Waldo H. Dunn Correspondence
SPEC.RARE.CMS.0002
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1.45 Cubic feet
1845-1965
Waldo Hilary Dunn (1882-1969) was a professor of Rhetoric and English Composition at the College of Wooster and a professor at Scripps College. Dunn is the author of several biographies as well as poetry, fiction, and book reviews. The Waldo H. Dunn Correspondence contains correspondence, news clippings, and other paper materials on subjects such as Dunn’s and his correspondents’ research, literary work, and personal lives. Collection materials are dated 1845-1965.
(3) 5" letter document boxes; (1) 2.5" legal document box
English
Dunn, Waldo Hilary, 1882-1969
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Biographical Note
Waldo Hilary Dunn was an academic and author. He was born in Rutland, Ohio in 1882 and died in Wooster, Ohio in 1969. From 1913 to 1916, he attended the University of Glasgow to earn a DLitt, and his thesis was “English Biography”, a history and analysis of biography as a literary form. He was a professor of Rhetoric and English Composition at the College of Wooster from before 1913 to circa 1931, at which point he became a professor at Scripps College in Claremont, California. In circa 1954, Dunn returned to live in Wooster, Ohio.
Dunn’s writings include several biographies of subjects such as Robert Stout, R.D. Blackmore, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle, Donald G. Mitchell, and George Washington. He also wrote poetry, fiction, and book reviews. As of 2018, the College of Wooster English Department awards the Waldo H. Dunn Prize for the best English senior independent critical analysis thesis.
Scope and Contents
The Waldo H. Dunn Correspondence contains correspondence, news clippings, photographs, publications, and other paper materials. Collection topics include Waldo H. Dunn’s research (on subjects such as Robert Stout, James Anthony Froude, and Thomas Carlyle); the literary work of himself and others; the personal lives of Dunn, his family, and his correspondents; the College of Wooster Department of Rhetoric and English Composition; and Walter Edwin Peck. Collection materials are dated 1845-1965.
Dunn, Waldo Hilary, 1882-1969
Peck, Walter Edwin, 1891-1954
Stout, Robert, Sir, 1844-1930
Authors, American--20th century
Biographers--20th century
College teachers--Ohio--20th century
Correspondence
Research (documents)
A-B
1
1
1914-1954
Benson (A. C.)
1
2
1922-1925
C
1
3
1918-1926
D-E
1
4
1913-1953
F-G
1
5
1915-1964
Grant (Heber J.)
1
6
1931-1932
H
1
7
1898-1965
Hanson (Lawrence)
1
8
1949-1950
I-K
1
9
1915-1947
L
1
10
1915-1936
M
1
11
1915-1930
N-Q
1
12
1914-1954
R
1
13
1911-1936
S
1
14
1915-1958
Stewart (Mary D.)
1
15
1947-1956
Stewart (William D.)
1
16
1933-1947
Stout (Duncan)
2
1
1931-1962
Stout (Robert)
2
2
1937-1958
Stout (Sir Robert)
2
3
1920-1927
Strong (Austin)
2
4
1945-1950
Sutherland
2
5
1942-1961
T-V
2
6
1914-1949
W-Z
2
7
1909-1946
Young (Norwood)
2
8
1913-1951
Peck correspondence
2
9
1913-1914
Peck correspondence
2
10
1915
Peck correspondence
2
11
1916 January-May
Peck correspondence
2
12
1916 June-November
Peck correspondence
2
13
1917-1918
Peck correspondence
2
14
1919
Peck correspondence
2
15
1920 January-June
Peck correspondence
2
16
1920 July-December
Peck correspondence
3
1
1921 January-April
Peck correspondence
3
2
1921 May-June
Peck correspondence
3
3
1921 July-December
Peck correspondence
3
4
1922
Peck correspondence
3
5
1923-1924
Peck correspondence
3
6
1925
Peck correspondence
3
7
1926
Peck correspondence
3
8
1927
Peck correspondence
3
9
1928-1929
Peck correspondence
3
10
1930
Peck correspondence
3
11
1931-1941
Peck correspondence
3
12
1948
Peck correspondence
3
13
1949-1963
Clippings and letters about and short publications by Walter Edwin Peck
4
1
1916-1954
Stout (Robert): "A Night with Two Old Books" published on December 29, 1902
4
2
circa 1920s
Photographs of Walter Edwin Peck, William D. Stewart, and Robert Stout
4
3
1903-1948
Scope and Contents
Also includes a pencil sketch of Walter Edwin Peck.
Shakespeare Head Press brochures and advertisements
4
4
1904-before 1930
Historical figures and possible Dunn relatives
4
5
1845-1884
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publications
4
6
1930-1964
Discarded design for Edgewood, Donald G. Mitchell's home in New Haven, Connecticut
4
7
after 1855-before 1908