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Gordon Hall Gerould Papers

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Gerould, Gordon Hall, 1877-1953

Gordon Hall Gerould was an American philologist, born in Goffstown, N.H. He was a member of the faculty of Bryn Mawr and a professor at Princeton. In 1918 he was a captain in the U.S. Army. Among other works, he was the author of The North England Homily Collection (1902) and Peter Sanders, Retired (1920), a novel.

The collection consists of material related to Gerould's work at Princeton where he served as a professor of English from 1905 to 1946. Included are the manuscripts of Chaucerian Essays, eleven articles, class lectures, and notes grouped by subject. The collection also houses some correspondence and documents mainly pertaining to the Mediaeval Academy of America, examinations, and two short bibliographies compiled by students.

Series: I. Works--essays, lectures; II. Notes; III. Correspondence; IV. Documents; V. Papers of Others.

Publications: Chaucerian Essays (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952)

Donated by Sylvia Loughnan in 1964.

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Folder list added by Peter Runfola '2012 in 2011.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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Collection Inventory

Chaucerian Essays: TMs (Carbon with Holograph Corrections) Preface and Chapters I, and III-V, 1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chaucerian Essays: Page Proof (With MS Corrections), 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chaucerian Essays: Page Proof, 1952. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Christian Element in Old English Literature (Rough Draft) AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Contemporary American Fiction (First Draft) AMs, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cruikshank's Literary Background TMs (Carbon with MS corrections), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Historical Arthur TMs (Carbon), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Nature and Function of Graduate Work in English AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Novel, TMs (Carbon), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Roots of Magic, TMsS (with Holograph Corrections), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes for "The Roots of Magic" AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Some Questions as to the Use of Aliterative Verse... AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

undated, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Review of La Vie de S. Edouard ... AMs, 1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Review of The Dorothea Legend ... Proof (with MS Corrections), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lecture on English AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lectures for English 305 AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Lectures for English 305 AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Lectures for English 308 AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Lectures for English 308 AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Ballads and Balladry AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Birgitta AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Celestine AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Chaucer's Franklin AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Margaret AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Natural Law AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Novels, Arranged by Author's Name. AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on "A Young Man's Reading in Chaucer's Day" AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Saints, Ælfric- Brendan, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Saints, Catharine-Dunstan, AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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Notes on Saints, Eadmund - Mary, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Saints, Mary Magdalen - Osbert, AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes on Saints, Robert de Gretham - Wulfhad, AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notebook AMs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Notes, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentified Notecards, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chaucer's Saints Notecards, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentifed Notecards Organized A-Z, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence: General, 1950-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence Related to Nominations for the Mediaeval Academy of America, 1949-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Material Related to the Selection of Corresponding Fellows for the Mediaeval Academy of America, 1948-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Supporting Materials for Nominees to the Mediaeval Academy of America, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Examinations and Syllabi, 1931-1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

English Novel Want-List, TMs (Carbon with Manuscript Notes), undated. 1 folder.
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Mayo, Robert D, 1936. 1 folder.
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Nolan, Edward F, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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