Roger Bagnall Papers, 1967-2019
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0060
- Bib ID:
- 5012593 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Bagnall, Roger S.
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 24 linear feet (57 document boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Letters of recommendation, which occupy two folders in one box of Series XIX, are closed during the lifetime of Roger Bagnall.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Scope and Contents
Professional papers of Roger Bagnall, papyrologist and Columbia University Professor Emeritus of History. The collection includes lectures and other records from Bagnall's teaching work, professional correspondence, records related to conferences and professional organizations in which Bagnall participated, and records of Bagnall's service to and participation in the Columbia University community. There are also research materials, published and unpublished works, and other records of Bagnall's participation in scholarly projects.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 27 series.
- Series I. Education
- Series II. Books, 1971-2000
- Series III. Chronology 1
- Series IV. Chronology 2
- Series V: Egypt in Late Antiquity and Kellis Account Book
- Series VI: Demography
- Series VII: Articles
- Series VIII: Lectures and Unpublished Work
- Series IX: Ancient History Courses at Columbia
- Series X: Sabbaticals, Travels Congresses
- Series XI: Professional Activities
- Series XII: NEH Summer Seminars & Written and Unwritten Conference
- Series XIII: Macedonia Symposium, 1989
- Series XIV: Columbia University Activities, 1974-2001
- Series XV: Information Technology
- Series XVI: Commission on the Future of Libraries
- Series XVII: Professional Correspondence
- Series XVIII: Course materials:
- Series XIX: Correspondence, 2006
- Series XX: Columbia University, various:
- Series XXI: Course materials (teaching):
- Series XXII: Course Materials:
- Subseries XXII.1: Ancient Near East (student):
- Subseries XXII.2: Roman history and civilization (student & teaching):
- Series XXIII: Professional activities, various:
- Series XXIV: Department of Classics:
- Series XXV: Teaching materials:
- Series XXVI: Correspondence, 2007
- Series XXVII: Scholarly Projects:
- Series XXVIII: Additions to the Collection
- Alphabetical Index
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Letters of recommendation, which occupy two folders in one box of Series XIX, are closed during the lifetime of Roger Bagnall.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Roger Bagnall papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Gift of Roger Bagnall. Date of acquisition--December 12, 2000.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Processed by Professor Bagnall and a student assistant.
Revision Description
2010-01-20 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2018-09-07 Restrictions on series XVII, XIX, and XXVI lifted per donor. Only letters of recommendation remained closed. KWS
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Roger Bagnall is a papyrologist and a historian of the Hellenistic, Roman, and late antique eastern Mediterranean specializing in Graeco-Roman Egypt.
Subject Headings
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