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Harold Wentworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-842

Scope and content

Correspondence with colleagues and others concerning language, literature, various teaching positions, and activities of the College English Association, the Modern Language Association, the American Dialect Society, and other professional organizations. Other items concern Wentworth's American Dialect Dictionary, his student days, his instructorship at Cornell, manuscripts of poetry, diaries, and personal expense accounts.

Dates

  • 1921-1960.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Teacher, lexicographer.

Extent

12 cubic feet. (12 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English