University of Hawaii
(1937-1939, 1941) and later joined the faculty at Ohio State University in 1946, attaining the rank of professor in 1959.
Extent
5.6 Linear feet
(14 archives boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Restrictions
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.