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HIA 36.1
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Huntington Library reader files collection
Identifier/Call Number: HIA 36.1
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950-1990
Abstract: The collection contains records that were compiled or created by the readers of the Huntington Library. The papers of Hensley
Woodbridge contain his correspondence and drafts for his bibliography of Jack London, published in 1966. Also included is
J. Kent Clark's dissertation on Jonathan Swift which he began at Stanford University, delayed by the Second World War and
completed while he was working at Caltech and Beach Langston's draft of his dissertation "Faulkner, Tradition and Christian
Myth." The draft contains annotations in the margins regarding improvements to the work. Completeing the collection are magnetic
film and VHS cassettes which contain talks given by readers, including talks for the Friends of the Huntington Library, a
membership organization supporting the Library.
Language of Material: The records are in English, Albanian, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew,
Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukranian,
and Uzbeck.
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please go to following "http://www.huntington.org/"web site.
In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission
from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical
property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances,
the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate
curator for further information.
[Identification of item], Huntington Library Reader Files, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
The Huntington Library Readers are researchers that have been granted access to the library collection. Readers apply to see
material in order to write books, complete their dissertations and work on other scholarly pursuits. Readership is granted
by an application process. Readers are faculty with a full time position or retired, doctoral students working on research
for their dissertation, and scholars who apply and qualify for the independent scholar status. Independent scholars require
letters of recommendations from other scholars in the field who can attest to their scholarship. Readership status is granted
based upon whether the contents of the collection fit the needs of the research.
Many readers have a strong connection with the Huntington Library, often through the longstanding association between the
library and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Hallett Smith was Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at
Caltech, a Professor of English, and a Research Associate at the Huntington Library. Justus Kent Clark was a Professor of
English Literature at Caltech where he composed numerous satirical lyrics and musicals about life at the campus. Beach Langston
was a Professor of English at Caltech where he began working in 1947. Martin Ridge was both Professor of History at Caltech
and a Research Associate at the Huntington Library. Robert Oliver was a Professor of Economics at Caltech. Ray Allen Billington
was a Professor of History and joined the Huntington Library 1962. Ed Carpenter was a bibliographer at the Huntington Library
from 1960 to 1973. Hensley Woodbridge was a librarian at Murray State College in Kentucky when he began compiling his bibliography
of Jack London.
The collection contains records that were compiled or created by the Readers of the Huntington Library. The papers of Hensley
Woodbridge contain his correspondence and drafts for his bibliography of Jack London, published in 1966. J. Kent Clark's dissertation
on Jonathan Swift was begun at Stanford University, delayed by the Second World War and finished while he was working at Caltech.
Beach Langston's draft of his book Faulkner, Tradition and Christian Myth contains notes in the margin on how to improve the
work and two different drafts of chapter one. The magnetic and VHS tapes contain talks given by readers, including talks for
the Friends of the Huntington Library, a membership organization supporting the Library.
The collection is arranged into one series: Boxes 1-3 include papers and 1 magnetic film reel. Box 4 contains the talks given
by readers (magnetic and a VHS tapes). The folders are organized by creator when known.
Former call number: HIA 36.1.1-10, 36.1.12-16.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes.
Bibliographies
Letters (correspondence)
Dissertations.
Drafts (documents).
Sheet music.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.