William T. Starr (1910-1999) Papers 1939-1978

Modern language association of America

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The American Literature Group was formed in 1921, after the Modern Language Association (MLA) reluctantly acknowledged a growing scholarly interest in the writing of the United States. At the time such literature was studied primarily in secondary schools, and most colleges and universities had no courses on the topic. Those that did, usually offered only a single survey course. The idea that American literature could stand on its own as a discipline was viewed with skepticism, it b...

Rolland, Romain

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to an unidentified editor or publisher, 1906 Nov. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872184 French communist intellectual. From the description of Romain Rolland miscellaneous papers, 1932-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868035 Romain Rolland was a French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, an idealist who was deeply involved with pacifism; Lucien Price was an American no...

American Association of Teachers of French. Chicago/Northern Illinois Chapter

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Starr, William Thomas, 1910-1999

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William Thomas Starr was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on March 11, 1910. He took a BS in education with a major in French at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1931, and MA (1932) and PhD (1938) degrees in French literature from the University of Oregon. His dissertation was entitled “Romain Rolland's Internationalism”. Starr joined the romance languages department of Northwestern University in 1946 and remained here until his retirement in 1978. Starr served ...