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
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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.

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

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in 6 series.

Using the Collection

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

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.

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

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).

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Correspondence CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lecture notes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Romanticism -- England CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID