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COLLECTION — Multiple Containers Identifier: 2004MT-20

Josephine Waters Bennett papers

Summary

Offprints of Bennet's publications, notes, correspondence, articles, card files, especially her works on Sir John Mandeville and Edmund Spenser; 1940s-1960s.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1940-1960

Language of Materials

English

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Check with Houghton Public Services staff.

Extent

18 linear feet (12 boxes)

Biographical / Historical

Bennett (d. 1976, age 75) was an an American scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama.

Arrangement

Unprocessed.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Method of acquisition--Provenance not known at time of record creation; Accession number--2004MT-20.

Processing Information

Minimal description derived from existing records, Adrien Hilton and Irina Klyagin, 2021.

Title
Bennett, Josephine Waters. Josephine Waters Bennett papers, circa 1940-1960 (2004MT-20): Guide
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Date
November 16, 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou04088

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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