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Grade lists at the end of Series III are restricted for eighty years. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Department of English Language and Literature. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Series I, Correspondence, 1900-1938, contains the bulk of the collection. It is divided into three subseries, Subseries 1, Chronological, 1900-1915, Subseries 2, Alphabetical, 1915-1938 and Subseries 3, Chaucer project correspondence, 1921-1940.
Series II contains the Department's examination papers and photostat copies of grade lists, covering the period December 1931-August 1947.
The examination papers have been divided into several groups, beginning with the English 102 Exercises. These cover the terms Autumn 1937-Winter 1941, and are an almost complete set. At the end of the group are a few of the Instructors' Keys for certain exercises, and some special tests given in this course. Often, exercises for corresponding weeks are the same. At the end of the first Box are scholarship and placement tests.
Also included are copies of the English Qualifying Examinations from 1931-1942, and the English Comprehensive Examinations for 1932-1944, also referred to as Sequence Examinations. Some of these exams, as for example the Qualifying Examination of February 29, 1936, and particularly the comprehensives of the last few years, may have been preliminary copies sent out to professors, for their perusal, since they contain comments and suggestions.
The grade lists of the students enrolled in the various courses have been divided into those for the Qualifying Exams, which are arranged chronologically between May 1936 and May 1946, and the miscellaneous section, also arranged chronologically and covering the rest of the different courses.