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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Collection Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records Level Subseries

Audio cassettes of literary scholars

There are 686 audio cassette tapes that contain conversations of prominent literary theory scholars from the 1990's. An Excel spreadsheet inventory of the audio cassettes is available upon request. Some of the scholars are Ralph Cohen, Robert Weiman, Toril Moi, Brian Stock, Hayden White, Wolfgang Iser, Ashin Nandy, Wolf Lupenies, Martha Nussbaum, Keith Moxey, Cora Diamond, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Jerry Ward, Gary Saul Morson, Helene Cixous, Walter Sokel, Catharine R. Stimpson, Katherine Neeley, Frederick Turner, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Ivor Indyk, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Jerome McGann, Ji Wei Ci, R. S. Khare,Tzvetan Todorov, Richard Rorty, Geoffrey Hartman and many others.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 1 "New Literary History" records

Classes and Research

Content from teaching classes, lecture notes (research) on Ancient History through 20th Century: The Greats, Medieval Literature, English and Continental Literature 1660-1770, English and Continental Literature 1770-1900, to American 19th-20th Century,British 20th Century, Classic to Romantic Poetry, literary change, literary history, literary theory, genre, and aesthetics/psychology,including course packets, syllabi,conferences, articles, printed, and bibliographic research. Much of this material is undated.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 2 Ralph Cohen papers

Correspondence

See also Ralph Cohen correspondence in Series 2. His correspondence includes topics for the "New Literary History Journal" and communication with his colleagues and students about teaching. This correspondence is in Series 1 and Series 2 and is kept separate because that was the original order of the collection.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 1 "New Literary History" records

Correspondence

Ralph Cohen correspondence about New Literary History and teaching. See also correspondence in series 1. In addition to Ralph Cohen correspondence there is correspondence related to his work in organizations including the Modern Language Association, Conference of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ), The Eighteenth-Century Committee, the University of Virginia, and many more.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 2 Ralph Cohen papers

Digital files (articles for New Literary History)

A list of the digital files is available upon request. Some of the authors (contributors) are Ralph Cohen, Tzvetan Todorov, Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, David B. Morris, Xiaoying Wang, Martha Nussbaum, Fredric Jameson, Jerome McGann, Terry Eagleton, Brian Stock, Frances Ferguson, Rita Felski, Rey Chow, Michael Prince, Winfried Fluck, Sandra Gilbert and many others.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 1 "New Literary History" records

"New Literary History" correspondence with contributors for each issue

The correspondence is arranged by journal issue and alphabetically by author's name. Articles and commentaries are included with the correspondence. There are no files for volumes I-III,VIII-X,XV,23,24,25,and 27. There are gaps within some of the volumes. Volume IV does not have No. 1, Volume XIV does not have No. 3. Volume XVI does not have No.1 and No. 2. Volume 22 does not have No. 2. Starting with Volume 19, the issues use cardinal numbers instead of roman numerals. Volume 21,and later issues are published 4 times a year, not 3. At this time (2021) the articles in the New Literary History Journal are available online in JSTOR on their URL: https://www.jstor.org

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records
  3. Series 1 "New Literary History" records
  4. Correspondence

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