Cornell Wordsworth and Cornell Yeats editorial records

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Cornell Wordsworth files will eventually include: 7 CD-Rs with master book files and images for The Excursion and Sonnet Series and Itinerary Poems; 1 DVD-R, "Wordsworth's Spots of Time," narrated by Sally Bushell; 28 reels of microfilm with originals submitted to the project; and 12 sets of prints, also submitted to the project by various libraries. Creators include Jared Curtis, and David Garcia. Some items are still held by donor.

The Cornell Yeats files will eventually include: 77 CD-Rs with master files and images for the Yeats volumes; 12 DVD-Rs with images; 25 reels of microfilm with originals submitted to the project; and 8 sets of prints, also submitted to the project. Creators include Jared Curtis, David Garcia, Declan Kiely, David Monahan, Selina Guinness, and various repositories. Some items are still held by donor.

Dates

1974-2011.

Creator

Curtis, Jared R., 1936- (Compiler, Person)
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. (Person)
Bushell, Sally. (Person)
García, David (David Edward), 1966- (Person)
Kiely, Declan. (Person)
Monahan, David. (Person)
Guinness, Selina. (Person)
Parrish, Stephen Maxfield. (Person)
Cornell University Press (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Under the general direction of Cornell Professor Emeritus Stephen M. Parrish and the coordination of Jared Curtis, the Cornell Wordsworth edition, begun in 1975, is a series of more than 20 published volumes that provide, for the first time, a complete and accurate record of variant readings, from Wordsworth's earliest drafts to his final lifetime (or posthumous) publication.

The Cornell Yeats edition, begun in 1982, includes 27 volumes of the manuscripts of W. B. Yeats, includiing all extant versions of his poems, as well as his play and other materials.

Extent

3 cubic feet. (3 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

SERIES LIST

Wordsworth files CDs and DVDs Microfilm Prints Other files

Yeats files CDs and DVDs Microfilm Prints Other files

Physical Description

Computer Media, Microfilm

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Jared Curtis
Date completed:: 2009
EAD encoding:: Evan Fay Earle, April 2009
Date modified:: Jude Corina, October 2015