Robert Halsband papers, 1708-1976
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0540
- Bib ID:
- 4078854 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Halsband, Robert, 1914-1989; Andrews, Stephen
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 46 linear feet (95 document boxes; 3 record storage cartons; 5 flat boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Additional Description:
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/20_GRE-HAL_25.pdf
- 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 has no restrictions.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 4-97. 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.
Description
Summary
Personal and professional papers including correspondence, manuscripts, documents, diaries, journals, photographs, and printed materials relating to his teaching at various universities, his literary studies and writings, and his professional activities in such organizations as the Moder Language Association and P.E.N. His correspondents include contemporary authors such as Edmund Blunden, Christopher Hassall, Louis Kronenberger; scholars such as James P. Clifford, Leon Edel, and A.L. Rowse. There are also some letters collected by Halsband, including those by Mrs Piozzi, John Wilkes (1727-1797) and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792). Among the manuscripts are notes, drafts, typescripts, and proofs of his LIFE OF LADY WORTLEY MONTAGU (Oxford, 1956) and COMPLETE LETTERS OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU (Oxford, 1965-1967). Also, manuscripts and typescripts of Halsband's diaries, journals, lectures, articles, book reviews, and essays. The printed materials include ephemera, books, and offprints by Halsband and books by other authors inscribed to him. There is a watercolor portrait of Halsband by Stephen Andrews, London, ca. 1966.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by topic.
Using the Collection
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.
This collection has no restrictions.
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 4-97. 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.
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.
Box 64 Microfilms: "Extracts from Harrowby Manuscript" and Box 65 Microfilms: "Harrowby": are for reference use only. No printouts are allowed. No ILL possible.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Halsband papers, Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Archival Materials
Collections related by provenance: Ruth Alice Halsband Papers.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Alternate Form Available
Lady Mary's letters, 1716-1719: are available on microfilm [# 97-2034].
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Halsband, Robert. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1966. Accession number--M-66.
Collier poem re. Mrs Piozzi: Source of acquisition--6365B(Halsband). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--11/12/1998. Accession number--M-98-11-12.
Mrs Piozzi letter to the ladies of Llangollen: Source of acquisition--AQZ8738(Roy Davids Ltd). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--10/13/2000. Accession number--M-00-10-13.
Publications About Described Materials
Halsband, Robert. Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1956.
Halsband, Robert. Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1965-67.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.
Collier poem re. Mrs Piozzi Cataloged HR 11/20/1998.
Mrs Piozzi letter to the ladies of Llangollen Cataloged HR 10/17/2000.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Halsband (1914-1989), scholar, author, authority on 18th century literary studies. Halsband was adjunct professor of English at Columbia University, 1963-1967 (Columbia University A.M., 1936). Professor Halsband died in 1989.
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