Corinne Comstock Weston letters, 1950-1969
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1325
- Bib ID:
- 4079825 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Weston, Corinne Comstock
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
- 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.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Primarily correspondence between Weston and Robert Livingston Schuyler (1883-1966. Columbia University A.B., 1903; A.M., 1904; Ph.D., 1909; Litt.D., 1954. Professor of History at Columbia, 1911-1951; Editor of the Political Science Quarterly, 1919-1921, Columbia Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, 1923-1929 & 1944-1948, American Historical Review, 1936-1941"Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement II, 1935-1940" 1954-1958) regarding the volumes they coauthored. There is also correspondence regarding her "English constitutional theory" and other professional and personal matters. There is also a manuscript copy of Schuyler's article"Some twentieth-century revisions in medieval constitutional history" and a small amount of printed material. Biographical information about Schuyler can be found attached to Weston's letter of 5 February 1961 to him.
Arrangement
Arranged. Box 1: Correspondence, 1955-1969 & n.d.; Box 2: Correspondence with R.L. Schuyler, 1950-1966.
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 off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
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); Corinne Comstock Weston letters; 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 Corinne Comstock Weston, 1993.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Weston, Corinne C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/29/93. Accession number--M-93-01-29.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Correspondence Processed RE 04/15/93.
Biographical / Historical
Author and teacher. Columbia University A.M., 1944 & Ph.D., 1951; Professor of history at the University of Houston, 1952-1963; Professor of history at Hunter College, 1964-1968; Professor of History at Lehman College since 1968. She wrote "English constitutional theory and the House of Lords, 1556-1832" in 1965 and co-authored "British constitutional history since 1832" (Princeton, Van Nostrand [1957]) and "Cardinal documents in British history" (Princeton, Van Nostrand [1961]) with Robert Livingston Schuyler.
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