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Carl Woodring papers, 1954-1988

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#1376
Bib ID 4078553 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Woodring, Carl, 1919-2009
Title Carl Woodring papers, 1954-1988
Physical Description 17 linear feet (37 boxes, 14 record storage cartons of books, 3 additional record cartons)
Language(s) English .
Other Finding Aids

Legacy Finding aid

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.

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-36. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

7 boxes of addditional/unprocessed papers and 14 boxes of unprocessed books are also located off-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in 6 series.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, printed materials relating to Woodring's scholarly activities. The bulk of the collection is material relating to his editing of Coleridge's Table Talk for the Collected Colleridge. There is also material relating to his teaching career, as well as his many professional activities. In addition to the manuscript material, there are 197 books presented to Woodring by former students, faculty members, and others

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Other Finding Aids

Legacy Finding aid

Restrictions on 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-36. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

7 boxes of addditional/unprocessed papers and 14 boxes of unprocessed books are also located off-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Carl Woodring 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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Woodring, Carl R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/12/1988. Accession number--M-88-05-12.

Gift of Carl R. Woodring, 1988.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 06/29/1988.

Revision Description

June 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lecture notes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Romanticism -- England Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Carl Ray Woodring, 1919-2009. Professor of English at Columbia University 1961-1988. Authority on the Romantic Period in English Literature. Editor of Victorian Samplers: William and Mary Howitt (1952) and Prose of the Romantic Period (1961). Author of Politics in the Poetry of Coleridge (1961), Wordsworth (1965), Virginia Woolf (1966), Politics in English Romantic Poetry (1970).