15/7/48 Guide to the Edward H. Davidson Papers Edward H. Davidson Papers Finding Aid Authors: Jennifer Wood.

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2007-10-24
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This finding aid was encoding in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on March 29th, 2024. The collection description/finding aid is written in English March 29th, 2024 Collection originally consisted only of Prof. Davidson's paper, "Gordon Ray at Illinois, 1946-1960:�  A Memoir."�  Three cubic feet of material pertaining to Davidson's personal and professional life were added to the series in October 2007, at which time it was discovered that the original accession was not on the shelf.�  The finding aid was then updated to reflect both the addition and the missing item.�  SFA 3 pp.
Guide to the Edward H. Davidson Papers 1918/2001 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Edward H. Davidson Papers 1918-2001 1940-2000 15/7/48 Davidson, Edward H. (Edward Hutchins), 1912- 2.60 English University of Illinois Archives
19 Library 1408 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana, IL, URL: http://archives.library.illinois.edu Email: illiarch@illinois.edu Phone: (217) 333-0798 Fax: (217) 333-2868

Other Information:

SFA 3 pages

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1507048.pdf

Biographical Information:

Edward H. Davidson (1912- ) received his bachelor's degree from American University in 1934 and his Ph.D from Yale in 1940.  He taught at Ohio University and Hunter College before joining the English faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1951.  In 1962-63 he served as Visiting Professor at Harvard, and in 1965 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.  Research and scholarship interests include the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jonathan Edwards, and Edgar Allen Poe.  Professor Davidson retired in 1980.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Papers Topical Term: American Literature English Department English Literature Faculty Papers Faculty Publications Humanities Lectures Library Acquisitions Photographs Provost University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study
Administrative Information Acquisition Information:

Donation

Accruals:

2/22/2001; 1/24/2005

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological and alphabetical.

Scope and Contents

Papers (1918-2001) of Edward Hutchins Davidson (1912-2009), Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1955-1980), consisting of personal and professional correspondence (1942-2000); and professional writings, lectures, notes, and source material (1940-2001) pertaining to Davidson's research and teaching activities, particularly focusing on nineteenth and early twentieth century British and American writers and poets; correspondence with friends, relatives, colleagues, and doctoral students, including Hilda (Galliher) Curry (1984-1998); Emory Elliott, Jr. (1962-1997); Mary Ann Hill (1998-1999); William Howarth (1997-2000); Lee M. Hutchins (1967-1978); Claudia Johnson (1998-1999); Bernard Rosenthal (1966-2000); William J. Scheick (1997-2000); and George Tabor (1959-1998); subjects of special research interest include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jonathan Edwards, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, University of Illinois professor Gordon Ray, and the history of the Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church (Champaign, Ill.).