Donald J. Winslow collection
Scope and Contents
The Donald J. Winslow collection consists of published and print materials on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group with which he was associated. Winslow’s papers also contain publications of the International Virginia Woolf Society of which Winslow was a founding member.
Dates of Materials
- 1938 - 2005
Creator
- Winslow, Donald J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that he owns copyright, Donald J. Winslow has assigned the copyright of this collection to Smith College; however, copyright in items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Professor Winslow, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical / Historical
Donald James Winslow, a literary scholar and professor of English, was born in Auburndale, Massachusetts in 1911. He was educated at Tufts University (B.S., 1934; A.M., 1935) and at Boston University (Ph.D., 1942). He taught in the English Department at Boston University from 1939 to 1977; upon retirement he was made Professor Emeritus. Since 1960 he has also maintained an affiliation with Lasell Junior College.
Winslow’s doctoral dissertation was entitled: Thomas Hardy: His British and American Critics. In 1982 he published Thomas Hardy’s Sister Kate (Langport, England: The Thomas Hardy Society, 1982). His text Life-Writing: A Glossary of Terms in Biography, Autobiography, and Related Forms went through two editions (Honolulu: Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University Press of Hawaii, 1980; 2nd ed., 1995). He is also the author of Lasell: A History of the First Junior College for Women (Boston: Lasell Junior College, 1987).
Extent
0.667 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Donald James Winslow was a literary scholar and professor of English. The Donald J. Winslow collection consists of published and print materials on Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group with which he was associated as well as publications of the International Virginia Woolf Society of which Winslow was a founding member.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Donald J. Winslow, 2006.
- Title
- Finding Aid to Donald J. Winslow collection
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Melvin Carlson, Jr., Ellice Amanna
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Mortimer Rare Book Collection Repository
