George R. Levine papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes two book manuscripts, files of two University committees on the Arts, and a restricted file on faculty tenure cases.
Dates
- 1965-1996
Creator
- Levine, George R. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
The bulk of the collection is open for research. Folder 2.4 is restricted for 75 years from date of record creation in accordance with University Archives Restricted Records Policy.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Biographical Note
George R. Levine, a native of Boston, graduated from Tufts University in 1951 and received an M.A. in English literature from Columbia in 1952. From 1952-54 he served in Korea in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He returned to Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature in 1961. He served as Instructor of English at both Columbia and Northwestern universities before beginning as an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1963.
In 1969 Prof. Levine was awarded a Fulbright Lecturing Award. He spent the 1969-1970 academic year at the University of Cologne, W. Germany, lecturing on the literature of the Restoration and the 18th Century. His other areas of specialization were in lyric poetry and the relationship of literature and the Arts.
Prof. Levine was promoted to full professor in 1970 and received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1974. From 1975 to 1981 he served as Provost and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters.
Prof. Levine served on or chaired numerous committees at the University and in the community. Of relevance to this collection, he chaired the Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Privileges from 1968-1969 where he reviewed the handling of tenure cases in the Classics Department. In 1982-83 he chaired the Task Group to Review the Office of Cultural Affairs, whose role was to integrate and develop University and community cultural life. In 1995-96 he chaired a Provostial Committee on the Future of the Arts at U.B.
Prof. Levine retired from the University at Buffalo in 2001.
Extent
.83 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Abstract
Collection includes two book manuscripts, files of two University committees on the Arts, and a restricted file on faculty tenure cases.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series:
- Literary Manuscripts
- Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Privileges
- Task Group to Review the Office of Cultural Affairs
- Committee on the Future of the Arts at University at Buffalo
Acquisition Information
Collection was donated by George R. Levine in August 2002.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Spencer, December 2010.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the George R. Levine papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Karen Spencer.
- Date
- 2010
- 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
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