"H.O. Houghton & Company," . . . . "Shetland (Scotland)" . . "Beowulf" . . . . . . . . . . "Postal cards"@en . . "Records and correspondence"@en . "Child writes to friends and fellow scholars with personal and professional news. He discusses the language of the Shetland Islands and Peter A. Munch's work there; the Chaucer Society and its publications; folk remedies in Chaucer; Beowulf scholarship and his preference for the work of Moriz Heyne over Benjamin Thorpe; and A.J. Ellis's book \"On early English pronunciation.\""@en . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . . "Letters (Corrspondence)"@en . "There are also postcards to H.O. Houghton and Company regarding revisions of proof for \"English and Scottish popular ballads\" and one engraving of Child."@en . . "Diplomas"@en . . "Papers of Francis James Child"@en . . . . . . . "Includes correspondence with F.B. Gummere and Colonel Henry Lee; diploma, 1854, from the University at Göttingen; manuscripts of writings and addresses; and school reports on Child. Related publications and reference material also available in repository."@en . . . . . . .