Papers, 1940-1974.

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Papers, 1940-1974.

Collection consists of manuscripts, research materials, correspondence, photographs, speeches, tape recording, ephemera, reprints of articles, and subject files of UCLA English professor William Matthews. Manuscripts include American diaries in manuscript, The ill-framed knight : a skeptical inquiry into the identity of Sir Thomas Malory, and The diary of Samuel Pepys. Correspondents include Ray Bradbury, Christopher Isherwood, and Emmet Godfrey Lavery.

13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7425403

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of English

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Matthews, William, 1905-1975

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William Richard Matthews was born on June 25, 1905 in London, England; BA (with honours, 1929), MA (with distinction, 1931), Ph. D (1934), Birkbeck College, London; served as a tutor in the Diplomatic and Indian Civil Service, 1934-37; lectured in English at Westfield College (1936) and Birkbeck College (1937); came to the US in 1938, where he was an instructor in English at the Univ. of WI (1938-39); asst. professor (1939-41), assoc. professor (1941-48), professor (1948-72), and professor emeri...