Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979

Professor of American literature, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

From the description of Papers, c. 1900-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122616751

From the description of Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81571865

From the description of Papers, 1905-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643110

From the description of Papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41631305

• 1885 May 8: Born, Smyth County, Va.
• 1905: A.B., University of Richmond
• 1908: A.M., Harvard University
• 1915 - 1916 : Assistant Professor of English, Southern Methodist University
• 1916 - 1919 : Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University
• 1918: Attended Field Artillery Central Officers Training Camp, Camp Zachary, Taylor, Ky. Married Lucinda Smith
• 1921 - 1927 : E. A. Lilly Professor of English and English Department Chair, Southern Methodist University, Tex.
• 1922: Ph.D., Columbia University Published An Introduction to Poetry
• 1924: Published Prairie Pegasus (editor)
• 1924 - 1926 : Served as Group Chairman, American Literature Section, Modern Language Association
• 1924 - 1927 : Editor, Southwest Review
• 1927 - 1954 : Professor of American Literature, Duke University
• 1927: Published An Introduction to Drama
• 1928: Founded American Literature (journal)
• 1928 - 1954 : Served as Chairman of the Board of Editors, American Literature
• 1929: Published first issue of American Literature Published The Enjoyment of Literature
• 1932: 1929 - 1930 : Visiting Professor, Columbia University summer sessions
• 1936: Published American Life in Literature
• 1939: Served as Group Chairman, American Literature Section, Modern Language Association
• 1941: Published The Last Years of Henry Timrod, 1864-1867
• 1943 - 1948 : Director of Graduate Studies, English Department, Duke University
• 1949: Served as Visiting Expert with the U. S. Forces in Austria on the American Literature Project, and Visiting Professor of American Literature, University of Vienna Visiting Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
• 1950: Served as Visiting Expert with the U. S. Forces in Austria on the American Literature Project, and Visiting Professor of American Literature, University of Vienna
• 1953: Served as Fulbright Professor of American Literature and Civilization, University of Athens, Greece
• 1954: Retired from Duke University Published The South in American Literature
• 1954 - 1955 : Visiting Professor, University of Virginia
• 1955: Won Mayflower Award
• 1956: Visiting Professor, Clemson University Served as Smith-Mundt Professor of American Literature, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• 1957 - 1958 : Visiting Professor, Columbia University
• 1959: Delivered Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Lectures, Mercer University
• 1960: Published Southern Life in Fiction
• 1961: Visiting Professor, University of Kentucky
• 1964: Inauguration of the Jay B. Hubbell Medallion by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association
• 1964 - 1967 : Appointed Honorary Consultant in American Cultural History, Library of Congress
• 1965: Published South and Southwest
• 1967: Published Essays on American Literature in Honor of Jay B. Hubbell
• 1972: Published Who Are the Major American Writers?
• 1976: Founded Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography; David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
• 1979 Feb. 13: Died
• 1980: Lucinda Hubbell died

From the guide to the Jay B. Hubbell Papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)