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John H. Randall III papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2014-056
 

John H. Randall III papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2014-056

Academic and collected materials comprise the papers of American literature scholar John H. Randall III.

Course notes, syllabi, and essays cover a selection of American and British literature courses taken and taught by Randall at the University of California, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Wellesley College, and Boston College. These papers focus on Randall’s specialty of 1920s and 1930s American literature and his efforts to include more Black American literature in his curricula. Also included are posters and correspondence from his Fulbright lectureship in Belgium in 1963 and a small number of items made by Randall and his classmates in primary and secondary school. Randall collected topical notes and works by his colleagues along the same themes as his academic work. Correspondence primarily concerns his job searching, and he is very candid about his struggles to have his skills reflected well in his recommendation letters and not overshadowed by personal issues.

Randall’s writings focus on early twentieth century American literature, particularly the life and work of Willa Cather, about whom he wrote his PhD dissertation and his only full-length monograph, The Landscape and the Looking Glass (1973).

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. All university records dating after 1968 are closed. Access with permission of the originating office.

Dates
Creation: 1931-1994
Extent
7.8 Linear Feet (7 containers)
Related Names
Doherty, Paul C. (1933-)
Randall, John H., III (John Herman), 1923-2006
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Dates
Creation: 1931-1994
Extent
5 Linear Feet (4 containers)
Dates
Creation: 1931-1937
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 container)

Christmas book, 1931

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1931
Dates
Creation: 1932-1933

The Xmas Book, approximately 1930

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: approximately 1930

Yearbook, 1932-1933

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1932-1933

Notes, essays, and other materials from courses taken by Randall.

Dates
Creation: 1946-1950
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 container)

English 100: Criticism, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1949
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950

English 119: Age of Johnson, 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1946
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950

English 123: Nineteenth Century Prose, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1949
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
 

English 151J: Milton and Donne, 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Dates
Creation: 1947

English 151L: Chaucer, approximately 1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950

English 155: Age of Chaucer, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates
Creation: 1949

English 156: The Age of Elizabeth, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Dates
Creation: 1949

English 157: The Age of Milton, 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Dates
Creation: 1947
Dates
Creation: 1949
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950

English 211A: Anglo-Saxon, 1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Dates
Creation: 1949

English 211G: Philology, approximately 1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950