University of Texas at Austin

Leonidas Warren Payne

Creator: Payne, Leonidas Warren, 1873-1945
Title: Leonidas Warren Payne Collection
Dates: 1904-1957, undated
Extent: 8 document boxes (3.36 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf)
Abstract: The collection chiefly contains correspondence written to Leonidas Warren Payne, an American linguist and professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin from 1904 to 1943. Correspondents include E. E. Cummings, J. Frank Dobie, Robert Frost, John Lomax (with whom Payne co-founded the Texas Folklore Society), Edwin Arlington Robinson, Carl Sandburg, and Stark Young among others.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-03209
Language: English
Access: Open for research. This collection is fully described in the Ransom Center's onsite card catalog. Please contact the Center for details about content or accessibility: Reference