Autograph and typerscript letters signed from Hyder E. Rollins, New York, to Professor J.Q. Adams, Ithaca, New York [manuscript], 1925.

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Autograph and typerscript letters signed from Hyder E. Rollins, New York, to Professor J.Q. Adams, Ithaca, New York [manuscript], 1925.

(1) Dated May 2, 1925; Rollins mentions teaching jobs in Illinois and Colorado and his edition of A gorgeous gallery of gallant inventions. (2) Rollins informs Adams that he will neither read a paper nor attend the Chicago conference. He also speaks of his teaching and leisure activities in Colorado, NYU's soaring enrollment, and possibly applying for a Guggenheim fellowship.

2 items ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Adams, J. Q. (Joseph Quincy), 1881-1946

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Proctor, Thomas, poet

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Rollins, Hyder Edward, 1889-1958

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Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) was born in Abilene, Texas. In 1910 he received a B.A. from Southwestern University, an M.A. from the University of Texas in 1912, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1917. In 1919 he went to Europe on a Harvard Sheldon Traveling Fellowship and in 1920 he was appointed assistant professor at New York University, becoming a full professor four years later. In 1926 he returned to Harvard, later succeeding George Lyman Kittredge as the Gurney Professor of English...