Huntington Library Reader files collection HIA 36.1
Finding aid prepared by Valree M. Weythman.
The Huntington Library
2014
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Finding aid last updated on April 9, 2024, by Renee Tabizon.
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.
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Huntington Library Reader Files, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Historical
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
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.
General
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.
Hensley Woodbridge papers,
1958-1969
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Woodbridge papers are correspondence regarding his bibliography of Jack London's published work and international
translations.
Correspondence,
1961-1969
Box 1, Folder 1
Joan London and G. H. Tweney correspondence,
1969
Box 1, Folder 17
Bruce D. Griffin correspondence,
1964
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence regarding Jack London,
1964
Box 1, Folder 40
Donald D. Gilluley correspondence,
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 41
King Hendricks correspondence,
1961-1964
Jack London bibliography inquiries,
1958-1966
Box 1, Folder 3
Albanian translation,
1961
Language of Material: French.
Box 1, Folder 7
Dutch editions,
1958-1962
Box 1, Folder 9
Czech and Slovak editions,
1959-1963
Box 1, Folder 13
Belgian translations,
1961
Box 1, Folder 14
Spanish editions,
1961
Scope and Contents
Original folder title noted Portuguese but the correspondence includes letters in Spanish from Argentina and Venezuela.
Box 1, Folder 15
Australia editions,
1960-1961
Box 1, Folder 19
Swedish translations,
1959-1961
Box 1, Folder 22
Uzbek translations,
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 23
South African translation,
1961
Box 1, Folder 24
Persian translations,
undated
Box 1, Folder 25
Romanian editions,
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 26
Portuguese editions,
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 27
Finnish translations,
1959
Box 1, Folder 29
Norwegian translations,
1961
Box 1, Folder 30
New Zealand editions,
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 31
Lithuanian editions,
1961
Box 1, Folder 32
Italian editions,
1960-1964
Box 1, Folder 33
Icelandic editions,
1961-1966
Box 1, Folder 34
Irish or Gaelic translations,
1961
Box 1, Folder 35
Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu translations,
1958, 1966
Box 1, Folder 37
Hebrew translations,
1963
Box 1, Folder 38
Great Britain editions,
1960
Box 1, Folder 4
Jack London bibliography (IA, 1-24) "Final Draft",
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes pages 1954-1955.
Box 1, Folder 2
Jack London ephemera,
1960, 1967, 1969
Justus Kent Clark papers,
1950, 1986-1987
Box 2, Folder 1
"Swift and the Aristocracy" (bound dissertation),
1950
Box 2, Folder 2
Lyrics of music (Sue Hall retirement party),
1986
Box 2, Folder 3
Conversation with J. Kent Clark (Robert Oliver),
1986
Box 2, Folder 4
"Prologue to the Middlekauff Cantata,"
1987
Beach Langston (dissertation draft), "Faulkner, Tradition and Christian Myth,"
approximately 1968
Box 3, Folder 2
Chapter 1, "Faulkner and Christianity,"
Scope and Contents
The folder contains two drafts of the chapter.
Box 3, Folder 3
Chapter 2, "Faulkner's Traditionalism: Home and the Land,"
Box 3, Folder 4
Chapter 3, "Faulkner's Traditionalism: Woman and the Negro,"
Box 3, Folder 5
Chapter 4, "Time: Past, Present, Eternal,"
Box 3, Folder 6
Chapter 5, "Eden and Adam,"
Box 3, Folder 7
Chapter 6, "Images of Christ: Myth as Structure,"
Box 3, Folder 8
Chapter 7, "Images of Christ: The Final Vision,"
General reader files,
1985-1994
Box 3, Folder 9
Book reviews,
1985-1989
Scope and Contents
Periodical clippings referring to works published from Huntington Library research collection.
Box 3, Folder 10
Newspaper articles & ephemera,
1986-1994
Box 3, Folder 11
Patrick Collinson appointment to Cambridge University,
1987
Box 3, Folder 12
Special events and organization meetings,
1983
Box 3, Folder 13
Articles, essays, and poetry,
1988
Box 3, Folder 14
"Hunting Library", Friends talk,
(November 8, 1971)
Scope and Contents
The box label identifies California Institute of Technology, Beckman Auditorium and titles the film "Hunting Library Friends
talk." It is reel #1 and the track is 1/4, speed 3 3/4, dated 11-8-71.
Readers on film,
1972-1979, 1990
Physical Description: Contains six magnetic tape reels and one VHS tape cassette.
Box 4, Folder 1
Ray Allen Billington, "Frontier & the American Character,"
(December 3, 1973)
Box 4, Folder 2
Ray Allen Billington, "Wild Old West,"
(January 25, 1979)
Box 4, Folder 3
Ed Carpenter, "The Huntington" talk on tape,
(May 15, 1975)
Box 4, Folder 4
Martin Ridge, "Children in Colonial America," 36.1.8
(March 1, 1979)
Box 4, Folder 5
Martin Ridge, "The Significance of the 'The Significance of the Frontier in American History,'"
(November 25, 1990)
Scope and Contents
The folder is labeled Toledo, Ohio.
Box 4, Folder 6
Hallett Smith, MGM Session 1,
(February 1, 1972)
Box 4, Folder 7
Hallett Smith, MGM Session 2 & 3
(February 8, 1972)
