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Scouffas, George, 1915-. Papers, 1940-1967.

Title: Papers, 1940-1967.

Correspondence with Kerker Quinn and other editors of and contributors to the periodical Accent, including 124 authors listed in Modern Language Association's American Literature Section's 1970 checklist of American authors; mss. of poems, book reviews, and short stories sent to Accent; and Accent business correspondence and files. Topics include manuscripts, revisions, the quality of Accent, advertising, exchanges, and lectures. There are no papers dated between 1949 and 1952.

ArchivalResource: 2.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28411149 View

Turner, Arlin. Arlin Turner papers, 1929-1980.

Title: Arlin Turner papers, 1929-1980.

The papers span Turner's career as a scholar of American literature, from his undergraduate education at West Texas State University in 1927 to his death in 1980, when he was an instructor at Southwest Texas State University. Comprised primarily of personal and professional correspondence with scholars and publishers of American literature, including Gay Wilson Allen, John Q. Anderson, Louis Budd, Robert Cantwell, James B. Colvert, Eddie Gay Cone, Benjamin Franklin Fisher, Albert Mordell, Norman Holmes Pearson, William Stafford, and Edmund Wilson. There are also letters, printed matter, reports, and minutes that Turner collected as a member or officer of organizations, including the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association, Committee for American Studies, and the Associated Research Council. The Turner Papers also document the development of high school, collegiate, and graduate level instruction in American literature through the organizational records and course materials, the latter of which include Turner's personal writings and research notes, subject files, clippings, lecture notes, and other printed materials on various authors or genres of American literature, including Southern literature, American humor, Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Washington Cable.

ArchivalResource: 11681 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122299552 View

Cady, Edwin Harrison. Papers, 1858-2000 and n.d. (bulk [ca. 1961]-2000).

Title: Papers, 1858-2000 and n.d. (bulk [ca. 1961]-2000).

The original accession (8/31/81) includes correspondence from Jay B. Hubbell and John O. Eidson. Eidson's letters are in regard to the program of the American Literature Section at an MLA annual meeting to be held in California. The addition (92-127) (20,000 items; 1955-1992) includes correspondence, research and teaching notes, writings, student offprints, card files, photostats, materials relating to the Center for Editions of American Authors, files relating to AMERICAN LITERATURE, printed matter, clippings, and other miscellaneous items. Correspondence includes letters from Jay B. Hubbell and John O. Eidson; the latter concern the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association. The addition (02-104) (1251 items, 6.8 linear feet; dated 1858-2000 and n.d. (bulk [ca. 1961]-2000) contains correspondence related to and drafts of writings by Cady and his former student Thomas F. ODonnell regarding author, editor, and critic William Dean (W.D.) Howells. In addition, there is material concerning Cady's edited volume of Howells' poetry, PEBBLES, MONOCHROMES, AND OTHER MODERN POEMS, 1891-1916 (2000), original correspondence from Howells to his publishers; one reel of microfilm; and one color and one black-and-white photograph. This accession is unprocessed.

ArchivalResource: 21,256 items (36.8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122569771 View

Modern Language Association of America. American Literature Section. American Literary Manuscripts records, 1930-1981.

Title: American Literary Manuscripts records, 1930-1981.

Collection documents the process by which the guide was created. It contains the correspondence of J.A. Robbins with each his editors for each region of the United States (the Regional Chairmen), copies of the directives sent to participating libraries, copies of the master list of names to be checked, minutes of editorial board meetings, descriptions of the project, a proposal for a computerized updating of the census of library holdings of American literary manuscripts, negotiations with the publisher, grant requests, and reports. The correspondence between Midwest Regional Chairman, George Hendrick, and his Regional Associates is included in order to demonstrate how the project operated. The questionnaires returned by the libraries in that region are included. There are also ten printouts, included as a random sampling of printouts required. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography. Addition (89-093) includes correspondence, background material, page proofs, post-publication additions and corrections, and publicity relating primarily to the 2nd edition of AMERICAN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, published in 1977.

ArchivalResource: 8598 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51907980 View

Modern Language Association of America. American Literature Section. Papers, 1922-1994.

Title: Papers, 1922-1994.

The Modern Language Association, American Literature Section (ALS) Papers date from 1921 to 1993 (bulk 1928-1993). Most of the Section's records consist of correspondence saved by Secretaries or Chairs and mechanically-reproduced reports, minutes, and ballots. These last materials are contained in folders designated "Reports" and dated by year. Additionally, there are folders of material used to compile reports (such as institutional polls and other "raw" information) generated by committees, concerning the American Literature journal and Section organization, and copies of papers to be delivered at Section meetings. Correspondents include Joseph Blotner, Edward Bradley, Edwin Cady, Paul Carter, Alexander Cowie, Richard Beale Davis, Robert Falk, Benjamin Franklin Fisher, William M. Gibson, Allan Halline, Harrison Hayford, Elaine Hedges, J. Herber, High Holman, Jay B. Hubbell, Alexander Kern, Robert Edson Lee, J.A. Leo Lemay, Michael Millgate, William Mulder, Russel B. Nye, R.H. Pearce, Henry Pochmann, Walter B. Rideout, Louis D. Rubin, Robert Spiller, Willard Thorp, Arlin Turner, and James Woodress. Papers of the following individuals (past officers of the ALS), which pertain to the American Literature Group, are included in this collection: Joseph Blotner, John Gerber, Robert Edson Lee, Ernest Marchand, William Mulder, Charles Nilon, Henry Pochmann, Lewis P. Simpson, Robert Spiller, Willard Thorp, Arlin Turner, and Donald Yannella. Also, there are folders pertaining to these publications: Reinterpretation of American Literature, Eight American Authors, and American Literary Scholarship.

ArchivalResource: 7,280 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37600440 View

Arlin, Turner, 1909-1980. Papers, 1929-1980.

Title: Papers, 1929-1980.

Correspondence, clippings, articles, reprints, and biographical information, relating to Arlin Turner's career as professor of American literature and his activities with a variety of organizations. Correspondents include Daniel Aaron, James Dickey, John Dos Passos, John Hersey, Jay B. Hubbell, Howard Mumford Jones, Thomas O. Mabbott, F.O. Matthiessen, Norman H. Pearson, Reynolds Price, and Randall Stewart. Organizations represented in correspondence include: the National Endowment for the Humanities; The American Studies Association; the American Literature Section of the MLA; the Associated Research Council; and the Council of Graduate Scholars. Other items include: a stencil of the stamp used by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the Customs House; a facsimile of a manuscript poem by Stephane Mallarme;̀ and a facsimile of a bookplate depicting Poe's raven, by Edouard Manet.

ArchivalResource: 11,681 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33198637 View