Corinne Comstock Weston letters, 1950-1969
Collection context
- Creator:
- Weston, Corinne Comstock
- Extent:
- 1 linear feet 2 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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Primarily correspondence between Weston and Robert Livingston Schuyler (1883-1966. Columbia University A.B., 1903; A.M., 1904; Ph.D., 1909; Litt.D., 1954. Professor of History at Columbia, 1911-1951; Editor of the Political Science Quarterly, 1919-1921, Columbia Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, 1923-1929 & 1944-1948, American Historical Review, 1936-1941"Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement II, 1935-1940" 1954-1958) regarding the volumes they coauthored. There is also correspondence regarding her "English constitutional theory" and other professional and personal matters. There is also a manuscript copy of Schuyler's article"Some twentieth-century revisions in medieval constitutional history" and a small amount of printed material. Biographical information about Schuyler can be found attached to Weston's letter of 5 February 1961 to him.
- Biographical / historical:
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Author and teacher. Columbia University A.M., 1944 & Ph.D., 1951; Professor of history at the University of Houston, 1952-1963; Professor of history at Hunter College, 1964-1968; Professor of History at Lehman College since 1968. She wrote "English constitutional theory and the House of Lords, 1556-1832" in 1965 and co-authored "British constitutional history since 1832" (Princeton, Van Nostrand [1957]) and "Cardinal documents in British history" (Princeton, Van Nostrand [1961]) with Robert Livingston Schuyler.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Corinne Comstock Weston letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- Location of this collection:
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