Hardin Craig Papers mssCraig
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
April 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Hardin Craig papers
Creator:
Craig, Hardin,
1875-1968
Identifier/Call Number: mssCraig
Physical Description:
2.52 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1905-1968
Abstract: Correspondence and manuscripts related
to the life and career of the American scholar and educator Hardin Craig.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Hardin Craig papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Hardin Craig, Jr., September 1975.
Hardin Craig (1875-1968) was an American educator and author who studied Shakespeare and
Early Modern English literature and drama. Craig was born in Kentucky and studied at
Princeton and Exeter College, Oxford, England. His teaching career lasted for 65 years and
included University of Iowa, Stanford University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Craig was the author or editor of over 20 works on the Renaissance, John Milton, and
William Shakespeare. He died in Houston, Texas at the age of 93.
The collection consists of approximately 400 items from 1905 to 1968. Craig's professional
papers relate to his publications, including articles, chapters of books, notes and
outlines. There is a significant amount of correspondence with his publishers, as well as
personal correspondence and autobiographical material. Subjects include: the Renaissance,
William Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama and literature, Francis Bacon, and Una Ellis-Fermor.
Correspondence in the collection includes approximately 150 letters to his wife, Gertrude
Craig, one letter and ten postcards from Frederick James Furnivall, two letters from Sir
Walter Wilson Greg, and approximately 100 letters from Hardin Craig to Marchette Chute.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1975. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy in-house summary report.
Arranged by subject and format.
Former call number: mssCraig papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
English drama -- Early Modern and
Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English literature -- Early modern,
1500-1700 -- History and criticism
World War, 1914-1918
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Research (document genres) -- United States -- 20th
century
Chute, Marchette,
1909-1994
Craig, Gertrude
Ellis-Fermor, Una Mary,
1894-1958
Furnivall, Frederick James,
1825-1910
Greg, W. W. (Walter
Wilson), 1875-1959
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616
Box 1, Folder 1-12
Correspondence and reviews
Box contains correspondence, notes, and reviews for Craig's publications: "The
Enchanted Glass," "New Lamps for Old," "Freedom and Renaissance," "A New Look at
Shakespeare's Quartos," "Edgar Allan Poe," and "Woodrow Wilson at Princeton." Also
contains personal correspondence, and correspondence related to Stanford University.
Box 2, Folder 13-27
Notes, correspondence, manuscripts, and clippings
Box 3, Folder 1-6
Box 4, Folder 7-9
Correspondence, autobiographical material, typescript
Box contains a series of letters to Craig's wife, Gertrude Craig, written during his
term of duty during World War I; the box also contains autobiographical material Craig
had expected to include in a late book. In addition, there is a bound typescript of
"English Religious Drama of the Middle Ages," chapters 5-8 only.
Box 5, Folder 1-3