William Cabell Greet papers, 1928-1971

William Cabell Greet papers, 1928-1971

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0519
Bib ID:
4079722 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Greet, William Cabell, 1901-1972
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
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.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Prof. Greet has presented Columbia with a collection of letters which he has received from numerous authors, including John Mason Brown, John Cheever, John Dos Passos, Marianne Moore, and 27 from H.L. Mencken. Of special interest is a notebook of letters concerning Greet's dictionary, WORLD WORDS, puiblished in 1944 by CBS as an aid in the understanding and pronunciation of new and foreign words. The notebook contains letters from Henry A. Wallace, George Marshall, Cordell Hull, J. Edgar Hoover, and more than 50 other public officials

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

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 is located on-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); William Cabell Greet 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.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of W.C. Greet, 1968-1970.

Gift of Mrs W.C. Greet, 1976.

Gift of Mrs W.C. Greet (via Prof. Richard A. Norman), 1985.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Greet, W.C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968. Accession number--M-1968.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed JLW 02/--/85.

Revision Description

2013-01-08 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Author, editor, lexicographer& professor of English at Columbia University since 1929. (Columbia University M.A. 1924, Ph.D. 1926).

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Notebooks
Name
Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969
Cheever, John
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
Marshall, George, 1891-1975
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
Wallace, Henry A (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Subject
American literature -- 20th century
Authors
Authors, American -- 20th century
College teachers
Editors
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
English language -- Dictionaries
English language -- Pronunciation -- United States
Lexicographers
Pronunciation

Series I: Correspondence, 1928-1971


Box 1

Acheson, Dean, 1948 January 12, 1948


Box 1

Antheil, George, 1946 November, 1946


Box 1

Beerbohm, Max, 1946 September 20, 1946


Box 1

Brown, John Mason, 1956 November 2, 1956


Box 1

Caniff, Milton, 1947 April 15, 1947


Box 1

Cheever, John, 1958 October 6, 1958


Box 1

Chute, Beatrice Joy, undated


Box 1

Cronkite, Walter, 1970 December 16, 1970


Box 1

Davidson, Randall Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1928 October 25, 1928


Box 1

DeVoto, [Helen] Avis [MacVicar (Mrs. Bernard A.)], 1948 May 17, 1948


Box 1

Dos Passos, John, 1959 October 18, 1959


Eastman, Max


Box 1

circa, 1938


Box 1

1938


Box 1

1938 May 19, 1938


Box 1

1938 July 20, 1938


Box 1

1938 December 2, 1938


Box 1

Einstein, Albert, 1947 February 10, 1947


Greet, William Cabell


Box 1

Eastman, Max, 1938 April 28, 1938


Box 1

World Words--Letters of Acknowledgement (Henry Wallace, Cordell Hull, George Marshall, and other Political Figures),, 1944


Box 1

Herman, George, 1971 January 5, 1971


Box 1

Hersey, John, 1946 October 17, 1946


Mencken, Henry Louis


Box 1

1934 May 10, 1934


Box 1

1934 October 29, 1934


Box 1

1934 November 3, 1934


Box 1

1934 November 10, 1934


Box 1

1934 December 11, 1934


Box 1

1935 August 24, 1935


Box 1

1936 May 30, 1936


Box 1

1936 July 28, 1936


Box 1

1936 September 3, 1936


Box 1

1936 October 21, 1936


Box 1

1937 November 18, 1937


Box 1

1937 November 26, 1937


Box 1

1938 March 21, 1938


Box 1

1939 January 17, 1939


Box 1

1940 January 2, 1940


Box 1

1944 May 18, 1944


Box 1

1945 November 8, 1945


Box 1

1945 December 21, 1945


Box 1

1946 March 4, 1946


Box 1

1946 March 21, 1946


Box 1

1946 August 12, 1946


Box 1

1947 March 3, 1947


Box 1

1947 July 7, 1947


Box 1

1947 October 20, 1947


Box 1

1947 November 10, 1947


Box 1

1947 November 15, 1947


Box 1

1948 April 14, 1948


Box 1

1936-1956


Box 1

Mielziner, Jo, 1946 October 22, 1946


Moore, Marianne


Box 1

1955 March 3, 1955


Box 1

1955 March 8, 1955


Box 1

1955 March 26, 1955


Box 1

1955 October 20, 1955


Box 1

1955 November 25, 1955


Box 1

1955


Murrow, Edward R.


Box 1

1957 March 29, 1957


Box 1

1959 July 29, 1959


Box 1

Sullivan Frank, 1957 December 25, 1957


Box 1

Tate, Allen, 1958 November 20, 1958


Box 1

Thurmond, J. Strom, 1948 July 27, 1948


Box 1

Waugh, Alec, 1958 February 20, 1958


Box 1

Waugh, Sidney, undated


Box 1

Wuorinen, Alfhild Kalijarvi (Mrs. John H.), 1947 February 15, 1947

Series II: General Files, 1956-1970


Box 1

CBS Correspondence and Memoranda, 1956-1970


Box 1

Pronunciation Guide, 1958 September 1, 1958