Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Robert L. Dawson Papers
Date(s)
- 1970-2007 (Creation)
Extent
14.60 Linear Feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Lewis Dawson joined the faculty at the Department of French and Italian, the University of Texas at Austin, in 1975 and remained there to his death. At the same time, he collected some French 15,000 books and 6,000 manuscripts, most from the long 18th century. These are in the Dawson French Collection at Cushing Library.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Personal papers, manuscripts of publications, correspondence, research notes, records of academic career.
System of arrangement
PUBLICATIONS (folders 1-1 to 3-4)
CORRESPONDENCE (folders 3-5 to 7-10)
ARRÊTS PROJECT (folders 7-11 to 9-10)
PERMISSION SIMPLE PROJECT (folders 9-11 to 10-15)
SPECIAL AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS (folders 10-16 to 14-11)
ACADEMIC CAREER (folders 14-12 to to 16-10)
PERSONAL FINANCES (folders 16-11 to to 16-18)
BOOK VENDOR CATALOGS (folders 17-1 to 33-6)
AUCTIONS CATALOGS (folders to 33-7 to 35-4)
REALIA (boxes 36-38)
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
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Specialized notes
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Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: David Z. Chroust.