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Title: | Hansen, Harry. Papers |
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Dates: | 1898-1977 |
Size: | 23.75 linear feet (31 boxes) |
Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | Harry Hansen, writer, literary critic, and editor. The Harry Hansen Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts by Hansen, reviews and production notes of his books, and an extensive collection of clippings of his book review columns, World War I reporting, and other short writings. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Hansen, Harry. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Harry Hansen was born in Davenport, Iowa, December 26, 1884. After graduating from high school, he became telegraph editor for the Davenport Republican. While his Papers contain few documents from this period, letters from numerous Davenport correspondents, Hansen’s return for speeches, and occasional writing for the Iowa State Historical Society bulletin show his continuing interest in the city of his birth.
Hansen came to Chicago to study English at the University of Chicago and was awarded his Ph. B. in 1909. He remained at the University until 1911 as alumni secretary and editor of the University Magazine.
In 1911, Hansen became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, and in 1914 he was sent to Germany to cover World War I. His attendance at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 led to the first of more than fifteen books, The Adventures of the Fourteen Points.
Returning to Chicago, Hansen became literary editor for the Daily News, a position he held until 1926. He then moved to New York where he was literary critic for the New York World and New York World-Telegram until 1949, and a reviewer for Harper’s Magazine from 1923 to 1939 and for Redbook from 1940 to 1950. He edited the annual O. Henry Prize collection of short stories from 1933 to 1940. From 1949 to 1965 he edited The World Almanac published by the World-Telegram. He became vice-president of the publishing firm Hastings House in 1965. He died January 2, 1977.
The Harry Hansen Papers consist of letters to Hansen, manuscripts by him, reviews and production notes of his books, and an extensive collection of clippings of his book review column, “The First Reader,” and other short writings.
Series I contains materials from his foreign correspondence for the Chicago Daily News during World War I, including clippings, correspondence, photographs, and notes.
Series II contains manuscripts and materials relating to his book-length works, including notes, reviews, and some correspondence. This series also includes collected clippings of Hansen’s book review columns for both the Chicago Daily News and Harper’s.
Series III contains additional clippings of book reviews and other articles by Hansen published in a variety of newspapers and periodicals. It also includes writings by others, research and notes on a variety of subjects, and other materials relating to Hansen’s work as editor, reviewer, and author.
Series IV contains memorabilia from Hansen’s years at the University of Chicago; of particular interest are the photographs and printed ephemera stemming from his active participation in the Blackfriars.
Series V contains the bulk of correspondence in the collection as well as biographical materials, including photos, Hansen’s own autobiographical notes, and various publications about Hansen. The correspondence in this series and in Series II includes letters from authors whose work Hansen reviewed, editors, publishers, and other literary colleagues, as well as from readers and fans of Hansen’s journalism and books. Also included with the correspondence in Series V are personal cards and letters and a few invitations, programs, and conference schedules. Photocopies of short letters from Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Harry Truman are contained in Box 22 of Series V.
Series VI contains oversize material from Series I through V. This includes maps and additional clippings from Hansen’s World War I reporting, numerous book reviews (both regular columns and single reviews), newspaper and magazine articles by Hansen and others, research and clippings on various subjects, promotional materials for Hansen’s work, additional biographical materials, and additional memorabilia from the University of Chicago, including Blackfriars scores.
University of Chicago. Blackfriars. Records
University of Chicago. Chicago Alumnae Club. Records
Series I: World War I Reporting |
Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence, clippings, notebooks, photographs, ephemera related to HH’s assignments as a European reporter for the Chicago Daily News, 1914-1919 |
Box 1 Folder 2 | Carbon copies of dispatches, correspondence to the Daily News and to publishers regarding a possible book on war experience, 1914-1915 |
Box 1 Folder 3 | Scrapbook filled with correspondence to and from Harry Hansen, 1914-1915 |
Box 1 Folder 4 | Nine photographs of soldiers, Rome, 1916 |
Box 1 Folder 5 | Notebook from 1919 Peace Conference |
Box 1 Folder 6 | Scandinavian trip notes, correspondence, clippings and printed ephemera, photographs, passport, 1916 |
Box 1 Folder 7 | Correspondence, clippings and printed ephemera, photographs, 1919 |
Box 1 Folder 8 | Correspondence, photographs from the peace conference, 1919 |
Box 2 Folder 1 | The Chicago Daily News War Book for American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1918 |
Box 2 Folder 2 | Packet of clipping by Hansen, 1914 |
Box 2 Folder 3 | Packet of clippings by Hansen, undated |
Box 2 Folder 4 | Clippings by Hansen, undated |
Box 2 Folder 5 | Clippings by Hansen, undated |
Box 2 Folder 6 | Scrapbook of clippings by Hansen, undated |
Box 2 Folder 7 | Notebook, undated |
Box 3 Folder 1 | Notebook, 1915 |
Box 3 Folder 2 | Notebook, 1914 |
Box 3 Folder 3 | Notebook, undated |
Series II: Major Writings and Book Review Columns |
Box 3 Folder 4 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 3 Folder 5 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 3 Folder 6 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 3 Folder 7 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 4 Folder 1 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, Illinois and Michigan Canal, undated |
Box 4 Folder 2 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, literature and music, undated |
Box 4 Folder 3 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, conventions and politics, Lincoln, undated |
Box 4 Folder 4 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, special events, undated |
Box 4 Folder 5 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, miscellaneous, undated |
Box 4 Folder 6 | Notes for The Chicago, miscellaneous, undated |
Box 4 Folder 7 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, architecture, undated |
Box 4 Folder 8 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, miscellaneous, undated |
Box 4 Folder 9 | The Chicago (Rivers of America, 1942), notes, bibliography, undated |
Box 4 Folder 10 | Notes for The Chicago, portage and early river travel, undated |
Box 4 Folder 11 | Notes on Illinois before 1800, undated |
Box 4 Folder 12 | Notes on Fort Dearborn, undated |
Box 4 Folder 13 | Notes on Illinois railroads, undated |
Box 4 Folder 14 | The Story of Illinois, reviews and promotional materials, 1956, 1960 |
Box 4 Folder 15 | Materials on Scarsdale, New York, 1929-1954, undated |
Box 4 Folder 16 | Materials on Scarsdale, New York, 1951-1974, undated |
Box 4 Folder 17 | Reviews and promotional materials for Faber, The Boston Massacre, and Scarsdale, undated |
Box 5 Folder 1 | The Chicago, scrapbook, 1940-1942 |
Box 5 Folder 2 | The Chicago, correspondence and reviews, 1941-1953 |
Box 5 Folder 3 | Materials for North of Manhattan, 1947-1961, undated |
Box 5 Folder 4 | Reviews of Your Life Lies Before You, 1923-1935, undated |
Box 5 Folder 5 | Correspondence and promotional materials for Your Life Lies Before You 1923-1959 |
Box 5 Folder 6 | Midwest Portraits, correspondence and reviews, 1923-1924, 1934-1935, 1973 |
Box 5 Folder 7 | Correspondence and loose clippings from Midwest Portraits scrapbook, 1923-1924 |
Box 5 Folder 8 | A Peace Congress of Intrigue, reviews and correspondence, 1918-1919 |
Box 5 Folder 9 | Notes on Civil War, undated |
Box 5 Folder 10 | The Civil War, reviews and promotional materials, 1961-1971 |
Box 5 Folder 11 | Manuscript, Stairways to Stardom, undated |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 2 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 3 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 6 | Stairways to Stardom, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 7 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 6 Folder 8 | America’s First War in Europe, manuscript, undated |
Box 7 | Scrapbook of First Reader columns, Chicago Daily News, December 12, 1927 to July 31, 1928 |
Box 7 | Scrapbook of First Reader columns, Chicago Daily News, August 1, 1928 to March 27, 1929 |
Box 8 | Scrapbook of First Reader columns, Chicago Daily News, November 28, 1929 to February 4, 1930 |
Box 8 Folder 1 | Among the New Books columns, Harper’s Magazine, 1924-1925 |
Box 8 Folder 2 | Among the New Books columns, Harper’s Magazine, 1934-1938 |
Series III: Research Materials, Notes, Minor Writings and Other Professional Materials |
Box 9 Folder 1 | Notes and research on biography, undated |
Box 9 Folder 2 | Materials on censorship, undated |
Box 9 Folder 3 | Manuscripts and notes, undated |
Box 9 Folder 4 | Notes on Plymouth, undated |
Box 9 Folder 5 | Manuscripts, undated |
Box 9 Folder 6 | Notes, undated |
Box 9 Folder 7 | Materials on Nathaniel Hawthorne, undated |
Box 9 Folder 8 | Materials on Thomas Paine, undated |
Box 9 Folder 9 | Untitled lecture, undated |
Box 9 Folder 10 | Notes on Louisa May Alcott, undated |
Box 9 Folder 11 | Notes, undated |
Box 9 Folder 12 | Notes on Henry David Thoreau, undated |
Box 9 Folder 13 | Notes on the violin, undated |
Box 9 Folder 14 | Notes and manuscripts, undated |
Box 9 Folder 15 | "The New Spirit in American Books," lecture at Davenport, Iowa, undated |
Box 9 Folder 16 | Lecture notes and materials, undated |
Box 9 Folder 17 | Notes on Sidney Lanier, undated |
Box 9 Folder 18 | Notes on Edgar Allan Poe, undated |
Box 10 Folder 1 | Notes on Walt Whitman, undated |
Box 10 Folder 2 | Notes on Willa Cather, undated |
Box 10 Folder 3 | Notes, undated |
Box 10 Folder 4 | Notes on Ralph Waldo Emerson, undated |
Box 10 Folder 5 | Manuscripts and notes on Major John Andre, undated |
Box 10 Folder 6 | Manuscripts and notes on Major John Andre, undated |
Box 10 Folder 7 | World Almanac materials, undated |
Box 10 Folder 8 | Notes and manuscripts on Maxim Gorki, undated |
Box 10 Folder 9 | News clippings on Maxim Gorki, 1901-1906, undated |
Box 10 Folder 10 | Lectures and interviews, undated |
Box 11 Folder 1 | Materials on E.W. Howe, 1927 |
Box 11 Folder 2 | Lecture on Goethe, 1932 |
Box 11 Folder 3 | Research and notes on biography and autobiography, undated |
Box 11 Folder 4 | Manuscript drafts on writers and historical figures, undated |
Box 11 Folder 5 | Lecture at Midston House, undated |
Box 11 Folder 6 | Manuscript on publishers, undated |
Box 11 Folder 7 | Materials on Harriet M. Dewey, 1914, undated |
Box 11 Folder 8 | Notes and manuscripts on biography, undated |
Box 11 Folder 9 | Notes on biography, undated |
Box 11 Folder 10 | Manuscripts on Lincoln, undated |
Box 11 Folder 11 | Drafts and notes, undated |
Box 11 Folder 12 | Drafts and notes, undated |
Box 11 Folder 13 | Manuscript drafts for Ben Hecht introduction, undated |
Box 11 Folder 14 | Manuscripts and notes, undated |
Box 11 Folder 15 | ‘Kathrine’ by Hans Habe, translated by Hansen, undated |
Box 11 Folder 16 | Notes for projected book on violin, undated |
Box 11 Folder 17 | Works by others, 1931, 1942, undated |
Box 12 Folder 1 | Works by others, 1924-1959 |
Box 12 Folder 2 | Works by others, 1932-1952 |
Box 12 Folder 3 | Publications, 1939, 1945, undated |
Box 12 Folder 4 | Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, correspondence and other materials, 1936-1977 |
Box 12 Folder 5 | Partial manuscript on Major John Andre, undated |
Box 12 Folder 6 | Notes on authors and books, undated |
Box 13 Folder 1 | Notes for course on book review, undated |
Box 13 Folder 2 | Gene Markey, drawings, correspondence, photo, 1922-1923, undated |
Box 13 Folder 3 | Composition books, undated |
Box 13 Folder 4 | Materials on John Gunther, 1934-1940 |
Box 13 Folder 5 | The Christmas Bookman, 1926; The Coffee House, 1941-1942, 1948 |
Box 14 Folder 1 | Notes, clippings, other materials, 1921-1926, undated |
Box 14 Folder 2 | Clippings, 1902 |
Box 14 Folder 3 | Articles and book reviews, 1922-1936, undated |
Box 14 Folder 4 | Articles and book reviews, 1939-1968, undated |
Box 14 Folder 5 | Promotional materials for Hansen books and review columns, 1926-1954, undated |
Box 14 Folder 6 | Promotional materials, 1946-1969, undated |
Box 15 Folder 1 | Promotional materials for works by others, 1928-1942, undated |
Box 15 Folder 2 | Book awards and competitions, 1940-1959, undated |
Box 15 Folder 3 | Materials from O. Henry Prize Short Story Collections, 1933-1954 |
Box 15 Folder 4 | Promotional materials for Hastings House publishers, 1969-1979, undated |
Box 15 Folder 5 | Programs and invitations, 1919-1940, undated |
Box 16 Folder 1 | Programs and invitations, 1941-1970 |
Series IV: University of Chicago |
Box 16 Folder 2 | University of Chicago, The Monthly Maroon, The Snell Hall Cooler, 1906 |
Box 16 Folder 3 | University of Chicago, photos, 1909, 1911, undated |
Box 16 Folder 4 | University of Chicago, miscellaneous, 1905, 1909, undated |
Box 16 Folder 5 | University of Chicago, notes for theatrical productions, undated |
Box 16 Folder 6 | University of Chicago, composition books, 1905, 1907, 1911, 1913 |
Series V: Correspondence, Personal, and Biographical Materials |
Box 16 Folder 7 | Biographical and personal materials, 1905-1938 |
Box 17 Folder 1 | Biographical materials, 1940-1977 |
Box 17 Folder 2 | Articles about Hansen, 1926-1949 |
Box 17 Folder 3 | Photographs, 1922, 1939, 1946, undated |
Box 17 Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1904-1937 |
Box 17 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1938-1955 |
Box 17 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1956-1976, undated |
Box 18 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 1916-19 |
Box 18 Folder 2 | Correspondence, 1920-29 |
Box 18 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Esther Shephard’s Paul Bunyan, 1925 |
Box 18 Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1930 |
Box 18 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1931-32 |
Box 18 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1933-34 |
Box 18 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1935 |
Box 18 Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1936 |
Box 18 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1937 |
Box 18 Folder 10 | Correspondence, Ralph Cram’s Reminiscences of Davenport, Iowa, 1937 |
Box 18 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1938 |
Box 18 Folder 12 | Correspondence, 1939 |
Box 18 Folder 13 | Correspondence, 1940 |
Box 19 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 11th Writer’s Conference, 1940-41 |
Box 19 Folder 2 | Correspondence, 1941 |
Box 19 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Harper Prize Competitions, 1937-41 |
Box 19 Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1942 |
Box 19 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1943 |
Box 19 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1944 |
Box 19 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1945 |
Box 19 Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1945 |
Box 19 Folder 9 | Correspondence, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Novel Awards, 1945 |
Box 19 Folder 10 | Correspondence, 1946 |
Box 19 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1947 |
Box 20 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 1948 |
Box 20 Folder 2 | Correspondence, 1948 |
Box 20 Folder 3 | Correspondence, 1949 |
Box 20 Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1950 |
Box 20 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1951 |
Box 20 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1952 |
Box 20 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1953 |
Box 20 Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1954 |
Box 20 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1955 |
Box 21 Folder 1 | Correspondence, 1956 |
Box 21 Folder 2 | Correspondence, 1957 |
Box 21 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Westchester Historical Society Meeting, 1957 |
Box 21 Folder 4 | Correspondence, 1958 |
Box 21 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1959 |
Box 21 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1960 |
Box 21 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1961-62 |
Box 21 Folder 8 | Correspondence, 1963 |
Box 21 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1964-69 |
Box 21 Folder 10 | Correspondence, 1970-73 |
Box 21 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1974-76 |
Box 21 Folder 12 | Correspondence, Undated letters |
Box 22 Folder 1 | Correspondence, Herbert Bayard Swope 1926-1953 |
Box 22 Folder 2 | Correspondence, Harry Sell 1948-1961 |
Box 22 Folder 3 | Correspondence, Iowa State Historical Society, 1948-1964 |
Box 22 Folder 4 | Correspondence, Limited Editions Club, 1954-1968 |
Box 22 Folder 5 | Correspondence, William Sutton regarding Robert Frost and Sherwood Anderson, 1975-1976 |
Box 22 Folder 6 | Copies of literary correspondence sold at C. Hamilton Galleries, 1975 |
Box 22 Folder 7 | Correspondence, Schlogl’s Restaurant |
Series VI: Oversize Materials |
Box 23 Folder 1 | Maps and clippings from Paris Peace Conference scrapbook, 1919 |
Box 23 Folder 2 | Clippings from Paris Peace Conference scrapbook, 1919 |
Box 23 Folder 3 | Chicago Daily News columns and articles, 1918-1920 |
Box 23 Folder 4 | Foreign correspondence and articles, Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune, 1914-1917 |
Box 23 Folder 5 | Foreign correspondence and articles, various newspapers, 1914-1915 |
Box 23 Folder 6 | Foreign correspondence and articles, Chicago Daily News, 1916 |
Box 23 Folder 7 | Foreign correspondence and articles, 1914-1915, undated |
Box 23 Folder 8 | Foreign correspondence and articles, Chicago Daily News, 1914-1915, undated |
Box 23 Folder 9 | Foreign correspondence and articles, Chicago Tribune, 1914-1915 |
Box 23 Folder 10 | Foreign correspondence and articles, 1919-1921 |
Box 23 Folder 11 | Foreign correspondence and articles, Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune, 1914-1915 |
Box 24 | Scrapbook of clippings related to 1919 Paris Peace Conference |
Box 24 | Scrapbook of clippings related to 1919 Paris Peace Conference |
Box 24 | Scrapbook of reviews and promotional materials for Midwest Portraits, undated |
Box 25 | Scrapbook of book reviews from Chicago Daily News, 1917, 1920-1926 |
Box 26 Folder 1 | Clippings about Major John Andre, undated |
Box 26 Folder 2 | Clippings about Maxim Gorki, 1901-1906 |
Box 26 Folder 3 | Clippings on censorship, undated |
Box 26 Folder 4 | Chicago Literary Times, 1923-1924 |
Box 26 Folder 5 | Chicago Daily News, "Page About Books," 1920-1921 |
Box 26 Folder 6 | Chicago Daily News, "Page About Books," 1920-1921 |
Box 26 Folder 7 | Chicago Daily News, "Page About Books," 1920-1921 |
Box 26 Folder 8 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1917-1962, undated |
Box 26 Folder 9 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1922-1966, undated |
Box 26 Folder 10 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1927-1954, undated |
Box 26 Folder 11 | Chicago Daily News, "Page About Books," 1920-1926 |
Box 27 Folder 1 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1920-1965, undated |
Box 27 Folder 2 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1920-1926, undated |
Box 27 Folder 3 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1920-1953, undated |
Box 27 Folder 4 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1936-1967, undated |
Box 27 Folder 5 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1923-1964, undated |
Box 27 Folder 6 | Chicago Daily News, "Page About Books," 1920-1925 |
Box 27 Folder 7 | Chicago Daily News columns, 1918-1920 |
Box 27 Folder 8 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1926-1939 |
Box 27 Folder 9 | Newspaper articles and reviews, 1940-1972 |
Box 28 Folder 1 | Research on Illinois and Chicago, articles 1925-1937, undated |
Box 28 Folder 2 | Publications, 1922-1961 |
Box 28 Folder 3 | Reviews and articles, 1924-1960 |
Box 28 Folder 4 | Articles, 1925, 1947, 1968 |
Box 28 Folder 5 | Articles, 1925-1974, undated |
Box 28 Folder 6 | Articles by others, 1914-1970, undated |
Box 28 Folder 7 | Book reviews, 1921-1958 |
Box 28 Folder 8 | Chicago Tribune articles and columns, 1939-1963 |
Box 28 Folder 9 | Articles about O. Henry Prize Stories |
Box 28 Folder 10 | Chicago Daily News columns, 1920-1925 |
Box 28 Folder 11 | American Spectator, 1932-1933 |
Box 28 Folder 12 | Lincoln Steffens dinner, photo, 1931 |
Box 28 Folder 13 | Davenport Daily Times, Hansen memoirs, 1956 |
Box 29 Folder 1 | Schlogl’s Roundtable, 1923, photographs and article |
Box 29 Folder 2 | Biographical material, 1935-1960, undated |
Box 29 Folder 3 | Map of Davenport, Iowa, undated |
Box 29 Folder 4 | Diplomas. Davenport Public Schools, 1898, University of Chicago, 1908 |
Box 29 Folder 5 | Biographical news clippings, 1924-1974, undated |
Box 29 Folder 6 | University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1909-1916 |
Box 29 Folder 7 | University of Chicago memorabilia, 1907-1914 |
Box 29 Folder 8 | University of Chicago Maroon, 1907-1916 |
Box 29 Folder 9 | University of Chicago Maroon, 1906-1907 |
Box 29 Folder 10 | University of Chicago Maroon, articles on Blackfriars, 1909-1911 |
Box 30 Folder 1 | Blackfriars scores, 1910, 1913 |
Box 30 Folder 2 | Blackfriars scores and programs, 1907-1909 |
Box 30 Folder 3 | Miscellaneous scores, 1900, 1905 |
Box 31 | Two scrapbooks of theatrical news clippings, undated |