Papers of Godfrey Davies, 1913-1960.

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Papers of Godfrey Davies, 1913-1960.

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Collection of correspondence, research notes and other professional papers of Godfrey Davies. The correspondence includes carbon copies of letters from Davies and original letters to him. The bulk of the correspondence date from 1931. Correspondents include Sir George Norman Clark, Beatrix Cadwalader Jones Farrand, Max Farrand, Sir Charles Harding Firth, William Haller, Paul Hoswell Hardacre, John Robert Moore, William Bennett Munro, Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke, Bernadotte Everly Schmitt, George Wiley Sherburn, Kenneth Sisam, Frank Percy Wilson, Louis Booker Wright, and others. Research notes, written on 4x6 index cards, chiefly relate to Davies' studies of seventeenth century British history, with additional notes on military and diplomatic history of Great Britain in 18th and 19th centuries. The research papers include Davies' published and unpublished works, notes, and other materials that document his scholarly pursuits and his association with the Pembroke College, the University of Chicago, Huntington Library, California Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Los Angeles. Also included are lectures, essays, fragments, notes, correspondence and other papers of Sir Charles Harding Firth, which Davies accumulated in 1914-1928 while working as Firth's secretary and collaborating with him on several projects.

Approx. 4500 pieces.128 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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