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Richard L. Leed papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 14-18-2757

Scope and content

"A History of the Organization of Language Teaching in the DML(L), (Cornell University)," a history of language teaching in the Division of Modern Languages (later the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) at Cornell University, 1994; "Unfit to Print: A Selection of Dick Leed's Letters," 1999; "Our Mennonite Heritage," 2001; "The Canterbury Tales in Readable Middle English, Volume I... spelt by Dick Leed," 2001; and "Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," recited by Dick Leed, 6 compact disks, 2001.

Dates

  • 1994-2001

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Cornell University. Cornell Ph.D. 1958 and appointment as faculty in linguistics the same year. Profess Leed succeeded Gerald B. Kelley as chairman of the Department of Modern Languages and Lingistics in 1977. He has been in charge of Russian language instruction and with a strong interest in developing instructional materials for college-level Russian.

Extent

4 volumes.

6 CDs.

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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