American Scholar records,
American Scholar records, 1926-2006 (bulk 1944-2005).
- 140,500 items. 428 containers. 171.2 linear feet.
- Part I is arranged in 12 series. Series 1: Accession No. 13,595, General Editorial File, 1932-1957; Series 2: Accession No. 13,595, Miscellaneous, 1957-1960; Series 3: Accession No. 13,595, Author File, circa 1930s-1957; Series 4: Accession No. 15,221, General Editorial File, 1957-1960; Series 5: Accession No. 15,221, Author File, 1957-1960; Series 6: Accession No. 15,221, Miscellaneous, 1926-1965; Series 7: Accession No. 16,509, Author File, 1960-1970; Series 8: Accession No. 16,509, General Editorial File, 1951-1970; Series 9: Accession No. 17,500, General Editorial File, 1965-1972; Series 10: Accession No. 17,500, Author File, 1970-1973; Series 11: Accession No. 18,559, General Editorial File, 1933-1980; and Series 12: Accession No. 18,559, Author File, 1973-1976. Part II is arranged in 3 series. Series 1: General Editorial File, 1931-1988; Series 2: Author File, 1932-1988; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1957-1986. Part III is arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1988-2006; and Series 2: Production File, 1984-2006.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Correspondence, business and editorial records, original manuscripts and edited drafts of works published in the magazine, and other records of the Phi Beta Kappa quarterly magazine, American Scholar. Daily publication activities are documented in correspondence between editors and staff relating to advertising, distribution, and printing; correspondence between editors and members of the editorial board; financial reports; and other records. Also consists of correspondence with authors of articles submitted for publication and of material relating to book reviews and readers' responses to various articles. Much of the correspondence is between editors and editorial board members. Editors include Joseph Epstein (1973-), Hiram Collins Haydn (1944-1973), Marjorie Hope Nicholson (acting editor, 1943-1944), and William A. Shimer (1932-1943). Board members include John Edwin Bakeless, Jacques Barzun, Marston Bates, Ruth Benedict, Crane Brinton, Van Wyck Brooks, Harry Woodburn Chase, Henry Steele Commager, Ada Louise Comstock, Elmer Holmes Davis, Paul H. Douglas, R.L. Duffus, Irwin Edman, John Erskine, John H. Finley, Guy Stanton Ford, Jerome Frank, Christian Frederick Gauss, Walter Gellhorn, Alan Gregg, Walton H. Hamilton, Henry Hazlitt, Richard Hofstadter, Will David Howe, Randall Jarrell, Alvin Saunders Johnson, Adam Leroy Jones, Louis Kronenberger, Joseph Wood Krutch, James McCauley Landis, Max Lerner, Burton E. Livingston, Alain LeRoy Locke, Archibald MacLeish, Dumas Malone, Margaret Mead, Perry Miller, Henry Allen Moe, Felix Morley, John W. Nason, William Allan Neilson, Reinhold Niebuhr, H.A. Overstreet, John Herman Randall, Jr., J. Saunders Redding, David Riesman, Paul Robeson, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., Paul Bigelow Sears, Harlow Shapley, Mary K. Simkhovitch, Donald A. Stauffer, Irita Taylor Van Doren, Sumner Welles, George Frisbie Whicher, and Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge.
Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Quarterly magazine of culture, history, literature, public affairs, and science published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011151 List of American Scholar editorial staff and board members and selected indexes of correspondents in the General Editorial File and Author File of Part I, Accession No. 13,595 are available for use in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
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Bakeless, John, 1894-1978 --Correspondence.
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 --Correspondence.
Bates, Marston, 1906-1974 --Correspondence.
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 --Correspondence.
Brinton, Crane, 1898-1968 --Correspondence.
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 --Correspondence.
Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1883-1955 --Correspondence.
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 --Correspondence.
Comstock, Ada Louise--Correspondence.
Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958 --Correspondence.
Douglas, Paul H. 1892-1976 --Correspondence.
Duffus, R. L. 1888- --Correspondence.
Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954 --Correspondence.
Epstein, Joseph, 1937- --Correspondence.
Erskine, John, 1879-1951 --Correspondence.
Finley, John H. 1863-1940 --Correspondence.
Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962 --Correspondence.
Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957 --Correspondence.
Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973 --Correspondence.
Gauss, Christian Frederick, 1878-1951 --Correspondence.
Gellhorn, Walter, 1906- --Correspondence.
Gregg, Alan, 1890-1957 --Correspondence.
Hamilton, Walton Hale, 1881-1958 --Correspondence.
Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-1993 --Correspondence.
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970 --Correspondence.
Howe, Will David, 1873-1946 --Correspondence.
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874- --Correspondence.
Jones, Adam Leroy, 1873-1934 --Correspondence.
Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980 --Correspondence.
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970 --Correspondence.
Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964 --Correspondence.
Lerner, Max, 1902-1992 --Correspondence.
Livingston, Burton E. 1875-1948 --Correspondence.
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 --Correspondence.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 --Correspondence.
Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986 --Correspondence.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 --Correspondence.
Miller, Perry, 1905-1963 --Correspondence.
Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 --Correspondence.
Morley, Felix, 1894- --Correspondence.
Nason, John W.--Correspondence.
Neilson, William Allan, 1869-1946 --Correspondence.
Nicholson, Marjorie Hope--Correspondence.
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 --Correspondence.
Overstreet, H. A. 1875-1970 --Correspondence.
Randall, John Herman, 1899-1980 --Correspondence.
Redding, J. Saunders 1906-1988 --Correspondence.
Riesman, David, 1909-2002 --Correspondence.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 --Correspondence.
Schlesinger, Arthur M. 1917-2007 --Correspondence.
Sears, Paul B. 1891-1990 --Correspondence.
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 --Correspondence.
Shimer, William A. 1894- --Correspondence.
Simkhovitch, Mary K. 1867-1951 --Correspondence.
Stauffer, Donald A. 1902-1952 --Correspondence.
Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966 --Correspondence.
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 --Correspondence.
Whicher, George Frisbie, 1889-1954 --Correspondence.
Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940 --Correspondence.
Phi Beta Kappa.
American Scholar.
American literature.
American literature--Periodicals.
American periodicals.
Civilization.
Civilization--Periodicals.
Culture.
Culture--Periodicals.
History.
History--Periodicals.
Intellectual life.
Intellectual life--Periodicals.
Literature.
Literature--Periodicals.
Periodical editors--United States.
Politics, Practical.
Politics, Practical--Periodicals.
Political science.
Political science--Periodicals.
Religion.
Religion--Periodicals.
Science.
Science--Periodicals.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Correspondence, business and editorial records, original manuscripts and edited drafts of works published in the magazine, and other records of the Phi Beta Kappa quarterly magazine, American Scholar. Daily publication activities are documented in correspondence between editors and staff relating to advertising, distribution, and printing; correspondence between editors and members of the editorial board; financial reports; and other records. Also consists of correspondence with authors of articles submitted for publication and of material relating to book reviews and readers' responses to various articles. Much of the correspondence is between editors and editorial board members. Editors include Joseph Epstein (1973-), Hiram Collins Haydn (1944-1973), Marjorie Hope Nicholson (acting editor, 1943-1944), and William A. Shimer (1932-1943). Board members include John Edwin Bakeless, Jacques Barzun, Marston Bates, Ruth Benedict, Crane Brinton, Van Wyck Brooks, Harry Woodburn Chase, Henry Steele Commager, Ada Louise Comstock, Elmer Holmes Davis, Paul H. Douglas, R.L. Duffus, Irwin Edman, John Erskine, John H. Finley, Guy Stanton Ford, Jerome Frank, Christian Frederick Gauss, Walter Gellhorn, Alan Gregg, Walton H. Hamilton, Henry Hazlitt, Richard Hofstadter, Will David Howe, Randall Jarrell, Alvin Saunders Johnson, Adam Leroy Jones, Louis Kronenberger, Joseph Wood Krutch, James McCauley Landis, Max Lerner, Burton E. Livingston, Alain LeRoy Locke, Archibald MacLeish, Dumas Malone, Margaret Mead, Perry Miller, Henry Allen Moe, Felix Morley, John W. Nason, William Allan Neilson, Reinhold Niebuhr, H.A. Overstreet, John Herman Randall, Jr., J. Saunders Redding, David Riesman, Paul Robeson, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., Paul Bigelow Sears, Harlow Shapley, Mary K. Simkhovitch, Donald A. Stauffer, Irita Taylor Van Doren, Sumner Welles, George Frisbie Whicher, and Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge.
Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Quarterly magazine of culture, history, literature, public affairs, and science published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011151 List of American Scholar editorial staff and board members and selected indexes of correspondents in the General Editorial File and Author File of Part I, Accession No. 13,595 are available for use in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
mm 78046987
Bakeless, John, 1894-1978 --Correspondence.
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 --Correspondence.
Bates, Marston, 1906-1974 --Correspondence.
Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 --Correspondence.
Brinton, Crane, 1898-1968 --Correspondence.
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 --Correspondence.
Chase, Harry Woodburn, 1883-1955 --Correspondence.
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 --Correspondence.
Comstock, Ada Louise--Correspondence.
Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958 --Correspondence.
Douglas, Paul H. 1892-1976 --Correspondence.
Duffus, R. L. 1888- --Correspondence.
Edman, Irwin, 1896-1954 --Correspondence.
Epstein, Joseph, 1937- --Correspondence.
Erskine, John, 1879-1951 --Correspondence.
Finley, John H. 1863-1940 --Correspondence.
Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962 --Correspondence.
Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957 --Correspondence.
Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973 --Correspondence.
Gauss, Christian Frederick, 1878-1951 --Correspondence.
Gellhorn, Walter, 1906- --Correspondence.
Gregg, Alan, 1890-1957 --Correspondence.
Hamilton, Walton Hale, 1881-1958 --Correspondence.
Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-1993 --Correspondence.
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970 --Correspondence.
Howe, Will David, 1873-1946 --Correspondence.
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874- --Correspondence.
Jones, Adam Leroy, 1873-1934 --Correspondence.
Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980 --Correspondence.
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970 --Correspondence.
Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964 --Correspondence.
Lerner, Max, 1902-1992 --Correspondence.
Livingston, Burton E. 1875-1948 --Correspondence.
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 --Correspondence.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 --Correspondence.
Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986 --Correspondence.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 --Correspondence.
Miller, Perry, 1905-1963 --Correspondence.
Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 --Correspondence.
Morley, Felix, 1894- --Correspondence.
Nason, John W.--Correspondence.
Neilson, William Allan, 1869-1946 --Correspondence.
Nicholson, Marjorie Hope--Correspondence.
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 --Correspondence.
Overstreet, H. A. 1875-1970 --Correspondence.
Randall, John Herman, 1899-1980 --Correspondence.
Redding, J. Saunders 1906-1988 --Correspondence.
Riesman, David, 1909-2002 --Correspondence.
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 --Correspondence.
Schlesinger, Arthur M. 1917-2007 --Correspondence.
Sears, Paul B. 1891-1990 --Correspondence.
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972 --Correspondence.
Shimer, William A. 1894- --Correspondence.
Simkhovitch, Mary K. 1867-1951 --Correspondence.
Stauffer, Donald A. 1902-1952 --Correspondence.
Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966 --Correspondence.
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 --Correspondence.
Whicher, George Frisbie, 1889-1954 --Correspondence.
Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940 --Correspondence.
Phi Beta Kappa.
American Scholar.
American literature.
American literature--Periodicals.
American periodicals.
Civilization.
Civilization--Periodicals.
Culture.
Culture--Periodicals.
History.
History--Periodicals.
Intellectual life.
Intellectual life--Periodicals.
Literature.
Literature--Periodicals.
Periodical editors--United States.
Politics, Practical.
Politics, Practical--Periodicals.
Political science.
Political science--Periodicals.
Religion.
Religion--Periodicals.
Science.
Science--Periodicals.