Roman Iakobson Archive

[Lisa Taylor (REF-GA)]

Some contact and other information for this collection:

Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982

Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Institute Archives
Special Collections
Cambridege 02139
Tel. (617) 253-5136
Fax  (617) 253-1690

Holdings:  Papers 1908-1982 123 Cubic Ft
Notes:  Provides a full record of Roman Jakobson's personal life and
scholarly contributions to linguistics, poetics, mythology, folklore,
literature, and cognitive science.  Correspondence, writings, and teaching
materials document Jakobson's early years as a professor of linguistics
and Slavic studies in prewar Czechoslovakia.  Lectures, speeches,
correspondence, research and lecture notes and writings about Jakobson
detail his personal and professional life in the U.S.  Included is
Jakobson's correspondence with Linguist Prince Nikolai Sergeevich
Trubetskoy.  Finding aid available.

Subject Collections.  7th edition.  New Jersey: R.R. Bowker, 1993, 1109.

email: archives-net-lib at mit.edu

You may also want to look at MIT's  archival access policy on
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/; it has some important information.

Lisa Taylor