Call Number:

C0462

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alba Houghton Warren Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1938-1940 (bulk) and 1864-1940 (inclusive)

Creator:

Warren, Alba H., Jr

Form:

Correspondence. and Typescripts.

Abstract:

Consists of selected papers of Alba Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.

Alba Houghton Warren was an American educator and author, specializing in English poetry. He was an English professor at Princeton University from 1945 to 1955.

The collection consists of selected papers of Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published. Included are correspondence, documents, copies of R. H. Horne's and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry, a few original letters of Horne, and a final typescript of the manuscript.