Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999

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Series XIII: 1986-87 Gift



Box 278 Correspondence: Students, 1972-83



Box 279 Advice to authors, 1982


Box 279 Advice to authors, 1983


Box 279 Advice to authors, 1984


Box 279 Advice to Publishers, 1985



Box 280 Advice to Publishers, 1980-July 86


Box 280 American Academy and Institute of Arts, 1981-86


Box 280 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1981-86


Box 280 American Friends of Cambridge University, 1982-84


Box 280 American Illusions (Lecture Series), 1970


Box 280 American Philosophical Society, 1984-86



Box 281 The Armchair Detective (magazine), 1973-86


Box 281 Articles: Accepted, 1983-September 85


Box 281 Articles: Comments on (1), 1981-86


Box 281 Articles: Comments on (2), 1981-86


Box 281 Articles: Comments on "Behind the Blue Pencil", 1985-86



Box 282 Articles: Declined, 1982-September 85


Box 282 Articles: Possible, 1980-September 85


Box 282 Articles: Written, 1983


Box 282 Aspen Institute, 1983-85


Box 282 Author Guild, 1981-85


Box 282 Autographs from book flypapers, undated


Box 282 Boston Athenaeum, 1975-85


Box 282 The Century Association, 1981-85


Box 282 Columbia University -- Administrative, 1982-83


Box 282 Columbia University Administrative, 1984-86



Box 283 Columbia University General correspondence, 1976-86


Box 283 Columbia University--Gifts


Box 283 Columbia University Invitations (1), 1972-85


Box 283 Columbia University Invitations (2), 1977-86


Box 283 Columbia University--Personal correspondence, 1982-86



Box 284 Cornelia Street Theatre, 1976


Box 284 Council for Basic Education (CBE) (1), 1976


Box 284 Council for Basic Education (CBE) (2), 1983-86


Box 284 Council for Basic Education (CBE): Volume of letters of appreciation to JB,, 1986



Box 285 Critic: Appeals, 1981-January 86


Box 285 Critic: General, 1980-85


Box 285 Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1980-85


Box 285 Detective fiction--General correspondence, 1975-86


Box 285 Educational criticism, 1982-86


Box 285 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1983-84


Box 285 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1985-86


Box 285 Foreign rights, 1968-76


Box 285 Foundation for Economic Development, 1969-83


Box 285 Garland Publishing, 1978-83



Box 286 Goodman. Jonathan: correspondence, 1973-82


Box 286 "History--The Muse and Her Doctors" (article), 1971-74


Box 286 Interviews with JB, 1981-86


Box 286 Invitations: Misc., 1979-82


Box 286 Invitations: Misc., 1983-86


Box 286 Language: Letters about, 1979-86



Box 287 Lectures: Accepted, 1982


Box 287 Lectures: Accepted (1), 1983-85


Box 287 Lectures: Accepted (2), 1983-85


Box 287 Lectures: Comments on, 1982-May 85


Box 287 Lectures: Declined, 1982-September 85


Box 287 Lectures: Possible, 1983-85



Box 288 Library of Congress, 1977-85


Box 288 The London Athenaeum, 1982-86


Box 288 Massachusetts Historical Society, 1977-86


Box 288 Miscellany re: Richard Ellman, Henry Kissinger. 1969 72, 1969


Box 288 Music: General correspondence, 1967-86


Box 288 National Endowment for the Humanities, 1972-85


Box 288 New York Society Library (1), 1981-86


Box 288 New York Society Library (2), 1981-86


Box 288 New York Society Library Book Committee, 1982-86



Box 289 Nineteenth century music, 1976-81


Box 289 Original outlines for published works, undated


Box 289 Paideia: Files (1), 1982-84


Box 289 Paideia: Files (2), 1982-84


Box 289 Paideia: Files, 1985-86


Box 289 Paideia: Initial proposal, 1978



Box 290 Peabody Institute, Baltimore (1), 1983-85


Box 290 Peabody Institute. Baltimore (2), 1983-85


Box 290 Permissions, 1980-83


Box 290 Permissions, 1984-86


Box 290 Personal correspondence: A-Z, 1958-79


Box 290 Personal correspondence: Ashby. Sir Eric, 1970-72


Box 290 Personal correspondence: Boardman. Harry, 1970-79


Box 290 Personal correspondence: Canfield, Cass, 1967-76


Box 290 Personal correspondence: Caplow, Ted, 1969-84


Box 290 Personal correspondence: Davis, Colin, 1967-76


Box 290 Personal correspondence: St. John-Stevas, Norman, 1968-75



Box 291 Personal correspondence: A-C, 1979-82


Box 291 Personal correspondence: D-G, 1979-82


Box 291 Personal correspondence: H-K, 1979-82


Box 291 Personal correspondence: L-R, 1979-82


Box 291 Personal correspondence: S-Z, 1979-82



Box 292 Personal correspondence: misc., 1983-85


Box 292 Personal correspondence: A, 1983-85


Box 292 Personal correspondence: B, 1983-85


Box 292 Personal correspondence: C, 1983-85


Box 292 Personal correspondence: D, 1983-85



Box 293 Personal correspondence: E, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: F, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: G, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: H-J, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: Jacobsen. Herbert, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: K, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: L, 1983-85


Box 293 Personal correspondence: Mc, 1983-85



Box 294 Personal correspondence: H, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: N, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: O, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: P, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: Q, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: R, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence; S, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: T, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: V, 1983-85


Box 294 Personal correspondence: W-Z, 1983-85



Box 295 Personal notices: JB (1), 1985-86


Box 295 Personal notices: JB (2), 1956-82


Box 295 Personal notices: JB (3), 1981-86


Box 295 Personal notices: JB (4), undated


Box 295 Plays performed, 1967-71


Box 295 Plays published, 1970-74


Box 295 Poetry declined, 1916-84


Box 295 Publishing: Articles and general correspondence, 1982-86


Box 295 Radio and TV programs, 1978-84



Box 296 Recommendations A-B, 1976-86


Box 296 Recommendations C-F, 1976-86


Box 296 Recommendations G-H, 1976-86


Box 296 Recommendations I-H, 1976-86


Box 296 Recommendations N-R, 1976-86


Box 296 Recommendations S-Z, 1976-86



Box 297 Releases on J13, 1973-84


Royalty statements (alphabetical by publisher):


Box 297 A-F, 1980-86


Box 297 G-Harc, 1980-86


Box 297 Harp-Z, 1980-86


Box 297 Butler (pamphlet), 1963-72


Box 297 Scribner's: Misc. correspondence, 1975-80


Scribner's Editorial Files 1975-86:



Box 298 Correspondence: A, 1976-84


Box 298 Atlas of Cultural History, 1975-76


Box 298 Correspondence: B (1), 1976-85


Box 298 Correspondence: B (2), 1976-85


Box 298 Books in preparation, 1977-84


Box 298 Boritt, Gabor--Lincoln project and Scribner Presidents reference history, 1982-84



Box 299 British writers, 1975-85


Box 299 Correspondence: C, 1975-85


Box 299 Continental writers, 1978-85


Box 299 Crime Novel Prize, 1981-82


Box 299 Correspondence: D., 1975-85


Box 299 David and Charles Holding. Ltd., 1978


Box 299 Correspondence: E, 1976-86



Box 300 Correspondence: F., 1975-84


Box 300 Correspondence: G., 1976-85


Box 300 Goodman. Jonathan, 1976-84


Box 300 Correspondence: H., 1975-85


Box 300 Haagensen. Cushman (Breast Cancer), 1982-84


Box 300 Hastings, Frederika Blair (Mrs. J.A.)--Isadora Duncan, 1978


Box 300 Historical Background of English Literature, 1975-76


Box 300 History of Western Civilization, 1980-81


Box 300 Correspondence: I-J, 1975-86



Box 301 In-house memos, 1975-86


Box 301 Correspondence: K, 1975-86


Box 301 Correspondence: L, 1975-86


Box 301 Correspondence: M (1), 1975-86


Box 301 Correspondence: H (2), 1975-86


Box 301 Mystery writers, 1975-86



Box 302 Correspondence: N-O, 1975-84


Box 302 Correspondence: P-Q, 1975-86


Box 302 Morris Philipson, 1975-82


Box 302 Personnel, 1978-82


Box 302 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (1): general correspondence


Box 302 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (2): manuscripts and correspondence


Box 302 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (3): notes and correspondence,, 1983



Box 303 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (4): Annexes de A-N inclus.,, undated


Box 303 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (5): En Quatorze Tableaux: L'Action De Pierre Laval Et La Vie De La France De, 1940-1944 undated, 1940-1944, undated


Box 303 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (6): photocopied material. Correspondence,, 1982


Box 303 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (7): correspondence, printed, and photocopied material, 1982-83


Box 303 Pierre Laval (Rene de Chambrun) (8): notices and reviews, 1983


Box 303 Correspondence: R 1975-85


Box 303 Ryan, Helen Clark, 1978-82



Box 304 Correspondence: S (1), 1975-86


Box 304 Correspondence: S (2), 1975-86


Box 304 Scribner-Bantam Dictionary, 1976-78


Box 304 Snow, C. P., 1975-80


Box 304 Correspondence: T, 1975-86


Box 304 Tremain, Ruth: Dictionary of Animals, 1979-82


Box 304 Nancy Toff: The Flute Book, 1980-86


Box 304 Correspondence: U-V, 1975-84


Box 304 Correspondence: W, 1975-85


Box 304 William James Lectures (Eugene Taylor), 1980-84


Box 304 Correspondence: X-Z, 1977-85


Box 304 Shaw, George Bernard: General correspondence, 1939-79



Box 305 Speeches, 1974


Box 305 Speeches, 1975


Box 305 Speeches, 1976



Box 306 Speeches, 1977


Box 306 Speeches, 1978


Box 306 Speeches, 1979



Box 307 Speeches, 1980


Box 307 Speeches, 1981


Box 307 Speeches, 1982


Box 307 Speeches, 1983


Box 307 Speeches, 1984


Box 307 Speeches, 1985



Box 308 Translation: general correspondence, 1970-77


Box 308 Lionel and Diana Trilling, 1979-85


Box 308 Lionel Trilling: comments on JB's Trilling memoir, 1976-80


Box 308 Lionel Trilling: Lionel Trilling file (1), 1975-79


Box 308 Lionel Trilling: Lionel Trilling file (2), 1975-85


Box 308 Lionel Trilling: Lionel Trilling Seminars, 1982-87


Box 308 Lionel Trilling: Reviews and publicity 1975-86



Box 309 Typescripts, through, 1943


Box 309 Typescripts, 1944-45


Box 309 Typescripts, 1946-50


Box 309 Typescripts, 1951-54


Box 309 Typescripts, 1955


Box 309 Typescripts, 1956


Box 309 Typescripts, 1957-58


Box 309 Typescripts, 1959


Box 309 Typescripts, 1960-61


Box 309 Typescripts, 1962



Box 310 Typescripts, 1963


Box 310 Typescripts, 1964-65


Box 310 Typescripts, 1966-67


Box 310 Typescripts, 1968-69


Box 310 Typescripts (1), 1970-71


Box 310 Typescripts (2), 1970-71


Box 310 Typescripts, 1972-73


Box 310 Typescripts (1), 1974-75


Box 310 Typescripts (2), 1974-75



Box 311 Typescripts (1), 1975-76


Box 311 Typescripts (2), 1975-76


Box 311 Typescripts (1), 1977


Box 311 Typescripts (2), 1977



Box 312 Typescripts, 1978


Box 312 Typescripts, 1979


Box 312 Typescripts (1), 1980


Box 312 Typescripts (2), 1980



Box 313 Typescripts, 1981


Box 313 Typescripts (1), 1982


Box 313 Typescripts (2), 1982


Box 313 Typescripts (3), 1982



Box 314 Typescripts (1), 1983


Box 314 Typescripts (2), 1983


Box 314 Typescripts (1), 1984


Box 314 Typescripts (2), 1984



Box 315 Typescripts (1), 1985


Box 315 Typescripts (2), 1985


Box 315 University of Buckingham, 1977-86


Box 315 University of Chicago Press/Harris Philipson, 1975-86


Box 315 University of North Carolina Library, 1975-85


Book files: Book files are divided into five categories:

A. Books: General files

B. Books: Books by Barzun

C. Books: With contributions by Barzun

D. Edited by Barzun

E. Books: Translations by Barzun.

All files include correspondence, manuscripts. and related materials.


A. Books: General files:



Box 316 General publicity on books by JB (1), 1977


Box 316 General publicity on books by JB (2), 1977-85


Box 316 Invitations to write a textbook, 1930-61


Box 316 James. William: Correspondence related to James, 1936-72


Box 316 Suggested books: Correspondence, 1954-76


B. Books: Books by Barzun



Box 317 The American University, 1968-86


Box 317 Berlioz and the Romantic Century: English, French, and paperback editions, 1967-86


Box 317 Berlioz and the Romantic Century: Possible reprint,, 1981


Box 317 Classic, Romantic and Modern , 1959-1977


Box 317 Clio and the Doctors: Correspondence, 72-85


Box 317 Clio and the Doctors: Material and reviews, 75-77



Box 318 Critical Questions, 1972-86


Box 318 Darwin. Marx and Wagner, 1948-86


Box 318 Darwin, Marx and Wagner, revised edition 1979-86


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 1960-73


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: Outline,, undated


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: Introduction: "Critical Inquiry",, 1975


Box 318 The Energies of Art . 2nd. Series: "The Life and Death of Modernism",, 1976


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Oscar Wilde's Permanent Place",, 1964


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "The Mind of Diderot," 1956-73


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "On and On With Thomas Mann",, 1948


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Red Chartreuse",, 1962


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Why Opera",, 1967


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Art in Government and University",, 1965


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "De Mortuis",, undated


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Zola and the Coal Strike",, 1962


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "The Novel Turns Tale",, undated


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Re-reading Santayana",, 1954


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "Please, Doctor. May Historians Use Words", 1968


Box 318 The Energies of Art, 2nd. Series: "The Other Decalogue", undated



Box 319 God's Country and Mine, 1957-86


Box 319 The House of Intellect: Correspondence, 1961-86


Box 319 The House of Intellect II: Correspondence,, 1981


Box 319 The Modern Researcher, 1970-83


Box 319 The Modern Researcher, 1984-85


Box 319 The Modern Researcher, 3rd. Edition, 1975-82


Box 319 The Modern Researcher, 3rd. Edition: Proofs, memos, 1976-77



Box 320 Of Human Freedom, 1969-80


Box 320 Pragmatism Revisited, 1957-75


Box 320 On Writing. Editing and Publishing, 1972-86


Box 320 Race. A Study in Superstition, 1954-82


Box 320 Science. the Glorious Entertainment, 1964-75


Box 320 Simple and Direct: Correspondence, 1977-86


Box 320 Simple and Direct: Comments and reviews, 1975-76


Box 320 Simple and Direct: Galleys, misc., 1975-76


Box 320 Simple and Direct: Publicity and mailing, 1975-76


Box 320 Simple and Direct, Revised edition, 1983-85



Box 321 A Stroll With William James: Correspondence, 1976-86


Box 321 A Stroll With William James: Comments on the book, 1983-86


Box 321 A Stroll With William James: Excerpts and comments on excerpts, 1980-83


Box 321 A Stroll With William James: Reviews (1), 1983-86


Box 321 A Stroll With William James: Reviews (2), 1983-86


Box 321 A Stroll With William James: University of Chicago Press Edition, 1982-86



Box 322 Teacher in America, 1970-86


Box 322 The Tyranny of Art, 1972-82


Box 322 The Use and Abuse of Art: Correspondence and reviews, 1974-84


C. Books: With contributions by Barzun:


Box 322 Flaubert, 1962-67


Box 322 Orphide by H. M. Barzun, 1979-81


Box 322 The Political Volumes of the Collected Works Walter Bagehot, 1965-75


Box 322 The Written Word (collection of essays) 1969-72


D. Books: Edited by Barzun:


Box 322 Modern American Usage by Wilson Follett, 1965-80


Box 322 The Selected Writings of John Jay Chapman, 1957-80


E. Books: Translations by Barzun:



Box 323 BeauMarchais: Figaro's Marriage: Correspondence, galleys, misc., 1961-79


Box 323 Diderot: Rameau's Nephew, 1958-75


Box 323 Diderot: Selected Prose, 1962-71


Box 323 Flaubert: Dictionary, 1959-77


Box 323 French Plays: Galleys and typescripts 1938-56



Box 324 Address card files, 1975-86


Box 324 Appointment calendars, 1975-86


Wendell H. Taylor Files, 1929-1986



Box 325 Wendell H. Taylor: Correspondence, n.d.; 1936 1972-85, 1936



Box 326 A Catalog of Crime, 1975-85


Box 326 Classics of 20th Century Crime, 1980-84


Box 326 History of Science (course taught by WHT), 1929-50


Box 326 WHT's comments on JB's books, 1956-68


Box 326 WHT's family tree, 1980


Box 326 WHT's will and related correspondence, 1976


Box 326 Obituaries for WHT, correspondence and related materials, 1985-86


Box 326 WHT Prize at Lawrenceville School, 1985-86


Box 326 Photographs, undated


Box 326 Photographs of WHT; samples of his bookplate and Signature, 1922-56



Box 327 Wendell H. Taylor: Printed materials


Box 327 Pamphlets by WHT and magazines with his contributions (high school magazines), 1922 1933, 1922, 1933


Box 327 Books by WHT


Box 327 Books from WHT's library


Printed Materials:



Box 328 Books with references to JB


Box 328 Books by JB



Box 329 Books by JB


Box 329 Books about JB



Box 330 Articles and Pamphlets by JB



Box 331 Books translated by JB



Box 332 Books with contributions by JB



Box 333 Books with contributions by JB



Box 334 Books with contributions by JB



Box 335 Books inscribed to JB



Box 336 Books inscribed to JB



Box 337 Books inscribed to JB



Box 338 Books inscribed to JB



Box 339 Books inscribed to JB



Box 340 Books from JB's library



Box 341 Books from JB's library, some with annotations



Box 342 Books from JB's library, some with annotations