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Author/Creator:Aiken, William Appleton, 1907-1957.
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Title:William Appleton Aiken papers, 1891-1971 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:9.5 linear ft. (21 boxes, 1 folio)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Gift of Mrs. William A. Aiken, 1959; acquired from Seaport Autographs, 1993 and Noushin Books & Co., 2014.
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Access and use:Collection is open for research. Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:William Appleton Aiken received his B.A. from Yale in 1929, a M. Litt. degree from Cambridge in 1932; and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1939. He was an instructor in history at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, from 1938-1940; and an assistant professor of English history at Lehigh University from 1941-1946, an associate professor from 1946-1949, and a professor from 1946-1957. During World War II, Aiken served from 1942-1946 in United States Army military intelligence. From 1942-1943, he worked in the Pentagon, specializing in the Middle East. In 1943, Aiken went to the Middle East for the Army and Office of War Information and stayed until 1944. After the war he was a consultant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on psychological warfare.
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Summary:The papers consist of correspondence, writings, research materials, and autograph letters relating to the literary work of William Appleton Aiken on the life of Daniel Fitch, second Earl of Nottingham. Also included are Aiken's personal papers including his diaries as an army intelligence officer in the Middle East during World War II and an exhibition scrapbook prepared by the Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:William Appleton Aiken Papers (MS 1093). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Aiken, William Appleton, 1907-1957.
Jackson, Stuart W. (Stuart Wells), 1875-
Moody, Paul D. (Paul Dwight), 1879-1947.
Notestein, Wallace, 1878-1969.
Nottingham, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1647-1730.
Osler, A. May.
Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962.
Lehigh University--Faculty.
Military intelligence.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence.
Europe.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Great Britain.
Middle East.
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Genre/Form:Autographs (manuscripts)
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Occupation:Educators.
Historians.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/613839