IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0367 SHA
Held at: Institute of Modern Languages
Title: Harris, Sylvia Clare (b 1931)
Date(s): 1953-1980
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 5 boxes
Name of creator(s): Harris | Sylvia Clare | b 1931 | German scholar
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sylvia Clare Harris b 1931: MA (London) 1954 with thesis An early New High German translation of the Historia trium regum by Johannes de Hildesheim edited from Pap. Man. no. 15, Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv, Aschaffenburg.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence and papers of Sylvia Clare Harris, 1953-1980, comprising:
Correspondence with academics and academic libaries on texts of the Historia trium regum, with microfilms and photocopies, 1953-1980; correspondence on Max Behland and his work, 1962-1963; correspondence with Marion Lee Miller on consultation of his thesis, 1977; correspondence on article on Johannes von Hildesheim for Verfasserlexicon, 1978-1979; handwritten transcripts of manuscripts of the Historia trium regum; notes and papers on the Historia trium regum, including copy of Harris's thesis, 1954-1974; photocopies and other reproductions of Historia trium regum manuscripts; miscellaneous papers including copy of A study of the language of medieval German homiletics London PhD thesis by Lawrence M Rice, 1973; notes on German literature 1400-1700.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English, Latin and German
System of arrangement:
As described in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Researchers should apply to consult material at least forty-eight hours in advance by letter, facsimile, e-mail or telephone. The Library staff need a name and contact number, a concise and clear idea of the nature of the enquiry and a date and time for consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies may be made, although this is at the discretion of the Librarian and is dependent on the nature of the material.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Box list
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Source of acquisition by IGS not known
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of theRSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2002