William Cabell Greet papers 4079722Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-10 11:12:53 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2013-01-08xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library William Cabell Greet papers Greet, William Cabell, 1901-1972 4079722 MS#0519 English . 0.5 linear feet 1 box 1928-1971 Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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 Summary

Prof. Greet has presented Columbia with a collection of letters which he has received from numerous authors, including John Mason Brown, John Cheever, John Dos Passos, Marianne Moore, and 27 from H.L. Mencken. Of special interest is a notebook of letters concerning Greet's dictionary, WORLD WORDS, puiblished in 1944 by CBS as an aid in the understanding and pronunciation of new and foreign words. The notebook contains letters from Henry A. Wallace, George Marshall, Cordell Hull, J. Edgar Hoover, and more than 50 other public officials

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Cabell Greet Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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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.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Greet, W.C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968. Accession number--M-1968.

 Biographical / Historical

Author, editor, lexicographer& professor of English at Columbia University since 1929. (Columbia University M.A. 1924, Ph.D. 1926).

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of W.C. Greet, 1968-1970.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs W.C. Greet, 1976.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs W.C. Greet (via Prof. Richard A. Norman), 1985.

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Processed JLW 02/--/85.

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 American literature -- 20th century Authors, American -- 20th century Encyclopedias and dictionaries English language -- Dictionaries English language -- Pronunciation -- United States Pronunciation Notebooks Authors College teachers Editors Lexicographers Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 Cheever, John Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 Marshall, George, 1891-1975 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 Wallace, Henry A (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 Series I: Correspondence1928-1971Acheson, Dean, 1948 January 1219481Antheil, George, 1946 November19461Beerbohm, Max, 1946 September 2019461Brown, John Mason, 1956 November 219561Caniff, Milton, 1947 April 1519471Cheever, John, 1958 October 619581Chute, Beatrice Joyundated1Cronkite, Walter, 1970 December 1619701Davidson, Randall Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1928 October 2519281DeVoto, [Helen] Avis [MacVicar (Mrs. Bernard A.)], 1948 May 1719481Dos Passos, John, 1959 October 1819591Eastman, Maxcirca19381193811938 May 19193811938 July 20193811938 December 219381Einstein, Albert, 1947 February 1019471Greet, William CabellEastman, Max, 1938 April 2819381World Words--Letters of Acknowledgement (Henry Wallace, Cordell Hull, George Marshall, and other Political Figures),19441Herman, George, 1971 January 519711Hersey, John, 1946 October 1719461Mencken, Henry Louis1934 May 10193411934 October 29193411934 November 3193411934 November 10193411934 December 11193411935 August 24193511936 May 30193611936 July 28193611936 September 3193611936 October 21193611937 November 18193711937 November 26193711938 March 21193811939 January 17193911940 January 2194011944 May 18194411945 November 8194511945 December 21194511946 March 4194611946 March 21194611946 August 12194611947 March 3194711947 July 7194711947 October 20194711947 November 10194711947 November 15194711948 April 14194811936-19561Mielziner, Jo, 1946 October 2219461Moore, Marianne1955 March 3195511955 March 8195511955 March 26195511955 October 20195511955 November 251955119551Murrow, Edward R.1957 March 29195711959 July 2919591Sullivan Frank, 1957 December 2519571Tate, Allen, 1958 November 2019581Thurmond, J. Strom, 1948 July 2719481Waugh, Alec, 1958 February 2019581Waugh, Sidneyundated1Wuorinen, Alfhild Kalijarvi (Mrs. John H.), 1947 February 1519471Series II: General Files1956-1970CBS Correspondence and Memoranda1956-19701Pronunciation Guide, 1958 September 119581