Lecture notes collection, 1817-1969, bulk 1877-1913

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Series VI. Lewis S. Bigelow, 1899-1903

Series VI consists of notes taken while Lewis S. Bigelow was enrolled in the Department of Comparative Literature from 1899 to 1903

The notes found here come from lectures given by several of the professors of the Department of Comparative Literature, including George E. Woodberry, J. E. Spingarn, and Frank Chandler. George E. Woodberry (1855-1930) studied at Harvard University and was appointed professor of literature at Columbia in 1891, moving in 1900 to the Department of Comparative Literature. He was known as both a poet and critic.

Found with this collection were a series of notes from lectures in the Department of Comparative Literature, the author of which is unknown. The notebooks have been kept and can be found with this series.



Box 5 Folder 1 Tuition Receipts, 1899-1903


George E. Woodberry lectures


Box 5 Folder 2 English II course book, 1899


Box 5 Folder 3 English Literature from 1789 to the Death of Tennyson, 1899, 1789, 1899


Box 5 Folder 4 Studies in Literature, 1900


Box 5 Folder 5 English Literature from the Birth of Shakespeare to 1660, 1900, 1660, 1900


Box 5 Folder 6 Theory, History and Practice of Criticism, 1900


Box 5 Folder 7 Literature II, 1901


Box 5 Folder 8 Shakespeare, 1901


Box 5 Folder 9 to 10 Comparative Literature II, 1901, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 11 to 12 Comparative Literature IV, 1901, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 13 Comparative Literature V, 1901


Box 5 Folder 19 Comparative Literature V, Criticism, 1901-1902


Box 5 Folder 20 Comparative Literature VI, 1901-1902


Box 5 Folder 22 to 23 Comparative Literature II, 1902, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 28 Notes on Scott, Dickens, and Tennyson, 1902-1903


Box 5 Folder 29 Lectures given before Seminar A, 1903


Box 5 Folder 30 "The Roamer,", 1903


Box 5 Folder 34 Literature, English 13, 1899-1900



Box 6 Folder 1 Comparative Literature, English Literature from 1798 to the Death of Tennyson, circa 1900-1902, 1798, 1900-1902


Box 6 Folder 3 Comparative Literature, History of the Epic, circa, 1900-1902

(course co-taught with J.E. Spingarn)



Box 5 Folder 15 Comparative Literature VIII- frank W. Chandler, 1901


Box 5 Folder 16 to 17 Comparative Literature X, J.E. Spingarn, 1901, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 18 History II, 1901


Box 5 Folder 24 Comparative Literature VII, J.E. Spingarn, 1902


Box 5 Folder 25 Comparative Literature VIII, Frank W. Chandler, 1902


Box 5 Folder 26 Comparative Literature X, J.E. Spingarn, 1902


Box 5 Folder 27 History XI, James Harvey Robinson, 1902


Box 5 Folder 31 Notes on Thackeray, 1903


Box 5 Folder 32 Reading lists for Comparative Literature courses, circa 1900-1903


Box 5 Folder 33 Miscellaneous, circa 1900-1903


Box 5 Folder 35 Comparative Literature, The Renaissance, Dr. J.E. Spingarn, 1901-1902


Box 5 Folder 36 Comparative Literature, J.E. Spingarn, circa, 1900-1902


Box 5 Folder 37 Comparative Literature, Mediaeval Lyric Poetry, J.E. Spingarn, circa, 1900-1902



Box 6 Folder 2 Comparative Literature, History of Criticism, circa, 1900-1902