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George Healey papers

 Collection — Box: 12
Identifier: 13-6-1969

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Cornell Library Journal records include orders/paid subscriptions, 1967-1968 and correspondence, 1966-1972. Also, George James Hucker correspondence regarding the ordering and making of the Cornell University mace, 1961-1963; Rare Books Department correspondence, 1968-1970; sheet catalogs; author's manuscripts, 1966-1972; and a photocopied typescript of a poem written by George H. Healey for the Cornell Class of 1909 Reunion Social, 1963. Includes historical newspapers and magazines regarding World War II and other great moments in twentieth century American history.

Includes correspondence, lectures, speeches, notes, subject files, and University memorabilia.

Dates

  • 1941-1972.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Restrictions on use:

Literary property rights to the letters, lectures, and speeches of Healey retained by the family of George Healey.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George H. Healey attended West Virginia University, where he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1932 and a master's degree in 1935. In 1940 he became an instructor at Cornell University, and received his Ph.D. from that institution in 1947. He became curator of the Department of Rare Books at its inception in 1957, and continued to teach English at Cornell. Healey published books on William Wordsworth, James Joyce, and Daniel Defoe while developing collections of their works and papers for the Rare Books Department at Cornell.

Extent

9.3 cubic feet. (9.3 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Cornell Library Journal records include orders/paid subscriptions, 1967-1968 and correspondence, 1966-1972. Also, George James Hucker correspondence regarding the ordering and making of the Cornell University mace, 1961-1963; Rare Books Department correspondence, 1968-1970; sheet catalogs; author's manuscripts, 1966-1972; and a photocopied typescript of a poem written by George H. Healey for the Cornell Class of 1909 Reunion Social, 1963. Includes historical newspapers and magazines regarding World War II and other great moments in twentieth century American history.

RELATED MATERIALS

Box 3 "Library Associates material (including C.U. Mace correspondence), 1961-1963" was transferred to Cornell University Library Associates records, #13-6-2599 in 1991.

Physical Description

Correspondence, sheet catalogs, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines, and subscription records.

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:
M. Hopson, N. Dean, E. Engst
Date completed:
January 1990
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2003
Date modified:
Jude Corina, September 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by M. Hopson, N. Dean, E. Engst
Date
June 2003
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)