Anna Forbes Liddell papers, 1902-1961 (inclusive) (bulk 1930-1961).

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Anna Forbes Liddell papers, 1902-1961 (inclusive) (bulk 1930-1961).

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The majority of the collection is comprised of professional and personal correspondence. Most of the professional correspondence is about Liddell's translation of Nicholas of Cusa's De Docta Ignorantia. Correspondence between Liddell and scholar Ernst Hoffman, Anna's mentor, is included. Personal correspondence is from the years she was an advocate for women's suffrage (1915-1920) and includes letters with friends serving in France during World War I. Her professional papers include student recommendations, student papers, her application for a Fulbright Scholarship, and recommendations from her former students. Newspaper clippings, photographs and biographical information are also included. Digital images of additional items that are not part of the collection include lecture notes and photographs for the Anna Forbes Liddell TV Humanities series, and three Liddell diaries.

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