Gordon Hall Gerould Papers 1904-1953 (mostly 1945-1950)

Summary

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Overview

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Abstract

Consists of material related to Gordon Hall Gerould's work at Princeton University where he served as a professor of English from 1905 to 1946.

Description

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Description

The collection consists of material related to Gerould's work at Princeton where he served as a professor of English from 1905 to 1946. Included are the manuscripts of Chaucerian Essays, eleven articles, class lectures, and notes grouped by subject. The collection also houses some correspondence and documents mainly pertaining to the Mediaeval Academy of America, examinations, and two short bibliographies compiled by students.

Collection Creator Biography

Gordon Hall Gerould was an American philologist, born in Goffstown, N.H. He was a member of the faculty of Bryn Mawr and a professor at Princeton. In 1918 he was a captain in the U.S. Army. Among other works, he was the author of The North England Homily Collection (1902) and Peter Sanders, Retired (1920), a novel.

Collection History

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Acquisition

Donated by Sylvia Loughnan in 1964.

Processing Information

Folder list added by Peter Runfola '2012 in 2011.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

Gordon Hall Gerould Papers; 1904-1953 (mostly 1945-1950), Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Princeton University

Subject Terms

• Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
• Criticism and interpretation
• English literature
• Faculty
• Mediaeval Academy of America
• Princeton University

Genre Terms

• Examinations
• Lectures

Alternative Form Available

Publications: Chaucerian Essays (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952)

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

Series: I. Works--essays, lectures; II. Notes; III. Correspondence; IV. Documents; V. Papers of Others.

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	Title	Date	Container
	Chaucerian Essays: TMs (Carbon with Holograph Corrections) Preface and Chapters I, and III-V	1951	Box 1, Folder 1
	Chaucerian Essays: Page Proof (With MS Corrections)	1952	Box 1, Folder 2
	Chaucerian Essays: Page Proof	1952	Box 1, Folder 3
	Christian Element in Old English Literature (Rough Draft) AMs	undated	Box 1, Folder 4
	Contemporary American Fiction (First Draft) AMs	1928	Box 1, Folder 5
	Cruikshank's Literary Background TMs (Carbon with MS corrections)	undated	Box 1, Folder 6
	The Historical Arthur TMs (Carbon)	undated	Box 1, Folder 7
	The Nature and Function of Graduate Work in English AMs	undated	Box 1, Folder 8
	The Novel, TMs (Carbon)	undated	Box 1, Folder 9
	The Roots of Magic, TMsS (with Holograph Corrections)	undated	Box 1, Folder 10
	Notes for "The Roots of Magic" AMs	undated	Box 1, Folder 11
	Some Questions as to the Use of Aliterative Verse... AMs	undated	Box 1, Folder 12
	undated	undated	Box 1, Folder 13
	Review of La Vie de S. Edouard ... AMs	1923	Box 1, Folder 14
	Review of The Dorothea Legend ... Proof (with MS Corrections)	undated	Box 1, Folder 15
	Lecture on English AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 1
	Lectures for English 305 AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 2
	Lectures for English 305 AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 3
	Lectures for English 308 AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 4
	Lectures for English 308 AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 5
	Notes on Ballads and Balladry AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 6
	Notes on Birgitta AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 7
	Notes on Celestine AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 8
	Notes on Chaucer's Franklin AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 9
	Notes on Margaret AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 10
	Notes on Natural Law AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 11
	Notes on Novels, Arranged by Author's Name. AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 12
	Notes on "A Young Man's Reading in Chaucer's Day" AMs	undated	Box 2, Folder 13
	Notes on Saints, Ælfric- Brendan	undated	Box 3, Folder 1
	Notes on Saints, Catharine-Dunstan, AMs	undated	Box 3, Folder 2
	Notes on Saints, Eadmund - Mary	undated	Box 3, Folder 3
	Notes on Saints, Mary Magdalen - Osbert, AMs	undated	Box 3, Folder 4
	Notes on Saints, Robert de Gretham - Wulfhad, AMs	undated	Box 3, Folder 5
	Notebook AMs	undated	Box 3, Folder 6
	Notes	undated	Box 3, Folder 7
	Unidentified Notecards	undated	Box 4, Folder 1
	Chaucer's Saints Notecards	undated	Box 5, Folder 1
	Unidentifed Notecards Organized A-Z	undated	Box 5, Folder 2
	Correspondence: General	1950-1951	Box 5, Folder 3
	Correspondence Related to Nominations for the Mediaeval Academy of America	1949-1951	Box 5, Folder 4
	Material Related to the Selection of Corresponding Fellows for the Mediaeval Academy of America	1948-1951	Box 5, Folder 5
	Supporting Materials for Nominees to the Mediaeval Academy of America	undated	Box 5, Folder 6
	Examinations and Syllabi	1931-1946	Box 5, Folder 7
	English Novel Want-List, TMs (Carbon with Manuscript Notes)	undated	Box 5, Folder 8
	Mayo, Robert D	1936	Box 5, Folder 9
	Nolan, Edward F	undated	Box 5, Folder 10