Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1954-2009 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.38 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series consists of Prof. Cook’s personal and professional correspondence with colleagues, departmental administrators, editors, literary critics, authors, family, and friends. Of note is significant correspondence with literary critic Alastair Fowler, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Series also includes correspondence with Northrop Frye, Francis Ethelbert Louis Priestly, and Holly Stevens (the only child of Wallace Stevens).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Correspondence tends to be filed by year. Series is arranged chronologically, with the exception of a few general files that span many years, which can be found at the beginning of the series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
For a box and file list, see Appendix 1 in the finding aid linked below.