Indiana University School of Letters Director's records, 1947-1979
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Marisa Hudspeth
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Indiana University. School of Letters.
Extent
3.8 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English unless otherwise indicated.
TitleIndiana University School of Letters
Director's records, 1947-1979
Collection number
C36
Abstract
The School of Letters was originally
created by John Crowe Ransom, F.O. Matthiessen, and Lionel Trilling as a part of the
School of English at Kenyon College. When support from the Rockefeller Foundation ended,
the program moved to Indiana University in the summer of 1951. Collection consists of
the records of the Director of the School of Letters 1947-1979, organized in four
series. The bulk of the collection is comprised of office files and correspondence
between director Newton P. Stallknecht and faculty and guest lecturers. Prominent
correspondents include a number of famous American poets and critics such as Randall
Jarrell and John Crowe Ransom, as well as noted foreign scholars including the French
existentialist philosopher Jean Wahl. Also included in the collection are a sample of
student files and files representing Stallknecht's general university activities in his
role as director of the School of Letters.
Access Restrictions
The Student Files Series is closed to researchers.
Advance notice required for
access.
Historical Note
The School of Letters was originally created by John Crowe Ransom, F.O. Matthiessen, and
Lionel Trilling as a part of the School of English at Kenyon College. When support from
the Rockefeller Foundation ended, the program moved to Indiana University in the summer
of 1951. Supported by a similar grant from IU, the School of Letters began as a summer
program, but expanded into a full-year program in the fall of 1961. The School of
Letters remained distinct from the English department because of its contribution to the
study of literary theory and criticism. According to Stallknecht, The School of Letters
emphasized practical criticism over the biographical and historical approaches to the
study of literature common in the departments of English and Comparative Literature. The
program grew to international acclaim and was able to attract guest lecturers from the
eminent scholars of the world. The program was phased out after the 1972 session,
following Stallknecht's resignation as Director.
Arrangement
Records organized in four series: Faculty files, Student files, Office files, and
University/General files.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the records of the Director of The School of Letters, incumbent
Newton P. Stallknecht. The records date between 1947 and 1979, although Stallknecht was
only officially the director from 1953 to 1972. The bulk of the collection is comprised
of office files from the School of Letters and correspondence between Stallknecht and
other faculty and guest lecturers. The diverse faculty correspondence files demonstrate
the excellence of the IU School of Letters and the international acclaim it received.
The collection includes correspondence with numerous famous American poets and critics,
such as as Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) and John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), as well as
noted foreign scholars, including the French Existentialist philosopher, Jean Wahl
(1888-1974). The collection also includes a sample of School of Letters student files
and files representing his general university activities as Director of the School of
Letters.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Indiana
University. School of Letters --History --Sources.
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Indiana
University. School of Letters --Records and correspondence.
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Indiana
University. School of Letters --Archives.
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Indiana University
--Administration --History --20th century --Sources.
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Stallknecht, Newton P. (Newton Phelps), 1906-1981 --Archives.
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Stallknecht, Newton P. (Newton Phelps), 1906-1981 --Correspondence.
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Jarrell, Randall,
1914-1965 --Correspondence.
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Ransom, John
Crowe, 1888-1974 --Correspondence.
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Wahl, Jean André,
1888-1974 --Correspondence.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 2000/055, 2017/004.465
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University School of Letters Director's records, Collection C36, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
ProvenanceTransferred to the Archives from the IU Lilly Library in 2000.
The School of Letters annual bulletins were transferred from the IU Archives publications collection in April 2018.
Processing informationProcessed by Marisa Hudspeth
Completed in 2002
Annual bulletins added to collection by Mary Mellon in April 2018
Series:
Faculty Files, 1949-1973
Box 1
Ashton, John W. 1950-1969
Band, Arnold J. 1969
Beker, Miroslav 1966-1973
Benzinger, James 1949-1955
Berryman, John 1960-1961
Blackmur, Richard 1950-1965
Brady, Dr. Donald J. 1964-1972
Brumbaugh, Robert Sherrick 1949-1960
Brumm, Ursula 1966-1972
Burke, Kenneth,
1950-1972
Cambon, Glauco 1959-1973
Carmichael, Douglas 1961-1962
Cavell, Stanley 1967-1969
Chase, Richard 1950-1962
Cooperman, Stanley 1957-1966
Cox, James 1958-1972
Cunningham, James V. 1961
Ellmann, Richard 1955-1971
Erlich, Victor 1958-1961
Fergusson, Francis 1950-1971
Fite, Warner 1951
Fitzgerald, Robert 1951-1972
Frenz, Horst 1969-1972
Friar, Kimon 1970-1972
Frye, H. Northrop 1955-1971
Fukuda, Rikutaro 1961-1962
Hassan, Ihab H. 1952-1964
Honig, Edwin 1966-1969
Howard, Vernon 1963-1973
Howe, Irving 1952-1961
Hrushovski, Benjamin 1968-1973
Hsia, C. T. 1967-1969
Jarrell, Randall 1952-1966
Johnson, Helen Armstead 1971-1972
Kazin, Alfred 1950-1961
Kermode, Frank 1962-1972
Kurzweil, Baruch 1968-1969
Lang, Hans J. 1962-1969
Lewis, R.W.B. 1951-1971
McHugh, Roger 1965-1973
McKinnon, Richard N. 1955-1969
Marcus, Steven 1960-1970
Matthews, Jackson 1966-1968
Moore, Geoffrey H. 1969-1972
Mueller, Martin 1964-1972
Perkins, Robert 1962-1973
Rago, Henry 1964-1968
Rahv, Phillip 1958-1971
Ransom, John Crowe
1954
1955-1967
Rice, Phillip Blair 1950-1961
Rupp, Richard 1959-1973
Box 2
Schawrtz, Delmore 1950-1970
Shapiro, Karl 1955-1968
Steiner, George 1962-1971
Stiernotte, Alfred P. 1957-1960
Tate, Allen 1950-1973
Trilling, Lionel 1950-1972
Wahl, Jean 1949-1955
Warren, Austin 1954-1971
Wellek, Rene 1950-1970
Whitehall, Harold 1952-1961
Wood, Ledger 1949-1956
Series:
Student Files, 1951-1974
Files in this series are restricted and closed to researchers. Please contact the
University Archivist with any further questions.
Box 2
Anderson, Paul 1973
Feldman, Stephen K. 1952-1958
Fogel, Aaron 1965-1968
Gnarowski, Michael 1959-1960
Green, Jesse D. 1952-1953
Haber, Herbert Robert 1957-1958
Hosek, Chaviva 1968-1969
Kaminsky, Marc 1963-1965
Kopp, Melisande 1964-1969
Maes-Jelinek, Hena 1967
Momburger, Philip 1959-1961
Smith, Shirley J. 1964-1974
Sullivan, Sister M. Davida 1968-1969
Students
School of Letters 1951-1970
Comparative Literature 1964-1973
Other 1967-1971
Series:
School of Letters Office Files, 1948-1979
Box 2
Academic Appointments for Summer 1966-1968
Address Lists 1967
Advertising -Magazines
1969-1970
1971-1972
Annual Meeting - Senior Fellows
1953-1964
1965-1971
Budget
1970-1971
1972-1973
Proposed 1969-1971
Bulletin - School of Letters 1970
Box 5
Bulletins, 1951-1972
Box 2
Class Lists 1969-1973
Class Reading Lists 1970-1972
Correspondence - General
1955-1962
1963-1973
Course Syllabi 1977-1979
Courses Added 1964-1972
Box 3
Department of the School of Letters 1961-1972
Education Personnel Development Act 1968
Enrollment
1951-1968
1969-1972
Evening Forums 1951-1971
Executive Actions 1952-1971
Form Letters 1953-1968
Fellowships and Scholarships
1962-1968
1969-1972
Foundation - Lilly Endowment 1951-1960
Housing 1950-1971
International Activities Newsletter 1964-1966
Inquiries 1970-1971
Kenyon School of English 1948-1951
Lecturers
Guest 1964-1967
1968-1974
M.A. Degree - School of Letters 1951-1967
Majors in the School of Letters 1951-1967
Minors in the School of Letters 1968-1971
Office Procedure undated
Organization - School of Letters 1950-1951
Payroll Record - Summer Instructors 1970-1972
Ph.D. Exam -School of Letters Minor 1954-1964
Physical Plant - Repairs 1971-1972
Program Development 1969-1973
Prospective Instructors 1959-1971
Reserve Lists for Books
1963-1968
1969-1973
Room Allocations 1971-1972
Schedule Copy
Fall 1967-1973
Spring 1961-1972
Summer 1952-1972
Search Committees 1969
Self-Survey Committee 1964-1967
Telephone Service 1968-1972
Twentieth Anniversary - School of Letters 1967-1970
University Press Committee 1970-1971
University Study Committee 1967
Series:
University - General, 1949-1973
AAUP
Box 3
1964-1969
Committee on Tenure 1954-1964
Administrative Notices
1958-1964
1965-1973
Admissions Committee 1965
Arts and Sciences - College of 1968-1972
Bureau of Educational Placement 1968-1969
Bureau of Facilities Studies 1972
Committee on External Fellowships 1962
Dean of Faculties 1969-1972
Box 4
Fee Remission Policy 1969-1971
Foreign Language Examinations 1965-1970
Foreign Students 1968-1970
Foundations
General 1949-1971
Graduate School
1952-1967
1968-1971
Horizons of Knowledge 1965-1970
Patten Foundation Committee 1971-1972
Registration and Enrollment Procedures 1963-1971
Research and Advanced Studies 1965-1971
Yeats Symposium 1964-1965