Special Collections Research Center
John Lesslie Hall Papers
Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856-
UA 6.021
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0.80 Linear Feet
1885-1928
English
Biographical Information:
John Lesslie Hall was a member of the faculty of the College of William and Mary from 1888 to 1928. He was born in Richmond, Va., 2 March 1856. He attended Randolph-Macon College. Taught school. Married Margaret Fenwick. Among other volumes, he published a translation of Beowulf and co-authored an Anglo-Saxon grammar. Hall died in 1928.
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Preferred Citation:
John Lesslie Hall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Related Materials:
Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman (UA 6.022)
Scope and Contents
Collection of John Lesslie Hall, a William & Mary faculty member from 1888-1928. The collection includes biographical material; notebooks; publications; pictures; speeches and addresses; Notes on Bruton Parish Church; correspondence; and tax levies.
Correspondence
Notebooks
Speeches, addresses, etc.
College of William and Mary--History--19th century
College of William and Mary--History--20th century
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Box 1id15110/repositories/2/archival_objects/571951Biographical Materialid15111/repositories/2/archival_objects/5719711Resolution on the Death of John Lesslie Hallid15112/repositories/2/archival_objects/57198February 24, 192812Picturesid15113/repositories/2/archival_objects/5719913Publicationsid15114/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720014Speeches and Addressesid15115/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720115Notes on Bruton Parish Churchid15116/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720216Correspondenceid15117/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720317Tax Leviesid15118/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720418Notebook #1 --Notes on Anglo-Saxon dialects, from the lectures of Dr. Bright, and notes onSanskrit, from the lectures of Dr. Bloomfield, taken by John Lesslie Hallid15119/repositories/2/archival_objects/5720519Notebook # 2-- Notes on Anglo-Saxon verse, from the lectures of Dr. Bright, taken by John Lesslie Hallid15120/repositories/2/archival_objects/57206110Notebook # 3--Notes on Beowulf and Andreas and other Anglo-Saxon poems, taken by John Lesslie Hall, from the lectures of Drs. Wood and Bright respectivelyid15121/repositories/2/archival_objects/57207111Notebook # 4--Notes on comparative German grammar and comparative philology, taken by John Lesslie Hall, from the lectures of Drs. Wood and Bloomfield respectivelyid15122/repositories/2/archival_objects/57208112Notebook # 5-- notes on comparative German grammar, and the Nibelungen Epic, taken by John Lesslie Hallid15123/repositories/2/archival_objects/57209113Notebook # 6--Notes on English seminary, and Middle-High German, taken by John Lessle Hallid15124/repositories/2/archival_objects/572101885-1887114Box 2id15126/repositories/2/archival_objects/571962Notebook # 7--Notes on German seminary and phonetics taken by John Lesslie Hall, from the lectures of Drs. Wood and Bright, respectivelyid15127/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721121Notebook #8--Notes on Germanic institutions, and German history, taken by John Lesslie Hall.id15128/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721222Notes on Gothic literature, Anglo-Saxon phonology, and Anglo-Saxon literature, taken by John Lesslie Hall, from the lectures of Dr. Wood [and possible others].id15129/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721323Notebook #1O--Notes on Old English grammar and literature, taken by John Lesslie Hall.id15130/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721424Notebook #11--Notes on Piers Plowman, Chaucer, and Middle Englishid15131/repositories/2/archival_objects/57215188825Notebook #12--Notes on Prussian history, German history, English history, German literature, Middle-High German grammar, Scottish literature, and sources of Shakespeare's plays, taken by John Lesslie Hallid15132/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721626Notebook #13--Notes on early churches of Jamestownid15133/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721727Notebook #14--Notes on the weak adjective in Anglo-Saxon and Old English grammar, taken by John Lesslie Hallid15134/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721828Notebook #15--Notebook containing stanza of unidentified poemid15135/repositories/2/archival_objects/5721929