Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie papers, 1929-1969

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Series I: Correspondence



Box 1 American Speech, 1960-1969


Box 1 With his students, A-G, 1940-1969



Box 2 With his students, H-Z, 1940-1969



Box 3 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1964-1969


Box 3 Modern American Usage , 1964-1969


Box 3 Progress of his students, 1964-1969


Box 3 Columbia University English Department practices, 1964-1969


Box 3 American Speech , 1964-1969


Box 3 Word , 1964-1969


Box 3 General correspondence with his colleagues, 1964-1969

Series II: Manuscripts


Box 3 Ph.D. dissertations directed by him



Box 4 Columbia University English Department Files, 1932-1969


Box 4 Linguistic exams


Box 4 Course notes



Box 5 Course materials


Box 5 Examinations



Box 6 Course materials/examinations


Box 6 Other peoples' lectures


Box 6 History of the English language



Box 7 History of the English language


Box 7 Notes from others' lectures


Box 7 Texts of sagas



Box 8 History of the English language


Box 8 Texts of sagas


Box 8 Short History of English Grammar



Box 9 West Frisian language


Box 9 Texts of sagas


Box 9 Summer 1935 notebook: Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, Summer 1935

Series III: Notes



Box 10 Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records

Series IV: Printed Materials



Box 11 Inscribed offprints



Box 12 Inscribed offprints

Series V: Printed books



Box 13 35 envelopes containing photostats and EVKD notes for various volumes of the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, including those bearing G.P. Krapp's name as editor. EVKD served as Krapp's assistant from 1929 or 30 and did much of the manuscript research abroad for him.


Box 13 1 notebook containing notes related to above materials, Summer 1935


Box 13 bound volume: Browne, G. F. The Ancient Cross Shafts at Bewcastle and Ruthwell. Cambridge University Press, 1916


Box 13 bound volume: Chambers, R. W., Max Forster, and Robin Flower, eds., The Exeter Book of Old English Poetry. Printed and published for the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral by Percy Lund, Humphries Co., London, 1933


Box 13 Bound volume: vol. 2 of above title called Chapters on the Exeter Book, 1933


Box 13 Loose folios: Unbound parts of the above Exeter Book, beginning through 87b. Has notations by EVKD, obviously used for his edition, 1933


Box 13 Bound volume: Stephens, George, Handbook of Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England. Williams and Norgate, London, 1884


Box 13 Unbound volume: Flower, Robin, and Hugh Smith, eds., The Parker Chronicle and Laws. A facsimile. EET Society. Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1941


Box 13 Unbound folio: (Kemp Malone, ed.) The Thorkelin Transcripts of Beowulf. This is the introduction only. Malone loaned the photostats of the Thorkelin manuscript to EVKD while he worked on the edition and as agreed, they were returned to Malone at Johns Hopkins

Unprocessed materials



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