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David H. Willson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 194

Scope and Content

The collection contains course materials, including lecture notes, reading lists and exams, correspondence, manuscripts, publications, clippings and notecards.

Dates

  • circa 1926-1981

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Use of Materials

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright

Requests for permission to quote from the David H. Willson papers should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives head.

Biographical Sketch of David H. Willson (b. 1901)

David Harris Willson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1901. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Haverford College (Haverford, PA) in 1921 and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1925. Dr. Willson joined the faculty in the history department at the University of Minnesota in 1924. His area of emphasis was the Tudor-Stuart period and general English history. In 1967, his text History of Englandwas published.

Extent

11 boxes (14.3 linear feet)

Abstract

Collection contains the papers of David H. Willson, professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

Other Finding Aid Available

A finding aid with a partial contents list is available in University Archives.

Source of acquisition

The collection was donated to University Archives by Mrs. David Willson on April 1, 1976. Additional materials were deposited in March 1981.

Related Materials in University of Minnesota Archives

Guy Stanton Ford papers

Processing Information

Collection has not been processed.

Title
David H. Willson papers, circa 1926-1981
Author
Karen Spilman
Date
April 2005
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Collecting Area Details

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