COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Materials relating to the career of Professor James John. Items relate to medieval studies including intellectual history and universities, theology, Latin paleography, historiography, and Prémontré. Course materials including, lectures, notes, syllabi, exams, and annotated publications for his courses in the Department of History including courses on the Middle Ages, medieval culture 400-1300 and paleography. Files relating to History 263, 264, 365, 366, 501, and 665. Publications owned by or relating to Harry Caplan, Dorothy Schullian, John J. Waldemer. Many slides and images of medieval and other manuscripts some of which have been digitized. Materials from and relating to E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe including a set of glass lantern slides of medieval manuscripts belonging to Lowe, correspondence, publications, transcriptions of manuscripts, biographical material.
Dates
- 1930 - 2016
- Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010
Creator
- John, James, 1928- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
James John is a Cornell University professor emeritus, where he taught medieval intellectual history; historiography; universities; Latin paleography in the Department of History.
Extent
7.2 cubic feet. (7.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Materials relating to the career of Professor James John. Items relate to medieval studies including intellectual history and universities, theology, Latin paleography, historiography, and Prémontré. Course materials including, lectures, notes, syllabi, exams, and annotated publications for his courses in the Department of History including courses on the Middle Ages, medieval culture 400-1300 and paleography. Files relating to History 263, 264, 365, 366, 501, and 665. Publications owned by or relating to Harry Caplan, Dorothy Schullian, John J. Waldemer. Many slides and images of medieval and other manuscripts some of which have been digitized. Materials from and relating to E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe including a set of glass lantern slides of medieval manuscripts belonging to Lowe, correspondence, publications, transcriptions of manuscripts, biographical material.
Physical Description
Research material, photographs, publications, audio recordings
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Katie Guttman
- Date completed:
- March 2018
- EAD encoding:
- Fredrika Loew, March 2018
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, May 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu