William Peirce Randel papers, 1852-1986

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Summary

Creator:
Randel, William Peirce, 1909-
Abstract:
Historian and professor of English, University of Maine. Correspondence, addresses, proofs, drafts and reprints of articles, reviews, and photographs, all concerning William Peirce Randel's work on Edward Eggleston, a Methodist circuit rider who turned agnostic. Includes a bibliography of Randel's writings, and 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home, and various locations where he was active.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet
Approximately 735 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.01065

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, addresses, proofs, drafts and reprints of articles, reviews, and photographs, all concerning William Peirce Randel's work on Edward Eggleston, a Methodist circuit rider who turned agnostic and then became president of the American Historical Association. The papers in this collection relate to Randel's research and writings on Eggleston and include correspondence with Eggleston family members, research libraries, Twayne Publishers, King's Cross Publishers, his adviser Ralph L. Rusk, and with others who were doing or had done research on Eggleston. Included are Randel's 1945 dissertation, drafts of his 1963 Edward Eggleston: Hoosier Realist, two volumes of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for 1878, which contain the serialized story "Roxy" by Eggleston; an inventory of the Eggleston collection at Cornell University; and 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home, and locations where he was active.

Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University.

Acquisition information:
The William Peirce Randel Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1986 and 1988.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Robert Carlson and Paula Jeannet, August 2009

Addition encoded by Matthew Warren, March 2012

Accessions from 1986 and accession 1988-0016 are described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Writings, Writings by Others, and Photographs.

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[Identification of item], William Peirce Randel Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University