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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1884

C. S. Wheeler papers

Overview

Correspondence, manuscripts, and notes of classical scholar and Harvard professor C. S. Wheeler.

Dates

  • Creation: 1757-1866

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

The collection focuses on the years Wheeler taught at Harvard. It contains letters to him pertaining to both personal and professional matters, manuscripts by him on classical figures, one box of page proofs with manuscript revisions of his edition of Herodotus published in 1842, notes, exercises (mostly Greek translations) by the students he taught, reading lists, subject outlines, and lists of students.

Biographical / Historical

Wheeler, a classical scholar, was a tutor in Greek and an instructor in history at Harvard (1838-1842).

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. Letters to Charles Stearns Wheeler
  2. II. Other letters
  3. III. Compositions
  4. IV. Other papers

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

71M-106. Purchased with the S. A. E. Morse fund; received: 1972 April 3.

Title
Wheeler, C. S. (Charles Stearns), 1816-1843. C. S. Wheeler papers, 1757-1866: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00757

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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