Tag Archives: Albert Bates Lord

Agnieszka Matkowska

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Special Collections and Rare Books bids a fond farewell to Agnieszka Matkowska. Matkowska has been in residence during the past academic year to consult the Lord collection. The late Albert Bates Lord (1912-1991) was a professor of Slavic and comparative … Continue reading →

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John Miles Foley’s Lord Library Donation Lecture

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

University of Missouri Professor John Miles Foley, director for The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition, presented a talk entitled, “Albert Lord and the Study of Oral Tradition,” on Thursday, February 10th, 2011. Below is a full length version of … Continue reading →

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Albert & Mary Lord Collection

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

Albert Bates Lord and Mary Louise Lord’s private libraries were donated by the generous Lord family to the University of Missouri Libraries in 2010. A University of Missouri Classics and English Professor, John Miles Foley and former student of Albert … Continue reading →

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