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Allison-Shelley manuscript collection, 1600-1984
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Collection Overview
Title: | Allison-Shelley manuscript collection |
Dates (Inclusive): | 1600-1984 |
Creator: | Shelley, Philip Allison |
Abstract: | Philip Allison Shelley, author and collector, was professor of German and comparative literature at Pennsylvania State University, retiring in 1972. |
Abstract: | This collection contains correspondence, photographs, travel journals, and manuscripts of translations from German that illustrate the literary and cultural relations between Germany, England and the United States. Materials span from 1600 through 1984 with the bulk from the 18th through 20th centuries. |
Collection Number: | 2284 |
Size: | 3500 item(s) |
Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library catalog. | Repository: | Special Collections Library. Pennsylvania State University. |
Languages: | English |
Collection Overview
Correspondence and other items illustrative of the literary and cultural relations of Germany to England and the United States. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, journals, etc., of interpreters of Anglo-German literature and culture; travel journals from English speakers in the German-speaking countries, and of German speakers in England and America; manuscripts of translations from German; and illustrative matter and realia. Primarily from the 18th through the 20th centuries, although older material is included.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright, where it persists, is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Allison-Shelley manuscript collection, RBM 2284, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Shelley, Philip Allison
Collection Inventory
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