Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury collection, 1878-1913.

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Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury collection, 1878-1913.

Correspondence, writings, and receipts by or belonging to Lounsbury. The twelve letters are dated 1890-1913, and include those addressed to Simeon Baldwin (mentioning Professor Charles Delamater Vail of Hobart College), P. J. Stirling Boyd, Henry Rood, Anson Phelps Stokes (describing a print of Yale College, 1828), and to unidentified correspondents, discussing modern editions of Chaucer, and the founding of the Academy of Arts and Letters. The writings are notes on Chaucer and the history of English literature, notes on Pope from 18th century newspapers, and Chaucer and Trivet. Accompanied by receipts from New Haven area merchants made out to Lounsbury, dated 1878-1888.

0.4 linear ft. (1 box)

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Rood, Henry Edward

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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...

Lounsbury, Thomas R., 1838-1915

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American author and philologist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : New Haven and Washington, D.C., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Apr. 2-1913 July 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591809 Thomas R. Lounsbury was born in Ovid, New York on January 1, 1838. He graduated from Yale (B.A., 1859) and served in the Civil War (1862-1865). He taught in New York and returned to teach at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1870. He served as prof...

Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958.

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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400

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William Morris' Kelmscott Press published The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now newly imprinted [edited by F. S. Ellis; ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper] in 1896. From the guide to the Proofs and drawings for, The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now newly imprinted, 1892-1896., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) William Morris' Kelmscott Press published The works of Geoffrey Chaucer: now ne...

Boyd, P. J. Stirling.

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Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben), 1840-1927

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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) graduated from Yale University in 1861, became a member of the bar in 1863, and was founder of the American Bar Association in 1878 and its president in 1890. He served as the Association's Director of the Bureau of Comparative Law (1907-1919), as an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, as the state's governor (1910-1914), and produced numerous articles and books. From the description of Diaries, 1851-1924 [microform...

Vail, Charles Delamater, 1837-1921.

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Librarian and professor at Hobart College, and a writer and authority on local history. From the description of Bibliography of the life of Mary Jemison : typescript, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33310753 ...

American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Organized 1904, incorporated 1914; New York, N.Y. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established "to afford recognition to distinguished achievement in literature and the fine arts ..." [The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters merged on Dec. 30, 1976]. From the description of American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565401 The National Institute of Arts and Letters was...