George W. Whiting papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0342

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts, handwritten notes and correspondence related to the personal and professional life of George W. Whiting, a professor of English at Rice Institute.

Dates

Creation: 1925 - 1963

Creator

Whiting, George, Mrs. (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the George W. Whiting papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Rice University.

Biography

George Wesley Whiting (1887-1963) was a professor of English at Rice University and a Milton scholar. He received his B.A. from the University of West Virginia in 1908, his Master's degree from Harvard University , and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1926. Before coming to Rice Institute in the fall of 1926, he served as assistant in English at Chicago, and assistant professor of English at Michigan State College. He published "Milton's Milieu" in 1939, and "Milton and This Pendant World" in 1958. He was considered to be a premier scholar on Milton.

Sources: "Houston Chronicle," Jan 28, 1939 and "The South-Central Bulletin," October, 1963.

Extent

4 Linear Feet ( (4 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

This collection contains typescripts, handwritten notes and correspondence related to the personal and professional life of George W. Whiting, a professor of English at Rice Institute.