Laird, Charlton, 1901-1984

Charlton G. Laird was a linguist and professor of English at the University of Nevada, 1945-1968. In addition to his own publications, he co-authored English text books with Robert M. Gorrell, and a language book with wife, Helen Gent Laird. His correspondence includes folklorist and linguist Sven Liljeblad and his wife, Astrid; Nevada author Walter Van Tilburg Clark; Max and Michaline Urban, promoters for Latin America music in the United States; and Helen S. Carlson, author of a book on Nevada place names. The collection also includes documentation of a book intended for the study of influences upon English and American literature and culture under the original editorship of Arthur E. Christy, Columbia University, in 1939. Upon Christy's death in 1946, Laird assumed editorship, and produced completed and edited manuscripts (missing from collection) on two occasions, but each time the texts were outdated before details of publication could be worked out and was never published. Laird also authored two published novels about early settlement on the Mississippi River, and the collection contains drafts of stories in the proposed series of novels that were to follow.

From the description of Papers, 1936-1980. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40932867

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