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Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02-exws_irving
Abstract
Personal papers, books, lectures, notes, manuscripts and publishing information, correspondence and journals of Edward Burroughs Irving, Jr. (1923-1998), scholar of English literature. The collection pertains mainly to Irving's education and his teaching of and research on Old English literature. A donation of books relating to Old and Middle English literature accompany this collection and are cataloged individually and searchable via the WMU Libraries online catalog.
Dates:
1930-2001; bulk 1940-1998; Other: Date acquired: 1998
Oral history interview with Elizabeth McQuigg, November 15, 1993
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 10
Dates:
November 15, 1993
Oral history interview with Ethel Russell, June 10, 1982
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 8
Oral history interview with Jean Friedel, November 28, 1995
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 9
Dates:
November 28, 1995
Oral history interview with Mary Hurlbut Cordier, April 19, 1996
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 18
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Mary Hurlbut Cordier, conducted and recorded by Mary Cain on April 19, 1996. Mary recounts her early career in education, starting at Western’s campus school in 1958, joining the Education Department in 1964 and working in teacher education until her retirement in 1990. She shares what it was like to be a women in higher education in the 1960s, the environment of WMU throughout her career, collaborations with other faculty, and her enjoyment in working with...
Dates:
April 19, 1996