Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Oscar Sherwin papers
Sherwin, Oscar, 1902-1976
4079334
MS#1154
English
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4.5 linear feet
9 boxes
1926-1974
Arrangement
Arranged.
Restrictions on Access
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Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, course materials, illustrations, family items, and printed materials of Sherwin. The manuscripts are largely of unpublished material, but are of some published works like THE ENCOMPASSING MIRROR. The majority of the collection consists of Sherwin's notes on various literary and historical topics including among others Dryden, Pope, and Swift. Course materials are from his classes at City College. The illustrations are some of those considered for use in his publications. Family items include college papers by his son James, notebooks kept by his wife, Stella, during a period of mental illness, and Sherwin's reflections upon her condition. The printed materials consist of periodical articles and reviews by Sherwin and reviews of his books.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Oscar Sherwin papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Sherwin, James. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M-82.
Biographical / Historical
Historian, professor of English at the City College of New York from 1932-1968. Columbia University B.A., 1922; M.A., 1928.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Mental illness
Families -- New York (State) -- New York
English literature -- Periodicals
English literature -- 18th century
History -- Study and teaching
England -- Social conditions
United States -- Social conditions
College teachers
Historians
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Sherwin, James
Sherwin, Stella
Sherwin family
City University of New York. City College -- : Faculty
Series I: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233875Three Miscellaneous Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338761Series II: Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233877ArrangementArranged alphabetically
The Early Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338782 folders1Early Writing/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338791The Encompassing Mirror/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338801The Girlish Gush of Henry James/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338812Gist of Mechanics/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338822The Marvelous Boy: The Strange Life of Thomas Chatterton/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338832Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338842Papers written while a student/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338852 folders2R.F.D. 4--Manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338862 folders2R.F.D. 4--Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338872Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338882Teetotalism in Massachusetts/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338892Series III: Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233890ArrangementArranged alphabetically
Addison/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338913Boswell/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338922 folders3Burke/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338933Chatterton/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338943Chaucer/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338953Cowper/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338963Dante/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338974Defoe/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338984Dryden/repositories/2/archival_objects/12338992 folders418th century--English society and literature/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339002 folders5Eliot, T.S./repositories/2/archival_objects/12339015Elizabethan drama/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339025English literature--14th - 19th centuries/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339032 folders5English Romantic poetry/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339045Gibbon/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339056Goldsmith, Oliver--illustrations/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339066Gray/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339076Indices/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339082 folders6Johnson/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339092 folders6Joyce, James/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339106The Man with a Tail: Lord Monboddo/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339116Milton/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339126Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339136Phillips, Wendell/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339142 folders7Phillips, Wendell--illustrations/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339157Pope/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339163 folders7Publication Quotations/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339177Sheridan, Richard--illustrations/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339188Spenser/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339198Steele/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339208Swift/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339213 folders8Wesley, John/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339228Series IV: Phonograph Record/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233923Scope and ContentsPhonograph record of a discussion on radio with George Hamilton on Wendell Phillips
Phonograph Record/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339248Series V: Teaching Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233925Teaching Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339268Series VI: Sherwin Family Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233927Sherwin, James--College papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339289Sherwin, Stella/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339293 folders9Sherwin, Stella--Reflections on her illness by Oscar Sherwin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339309Unidentified papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339319Series VII: Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1233932Articles by Sherwin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339339Letters to the Editor/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339349Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339359Reviews by Sherwin/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339369Reviews of Sherwin's works/repositories/2/archival_objects/12339379