Caleb T. Winchester papers
Collection
Identifier: 1000-113
Scope and Contents
The Caleb T. Winchester collection contains correspondence to and from Winchester, lectures and addresses he gave as well as his published materials, books reviews and albums.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1923
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
In public domain - No Copyright - United States
Biographical / Historical
- 1847, January 18 - Born at Montville, Connecticut, son of Rev. and Mrs. George F. Winchester. Prepared for college at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
- 1869 - Graduated Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
- 1869-1873 - Served as Wesleyan University Librarian.
- 1872 - Received Master’s Degree, Wesleyan University.
- 1872 - Married Julia Stackpole Smith of Middletown, CT. with whom he had one son, Julian Caleb Winchester.
- 1873 - Elected to professorship of Rhetoric and Literature, Wesleyan University.
- 1877 - Julia Smith Winchester died.
- 1880 - Married Alice Goodwin Smith.
- 1880-1881 - Studied at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
- 1882 - Returned to Wesleyan University.
- 1890 to death - Olin Professor of English Literature.
- 1890-1900 - Gave Donovan lectures on English Literature at Johns Hopkins University.
- 1892 - Received honorary L.H.D. degree from Dickinson College; Five Short Courses of Reading in English Literature.
- 1892-1897 - Edited Athenaeum Press Series with Professor George L. Kittredge, Harvard University.
- 1899 - Some Principles of Literary Criticism.
- 1904 - Member of the committee for the revision of the Methodist Hymnal; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers.
- 1906 - The Life of John Wesley.
- 1910 - A Group of English Essays.
- 1916 - Wordsworth, How to Know Him.
- 1919 - Received honorary LL.D. degree from Wesleyan University.
- 1920, March 24 - Died at Middletown, CT.
- 1922 - An Old Castle and Other Essays. Memories of the English Lakes.
Books by Caleb Thomas Winchester: Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct. Originally compiled by Orange Judd, 1869. Revised by Caleb Thomas Winchester, William North Rice, and G. Brown Goode. Boston: Press of Rand, Avery, and Company, 1873. 308 pp.
A Book of English Essays. Selected and edited by Caleb Thomas Winchester. New York: H. Holt and Company, 1914. 405 pp.
Five Short Courses of Reading in English Literature. With biographical and critical references by Caleb Thomas Winchester. Boston and New York: Ginn and Company, 1892. 150 pp. Revised 1900 and 1911.
A Group of English Essayists of the Early Nineteenth Century. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. 250 pp.
The Life of John Wesley. New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1906. 301 pp.
An Old Castle and Other Essays. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. 395 pp.
The Sir Roger de Coverly Papers. Edited by Caleb Thomas Winchester. New York and Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1904. 258 pp.
Some Principles of Literary Criticism. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1899. 352 pp. William Wordsworth, How to Know Him. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1916. 296 pp.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (3 paige boxes and 3 hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of Caleb T. Winchester.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Lectures and addresses
- Series III: Published material, diaries, albums
Subject
- Title
- Caleb T. Winchester papers, 1867-1923
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Burke Giordano ’2006 and Jeffrey Makala Migrated to ArchivesSpace by Erica Ciallela, June 2020.
- Date
- June 11, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository