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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Allan Nevins papers
Creator:
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
Identifier/Call Number: mssNevins
Physical Description:
20.26 Linear Feet
(46 boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1950-1982
Abstract: Professional and personal papers of American historian Allan Nevins.
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.
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]. Allan Nevins papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Graham, October 1976.
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.
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.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
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.
Former call number: mssNevins papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Historians -- United States -- 20th century
Secretaries -- United States -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Sources
Drafts (documents) -- United States -- 20th century
Histories (literary works) -- United States -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 20th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 20th century
Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949
Bakeless, John, 1894-1978
Kirk, Grayson L. (Grayson Louis), 1903-1997
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Schwengel, Fred, 1907-1993
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Stone, Irving, 1903-1989
Toynbee, Arnold, 1889-1975
Charles Scribner's Sons