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Henry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-1994

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0615
Bib ID 4079765 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Hough, Henry Beetle, 1896-1985
Title Henry Beetle Hough papers, 1841-1994
Physical Description 24 linear feet (52 boxes 2 oversize folders)
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 2-50. 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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged as follows. Box 1: Cataloged correspondence, A-Z; Box 2-21: Arranged correspondence, A-Z; Box 22-23: Arranged correspondence, 1930-1985; Box 24-25, Arranged correspondence, Business correspondence A-Z; Box 26-32: Manuscripts, A-Z; Box 33-40: Research materials; Box 41-44: Printed materials; Box 45: Photographs; Box 46-47: Memorabilia; Box 48-50: Printed books by Hough; & Oversize folders in Map Case 13V-L-10.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, documents, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia of Mr and Mrs Hough. Correspondence includes both personal and business letters, dealing with wildlife conservation, civic interests, and birding. There is some correspondence of George A. Hough, Sr., father of H.B. Hough, who was editor of the New Bedford MA Standard. Most of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically, by personal name or subject, out-going and in-coming filed together. Henry and Elizabeth Hough's correspondence, for which there are no in-coming or related letters, are filed chronologically. Cataloged correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Max Eastman, Helen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Emily Post, and James Reston.

Manuscripts anclude appointment books, journals and diaries, manuscripts for book reviews, lecture notes, and radioscripts. Typescripts are primarily of essays, articles, editorials, and books written by H.B. Hough. Research materials include files for Hough's many books and subject files for selected topics of interest to Hough. Documents pertain to the Vineyard Gazette (1938-1986). Photographs are primarily of the Hough family, Hough residences, and Martha's Vineyard scenery. Memorabilia includes materials on Columbia University, certificates and awards, a scrapbook by George A. Hough, and historical materials.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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 2-50. 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); Henry Beetle Hough papers; 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 Edith Graham Blake, 1987, 1989, 1991& 1994.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Blake, Edith Graham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/21/1987. Accession number--M-87-05-21.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Blake, Edith Graham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/21/1989. Accession number--M-89-05-21.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Blake, Edith Graham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/18/1989. Accession number--M-89-09-18.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Blake, Edith Graham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991. Accession number--M-1991.

17 items, 1945-1994: Source of acquisition--Blake, Edith Graham. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/06/1994. Accession number--M-94-04-06.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed HR 03/23/1992.

Papers Processed HR 03/23/1992.

Papers Processed HR 03/23/1992.

Papers Processed HR 03/23/1992.

17 items, 1945-1994 Processed HR 06/13/1997.

Revision Description

2020-04-20 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Address books Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Advertisements Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Agreements Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Albums (books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Annual reports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Applications Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Auction catalogs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Awards Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bills (financial) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bills (legislative records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Calendars (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Certificates Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Clippings (Information Artifacts) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Contracts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drafts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Editorials Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Essays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Galley proofs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Genealogies (histories) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Histories Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Invitations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Layouts (printed matter) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lecture notes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lectures Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Memorabilia Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Newspapers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notices Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pictures (object genre) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reviews (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Slides (photographs) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bird watchers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bird watching -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Columbia University. Graduate School of Journalism -- : Alumni and alumnae Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Criticism Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Critics Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Edgartown (Mass.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Editors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Eisenstaedt, Alfred Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Farrell, James T (James Thomas), 1904-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Glackens, Ira, 1907-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hilton, Conrad N. (Conrad Nicholson), 1887-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hough, Elizabeth Bowie, 1894-1965 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hough, George A. (George Anthony), 1868-1955 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journalism Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Loveman, Amy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Newspaper editors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Newspaper publishing -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Post, Emily, 1873-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reston, James, 1909-1995 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Songs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Styron, William, 1925-2006 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Thurber, James, 1894-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Udall, Stewart L. Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wildlife conservation -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women journalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women publishers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

H B. Hough (Columbia University School of Journalism, B.Litt. 1918) and his wife, Elizabeth Bowie Hough, 1894-1965 (Columbia University School of Journalism, B.Litt. 1919), were co-owners, publishers, and editors of the Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, MA) from 1920 until 1965. H.B. Hough was the author of many books of essays on Martha's Vineyard and on editing a country newspaper, as well as the author of short stories and magazine articles. The Houghs sold the Vineyard Gazette to James Reston in 1965, although H.B. Hough continued editing and writing for the weekly journal until 1983. He was married in 1979 to Edith Graham Blake and died in 1985.