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Title: | Hulbert, James R. Papers |
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Dates: | 1912-1936 |
Size: | 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) |
Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | James R. Hulbert, professor, author. The James R. Hulbert Papers consist of reprints on English literature and one letter from A. Levinson to James Hulbert (1917). |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Hulbert, James R. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
James Root Hulbert was born on March 8, 1884 in Eldora Iowa to James C. and Adda Root Hulbert. He received his Ph.D in English from the University of Chicago in 1912. His thesis, “Chaucer’s Official Life,” was published that same year.
Hulbert’s first appointment was as assistant in the English Department in 1907, and he later became a professor in the same department. During WWI, Hulbert was a civilian volunteer in the War Department, Section of Codes and Ciphers in 1918.
Hulbert married Viola Blackburn. Their daughter, Anna Gifford, was born in 1933.
Hulbert’s books include Effective English (1929, with Viola), Dictionary of American English (1936, with William Craigie), and Dictionaries, British and American (1955).
The James R. Hulbert Papers consist of reprints on English literature and one letter from A. Levinson to James Hulbert (1917).
Box 1 Folder 1 | Reprints and correspondence
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