Summary

Creator:

Cady, Edwin Harrison

Extent:

44.3 Linear Feet
26,881 items

Language:

English.

Collection ID:

RL.00182

Background

Scope and Content:

The papers consist of correspondence from Jay B. Hubbell and John Olin Eidson. The Eidson letters (5 items) discuss the upcoming program of the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association of America and suggest Richard Armour as the featured speaker. The letters are arranged chronologically.

Accession (1992-0127) (20,000 items, 30.0 lin. ft.) includes correspondence, research and teaching notes, writings, student offprints, card files, photostats, materials relating to the Center for Editions of American Authors, files relating to American Literature, printed matter, clippings, and other miscellaneous items. Correspondence includes letters from Jay B. Hubbell and John O. Eidson; the latter concern the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association.

Accession (2002-0104), dated 1858-2000 (1251 items; 6.8 linear feet) primarily comprises materials related to writings by Cady and his former student Thomas F. O'Donnell regarding author, editor, and critic William Dean (W.D.) Howells. In 2000, Cady edited and wrote an introduction to a volume of Howells' poetry entitled Pebbles, Monochromes, and Other Modern Poems, 1891-1916, and his collection holds various drafts of this work as well as correspondence between Cady and his publishers concerning the book's publication. Also included is material written by or collected by Cady or O'Donnell while editing or writing other books and articles regarding Howells' poetry; and original correspondence from Howells to his publishers.

Accession (2010-0083) (300 items; 7.5 lin. ft.) includes books by and about William Dean Howells, most with annotations by Edwin Cady and Harry H. Clark, as well as materials (first proofs, drafts, and other Howells publications) that were used by Cady in the preparation of Howells' complete works. Books date from approximately 1881-1981; manuscript materials date from approximately 1879-1992.

Biographical / Historical:

Edwin Harrison Cady, educator and writer, was born in Old Tappan, N. J. He was educated at Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University, Indiana University, Syracuse University, and Duke University where he was Andrew Mellon Professor of English. He was been a visiting professor at the Royal University at Uppsala and the University of Stockholm, Sweden. His interests, other than American literature, were sports and music. He was editor of American Literature from 1980 to 1986, and was a prominent scholar on the life and writings of William Dean Howells.

Acquisition Information:

The Edwin Harrison Cady Papers were a gift to Duke University, 1992-2002.

Processing information:

Processed by: Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Staff

Completed 1993

Additions processed by Joshua Kaiser and Erin Lawrimore

Last updated May 3, 2010

Encoded by Stephen Douglas Miller; Joshua Kaiser; Ruth E. Bryan; Meghan Lyon

Materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Physical Location:

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Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related Material:

For more information, see the Thomas Francis O'Donnell Papers, 1940-1978, in the Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Scholars -- United States -- Correspondence
College teachers as authors
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation
American literature -- History and criticism
Poetry, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Literary historians -- United States
American poetry -- 19th century
American literature -- Study and teaching

Formats:

Microfilms
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs

Names:

Modern Language Association of America. American Literature Section
Center for Editions of American Authors
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Correspondence
Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
Cady, Edwin Harrison
Cady, Edwin Harrison
Eidson, John O.