Additional miscellaneous papers of Professor G.T. Clapton.
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Additional miscellaneous papers of Professor G.T. Clapton.
Classmark: MS 1579
Creator(s): Clapton, George Thomas
Date(s): c.1919-1971
Language: English; French
Size and medium: 9 boxes, manuscript, typescript, press-cuttings, and printed material.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/7165
Description
Comprises: (1) Many damaged folders of research and bibliographical autograph manuscript notes on French history, literature, and literature written partly in French and partly in English; (2) Some letters written to Clapton; (3) Some offprints of articles and reviews written by his colleagues at Leeds chiefly on French studies; (4) Examination papers set by various universities and school examination boards, together with some examination scripts and envelopes; (5) A few booksellers' catalogues; (6) Some notes for lectures prepared by Clapton; (7) Some French departmental administrative papers; (8) A cheque book and a number of cheques; (9) An early collection of poems composed by Clapton in English written in a notebook dated 1919; (10) A small diary of 'A journey to France', dated September '95, i.e. 1895, clearly not by Clapton.
Includes several box files.
Biography or history
George Thomas Clapton (1898-1964) was Professor of French Language and Literature at the University of Leeds from 1949 to 1964.
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