Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0458

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Scope and Contents

The Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection spans the dates 1958-1964 and includes 42 items of correspondence, typescripts, periodicals, and news clippings related to Millgate’s 1962 interview with Snow. The collection comprises letters from Snow to Millgate, typescripts of an interview conducted by Millgate, publication correspondence between Millgate and his editors, and periodicals and news clippings related to Snow.

Snow’s letters to Millgate are related to the latter’s work on Snow and other literary matters. The typescripts included in the collection bear many autograph corrections made by both Snow and Millgate. A published version of the article is included for comparison. Many of the news clippings in the collection are related to the debate that rose around Snow’s book The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1962).

Dates

Creation: 1958-1964

Creator

Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Michael Millgate

The British scholar Michael Millgate was born July 19, 1929, in Southampton, England, and educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1956), and the University of Leeds (Ph.D., 1960). Millgate is Professor of English at the University of Toronto and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Royal Society of Literature. He is the author of critical studies and biographies of Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner.

“Michael Millgate.” Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group. 2002. Retrieved December 11, 2002 from http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC

C. P. (Charles Percy) Snow

The British writer, scientist, and public official C. P. (Charles Percy) Snow was born in Leicester, England, on October 15, 1905. He died July 1, 1980 in London. Snow was educated at University College, Leicester (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1928); and Christ's College, Cambridge (Ph.D. in physics, 1930). Snow combined three careers during his lifetime, serving as a Civil Service commissioner (1945-1960) and parliamentary secretary (1964-1966); he was a physicist at Cambridge University (1930-1950); and he wrote novels, plays, and critical essays. Snow’s book The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1962) was aimed at closing the gap between scientific and literary spheres of thought, and was admired by figures such as John F. Kennedy, but attacked by the critic F.R. Leavis. As a novelist Snow is most well-known for his sequence Strangers and Brothers, which includes The Masters (1951), The New Men (1954), The Affair (1960), Corridors of Power (1964), and Last Things (1970). In 1964 Snow was made a life peer.

“C(harles) P(ercy) Snow.” Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group. 2002. Retrieved December 11, 2002 from http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC

Extent

42 item (1 box)

1 oversize removal

Additional Description

Abstract

The Michael Millgate-C.P. Snow collection spans the dates 1958-1964 and includes 42 items of correspondence, typescripts, periodicals, and news clippings related to British literary scholar Millgate’s 1962 interview with British writer, scientist, and public official C. P. (Charles Percy) Snow. Snow’s letters to Millgate are related to the latter’s work on Snow and other literary matters.