Charles D. Abbott Papers, 1919-1979 (bulk 1919-1961) at the State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

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Charles D. Abbott Papers, 1919-1979 (bulk 1919-1961)

13/2/1202

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
United States
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Collection Overview

Title: Charles D. Abbott Papers, 1919-1979 (bulk 1919-1961)

Collection Number: 13/2/1202

Creator: Abbott, Charles D. (Charles David), 1900-1961

Extent: 15 linear feet (29 manuscript boxes, 2 legal manuscript boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversize envelope)

Language of Material: Collection material in English.

Repository: State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

Abstract: Correspondence regarding administration of the University Libraries, the creation and maintenance of the Poetry Collection of Lockwood Library at the University of Buffalo; professional papers including his research and publications; personal records, including biographical material, social correspondence and clippings; records of the Fenton Lecture series, 1935-1941; and records of the Buffalo Film Society, 1935-1938.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 13/2/1202, Charles D. Abbott Papers, 1919-1979 (bulk 1919-1961), University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Acquisition Information

The majority of the material in this collection was transferred to the University Archives by other areas of the Libraries in the mid-1960s. Some additional materials were obtained from the Gratwick and Abbott estate from Richard Heye in the January 2006.

Terms of Access

The Charles D. Abbott Papers, 1919-1979 (bulk 1919-1961), are open for research.

Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives staff originally in two collections - one for library administrative records (13/1/84) and one for personal papers (13/2/86).

In December 2010 the three boxes received in 2006 were processed and merged with the two other collections into one by Karen Spencer.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

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Historical Note

Until 1935, the University Library was housed in various places on campus. The Law and Medical schools had and still have their own libraries. When the University moved to the Main Street campus, the library was housed in Hayes Hall and the Science Library was housed in Foster Hall and both were under the direction of Ruth Bartholomew. When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Lockwood gave money for the construction of a library building in memory of their fathers, a condition was made that Charles D. Abbott be appointed as Director of Libraries.

Chronology


	1900	Born, Milfold, Delaware to Charles D. and Annie Evans Abbott
	1922	Received A.B. from Haverford College
	1922-1923	Taught English at Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut
	1924	Received M.A. from Columbia University
		Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University
	1925	Authored book, Howard Pyle: A Chronicle [commissioned by Mrs. Howard Pyle]
	1927	Received B. Litt., from Oxford University, wrote thesis "Christopher Smart"
		Married Ann Pratt, who died a few years later
	1927-1930	Professor of English, University of Buffalo
	1930	Authored article, Christopher Smart's Madness
	1930-1934	Professor of English, University of Colorado
	1934	Returned to the University of Buffalo as Professor of English and was appointed Director of Libraries
	1936	Married Theresa W. Gratwick
	1939	Initiated The Poetry Collection
	1948	Authored book, Poets at Work
	1960	Retired as Professor of English and Director of Libraries. Named Director Emeritus by University President Clifford Furnas
	1961	Died, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York

Buffalo Film Society

In 1935 the Lockwood Memorial Library at the University at Buffalo and the Albright Art Gallery through the efforts of their respective directors, Charles D. Abbott and Gordon B. Washburn, established the Buffalo Film Society. Mr. Abbott's brother, John E. ["Dick"] Abbott, was director of the Film Library at the Museum of Modern Art through which the film series originated. The purpose of the film library was to collect, refilm and distribute among American colleges series of films which portrayed the technical and artistic growth of the art.

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Scope and Content Note

Professional papers, 1903-1961, of Charles D. Abbott, Professor of English (1927-1930, 1934-1960) and Director of Libraries (1934-1960) at the University of Buffalo (now the State University of New York at Buffalo). Abbott's literary correspondence includes letters from W.H. Auden, Sir Thomas Beecham, John Gould Fletcher, Austin Gray, Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher Morley, Louis Untermeyer, John Hay Whitney, and Louis Wilson. Much of Abbott's correspondence with literary figures was incorporated into The Poetry Collections' Abbott Collection. Also included is Abbott's correspondence with booksellers and publishers concerning the acquisition of library materials, correspondence concerning the dedication of Lockwood Memorial Library in 1934, and correspondence concerning other activities of the University Libraries. The papers also document Abbott's activities with the Buffalo Film Society (1935-1938) and as chairman of the Fenton Foundation Lectures (1935-1941). The Fenton Lecture materials include correspondence with Sir Thomas Beecham, Clifton Fadiman, Oscar Halecki, Alfred Noyes, and William Carlos Williams. Abbott's research and publications are represented with unpublished essays; background notes for his books: Howard Pyle: A Chronicle (Harper & Brothers, 1925), Poets at Work (Harcourt, Brace, 1948); articles, including a draft and reprint of "Christopher Smart's Madness" published in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, vol. XLV, no. 4, December 1930; and his B. Litt. thesis on Christopher Smart written while at Oxford.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series:

I. Biographical

II. Buffalo Film Society

III. Fenton Foundation Lectures

IV. Library Administration

V. Teaching

VI. Research and Publications.

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Container List


I. Biographical, 1919-1979
Arranged alphabetically by subject.


Box-folder		Contents

1.1		Abbott, Teresa Gratwick 1929, 1959
		Contains correspondence.


1.2-1.3		Choate School yearbooks, 1922-1923


1.4		Clippings, 1930-1961


1.5		Correspondence, personal, 1936-1938, 1958-1960
		Includes photocopy of letters and poem from Anthony Ostroff.


1.6		Diary, November 16, 1923-June 4, 1926


30.1		Essays, unpublished, undated
		Includes essays probably written for course work at Haverford, Columbia and Oxford, and two book reviews.


1.7		Haverford College, 1922-1927, undated
		Includes 1922 Commencement Program listing Charles Abbott's honors, 1927 issue of The Haverfordian "being the new Canterbury Tales", and a clipping.


Box		Contents

32		Haverford College yearbooks, 1919-1922


Box-folder		Contents

1.8-1.9		Memorabilia, 1929-1968
		Includes: members' directories for The English Graduate Union (1929, 1930); passport (1933), annual program for the Women's Investigating Club, Buffalo, New York 1936-1937; bookseller's receipt for Wilson's Works, 1850-1858; receipt signed by Jack B. Yeats for painting Roundstone Quay (1938); Selective Service card (1942); reprint of "The Tenant of the Room" by E.F. Mcguire (1949); Social Register Buffalo 1968; undated expense ledger, membership cards for The Pan American Council (1944) and the First Edition Club, London (undated).


2.1		Oxford, Rhodes Scholar, 1924-1927, 1958
		Includes photos, pocket diaries, brochures, and clippings.


33.1		Personal library card file, undated
		Includes an alphabetical filing of [possibly] the contents of Abbott's home library.


33		Silver platter, 1960
		Inscribed with "Charles D. Abbott, a token of esteem from Mildred H. Lacey, 1935-1960."


2.2		Tribute, Milton Albrecht, Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1959


2.3		Tribute, University Citation, 1960
		Includes leather bound citation and clippings.


2.4		Tributes and obituaries, 1961


2.5		Tributes, "new" Lockwood Dedication, 1979
		Includes correspondence and photos.


II. Buffalo Film Society, 1935-1939
Includes correspondence, publicity, and financial records.
Arranged chronologically.


Box-folder		Contents

2.6		Announcements, 1935-1938
		Includes mailing list from 22.1.


2.7		Announcements, Museum of Modern Art, 1936, undated


2.20		Brochures, Museum of Modern Art Film Library, 1935, undated


2.8		Checkbooks and bankbooks, 1936-1937


2.9		Contracts, 1935-1937


2.10		Correspondence, 1935


2.11-2.13		Correspondence, 1936
		Includes tax exempt request, denial, and grant.


2.14-2.15		Correspondence, 1937


2.16-2.17		Correspondence, 1938
		Includes breach of contract issue.


2.18		Correspondence, 1939


2.19		Invoices and financial reports, 1935-1938


2.20		Members, [1937-1938], undated


III. Fenton Foundation Lectures 1936-1941
Arranged in six subseries chronologically by year, then alphabetically by name: A.General Lecture Material B.Lectures, 1936-1937 C.Lectures, 1937-1938 D.Lectures, 1938-1939 E.Lectures, 1939-1940 F.Lectures, 1940-1941


III.A. General Lecture Material
Includes circulars and information on potential lecturers


Box-folder		Contents

3.1		Circulars by agent
		Includes marketing material from agents.


3.2		Circulars - Program, A Magazine for Program and Entertainment Committees January-April 1938, February 1941


3.3-3.8		Circulars by speaker, circa 1938-1941, undated


4.54		Nash, Ogden [1957]
		Includes note of introduction Charles Abbott gave on January 17, 1957.


III.B. Lectures, 1936-1937


Box-folder		Contents

3.9		Announcements, 1936-197
		Also includes instructions from previous Fenton Committee chair, Prof. Perry, schedule, and annual report to the Chancellor.


3.10		Contracts, 1936-197


3.11		Correspondence, 1936-1937


3.12		Fadiman, Clifton, 1936-1937


3.13		Fay, Bernard, 1936-1937


3.14		Forster, W. Arnold, 1936-1937
		Includes photograph.


3.15		Gruening, Ernest, 1936-1937


3.16		Husserl, Gerhart, 1936-1937


3.17		Madariaga, Salvador de, 1936-1937


3.18		Sulzbach, Walter, 1936-1937


3.19		Warren, Austin, 1936-1937


III.C. Lectures, 1937-1938


Box-folder		Contents

4.1		Announcements, 1937-1938


4.2		Contracts, 1937-1938


4.3		Correspondence, 1937-1938


4.4		Brown, Harrison, 1937-1938


4.5		Carmichael, Leonard, 1937-1938


4.6		Engel, Paul, 1937-1938


4.7		Greet, W. Cabell, 1937-1938


4.8		Mann, Klaus, 1937-1938


4.9		Powell, Thomas Reed, 1937-1938


4.10		Salvemin, Gaetane, 1937-1938


4.11		Sandburg, Carl, 1937-1938


4.12		Sellars, Roy Wood, 1937-1938


III.D. Lectures, 1938-1939


Box-folder		Contents

4.13		Announcements, 1938-1939


4.14		Contracts, 1938-1939


4.15		Correspondence, 1938-1939


4.16		Auden, W.H., 1938-1939


4.17		Frost, Robert, 1938-1939


4.18		Halecki, Oscar, 1938-1939


4.19		Higgins, F.R., 1938-1939


4.20		Rhine, Joseph, 1938-1939


4.21		Sellon, Hugh, 1938-1939


4.22		Storrs, Sir Ronald, 1938-1939


4.23		Untermeyer, Louis, 1938-1939


III.E. Lectures, 1939-1940


Box-folder		Contents

4.24		Announcements, 1939-1940


4.25		Correspondence, 1939-1940


4.26		Barker, Ernest, 1939-1940


4.27		Borgese, Guiseppi, 1939-1940


4.28		Heilpenin, Michael, 1939-1940


4.29		Hooten, E. A., 1939-1940


4.30		Karvas, Imrich, 1939-1940


4.31		Leach, Henry, 1939-1940


4.32		McKeon, Richard, 1939-1940


4.33		MacNiece, Louis, 1939-1940


4.34		Maritain, M., 1939-1940


4.35		Panofsky, Erwin, 1939-1940


4.36		Tippetts, Charles, 1939-1940


4.37		Wheelwright, John, 1939-1940


III.F. Lectures, 1940-1941


Box-folder		Contents

4.38		Contracts, 1940-1941


4.39		Correspondence, 1940-1941


4.40		Beecham, Thomas, 1940-1941


4.41		Cornish, Louis, 1940-1941


4.42		Esthoven, Henri, 1940-1941


4.43		Institute of International Education, 1940-1941


4.44		Jeffers, Robinson, 1940-1941


4.45		Jones, Rufus, 1940-1941


4.46		Kohn, Dorothy, 1940-1941


4.47		Noyes, Alfred, 1940-1941


4.48		Nyabongo, Prince, 1940-1941


4.49		Perry, Ralph B., 1940-1941


4.50		Smith, S. Stephenson, 1940-1941


4.51		Speyer, Leonora, 1940-1941


4.52		Williams, William Carlos, 1940-1941


4.53		Wooley, Mary, 1940-1941


4.54		Wright, Russell 1940-1941


IV. Library Administration, 1934-1961
Arranged in eight subseries: A.Chancellor and University Administration B.Correspondence - Booksellers C.Correspondence, General A-Z D.Gifts E.Invoices F.Lockwood Memorial Library G.Friends of Lockwood Memorial Library H.Miscellaneous Subject Files I.Poetry Collection and Rare Books


IV.A. Chancellor and University Administration, 1934-1961
Includes correspondence. Much of the content is water damaged.


Box-folder		Contents

5.1-5.24		Chancellor, 1934-1959
		Includes correspondence and drafts of annual reports.


6.1-6.9		Office of the Dean, 1946-1956


6.1-6.9		Office of the Dean, Budget Revisions, 1951-1956


6.11-6.21		Treasurer, 1939-1959


6.22		Treasurer - Bursar Cashier, 1939-1948


IV.B. Correspondence - Booksellers, 1934-1960


Box-folder		Contents

6.23-6.24		Bertram Rota, 1939-1946, 1949-1951


6.25		Collectors' book lists, 1934-1944
		Includes mostly lists from the Collectors' Bookshop, New York, New York; also one issue of The Book Collector's Packet, September 1938.


7.1-8.14		Correspondence by year, 1934-1944, 1948, undated
		Each folder includes a photocopy made by the processor of original folder labels and notes indicating significant correspondence.


8.15		Exchange lists, 1956-1960


30.2		List of publishers' catalogs, undated


IV.C Correspondence - General A-Z, 1934-1961
Much of the content is water damaged.

The majority of the correspondence folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and within each by date. General library administrative correspondence folders sit at the beginning of each letter and correspondence is arranged alphabetically within each folder; these files came from two collections and were kept intact so some overlap may occur.


Box-folder		Contents

8.16		A, General 1935-1957


8.17		A, General Administrative, 1935-1943


8.18		Abbott, John, 1934-1941


8.19		Academy of American Poets, 1938


8.20		Adams, J.N. and Co., 1943


8.21		American Art Association, 1938-1940


8.22		American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939, 1942


8.23		American Library Association, 1936-1941


8.24		Atlantic Monthly, 1935, 1937


9.1		B, General, 1935-1957


9.2		B, General Administrative, 1935-1942


9.3		Barrell, Mrs. George, 1940-1942


9.4		Barry, Iris, 1935-1947


9.5		Bartholomew, Ruth, 1942


9.6		Bidwell, Percy, 1935-1937


9.7		Bonner, Willard, 1937-1943


9.8		Book Campaign, 1941-1942


9.9		British Information Library, 1940-1943


9.10		Brumbaugh, M.A., 1935-1936


9.11		Buffalo Museum of Science, 1937, 1940-1941


9.12		Buffalo Public Library, 1935-1942


9.13		C, General 1935-1957


9.14		C, General Administrative, 1935-1943


9.15		Cantor, Nathaniel, 1937


9.16		Carpenter, Niles, 1935-1943


9.17		Cartledge, G.H., 1937-1943


9.18		Carnegie Corporation, 1934-1948


9.19		Case Institute of Technology, 1955


9.20		Chanler, Mrs. W., 1937


9.21		Chicago, University of, Library School, 1940


9.22		CLUNY [College Librarians of Upstate New York?], 1937-1942


9.23		Columbia University, 1937-1943


9.24		Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources, 1940-1941


9.25		Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940-1941


9.26		Cook, William, 1939-1940


9.27		Cummings, L.O., 1938-1943


10.1		D, General, 1935-1957


19.2		D, General Administrative, 1936-1942


10.3		Deters, Emma, 1936-1943


10.4		Dictionary of American Biography, 1943


10.5		E, General, 1935-1957


10.6		E, General Administrative, 1935-1942


10.7		Epstein, Ralph, 1935-1943


10.8		F, General, 1935-1957


10.9		F, General Administrative, 1935-1942


10.10		Farber, Marvin, 1941


10.11		Fiero, G.W., 1935


10.12		Frazer, J.F., 1935


10.13		Froman, Lewis, 1942-1943


10.14		G, General, 1935-1957


10.15		G, 1934-1942


10.16		Gehman, Harry, 1935-1937. 1940-1941


10.17		Gilchrist, Donald, 1935-1938


10.18		Gilcreast, S, 1938, 1943


10.19		Glass, Grace, 1935-1936


10.20		Goetz, Philip, 1938-1944


10.21		Goldberg, Arthur, 1941


10.22		Gratwick, Roger, 1942


10.23		Gray, Austin, 1935-1936


10.24		Green and Son, 1934-1935


10.25		Gregory, Willis, 1934-1935


10.26		H, 1935-1957


10.26		H, General Administrative 1935-1957


11.1		Hamlin, Mrs. Chauncey, 1941-1944


11.2		Hanley, T. Edward, 1937, 1940


11.3		Harvard College Library, 1940-1943


11.4		Haverford College, 1935-1942


11.5		Hewitt, Theodore, 1935-1940


11.6		Herwood and Herwood, 1935-1939


11.7		Hoag, Gilbert, 1939-1940


11.8		Hofer, Philip, 1935-1936


11.9		Horton, John, 1935-1940


11.10		Horton, Mrs. V.J.H., 1940
		Concerns publication of letter by English woman during war.


11.11		Howe, W.H.T., 1935-1937


11.12		I, General, 1935-1957


11.13		I, General Administrative, 1936-1944


11.14		J, General, 1935-1957


11.15		Jones, Edward, 1937, 1942


11.16		K, General, 1935-1957


11.17		K, General Administrative, 1937-1944


11.18		Keene, Charles, 1936-1938


11.19		Kelley, Beatrice, 1938-1944


11.20		Kessel, William, 1939-1941


11.21		Kinkeldey, Otto, 1938-1939, 1942


11.22		Kittredge, Rupert, 1940


11.23		Koch, Edward, 1937, 1941-1942


11.24		L, General, 1935-1942


11.25		L, General Administrative, 1935-1957


11.26		Leary, Daniel, 1935-1940


11.27		Lemon, A.B., 1936-1938


11.28		Levinthal, Frieda, 1940


11.29		Lewis, Wyndham, 1940


11.30		Library of Congress, 1938-1940


11.31		Literary figures, 1935-1955


11.32		Littlefield, William, 1942


11.33		Livermore, Shaw, 1936, 1940


11.34		Lockwood, Thomas B., 1926-1949
		Includes copy of Lockwood's will. See Box/Folder 30.20 for signed photograph of Lockwood.


12.1		M, General 1935-1957


12.2		M, General Administrative 1938-1944


12.3		Mc-Mac, General 1935-1957


12.4		Mc-Mac, General Administrative 1938-1941


12.5		McGrath, Edward, 1936-1937


12.6		Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, 1940


12.7		Mellon, Clarence, 1935


12.8		Miller, Wharton, 1935-1936, 1942


12.9		Millet, Fred, 1938-1939


12.10		Mitchell, James McCormack, 1936-1943


12.11		Montague, Harriet, 1936-1937


12.12		Moore, Edward, 1935, 1937, 1941


12.13		Morley, Christopher, 1935-1937


12.14		N, General 1935-1957


12.15		N, General Administrative, 1939-1943


12.16		National Council of Teachers of English, 1936-1937


12.17		Newman, G.N., 1938-1943


12.18		New York Library Association, 1937-1940


12.19		Notre Dame, University of, 1941-1943


12.20		O, General 1935-1957


12.21		O, General Administrative, 1936-1943


12.22		Orwen, Gifford, 1939


12.23		Orwin, Carroll, 1940


12.24		Ott, Ellis, 1938-1943


12.25		P, General, 1935-1957


12.26		P, General Administrative, 1938-1940


13.1		Park, Julian, 1934-1943


13.2		Parke, Robert, 1937-1941


13.3		Parrish, M.L., 1941-1942


13.4		Patrick, J. Max, 1941-1943


13.5		Perry, Ten Eyck, 1937-1942


13.6		Post, Howard, 1936-1937


13.7		Pratt, Julius, 1935-1930,


13.8		Publicity, Library, 1951, 1956-1958


13.9		R, General 1935-1957


13.10		R, General Administrative, 1935-1944


13.11		Randall, Mrs. Jules C., 1940


13.12		Red Cross, 1942-1944


13.13		Riegel, Robert, 1934-1938, 1941-1942


13.14		Rochester, University of, 1939-1942


13.15		Rutgers University Library, 1938-1939


13.16		S, General, 1935-1957


13.17		S, General Administrative, 1935-1943


13.18		Santayana Bibliography, 1940


13.19		Schauroth, Edward, 1936-1937


13.20		Scofield, Carleton, 1935-1942


13.21		Seitz, Ruth (Mrs. Robert), 1937, 1940


13.22		Severance, Mrs. Frank, 1935, 1937


13.23		Sewall, John, 1937-1942


13.24		Shearer, Augustus, 1934-1940


13.25		Silverman, Oscar, 1937, 1940


13.26		Southern Illinois Normal School, 1942


13.27		Stanley, Winfred C., 1942-1943


13.28		Stieg, Lewis, 1937, 1943


14.1		T, General, 1935-1957


14.2		T, General Administrative, 1936-1942


14.3		Telegrams, 1935-1953


14.4		Telephone bills, 1940-1950


14.5		Thomas, C.W., 1940


14.6		U, General, 1935-1957


14.7		V, General, 1935-1957


14.8		W, General, 1935-1957


14.9		W, General Administrative, 1935-1942


14.10		Warren, Mrs. Fiske, 1940


14.11		Who's Who in Library Services, 1941-1942


14.12		Wilson, Carroll, 1935-1937


14.13		Y-Z, General 1938-1957
		Includes Yale University.


IV.D. Gifts, 1934-1960
Arrangement is alphabetical.


Box-folder		Contents

15.1		A, 1935-1956


15.2		Alexander (Anne Bliss), [DeAlva Stanwood Alexander] Library Fund, 1935, 1955-1956
		Includes correspondence and financial statements.


15.3		B, 1935-1958


15.4		C, 1934-1958


15.5		D, 1936-1957


15.6		E, 1949-1956


15.7		Ellis (Havelock), Collection, 1940


15.8		Engineering, 1949-1955


15.9		F 1937-1959


15.10		G, 1937-1955


15.11		H, 1935-1959


15.12		I, 1948-1955


15.13		J, 1936-1955


15.14		K, 1935-1958


15.15		L, 1936-1958


15.16		Mc-M, 1935-1955


15.17		Michael (Arthur), Fund, 1942-1955
		Includes correspondence and financial statements.


15.18		Michael (Edward), 1939-1949


15.19		N, 1937-1956


15.20		O, 1936-1955


14.14		P-Q, 1935-1957


14.15		Pyle (Howard) Collection, 1956


14.16		R, 1935-1955


28.13		Richardson, Lyon, 1938-1953
		Includes signed article reprints.


14.17		S, 1936-1959


14.18		T, 1935-1956


14.19		U, 1940-1960


28.11		University of Buffalo Centennial, 1946
		Includes Abbott's introduction of William Carlos Williams for an honorary degree, correspondence, and library exhibit plans.


28.12		University of Buffalo Health Sciences Building Dedication, 1960
		Includes commemorative brochures, programs, correspondence and clippings.


14.20		V-W, 1935-1958


14.21		X-Y-Z, 1953-1958


IV.E. Invoices, 1935-1942, 1947-1950
Includes disbursement from different funds, i.e., Friends of Lockwood, Poetry Project, and correspondence. Note: water damaged.


Box-folder		Contents

16.1		1935-1936


16.2		1936-1937
		See also Box/folder 30.3.


16.3		1937-1938


16.4		1938-1939


16.5-17.3		1939-1940 [4 folders]


17.4-17.6		1940-1941


18.1		1941-1942


18.2		1947-1949
		Includes several rare book invoices.


18.3.		1950


IV.F. Lockwood Memorial Library, 1935-1960


Box-folder		Contents

18.4		Dedication catalog, A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in the Lockwood Memorial Library of the University of Buffalo, 1935


18.5		Dedication catalog, drafts 1935
		Original handwritten draft by Charles D. Abbot in Box/Folder 30.4.


18.6		Dedication catalog, List of recipients, 1935


18.7		Dedication catalog, correspondence, 1935


18.8		Dedication catalog, correspondence from colleges, 1935


18.9		Dedication ceremony, correspondence, 1935


18.10		Dedication ceremony, invitees, 1935


18.11		Dedication ceremony, acceptances, 1935
		Not in alphabetical order.


19.1		Dedication ceremony, regrets, 1935
		Not in alphabetical order.


19.2		Exhibits - Bibles, Catalog, 1936


19.3		Exhibits - Bibles, Catalog drafts, 1936
		For original draft see Box/Folder 30.5.


19.4		Exhibits - Bibles, Correspondence, 1936


19.5		Exhibits - Carl Schurz Foundation, 1936


19.6-19.7		Exhibits - Familiar Quotations, 1938


30.6		Exhibits - Familiar Quotations, Handwritten draft, 1938


19.8-19.10		Exhibits - Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1937
		Includes catalog, handwritten drafts, and correspondence.


30.7		Exhibits - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Catalog handwritten draft, 1937


19.11		Exhibits - Miscellaneous, 1935-1943, undated
		Includes publicity for 20th Century British poets, classics, New England poets, Swinburne, private presses, Friends of Lockwood Memorial Library, and summer exhibits.


19.12		Exhibits - Music, June 1936-March 1937


19.13		Exhibits -Romantic Movement, 1936
		Includes publicity and correspondence.


19.14		Exhibits - mark Twain, 1935
		Includes catalog, correspondence, and bibliography by Merle Johnson.


19.15		Exhibits - Walt Whitman, 1949
		Includes correspondence, notes, and clipping.


19.16		25th Anniversary, 1960
		Includes correspondence; clippings; invitation design & guest lists;, planning notes; speeches by Charles D. Abbott, Oscar Silverman, Chancellor Furnas.


19.17-19.18		25th Anniversary, Invitation and Guest list, 1960


19.19		25th Anniversary, Speeches, 1960
		Includes typed and handwritten drafts for Charles Abbott, Oscar Silverman, and Chancellor Furnas. See also Box/Folder 30.8 for Abbott original hand draft.


IV.G. Friends of Lockwood Memorial Library, 1935-1958
See also Exhibits, 19.11.


Box-folder		Contents

20.1		Acquisitions, 1936-1948


20.2		Acquisitions - Rare Books, 1935-1936


20.3		Acquisitions, possible, 1935-1936, 1938-1939


20.4		Advisory Board, 1935-1936


20.5		Christmas Carol Program, 1937-1958
		Includes planning notes, publicity, and clippings.


20.6		Circulation statistics, 1937-1942


20.7		Correspondence, 1935-1936


20.8		Correspondence, 1936-1937


20.9		Correspondence, 1938-1939


20.10		Correspondence, 1936-1955


20.11		Director's Report, 1936


20.15		Financial report, 1935-1936


20.16-2.17		Financial statements, 1935-1955


20.12		Membership - Invitations and privileges, undated


20.13		Membership forms, 1935, undated


20.14		Membership lists and form letters, 1935-1947


IV.H. Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1935-1961


Box-folder		Contents

21.1		Academic Freedom, 1948-1949
		Includes clippings.


21.2		Army Air Forces Training Program, 1943-1944


21.3		Atomic Energy Commission Depository, 1951-1954
		Includes correspondence and orders.


21.4		Catholic Book Shelf, 1940-1942


21.5		Civil Defense, 1950-1951


23.21		Clippings, 1916-1955
		Includes miscellaneous news clippings on exhibits, collections, University of Buffalo.


21.6		Community Chest of Buffalo and Erie County, 1948-1950
		Includes correspondence, brochure, pledge cards, and two red feathers.


21.7		Duplicates lists, 1954, undated


30.9		English course requirements, undated


21.8-21.9		Faculty correspondence, 1943-1955


21.10		Faculty correspondence - Homer Widener, 1934-1937


21.11		Judaica Shelf, December 16, 1947


21.12		Library forms, 1940s-1960s


21.13		Library rules, procedures, circa 1943, 1961


21.14		Library units, 1948-1956


22.1		Mailing lists, 1936-1937


22.2		Microfilm, 1937-1955, 1958
		Includes correspondence, vendors brochures, equipment and title lists.


22.3		Millard Fillmore College, 1956-1957


22.4		Music Room, 1937-1940
		Includes use statistics.


22.5		National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, Library of Congress, 1960
		Includes possibly one of the last letters Charles Abbott wrote.


30.10		Periodicals, 1935-1936


22.6		Personnel - Assistant to the Director position, 1954-1959


22.7		Personnel - Budget, 1944-1957


22.8-22.9		Personnel - Correspondence, staff, 1935-1957


22.10		Personnel - Correspondence from staff, 1938-1943
		Includes reports to Abbott while he was out of the library from Janet Brown, Anne Ludlow and Ruth Bartholomew..


22.11		Personnel - Employment inquiries, 1948-1955


22.12		Phi Beta Kappa, 1944-1951


22.13		Polish Room, origins, 1955


22.14		Rhodes Scholarship, 1935-1949


22.15		War - "Research Memorandum 4/24", September 1945
		Includes two typewritten copies of report, The War Blinded: Their Emotional, Social and Occupational Situation, by Major E. Wittkower, R.A.M.C. and R. C. Davenport, F.R.C.S., Medical Commandant and Ophthalmic Surgeon to St. Dunstan's, War Office, London, S.W. 1.


IV.I. Poetry Collection and Rare Books, 1937-1957


Box-folder		Contents

23.1		Poetry Project, clippings, 1938


23.2		Poetry Project, Punch, February 2, 1938


23.3		Poetry Project, collection description, undated
		Includes typed and handwritten manuscripts. Possibly was a lecture given at the Harvard Club 1939-40.


23.4		Poetry Project, correspondence, book & poet lists, 1937-1947


23.5		Poetry Project, correspondence, 1948-1949


23.6		Poetry Project, orders, 1951-53


23.7		Poetry Project, South & Central American poetry, undated
		Includes typed and handwritten memos describing plan to expand the collection and a "Report on Poetical Field Work, New York, April 6 - April 17."


23.13		Poetry Reading - Rolfe Humphries, 1955


23.8		Rare Books - Richard Hillier, undated
		Includes a bibliography of books by Thomas Fuller and list of 15th Century printers.


22.16		Rare Books - James Russell Lowell, 1943
		Includes reprint from Bibliographic Society of America, of James Russell Lowell's Ode Recited at the Commemoration of the Living and Dead Soldiers of Harvard University, July 21, 1865, written by Hamilton Vaughn Bail, which includes a reference to Lockwood Memorial Library's 1st edition.


23.9		Rare Books - John S. Kohn, 1946-1955
		Includes correspondence from the Seven Gables Bookshop.


23.10		Rare Books - Patronage by Maria Edgeworth, undated


23.11		Rare Books, Lockwood bookplate, undated


23.12		Rare Books - Harriet Weaver, 1955-1957
		Includes correspondence about James Joyce's Epiphanies.


V. Teaching, 1933-1959
Includes correspondence, exams, class record books. Student records are restricted.


Box-folder		Contents

31.1		18th Century Novel, 1936-1937
		Includes students' exams. RESTRICTED


31.2		18th Century Novel, 1949-1958


31.3		19th Century Novel, 1935-1959


31.4-31.8		Classbooks, 1936-1937, 1938-1939, 1943-1947,1950-1959, undated
		RESTRICTED


31.9		Exams, 1933, 1939-1947, 1959


31.10		Library School, 1934-1940


31.11		Miscellaneous English Courses, 1957-1958


31.12		Millard Fillmore College, English Courses, 1948-1959


31.13-31.14		Millard Fillmore College, Class Lists, 1948-1959
		Includes grade changes and a student essay. RESTRICTED


VI. Research and Publications 1925-1960
Arranged in five subseries: A.General B. Howard Pyle: A Chronicle C. Christopher Smart D. “Poets at Work”


VI.A. General, 1935-1953, undated
Includes correspondence, book reviews, lectures, and miscellaneous writings.


Box-folder		Contents

30.11		Book Reviews - Book of the Month Club, 1942-1943
		Includes typed and handwritten manuscripts.


30.12		Book Reviews - The Oxford Anthology of American Literature 1939-1940


30.13-30.15		Book Reviews - Saturday Review of Literature, 1935-1943


23.14		Correspondence - literary publishers, 1937-1939, 1953, undated
		See Box/Folder 30.18 for some corresponding writings mentioned in the correspondence, including rejected submissions.


23.15		Lecture - Chautauqua, 1951


23.16		Lecture - James Joyce, undated


23.17		Lecture - Poetry Society of America 1953


23.18		Lecture - Sir Walter Scott, undated


23.19		Lectures - Walt Whitman, undated
		See Box/Folder 30.16 for original handwritten manuscript.


23.20		Lectures - Harvard, undated
		Includes typed and handwritten manuscripts for: "Poetry in the Making" [1939-40] "An Anatomy of Bibliomania" "Capability George" "William Cowper"
		Processor's note: These items were found in one folder so marked by earlier processor. It is not certain that these were all lectures given at Harvard.
		See Box/Folder 30.17 for original handwritten manuscript of "William Cowper".


30.18		Miscellaneous writings, undated
		Includes typed and handwritten manuscripts for: "Art and the Book" [review of exhibit at the Albright Art Gallery] "Ballad of the [mind] of Academe" [handwritten poem] "[Buffalo] Seminary Commencement, June 8, 1950" "Dentistry" "Grosvernor Library" "The Poetics of Mr. [Kenneth] Fearing" "December 25, 1937" [poem and Christmas greeting] "T.S. Eliot" "Taste"
		See 23.14 for correspondence regarding some of these manuscripts, including rejection notices.


30.21		Miscellaneous writings, undated
		Includes typed and handwritten manuscripts and notes.


VI.B. Howard Pyle: A Chronicle, circa 1924 Boxes 26 and 27 contain photocopies available for use by researchers. Original materials are in Boxes 24 and 25 and are RESTRICTED.
Contain typed transcriptions made by Abbott of correspondence between Pyle and others and Abbott's notes.

Arranged in four subseries as maintained in envelopes labeled by Abbott: 1.Chapter Drafts 2.Chapter Notes 3.Notes by Subject 4.Miscellaneous Research Notes


VI.B.1 Chapter Drafts, circa 1924


Box-folder		Contents

26.1		Proposed outline


26.2		Acknowledgments & List of illustrations,


26.3		Ch. I, Wilmington, Quakers, and Youthful Ambitions


26.4		Ch. II, The Crucible of New York


26.5		Ch. III, Fruitful Associations


26.6		Ch. IV, The Return


26.7		Ch. V, Magic Casements


26.8		Ch. VI, The Middle Ages


26.9		Ch. VII, The Bloody Quaker


26.10		Ch. VIII, The Spirit of America


26.11		Ch. IX, The Philosopher & Mystic


26.12		Ch. X, Schools and Theories of Art


26.13		Ch. XI, Mural Decoration


26.14		Ch. XII, Italy and the End


VI.B.2 Chapter Notes, circa 1924
Contains typed notes made by Abbott that include quotes and references to letters between Pyle and others dated 1883-1911. Quotes were found cut and stored in envelopes labeled by chapter name in Abbott's handwriting.

Arranged by chapter, then by year of the notes' source.


Box-folder		Contents

26.15		Ch. V, Magic Casements


26.16-26.19		Ch. VI, The Middle Ages,


26.20-26.21		Ch. VII, The Bloody Quaker


26.22		Ch. VIII, Spirit of America


26.23-26.24		Ch. IX, Philosopher and Mystic


26.25		Ch. IX, Philosopher and Mystic
		Includes an original "Catalogue of Illustrations by Howard Pyle", exhibition catalogue by the "St. Botolph Club for the Entertainment of its Friends at No. 2 Newbury Street, in Boston" [1897] and typed unsigned carbon copy of a letter to "Will" regarding the design of a Christmas stamp for the National Red Cross and a proposed stamp for the Stonywold Sanatarium, dated February 6, 1909.


26.26-26.28		Ch. XI, Concerning Mural Decorations


26.29		Ch. XII, Italy and the End
		Also includes the June 1, 1912 issue of The Outlook which contains a tribute to Pyle authored by "The Spectator" with a handwritten inscription, "Dear Mrs. Pyle: This is inadequate but heartfelt. I hope it will please you - E. P. B."; and an original typed carbon copy of a letter from Pyle to "My dear Dunn" written from Siena, Italy, September 19, 1911.


VI.B.3 Notes by Subject, circa 1924
Contains typed notes made by Abbott that include quotes and references to letters between Pyle and others dated 1883-1911. Quotes were found cut and stored in envelopes labeled in Abbott's handwriting.

Arranged by Abbott's original envelope label, then by year of the notes' source.


Box-folder		Contents

27.1-27.9		"Concerning Illustrations - Specific"


27.10-27.14		"Concerning Personal Matters"


27.15-27.19		"Concerning Politics"


27.20-27.23		"Concerning the Teaching of Art - his pupils - theories of art"


27.24		"Concerning Writings"


VI.B.4 Miscellaneous Research Notes, circa 1924


Box-folder		Contents

28.1		Biographical essay by Charles Abbott, undated


28.2		Clippings, 1889-1907
		Includes original pages from The Outlook, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Century Magazine


28.3		Clippings, 1912, 1942
		Includes issue of Arts and Decoration containing article on Pyle and an image of a Pyle painting from The New York Times Magazine.


28.4		Eppendorf, John G. 1937-1939
		Includes correspondence with rare book shops and book invoices for mostly first editions of Howard Pyle's illustrations.


27.25-27.26		Howard Pyle correspondence, as transcribed by Abbott, circa 1876-1896
		Includes typed transcriptions of letters between Howard Pyle and his mother and other unidentified persons and diary entries, with handwritten notes. Also includes a handwritten draft of the beginning of an essay entitled "Howard Pyle and William Dean Howells[:] A Correspondence" and a typed draft entitled, "Letters from an Artist to his Mother".
		Arranged in original order.


27.27		"Notes from books", undated
		Typed and handwritten notes made by Abbott. Includes a list of Pyle's students at the Drexel Summer School of Art in 1898.


27.28		Royalty Report, undated
		Includes lists from Harper & Brothers, Charles Scribners, and the Century Company from 1887 to 1921.


28.5		Scudder, W. S., June, 1924
		Includes signed typed history of Howard Pyle with handwritten notes. Scudder was the art editor of Houghton Mifflin Company.


28.6		Book reviews, Howard Pyle: A Chronicle, undated


Oversize-folder		Contents

34		Galleys for Howard Pyle: A Chronicle, 1925


VI.C. Christopher Smart, circa 1927-1939
Includes Abbott's notebooks, thesis and drafts with handwritten notes, essays, bibliographies, and an article on Smart, and some correspondence.


Box-folder		Contents

29.1-.3		Notebooks from Oxford, circa 1924-1927


29.4		Essay, "Christopher Smart's Writings", undated


29.5		Thesis drafts, circa 1924-1927
		Includes handwritten and typed drafts.


29.6		Bibliography of Christopher Smart, undated
		Originally found immediately behind the draft thesis in 29.5.


29.7		Thesis, "Christopher Smart - Thesis submitted for the Degree of B. Litt. by C.D. Abbott, New College", circa 1927
		Includes original typed manuscript, some handwritten notes on Smart's confinement at the front, and an unidentified photograph of a painted portrait.


29.8		Times Literary Supplement, 1929, undated
		Includes a letter to the editor from Stuart Piggott on Christopher Smart and a draft and galley of a letter to the editor from Abbott.


29.9		“Christopher Smart's Madness,”by Charles David Abbott, reprint from Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, December, 1930
		Includes three copies and a handwritten draft.


29.10		Bibliographical Society of America, October, 1933
		Includes correspondence and typed draft of bibliographical essay.


29.11		Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 1933
		Includes correspondence, handwritten draft, and photocopy made by the processor of Abbott's entry on Christopher Smart from the 1940 edition.


29.12		“Johnson, Smart, and the 'Universal Visiter'”, by Roland Botting, reprint from Modern Philology, February, 1939
		Includes article reprint signed by Botting.


VI.D. “Poets at Work”, circa 1948


Box-folder		Contents

28.7		Correspondence, 1946-1948
		Includes prospective contributors, copyright permissions, Harcourt Brace publishers, and campus treasurer.


28.8		Miscellaneous poems & essay, undated
		Includes poems by Robert Laurence Binyon, Robert Seymour Bridges, Alex Comfort, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Louis Untemeyer, and Humbert Wolfe; and an essay by John G. Moore on "The Poetic Mind in Action."


28.9		Poets at Work, 1948


28.10		Reviews, 1948


30.19		Introduction, handwritten draft, undated
		Includes a photocopy of Abbott's introduction from the published book.

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Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.

Contributors

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

Subject Terms

Abbott, Charles D. (Charles David), 1900-1961--Archives

Buffalo Film Society

Fenton Lectures Committee

Libraries--New York (State)--Buffalo

Lockwood Memorial Library

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911

Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry/Rare Books Collection--Archives

University of Buffalo--Archives

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