"Records of civilization" records, 1915-1954
"Records of civilization" records, 1915-1954
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- UA#0248
- Bib ID:
- 5802592 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Columbia University. Department of History
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 2.5 linear feet (2 record cartons)
- 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 has no restrictions.
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.
Description
Summary
This collection consists of the correspondence and administrative records of the Record of Civilization series editor Austin P. Evans. From finding the right translator and sometimes a separate writer for the introduction and notes, making corrections on the manuscript, choosing the illustrations, collecting published reviews, to ordering a new print run, the letters cover all aspects of the bookmaking process. There is correspondence related to works that were ultimately not published in the Records of Civilization series: one went to a different press and another was canceled when another translation was released.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into one series.
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.
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.
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); "Records of civilization" records; Box and Folder (if known); University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Selected Related Material at Columbia
Austin P. Evans papers, 1920s (MS#0404)
Department of History Records, 1890-1959 (UA#0009)
Accrual
No additions are expected
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2002.012.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Joanna Rios, February 2018. Finding aid was written by Joanna Rios, February 2018.
Revision Description
2018-02-21 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Records of Civilization was a series of volumes edited under the auspices of the Department of History, Columbia University. Originally, the series had two main goals. The first was to make primary sources of the early history of Europe and the Near East accessible to students by providing English translations of the original documents. The second was to introduce students to the work of modern scholars and recent criticism on these ancient and medieval works. The series was edited by James T. Shotwell (1915-1926), Arthur P. Evans (1926-1953), and Jacques Barzun (1953-1962).
Subject Headings
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| Name |
|---|
| Columbia University. Department of History |
| Evans, Austin P (Austin Patterson) |
Series I. Correspondence, 1915-1954
This series contains the correspondence between the series editor, Austin P. Evans, and the authors and representatives at Columbia University Press (CUP). The records are organized by the title of the work and/or the author of the original ancient or medieval text to be translated and annotated. The files include correspondence with the translators and/or commentators and the representatives from Columbia University Press. There are also files with published reviews.
Box 1
(Richard McKeon)
(Earl Edgar Elder)
(John L. La Monte and Merton Jerome Hubert)
(John Jay Parry)
(Beatrice Reynolds)
(Ephraim Emerton)
(Louise Ropes Loomis)
(Edwin H. Zeydel)
(Leslie Webber Jones)
(Roland H. Bainton)
(Ernest Brehaut)
(Charles Wendell David)
(Edward Rosen)
(Clarissa P. Farrar and Austin P. Evans (2 folders))
(Charles Christopher Mierow)
(Ephraim Emerton)
(Lester K. Born)
(Ernest Brehaut)
(Harry Mortimer Hubbell (H.M. Hubbell))
(G. W. Botsford and E. G. Sihler)
(Francis Joseph Tschan)
(James T. Shotwell)
(James A. Montgomery)
(James F. Kenney)
Box 2
(Jean Birdsall and Richard A. Newhall)
(Kenneth G. T. Webster and Roger Sherman Loomis)
(Ernest Findlay Scott)
(Frances Harper and Loren C. MacKinney)
(William Harris Stahl)
(Virginia Gingerick Berry)
(Laurence M. Larson)
(Irving Woodworth Raymond)
(Charles Christopher Mierow)
(William E. Lunt)
(Frederick Barry)
(Clair Hayden Bell)
(John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer)
(Harry A. Rositzke)
(John L. La Monte and Merton Jerome Hubert)
(William Haller)
(A. E. Zucker)
(Edgar Holmes McNeal)
(George Vernadsky)
(Eva M. Sanford.)
(James T. Shotwell and Louise Ropes Loomis)
(Judith Blow Williams)
(Lynn Thorndike)
(Philip K. Hitti)
(Emily Atwater Babcock and A. C. Krey)
(Moses Hadas and Merriam Sherwood)