Inventory of the Lambert Armour Shears Papers, 1912-1959

Abstract

Lambert Shears was a professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature at Duke University from 1927-1959.

The collection includes syllabi, exams, lecture notes, as well as Shears’ graduate student papers from Columbia University and ranges in date from 1912-1959.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Shears, Lambert Armour, 1890-1962.
Title: Lambert Armour Shears Papers, 1912-1959
Language of Material: English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet, 300 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Shears’ collection includes lecture and research notes from his years as a graduate student and professor, final exams given at Duke, and papers written while a graduate student at Columbia. The collection ranges in date from 1912-1959.

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Access Restrictions

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Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Contents of the Collection

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Lecture and Research Notes, undated

Box 1

Research Notes, Final Exam, Shears’ Graduate School Papers, 1915-1950, undated

Box 1

Research Notes, Final Exams, Shears’s Graduate School Papers, 1913-1959, undated

Box 1

Research Notes, Shears’ Graduate School Papers, 1912-1914, undated

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Research Notes, Shears’ Graduate School Papers, 1915, undated

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Historical Note

Lambert A. Shears was born in 1890 in New York City. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University in 1912, 1914 and 1922, respectively. Before arriving at Duke in 1927, Shears taught at Columbia University, Wesleyan University, Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. He taught in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature. He retired from Duke in 1959, and in 1960-61 served as visiting faculty at Wake Forest College. He died in 1962.