Research Catalog

Title

Leslie A. Marchand papers, ca. 1930-1999

Author

Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900-

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Found In

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

6 linear ft.

Summary

• This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia.
• In the memoir (405 p.), Marchand describes his early years in the Pacific Northwest, his experiences as one of the first faculty members of the University of Alaska in the early 1920s, travels, especially his first visits to Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, graduate school, his teaching career, his research on Byron's life and work, professional activities, interactions with colleagues, and other topics. There are also a color photograph of Marchand, taken in 1983, and a copy of the galley proof of his biographical sketch for the 1997 Who's Who in America.

Subjects

• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
• University of Alaska History
• Scholars > United States > Biography
• Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900- > Correspondence
• Autobiographies

Genre/Form

Autobiographies.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Marchand, Leslie

Biography (note)

• Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982).

Processing Action (note)

• Processed

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

NYPW03-A35

Author

Marchand, Leslie Alexis, 1900-

Title

Leslie A. Marchand papers, ca. 1930-1999

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia housed in Transfile boxes and other archival housing.

Biography

Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982).

Location of Other Archival Materials

Papers concerning Marchand's friendship with Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947), the type designer and printer, are in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library.

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Occupation

Scholars United States Biography.

Found In:

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research Call Number

Pforz MS