Papers of Cedric Hubbell Whitman, ca. 1916-1981 (inclusive).

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Papers of Cedric Hubbell Whitman, ca. 1916-1981 (inclusive).

Contains manuscripts of scholarly works, correspondence, class materials and notes relating to classical Greek literature (in particular Homer, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes), which enunciate Whitman's notion of the hero, the theme of his major scholarship. Also includes manuscripts of Whitman's own literary works; his diaries and notebooks; some Harvard University Classics Department business and student recommendations; letters of Whitman's second wife, Anne Whitman; miscellaneous family papers, photographs and slides; and 15 sound cassettes and one reel-to-reel audio tape of Whitman and others reading Greek and their own poetry. For information on component parts of collection, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

14.5 cubic feet in 60 containers.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Whitman, Anne

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Whitman, Cedric Hubbell

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Whitman joined the Harvard University faculty as a lecturer in the Classics Department in 1947 and became tenured in 1954. He served as chair of the department from 1960 to 1966, and was the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature from 1974 until his death in 1979. From the description of Papers of Cedric Hubbell Whitman, ca. 1916-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77003200 ...