University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of Alan Strode Campbell Ross

Correspondence addressed to Ross and to the newspaper Revielle , in connection with his forthcoming book; research notes, correspondence and microfilm prints of manuscripts from British and European University and public libraries in relation to his research on Bede; correspondence on the subject of the Yorkshire game of Pize-ball; notebook on lexicography; other correspondence.

Alan Strode Campbell Ross (1907-1980), was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Birmingham

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For further reading about the University of Birmingham see: Eric Ives, Diane Drummond, Leonard Schwarz The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980 An Introductory History ( The University of University of Birmingham Press. 2000 ).

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This collection was deposited in 1963 and 1964.

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The Letters Additional Collection in the Special Collections Department, GB 150 LAdd, includes a substantial quantity of correspondence of Professor Ross and includes correspondence about Anglo-Saxon charms, etymologies, "wastel bread", patience games, his work on ginger, a book on Pitcairn: LAdd/250-375, 730-872, 1365-1408, 1546-1629, 5754-5793.