Collection ID: LMC 2555
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Hodge, C. T. (Carleton Taylor), 1917-1998
Abstract:
The Hodge mss., circa 18th-19th century, consists of codices and related materials collected by linguistic scholar Carleton Taylor Hodge, 1917-1998.
Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 box; 1 bound)
Language:
Materials are in English, Arabic, Persian, French .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Hodge mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Carleton Taylor Hodge, 1917-1998, linguistic scholar, was born in Springfield, Illinois, and dedicated most of his career to linguistics and African studies. He received his B.A. from DePauw University, and his Ph.D. in 1943 from the University of Pennsylvania. His thesis was on the descriptive grammar of the Hausa language. During his career he worked for the Foreign Service Institute in the U.S. State Department before joining the faculty at Indiana University in 1964. During his tenure at Indiana, he assisted in the development of the African Studies Department as well as the Department of Linguistics.

Scope and Content:

The Hodge mss., circa 18th-19th century, consists of codices and related materials collected by linguistic scholar Carleton Taylor Hodge, 1917-1998.

The collection includes: a Koran, probably late 18th or early 19th century and an 18th-century Durreh-yi-Nādirī of Muhammad Mahdī b. Muhammad Nasīr-i-Astarabādī, known as Kawkab-i-Astarabādī, the court historian of Nādir Shāh, as well as a 19th-century New Testament "de la main Dr. Jean Baptiste Viénot de Vaublanc," among other items.

Collection size: 14 items

Acquisition information:
Gift: 2004, 2006-2007
Physical location:
Lilly - Stacks

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the curator.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Hodge mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu