Allan Nevins Papers: Finding Aid mssNevins
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
June 2022
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San Marino, California 91108
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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.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Allan Nevins papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Graham, October 1976.
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
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.
General
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
Shorthand books of Lillian K. Bean
1962-1965
Research papers and drafts
Box 11
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
Box 12
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
Box 13
Miscellaneous notes and drafts
Box 14
Gettysburg and other Civil War material
Box 15
Growth of Southern desperation
Box 16
Confederate diplomacy and post war construction
Box 17
Grant against Richmond and Sherman's Campaign
Box 18
N. Watkins letters, Edwards genealogy, and D. Hulse letters
Box 19
Grant, Meade, and Sherman
Box 20
Spoils system, Greenback labor movement, etc.
Box 21
Lincoln assassination, final battles, etc.
Box 22
Election of 1864 and other material
Box 24
Historical speeches, etc.
Box 25
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapters 1 and 2
Box 26
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 5
Box 27
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 5
Box 28
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapters 7 and 8
Box 29
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapters 7 and 8
Box 30
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapters 7 and 8
Box 31
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 10
Box 32
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 10
Box 33
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 11
Box 34
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 12, notes on the financial history of war
Box 35
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 13
Box 36
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 13
Box 37
The Organized War, Volume 4, chapter 4
Box 38
The Organized War, Volume 4, miscellaneous notes
Box 39
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapters 3 and 4
Box 40
The Organized War, Volume 3, chapter 14, etc.
Lectures
approximately 1960-1969
Box 41
Assorted talks and statements
Box 42
Reading lists; interview with Mrs. Bean, etc.
Box 43
Addressed to Nevins: A-M
1929-1972
Box 44
Addressed to Nevins: N-Z
1934-1971
Box 45
Nevins to others: A-Z
1960-1970
Box 46
Ephemera and newspaper clippings
