Samuel Hubert Woods, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1995-046

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, clippings, essays, notes, memorabilia, photographs, diaries, prints, books, and material of Samuel H. Woods, Jr. Collection also includes editions of Oliver Goldsmith's works.

Dates

1945 - 1993
Majority of material found within 1980 - 1990

Creator

Woods, Jr., Samuel Hubert, 1926-1994. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions apply to this collection. Any use of this material in a publication needs to be approved by Dr. Mary Rohrberger of the University of Northern Iowa, Executor of the Sam Woods Literary Estate. See SCUA staff for more information.

Biographical Sketch

Samuel Hubert Woods, Jr. (1926-1994) was born in Ardmore, OK, graduated from Tulsa Central High School (1943), attended the University of Oklahoma (1943-1945), graduated cum laude from Harvard (A.B., 1947), received his M.A. from Harvard (1949), and Ph.D. from Yale (1956). He taught at the University of Colorado (1949-51), Duke (1954-55), and Rutgers (1955-56). In 1956, he became an Instructor in English at Oklahoma State University, and eventually attained the rank of Professor in 1965. Woods retired in 1982. He specialized in eighteenth-century British literature, specifically Oliver Goldsmith, but also taught twentieth-century English and American literature and literary theory. At OSU, Woods served on the Faculty Council (1963-68, Chairman, 1968-69) and also on the Graduate Council (1970-72). He published two textbooks: Introduction to Literature (1968, with Mary Rohrberger) and Reading and Writing about Literature (1971, with Mary Rohrberger). He also published Oliver Goldsmith: A Reference Guide (1982), book reviews, and articles on Goldsmith, J.R.R. Tolkien, and John Crowe Ransom. He was completing a literary biography of Goldsmith at the time of his death.

Extent

15 Linear feet (7 record storage boxes; 2 half-size boxes; two index card boxes; 2 oversize boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into 14 series.

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.