Papers of George Peirce Clark, 1812, 1947-1948, and 1963.

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Papers of George Peirce Clark, 1812, 1947-1948, and 1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663398118

The collection documents research conducted by Clark while writing an article entitled, "James Russell Lowell's study of the classics before entering Harvard," (1963). The collection contains a copy of the article; an 1812 Greek textbook owned by Daniel Wild (who received a degree from the University of Vermont in 1827) and used in the school of William Welds attended by Russell; a letter dated May 30, 1947 from Lowell's grandson James B. Lowell to Clark regarding books owned by Lowell in his grandson's possession; a letter from Kimball Elkins, assistant in the Harvard University Archives, dated June 3, 1948, to Professor Samuel Eliot Morison answering a question posed by Clark regarding the 19th century practice of separating classes into sections; and a letter, dated June 4, 1948, forwarding Elkins' letter on to Clark.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Clark, George Peirce.

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Clark taught English at Northern Illinois State College. From the description of Papers of George Peirce Clark, 1812, 1947-1948, and 1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663398118 ...

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Lancelot, Claude, 1615?-1695

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