Ervin Hanwit Tax (1910-1950) writer. The collection includes articles on political and sociological topics; correspondence, notably with his brother, Sol Tax, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, and Louis Wirth; and drafts of Tax's epic poem, The Wraith of Gawain.

Albert Harris Tolman, Professor of English at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1925. His notebooks contain notes for research and teaching on English language and grammar; Shakespeare; ballad and epic poetry; literary periods and individual authors They reveal how courses were organized, how they were taught, what approaches ...

The great prose epic La Gran Conquista de Ultramar is considered to be one of the greatest Spanish works of the thirteenth century. The work of copying and supervising textual studies of the four forms of La Gran Conquista was begun at the University of Chicago in the 1930s ...

The Records of the University of Chicago Press contain correspondence, minutes and other administrative material dating from 1892-1965. The largest part of the collection consists of files on books published by the Press during these years.

Edward C. Dimock (1929-2001), linguist and scholar of Asian Studies. Professor, University of Chicago, 1959-1989. Papers include drafts of articles, manuscripts of language textbooks and correspondence with colleagues and students.