Allan Nevins papers, approximately 1950-1982

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Summary

Creators:
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
Abstract:
Professional and personal papers of American historian Allan Nevins.
Extent:
20.26 Linear Feet (46 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Allan Nevins papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Research papers and correspondence of Allan Nevins, chiefly those pertaining to his work at the Huntington Library. Included are research papers on the Civil War, drafts to the third and fourth volumes of the Ordeal of the Union, lectures, and shorthand books kept by his secretary at the Huntington, Lillian K. Bean. The correspondence deals chiefly with the publication of the last two volumes in the Ordeal of the Union and was conducted by Lillian Bean. Also included is correspondence between Allan Nevins and his wife Mary, and Lillian Bean. Significant correspondents represented in this collection are: James Truslow Adams; John Edwin Bakeless; Grayson Louis Kirk; Alfred A. Knopf; Archibald MacLeish; Fred Delbert Schwengel; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Charles Scribner's Sons; Adlai Ewing Stevenson; Irving Stone; and Arnold Toynbee.

Biographical / historical:

Allan Nevins, American historian, author of numerous books on American history including Ordeal of the Union (New York : Scribner, 1947-1971). From 1931 to 1958, he occupied the DeWitt Clinton Chair in American History at Columbia University. Having retired from Columbia, he accepted the position of Senior Research Associate at the Huntington Library. He retired in 1970 and died in 1971.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dorothy Graham, October 1976.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following manner: 1. Shorthand books of Lillian K. Bean; 2. Research papers and drafts; 3. Lectures; 4. Correspondence; 5. Ephemera and newspaper clippings.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Allan Nevins papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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