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Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection

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Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]181 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19717-5267

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Delaware Library Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MSS 0458
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
  • 42 item (1 box)
  • 1 oversize removal
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0458, Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1958-1964 (inclusive)
Creator:
Millgate, Michael and Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980
Form:
Letters (correspondence), Articles, Typescripts, and Clippings (information artifacts)
Abstract:
The Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection spans the dates 1958-1964 and includes 42 items of correspondence, typescripts, periodicals, and news clippings related to British literary scholar Millgate's 1962 interview with British writer, scientist, and public official C. P. (Charles Percy) Snow. Snow's letters to Millgate are related to the latter's work on Snow and other literary matters.

The British scholar Michael Millgate was born July 19, 1929, in Southampton, England, and educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1956), and the University of Leeds (Ph.D., 1960). Millgate is Professor of English at the University of Toronto and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Royal Society of Literature. He is the author of critical studies and biographies of Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner.

"Michael Millgate." Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group. 2002. Retrieved December 11, 2002 from http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC

The British writer, scientist, and public official C. P. (Charles Percy) Snow was born in Leicester, England, on October 15, 1905. He died July 1, 1980 in London. Snow was educated at University College, Leicester (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1928); and Christ's College, Cambridge (Ph.D. in physics, 1930). Snow combined three careers during his lifetime, serving as a Civil Service commissioner (1945-1960) and parliamentary secretary (1964-1966); he was a physicist at Cambridge University (1930-1950); and he wrote novels, plays, and critical essays. Snow's book

The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1962) was aimed at closing the gap between scientific and literary spheres of thought, and was admired by figures such as John F. Kennedy, but attacked by the critic F.R. Leavis. As a novelist Snow is most well-known for his sequence Strangers and Brothers, which includes The Masters (1951), The New Men (1954), The Affair (1960), Corridors of Power (1964), and Last Things (1970). In 1964 Snow was made a life peer.

"C(harles) P(ercy) Snow." Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group. 2002. Retrieved December 11, 2002 from http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC

The Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection spans the dates 1958-1964 and includes 42 items of correspondence, typescripts, periodicals, and news clippings related to Millgate's 1962 interview with Snow. The collection comprises letters from Snow to Millgate, typescripts of an interview conducted by Millgate, publication correspondence between Millgate and his editors, and periodicals and news clippings related to Snow.

Snow's letters to Millgate are related to the latter's work on Snow and other literary matters. The typescripts included in the collection bear many autograph corrections made by both Snow and Millgate. A published version of the article is included for comparison. Many of the news clippings in the collection are related to the debate that rose around Snow's book

The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1962).

The collection is organized chronologically, based on dated correspondence and dated publications.

Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (1 inch)

Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (32 inches)

Purchase, August 2002

Processed by Gerald Cloud, December 2002. Encoded by Jaime Margalotti, June 2021.

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Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2021 June 23
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Collection Inventory

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1958 November 27.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 June 8.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed w/ envelope

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 June 24.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 June 26.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 July 29.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 August 5.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed w/ envelope

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 August 19.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

2 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1959 November 9.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Autograph Letter Signed

Physical Description

3 pages

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1960 April 26.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1960 July 19.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1961 September 7.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1961 October 17.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1962 January 9.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1962 October 8.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1963 October 28.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1964 April 20.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1964 April 28.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

C.P. Snow Letters to Michael Millgate, 1964 November 4.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1960 February 16.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed from Norman Podhoretz

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1962 March 1.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed from L. Brander

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1962 March 3.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed Millgate to Brander Includes 1p typescript excerpt from Snow interview with autograph note

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1962 March 5.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1962 March 5.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed Brander to Snow

Physical Description

1 page

Michael Millgate Correspondence, 1962 March 7.
Box 1 Folder F2
Scope and Contents

Typed Letter Signed from Oliver Warner Includes 1p typescript from Snow interview with autograph corrections.

Physical Description

1 page

Interview with C.P. Snow, [1959].
Box 1 Folder F3
Typescript with autograph corrections, 1962 July.
Box 1 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Published in the Review of English Literature

Physical Description

35 pages

Transcript of Recorded Interview with C.P. Snow.
Box 1 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Typescript with autograph notes

Physical Description

21 pages

Tear Sheets from published interview, 1962 July.
Box 1 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Review of English Literature

Spectator, 1962 March 9.
Box 1 Folder F4
Scope and Contents

Includes "The Significance of C.P. Snow" by F.R. Leavis.

Spectator, 1962 March 16.
Box 1 Folder F4
Scope and Contents

Includes an article on the Snow-Leavis debate.

New Statesman, 1963 May 17.
Box 1 Folder F4
Scope and Contents

Includes "Education and Sacrifice" by Snow.

News clippings from various British newspapers related to Snow and the "Two Cultures" debate that involved F.R. Leavis.
Box 1 Folder F4

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