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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: John Hinsdale Thompson collection of James Joyce materials
Creator:
Thompson, John
Hinsdale
Identifier/Call Number: mssThompsonj
Physical Description:
2.42 Linear Feet
(2 boxes and 1 volume)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1973
Abstract: A collection of James Joyce material
assembled by John Hinsdale Thompson, American professor and bookseller. The collection
includes both original Joyce manuscripts and correspondence as well as correspondence
related to Joyce scholarship and collecting.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at
the Huntington Library for more information.
RESTRICTED. Box 1 and volume 1: Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended
retrieval and delivery time.
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.
[Identification of item]. John Hinsdale Thompson collection of James Joyce materials, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mrs. Jill Thompson Perkins, March 1974.
John Hinsdale Thompson (1907-1973) was a Michigan bookseller and literature professor at
Stephens College, Missouri. Thompson had a strong interest in Irish novelist, poet and
literary critic James Joyce (1882-1941); he began collecting Joyce's manuscripts and limited
editions in the early 1930s. Thompson also corresponded with other scholars and booksellers
regarding Joyce and his works.
The collection contains original James Joyce material with additional material concerning
James Joyce scholarship and John Hinsdale Thompson's collecting of the James Joyce material.
The first series of the collection contains 73 original items (1901-1938, mssHM
41118-41190), either written by or about James Joyce and include: Joyce's translation of
Gerhart Hauptmann's Before sunrise; a corrected typescript of a portion of Penelope; and
various poems. Also included are autograph letters by Joyce to various recipients, and the
correspondence of Donald S. Friede concerning his publication and the copyright of Joyce's
Work in progress. The second series includes 169 items of supporting material (1939-1973)
which consists chiefly of correspondence between John Hinsdale Thompson, booksellers, and
other Joyce scholars; the majority of these letters are addressed to Thompson. Also contains
manuscripts, printer's material, printed material, and ephemera concerning Joyce
scholarship.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff in 1976-1977; in 2021, Gayle Richardson reprocessed
the collection, rehoused the material, and created the finding aid. This material was
formerly titled: John Hinsdale Thompson papers.
Organized in the following series: 1. James Joyce materials; 2. James Joyce scholarship
materials.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 41118-41190.
A group of 132 books written by and related to James Joyce were part of this acquisition;
the books were transferred to the Rare Books Department (438105-438238).
The manuscript mssHM 41122: "Ulysses: a portion of "Penelope" forms part of: duplicate
partial typescript of the first part of "Penelope" (18) episode for "Ulysses;" University of
Buffalo (mssV.B.16.a.ii).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, Irish -- 20th century
Collectors and collecting -- United States
Novelists, Irish -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
Manuscripts -- 20th century
Poems -- 20th century
Anderson, Chester G.
Beach, Sylvia
Borach, Georges, 1892-1934
Conner, Benjamin Howe, 1878-1953
Dalton, Jack, 1908-
Ellmann, Richard,
1918-1987
Friede, Donald
Gallup, Donald, 1913-2000
Glasheen, Adaline
Hart, Clive
Hauptmann, Gerhart,
1862-1946 -- Vor Sonnenaufgang
Hayes, Richard J., 1902-1976
Higginson, Fred H.
Hill, Creighton J.
Hodgart, Matthew John
Caldwell
Jolas, Eugène, 1894-1952
Jolas, M.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 --
Ulysses
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 --
Work in progress
Joyce, Nora Barnacle,
1884-1951
Léon, Paul L. (Paul
Léopoldovitch), 1893-1942?
Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
Mayo, Robert D. (Robert
Donald), 1910-1998
Paul, Elliot, 1891-1958
Peery, William Wallace,
1910-1964
Rodker, John, 1894-1955
Scholes, Robert,
1929-
Schuman, Henry
Schwartz, Jacob
Shaw, Leroy R. (Leroy Robert),
1923-
Slocum, John J.
Solberg, Thorvald,
1852-1949
Spoerri, James Fuller, 1899-1969
Staley, Thomas F.
Stein, Jess M.
Tindall, William York, 1903-1981
Weaver, Harriet Shaw