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Box 30

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Contains 128 Results:

A letter to the Alumni of Haverford College, requesting candidate proposals for a new president of the school from John F. Gummere, 1966-06-08

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Includes a reply letter by Irving suggesting a candidate, with a personal note that his son will be attending there in the coming fall semester, 4 pages

Dates: created: 1966-06-08
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

Grouping of letters from Frederick (Ted) W. Hilles, 1960-09-21

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

a former colleague of Irving's, personal nature, 6 pages

Dates: created: 1960-09-21
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

Two letters, one on (Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc. Publishers letterhead) from editor Kenny Withers, 1962-01-31

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

expressing excitement for a book idea of Irving's, involving the development of language, 2 pages

Dates: created: 1962-01-31
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

Letter from Henry Hood

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

requesting Irving lecture at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, 1 page (November 26)

Dates: 1930-2001; bulk 1940-1998; Other: Date acquired: 1998
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

Four letters, two to and two from Leo Gurko at Hunter College in New York, 1958-02-22

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

regarding a teaching position, 4 pages

Dates: created: 1958-02-22
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

One letter to University of Illinois (R.E. Kraske) and one from, 1962-10-12

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

regarding a teaching position, 2 pages

Dates: created: 1962-10-12
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

One letter to the University of Indiana, 1959-12-01

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

requesting information on a position in the English department, 1 page

Dates: created: 1959-12-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

A letter by Irving to his parents, 1964-07-19

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

regarding the republican candidate for president, he was opposed, 1 page

Dates: created: 1964-07-19
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

An exchange of letters to and from Indiana University Press, 1964-12-14

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

asking him to critique a manuscript before it becomes a book. Entitled The Classic Line, by Albert Cook, 4 pages

Dates: created: 1964-12-14
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

A letter from the International Honors Program asking if he is interested in being entered for selection, 1966-12-16

 Item — Box: 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents

Irving declined, stating that he was too busy in the coming year, 2 pages

Dates: created: 1966-12-16
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Edward B. Irving, Jr. Old English Collection / H-J

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