Papers, 1901-1973.

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Papers, 1901-1973.

Collection includes correspondence, course material notes, and other papers of the Dartmouth College professor, Francis Lane Childs. Includes correspondence with his wife, Lella Brown Childs, his parents, and his brother and sister, John Warren and Anna L. Childs. Includes material for the English courses he taught at Dartmouth College, as well as material related to his doctoral work at Harvard University. Includes research material, mss., and galley proofs for his book, Hanover, New Hampshire (published as: Hanover, New Hampshire, a bicentennial book: essays in celebration of the town's 200th anniversary. -- Hanover, N.H. : Hanover Bicentennial Committee, 1961), and general material related to his interest in the towns of Hanover and Henniker, N.H. Also includes records for Dartmouth Class of 1906, of which he was a member.

11 boxes (14 ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119479

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Harvard University. Department of English (1876-)

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The Harvard English Department was created on June 20, 1876. On this day Francis James Child was officially appointed "Professor of English" – a title that had previously not existed in the University......

Dartmouth College. Dept. of English.

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Childs, Francis Lane, 1884-1973

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Childs was born in Henniker, N.H. in 1884, the son of Richard Lane and Kate Marion Childs. He attended Dartmouth College, receiving his A.B. degree in 1906 and his A.M. degree in 1907. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 1914. From 1909 to 1913 Childs was an instructor of English at Dartmouth College. In 1913 he became an assistant professor of English, and in 1920 he became a full professor of English. In 1946 he was named Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English languag...

Dartmouth College. Class of 1964

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Childs, John Warren.

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Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature.

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Childs, Anna Mary

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Childs, Richard

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Childs, Lella Brown, d. 1958.

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Childs, Kate Marion.

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