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Series I: Correspondence, 1937-2003
Series IV: Personal Materials, 1937-2003

Quentin Anderson papers, 1935-2003, bulk 1960-2000

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Series III: Professional Career, 1935-2002

Series III, a record of Anderson's professional career, is divided into three subseries, remaining true to the original order of the materials. This series offers details of Anderson's career at Columbia University while a professor and illustrates his continuing involvement with the University post-retirement. It also documents his time spent as a visiting professor abroad, as well as his professional activities in academia.

Subseries III.1: Columbia University, 1935-2001

Subseries 1 chronicles some particulars of Anderson's long history at Columbia University. It provides information on many of the courses Anderson taught during the 1960s and 1970s, as well as some of those that he participated in as a student. Examples of his achievements and honors while teaching can be found here, including the certificate declaring him the Julian Clarence Levi Professor Emeritus in 1981. This subseries illustrates Anderson's many involvements in university interests, such as his participation in the Columbia College Co-education Committee which recommended the admittance of women. A few items related to the 1968 campus controversy are present in this subseries.


Box 31 Folder 1 1968-1970 Controversy, 1968-1970

Box 31 Folder 2 Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner, 1994

Box 31 Folder 3 Appointments, Promotions, Commendations, 1949-1980

Box 31 Folder 4 Center for American Culture Studies, 1983-1985

Box 31 Folder 5 Colloquium on Important Books Anniversary, 1950

Box 31 Folder 6 Columbia Club of New York, 1981

Box 31 Folder 7 Columbia College Co-education Committee, 1981

Box 31 Folder 8 Columbia College Core Award, 1995

Box 31 Folder 9 Columbia Doctorates in American Literature, 1965

Courses

Box 31 Folder 10 C 3065x, 1960-1961

Box 31 Folder 11 C3273y, 1977

Box 31 Folder 12 C3691x-C3692y, 1975-1976

[restricted until 2056]

Box 31 Folder 13 Church History Reading Lists, 1970

Box 31 Folder 14 Continuing Colloquium: American Literature and Culture, 1975-1976

Box 31 Folder 15 English 19, undated

Box 31 Folder 16 English 20: Humanities A, 1961

Box 31 Folder 17 G6601x: Whitman, undated

Box 31 Folder 18 G6602x: Emerson, Melville, James, 1978

Box 31 Folder 19 G6631y: Post-Civil War Literature and Culture, 1976

Box 31 Folder 20 G9601x, 1974-1975

Box 31 Folder 21 G9601x: Colloquium in American Literature and Culture, 1976

Box 31 Folder 22 Humanities C1002x, 1977

Box 31 Folder 23 Master's Exam: GSAS English, 1979

Box 31 Folder 24 Philosophy 161 and 162, 1935-1957

Box 31 Folder 25 Readings: S4603d, American Renaissance; S4644d, Henry James,, undated


Box 32 Folder 1 W4609x, G9601x Rosters, 1977

[restricted until 2057]

Box 32 Folder 2 W4609 and the Committee on Instruction of the Faculty of Philosophy,, 1975-1978

Box 32 Folder 3 Course Grade Books, 1944

Box 32 Folder 4 Course Grade Books, 1947-1978

[restricted until 2058]

Box 32 Folder 5 Course Grade Sheets: Summer Session, 1982

[restricted until 2062]

Box 32 Folder 6 Course Proposals and Syllabus, 1970-1982

Box 32 Folder 7 Department of English and Comparative Literature, 1978-1986

Dissertation Commentary

Box 32 Folder 8 Henry James, 1969

Box 32 Folder 9 Lionel Trilling and Liberal Criticism, 1979

Box 32 Folder 10 Henry D. Thoreau, undated

Box 32 Folder 11 Emeritus Professors in Columbia (EPIC), 2000-2001

Box 32 Folder 12 Entry in Contemporary Literary Critics, 1977

Box 32 Folder 13 Faculty and Staff Talent Show, 1982

Box 32 Folder 14 Humanities A Course Guide Entry, 1977

Box 32 Folder 15 Humanities A 50th Anniversary, 1987

Box 32 Folder 16 Julian Clarence Levi Professor Emeritus, 1981


Box 33 Folder 1 Letters of Appointment, 1941-1984

Box 33 Folder 2 Public Announcements, 1961-1980

Box 33 Folder 3 Recruitment at Beginning Ranks, 1961-1968

Box 33 Folder 4 Retirement Party, 1982

Box 33 Folder 5 Staff of Columbia College: English Deparment, 1940

Box 33 Folder 6 Student Dissent, 1968-1969

Box 33 Folder 7 Thanks from University Officers and Faculty, 1961-1988

Box 33 Folder 8 Television Series with Charles Frankel, 1957

Box 33 Folder 9 University Faculty Matters, 1977-1979

Box 33 Folder 10 University of South Florida, 1982

Box 33 Folder 11 Who's Who, 1974-1999

Subseries III.2: Professional Involvement, 1965-2002

Subseries 2 contains documents related to Anderson's involvement in professional activities, both within and outside of Columbia University. This includes information on conferences Anderson attended, grants he applied for, and his activity as a member of various national literary and humanities organizations. Items which record his distinction as a fellow of New York Institute for the Humanities are held in this series. Also of special interest are materials which document Anderson's role in establishing the Lionel Trilling Seminars at Columbia and his continued participation in the event.

Box 33 Folder 12 Academy of Literary Studies, 1971-1981

Box 33 Folder 13 Applications for Grants, 1972-1974

Box 33 Folder 14 Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, 1994-1995

Box 33 Folder 15 Cassette Recordings--Everett-Edwards, Inc, 1974-1975

Box 33 Folder 16 Cassette Recordings--Sussex Publications Limited, 1972-1988

Box 33 Folder 17 Christian Gauss Award, 1984

Box 33 Folder 18 Christian Gauss Award, 1985


Box 34 Folder 1 Christian Gauss Award, 1986

Conferences

Box 34 Folder 2 American Enterprise Institute--"Commerce and Culture,", 1982

Box 34 Folder 3 Birmingham--On Hoggart, 1969

Box 34 Folder 4 English Institute--Imperial Self Discussed, 1973

Box 34 Folder 5 Institute of Literature and Culture, 1965

Box 34 Folder 6 Lydenberg Conference on Harvard and the 1930s, 1975, 1930s, 1975

Box 34 Folder 7 Royaumont Conference on American Fiction, 1963

Box 34 Folder 8 Foucault and Sennett Seminar, 1980

Box 34 Folder 9 Institute for Advanced Study Application, 1978-1979

Lionel Trilling Seminars

Box 34 Folder 10 1976

Box 34 Folder 11 1977

Box 34 Folder 12 1978

Box 34 Folder 13 1979

Box 34 Folder 14 1980s

Box 34 Folder 15 1990s


Box 35 Folder 1 2000s

Box 35 Folder 2 About Lionel Trilling Seminars, undated

Box 35 Folder 3 Announcements, 1976-2002

Box 35 Folder 4 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 1973-1974

National Humanities Center

Box 35 Folder 5 Application, 1979-1980

Box 35 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1980-2001

Box 35 Folder 7 Fellowship Information, 1979

New York Institute for the Humanities

Box 35 Folder 8 1980-1987

Box 35 Folder 9 1987-1988

Box 35 Folder 10 1988-1989

Box 35 Folder 11 1989-1990

Box 35 Folder 12 1990-1991


Box 36 Folder 1 1991-1992

Box 36 Folder 2 1992-1993

Box 36 Folder 3 1993-1994

Box 36 Folder 4 1994-1995

Box 36 Folder 5 1995-1996

Box 36 Folder 6 1997-2003

Box 36 Folder 7 Partisan Review Transcript from "The End of Politics?,", 1993

Box 36 Folder 8 PEN American Center, 1978

Box 36 Folder 9 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards, 1985-1986

Box 36 Folder 10 PMLA Editorial Board, 1975-1977

Box 36 Folder 11 Protest Against Richler's review of Kazin's New York Jew , 1978

Box 36 Folder 12 Remarks at AAPOR Panel, 1983

Box 36 Folder 13 Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship Application, 1976

Box 36 Folder 14 Taylor-Leach Seminar, 1984-1985

Subseries III.3: Teaching and Lecturing Abroad, 1962-1987

During the 1960s, Anderson was awarded two Fulbright grants to act as a visiting professor in both Sussex, England and Toulouse, France. This subseries chronicles his experiences living and working in those cities, and includes correspondence between Anderson and his colleagues, teaching materials, course descriptions, lecture notes, and information about each university. It also provides information documenting his invitations to lecture on topics related to American literature and culture in other European cities and countries, while living in abroad. Items related to Anderson's time as a resident scholar in Bellagio, Italy, and his participation in a guest lecture program in Barcelona, Spain can also be found here.

Box 36 Folder 15 Barcelona Lecture Series, 1985-1987

Box 36 Folder 16 Bellagio Resident Scholar, 1974-1978

Fulbright Grant --University of Toulouse

Box 36 Folder 17 American Fulbright Grantees, 1962-1963

Box 36 Folder 18 Correspondence With the State Department and Fulbright Commision,, 1962-1963


Box 37 Folder 1 Lectures for Lille and Rome, 1963

Box 37 Folder 2 Lectures in Rome, 1963

Box 37 Folder 3 Lille, 1963

Box 37 Folder 4 Memorabilia, 1962-1963

University of Toulouse

Box 37 Folder 5 American History Lectures and Notes, 1962

Box 37 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1962

Box 37 Folder 7 Course Descriptions and Student Lists, 1962

Box 37 Folder 8 Survey of American Literature, 1962

Fulbright Grant--Visiting Professorship at Sussex University

Box 37 Folder 9 Correspondence Concerning English Lectures, 1966-1967

Box 37 Folder 10 Correspondence and Memorabilia, 1966-1967


Box 38 Folder 1 Course on Novel, 1966-1967

Box 38 Folder 2 Course on Tragedy, 19667-1967

Box 38 Folder 3 German Lectures, 1967

Box 38 Folder 4 Isle of Thorns Lecture on American and English Fiction, 1966

Box 38 Folder 5 Lecture on Other Strains in American Literature (19th Century),, 1966-1967

Box 38 Folder 6 Teaching Appointment, 1966-1967

Box 38 Folder 7 University Matters, 1966-1967