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Professional correspondence from Polak's colleagues, librarians, publishers, and other individuals about his research on early medieval and Renaissance sources for ars dictaminis, publication of his work, and personal matters. 1958-2005.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Emil J. Polak Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Professor of History Emeritus after almost half a century in the City University of New York. He has published two volumes of Medieval and Renaissance Letter Treatises and Form Letters. His research has taken him to almost nine hundred libraries and archives in thirty-six countries.
Papers processed mmb 5/2/1999.
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