Richard Volney Chase papers, 1930-1984

Richard Volney Chase papers, 1930-1984

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0214
Bib ID:
4079661 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Chase, Richard Volney, 1914-1962
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
37 linear feet (13 boxes 250 volumes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3B-12, and volumes from the Richard Volney Chase library. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Letters, manuscripts, notes, proofs, course materials, and printed matter. The letters are chiefly from his colleagues at Columbia University, other literary critics, a few publishers and, single letters from several American authors. There is a series of lengthy letters from Chase to his wife, Frances Marie Walker Chase, dated 1938 and 1949-1961; letters from his colleagues and friends to Mrs Chase, 1962-1967, mostly letters of condolence on Chase's death, and a few related to his publications. The manuscripts and proofs of his writings include typescripts on Herman Melville and Walt Whitman. Also included are notes on American and Englisgh literature, course materials for his Columbia courses, articles and reviews by him, articles, reprints and reviews by others, most of which are inscribed to Chase, and three dozen volumes of his own works, including foreign translations. In addition, there are 250 volumes from Chase's library, many with his annotations and marginalia. 1984 ADDITION: Letters from friends dealing with the contemporary literary world between 1948-1955. The main body of material is from Robert Willard Flint, a sometime poet and critic, who was a graduate student at Columbia in 1946 and later worked at the Harvard Library. 1986 ADDITION: Letters to Richard Chase from colleagues in the literary world, 1948-1971, with 2 letters to his wife after his death. 114 of these letters are from Robert Flint, 25 from Lionel Trilling, and 3 letters from Robert Penn Warren

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3B-12, and volumes from the Richard Volney Chase library. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Richard Volney Chase paper; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs Frances W. Chase, 1982, 1984& 1986.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Chase, Frances W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M-1982.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed JL-W 11/--/86.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-11-12 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Professor of English at Columbia University. (Columbia Ph.D. 1946).

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Photographs
Proofs (printed matter)
Name
Anderson, Charles
Arvin, Newton, 1900-1963
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
Bellow, Saul
Bentley, Eric, 1916-
Blackmur, R. P (Richard P.), 1904-1965
Columbia University
Davis, Robert Gorham
Dupee, F. W (Frederick Wilcox), 1904-1979
Fiedler, Leslie A.
Hardwick, Elizabeth
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970
Howe, Irving
Johnson, Thomas Herbert
Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998
Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977
Macdonald, Dwight
Mailer, Norman
Marshall, Margaret
Mason, Ronald, 1912-
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
Podhoretz, Norman
Rahv, Philip, 1908-1973
Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974
Riesman, David, 1909-2002
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975
Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972
Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
Place
American literature
Subject
College teachers
Critics
English literature

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1

Aldrich, Margaret Chanler


Box 1

Anderson, Charles


Box 1

Arvin, Newton


Box 1

Barrett, William


Box 1

Barzun, Jacques


Box 1

Bellow, Saul


Box 1

Bentley, Eric


Box 1

Blackmur, Richard Palmer


Box 1

Davis, Robert Gorham


Box 1

Dupee, Frederick W.


Box 1

Fiedler, Leslie


Box 1

Flint, Robert W.

(Includes 2 manuscripts)


Box 2

Hardwick, Elizabeth


Box 2

Hoffman, Frederic John


Box 2

Hofstadter, Richard


Box 2

Howe, Irving


Box 2

Johnson, Thomas Herbert


Box 2

Kazin, Alfred


Box 2

Kirchway, Freda


Box 2

Kronenberger, Louis


Box 2

Lowell, Robert


Box 2

McCarthy, Mary


Box 2

MacDonald, Dwight


Box 2

Mailer, Norman


Box 2

Marshall, Margaret


Box 2

Mason, Ronald Charles


Box 2

Miller, Perry


Box 2

Neff, Emery


Box 2

Olson, Charles


Box 2

Phillips, William


Box 2

Podhoretz, Norman


Box 2

Rahv, Philip


Box 2

Ransome, John Crowe


Box 2

Riesman, David


Box 2

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.


Box 2

Simon, Jean


Box 2

Spong, Richard M.


Box 2

Tate, Allen


Box 2

Trilling, Lionel


Box 3A

Van Doren, Mark


Box 3A

Viereck, Peter


Box 3A

Warren, Robert Penn

Series II: Uncataloged Correspondence


Box 3A

Letters to Robert Volney Chase, 1949 1956-1962, 1949, 1956-1962


Box 3A

Letters from Robert Volney Chase to Frances Chase, 1938 1949-1961, 1938, 1949-1961


Box 3A

Letters of Condolence, 1962-1963

Series III: Personal and Biographical Materials


Box 3A

Biographical Materials


Box 3A

Bibliography of Richard Volney Chase, 1943-1962


Box 3A

Memorabilia


Box 3A

Photographs


Box 3A

Memorial Service for Robert Volney Chase


Box 3B

Notes on American and English Literature


Box 3B

Signatures of political, scientific, and literary figures collected by Chase


Box 3B

Clippings (Writings by and about Robert Volney Chase)


Box 4

Course Materials


Box 5

Course Materials

Series IV: Manuscripts


Box 4

Manuscripts

Series V: Printed Materials


Box 6

Articles and Reviews by Robert Volney Chase


Box 7

Articles and Reviews by Robert Volney Chase


Box 8

Articles and Reprints by Others

(Most of these are inscribed to Chase)


Box 9

Books by Others Inscribed to Chase


Box 10

Books by Chase


Box 11

Books by Chase


Box 12

Books by Chase