George Philip Krapp papers, 1910s-1940s
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#2035
- Bib ID:
- 15278564 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Krapp, George Philip, 1872-1934
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 2.38 Linear Feet (2 document boxes and 1 flatbox)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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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.
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Arrangement
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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.
Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Philip Krapp Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Content Description
Columbia English professor, George Philip Krapp (1872-1934), wrote his doctoral thesis on The Legend of St. Patrick's Purgatory (1899) and became an instructor in the English department at Teacher's College in 1897. George Philip Krapp's focus was on Old English and Anglo-Saxon poetry, and he was the editor of a six-volume work entitled Saxon Poetic Records (1931-1953). Krapp was also interested in the history of the English language, writing Modern English and its Growth and Present Use (1900), arguing that "good English" was not determined by the conformity to grammatical laws, but by the common use of language. Krapp wrote several other volumes on the use of the English language in prose and among speakers in America.
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