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Frederic Ives Carpenter papers, 1923-1984, n.d.
BANC MSS 91/31 cLOCAL
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Frederic Ives Carpenter papers, 1923-1984, n.dCreator/Contributor:
Carpenter, Frederic Ives, 1903-1991, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Everson, William, 1912-1994, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Myers, Henry Alonzo, 1906-1955, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Stewart, George R., 1895-1980, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Van der Post, Laurens., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Waggoner, Hyatt Howe., Correspondent.Abstract:
Chiefly letters received from literary scholars, historians and writers. Principal correspondents include: Van Wyck Brooks,
Bernard DeVoto, William Everson, Henry Alonzo Myers, Eugene O'Neill, George Rippey Stewart, Laurens Van der Post and Hyatt
H. Waggoner. Collection also contains reprints and photocopies of articles by Carpenter; misc. notes and photocopies of various
annotations in books from his library; selected annotated volumes from his library; typescript copy of his doctoral dissertation,
"Emerson's use of translations from the oriental (University of Chicago, 1929), containing some holograph annotations); misc.
clippings.
Date:
1923 (issued)Note:
Boxes 3-5: STORED OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Related collection: Robinson Jeffers letters, 1931-1943 (69/30 c).
Reprints of articles by Carpenter were transferred to the University Archives.
Literary scholar and author. Authority on Eugene O'Neill, Robinson Jeffers, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Education: B.A. (1924)
and M.A. (1927), Harvard University; Ph.D. (1929), University of Chicago. Taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University,
and the University of California, Berkeley. Resigned his teaching position at Berkeley in 1953 over the loyalty oath controversy.
Born February 1, 1903. Died March 16, 1991.
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Physical Description:
5 boxes (2.1 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 91/31 cLOCAL
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
Boxes 3-5: STORED OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.