Wallace Erwin Syrian Arabic Dictionary Collection
Scope and Contents
Research materials concerning a Syrian Arabic-English dictionary.
Dates
- Creation: 1964 - 1975
Creator
- Erwin, Wallace M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Biographical Note
Wallace M. Erwin was a noted linguist who taught at Georgetown University for many years. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Erwin studied at the Georgia Military Academy. In 1942, he graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree. The year before, he had travelled to Colombia on a grant from Princeton. In 1942, Erwin joined the U.S. Navy, where he taught Japanese to recent university graduates
Erwin earned a Ph.D. from Georgetown University and subsequently taught at Georgetown. He eventually became the chair of the Arabic Department. In 1963, Erwin published the book, "A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic."
Wallace M. Erwin died on August 4, 2011.
[Source: Princeton University Alumni Weekly for 12/14/2011 - Online].
Extent
8.8 Cubic Feet (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
Arabic
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred to Georgetown University Library by Wallace M. Erwin, circa 1987.
Topical
- Title
- Wallace Erwin Syrian Arabic Dictionary collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023-10: Edited for DACS-compliance by John Zarrillo
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu