Robert Martin Adams papers, [ca. 1950-1966]
Collection Number: 14-12-3182
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Robert Martin Adams papers, [ca. 1950-1966]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-12-3182
Abstract:
Manuscripts include: "Winter Arches, a private book," an autobiographical account
of his life until World War II; "Machiavelli without the Prince," in two manuscript
versions; "Montaigne Incisions," an essay; and "Sun Goes Down Tide Goes Out," writings
at the end of his life. Also, teaching materials, including ditto sheets given to
students and a short play about the English Department.
Creator:
Adams, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1915-1996.
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of English.
Robert Martin Adams graduated from Columbia University, where he also received an
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Columbia, at the University of Wisconsin, and
at Rutgers University before coming to Cornell University in 1950. At Cornell, he
taught courses in the literature of the 17th century, the Renaissance and the modern
period in the departments of English and Comparative Literature from 1950 to 1968.
In 1968 he joined the faculty of UCLA. Professor Adams died in 1996.
Manuscripts include: "Winter Arches, a private book," an autobiographical account
of his life until World War II; "Machiavelli without the Prince," in two manuscript
versions; "Montaigne Incisions," an essay; and "Sun Goes Down Tide Goes Out," writings
at the end of his life. Also, teaching materials, including ditto sheets given to
students and a short play about the English Department.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Robert Martin Adams papers, #14-12-3182. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Copyright retained by donor.
Any published use of materials requires permission of the donor, his heirs or assigns.
Names:
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
Cornell University. English Department
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Form and Genre Terms:
Essays.
Autobiographies.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Winter Arches, a private book,
|
[1915-1940] |
| Box 1 | Folder 2-3 |
Machievelli without the Prince
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Montaigne Incisions
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Sun Goes Down Tide Goes Out
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Teaching Materials, 1974 and undated
|
1974 |