Papers, [ca. 1940]-2002.

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Papers, [ca. 1940]-2002.

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Research notes, manuscripts on paper and floppy diskettes, and some correspondence relating to the serial CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, of which Bercovitch is general editor. Research notes chiefly relate to Bercovitch's work on colonial American literature and religion, particularly on the Puritans in New England. Also includes drafts with corrections of A CULTURAL MODEL OF LITERARY STUDIES, and LITERARY CONTEXT, both by Bercovitch. Another set of files consists of writings by others, curriculum vitae, and more correspondence pertaining to the Cambridge serial. Some correspondence and articles date from the 1940s and 1950s and were written by Bryna Bercovitch in Yiddish; English translations included. Some later correspondence is comprised of e-mail printed out. There is also material documenting his work as an English professor at Harvard such as student correspondence and papers. Part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for Literary Historiography. Addition (01-091) (1700 items, dated 1995-2001) contains primarily e-mail correspondence with colleagues and students. Also includes teaching materials, a 1996 lecture on John Winthrop, and translations of writings (1943-1950) in Yiddish by Bryna Bercovitch. Addition (01-211) (1500 items, 1.2 linear feet; dated 1991-2001 and n.d.) contains primarily of email correspondence with colleagues and students (1995-2001). Also includes drafts of writings sent to Bercovitch (1991-1999 and n.d.) and materials relating to a public television series concerning American literature. Addition (02-097) (375 items, .6 linear feet; dated 2001-2002) consists of professional and personal correspondence, primarily printed e-mail. Addition (02-255) (1200 items, 1.2 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2002) contains primarily email correspondence with colleagues, friends, and former students. Also includes publication drafts (n.d.) by Bercovitch, particularly proofs of "Deadpan Huck," which was published in the KENYON REVIEW, and information about Bercovitch's retirement at the end of 2001.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography

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Bercovitch, Sacvan

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Sacvan Bercovitch is a literary scholar and professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University. From the guide to the Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, 1940-2011, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Professor of English at Harvard University. From the description of Sacvan Bercovitch papers, [circa 1940]-2010. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247429 From the description of Papers, [...

Winthrop, John, 1588-1649

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Description of John Winthrop, 1631 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067142 John Winthrop (1588-1649), a Puritan lawyer, one of the founders and the governor of the colony of Massachusetts. In March 1630, Winthrop began his journal that he kept until January 1649. By the early 1640s, the entries became more irregular and retrospective, and the narrative was more of a history than a personal journal. There were three ...