C. Hartley Grattan: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 Title: C. Harley Grattan Papers Dates: circa 1920-1978 Extent: 30 record cartons (30 linear feet), 5 galley folders (gf) Abstract: Correspondence, research materials, typescript drafts, published materials, lectures and speeches, broadcast scripts, and personal items document Hartley Grattan's career from his days as a free-lance writer through his tenure as Professor of History and Curator of the Grattan Collection of Southwest Pacificana at the University of Texas at Austin, circa 1920-1978. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-1700 Language: English Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. 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Restrictions on Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Use: Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Center's Open Access and Use Policies. Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 Manuscript Collection MS-1700 Administrative Information Acquisition: Purchases and gifts, 1974-1990 (R9001, G1513, G8569) Processed by: Jane McGee, 1993; Joan Sibley, 1996; Kevin O’Sullivan, 2010 Repository: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin 2 Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 Manuscript Collection MS-1700 Biographical Sketch C(linton) Hartley Grattan was born on October 19, 1902, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, son of Leonard E. and Laura (Campbell) Grattan. After graduating with a B.A. degree from Clark College, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1923, where he specialized in the history of thought and culture under historian Harry Elmer Barnes, Grattan began writing articles and reviews on American literature for H. L. Mencken's American Mercury. His first professional publication, an essay on James Russell Lowell, appeared in May 1924. After moving to New York in 1926, Grattan pursued a career as a free-lance writer. Over the next fifty years he wrote and edited a number of books and contributed essays to many other publications. He also contributed numerous articles to newspapers and magazines, especially American Mercury, Scribner's, and Harper's, writing as a literary critic, an economist, and as an historical and social analyst. He lectured at educational and other institutions and gave many radio talks. Grattan's first book, Why We Fought (1929, reprinted in 1969 with an afterword by the author), was one of the earliest revisionist histories of the United States' entry into World War I. Bitter Bierce: A Mystery of American Letters, a study of Ambrose Bierce, and The Peerless Leader, a study of William Jennings Bryan (completed from work begun by Paxton Hibben) were both published in 1929. The Critique of Humanism: A Symposium (1930, reprinted 1968), a controversial collection of essays edited by Grattan, contested the views of Paul Elmer More and Irving Babbitt. The Three Jameses: A Family of Minds, a biography of the famous literary family, was published in 1932 (reprinted 1962). A Preface to Chaos: War in the Making (1936) and The Deadly Parallel (1939) continued Grattan's anti-war stance, arguing against American involvement in World War II. News of the Nation (1948) was edited by Grattan and Sylvan Hoffman. From the late 1920s, Grattan built up a considerable reputation as the first and foremost American authority on Australia and the southwest Pacific. His writings on Australia developed from his initial visit there in 1927, when he accompanied his first wife, singer Beatrice Kuper (stage name Beatrice Kay), who performed in Sydney and Melbourne. He returned to Australia in December 1936 after being awarded a grant by the Carnegie Corporation for travel, study, and the collection of materials for a social history of the Commonwealth. This visit lasted until September 1938, during which time Grattan visited many places throughout the country. He also established contact with a wide range of political and academic figures and met a number of literary figures with whom he had been corresponding since his earlier visit. He gave two series of lectures at the University of Melbourne in addition to a number of single lectures during his stay. Grattan made a third visit for a few weeks in 1940 to observe the impact of war on the country for the Institute of Current World Affairs of New York (The Crane Foundation). In 1960, he was invited to return to Australia to address the Australian Institute of Political Science (AIPS) and to spend a few weeks as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, the nation's capital. Grattan began writing newspaper and magazine articles on Australia during his 1927 3 Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 Manuscript Collection MS-1700 Grattan began writing newspaper and magazine articles on Australia during his 1927 visit. His first book-length study, Introducing Australia (1942, rev. ed. 1947), became a standard work. Australia (1947), a collection of essays by a number of authorities in various fields, many of whom were Australia's distinguished intellectuals of the day, was edited by Grattan. The United States and the Southwest Pacific was published in 1961. His major two-volume history, The Southwest Pacific to 1900 and The Southwest Pacific Since 1900, was published in 1963 by the University of Michigan Press in its series, The History of the Modern World. He also contributed an essay to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Since World War I, which was edited by William Roger Louis and William S. Livingston and published by The University of Texas Press in 1978. From 1951 to 1959, Grattan completed a number of projects in conjunction with the Fund for Adult Education. His book In Quest of Knowledge: A Historical Perspective on Adult Education was published in 1955. His other projects included editing a publication entitled Ageing in the Modern World and contributing to the Project for Education in Leadership and the handbook Continuing Education for Adults and the State of New York. Another work, American Ideas about Adult Education 1910-1951, was edited by Grattan and published in 1959 by the Teachers College, Columbia University. On an official level, Grattan was involved with the U.S. government's social relief program from 1934 to 1935 when he worked as the editor for the research section of the Federal Economic Relief Administration. Early in 1942, he served briefly on the Board of Economic Welfare to give advice on the Pacific region, but resigned after the Dies Committee accused him of disloyalty to the United States. In 1953, Grattan was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Clark University, and in 1977 he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the Australian National University. In 1964 he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin as a lecturer (later professor) in the Department of History, serving simultaneously as curator of the Grattan Collection of Southwest Pacificana. He retired in 1974. Hartley Grattan divorced his first wife, Beatrice Kuper, in 1934 and married Marjorie (Campbell) Grattan in 1939. They had four children, Rosalind, Jacqueline, Jennifer, and John. Grattan died on June 25, 1980, in Austin, Texas. Scope and Contents Correspondence, research materials, typescript drafts, published materials, lectures and speeches, broadcast scripts, and personal items document Hartley Grattan's career from his days as a free-lance writer through his tenure as Professor of History and Curator of the Grattan Collection of Southwest Pacificana at the University of Texas at Austin, circa 1920-1978. The material is arranged in seven series: I. Correspondence, 1923-1980 (19 boxes); II. Works, 1924-1978; III. Response to Works, 1929-1968; IV. Research Materials; V. Academic and Curatorial Activities, The University of Texas at Austin, 1965-1974; VI. Personal Papers, circa 1920-1977; and VI. Book Withdrawals. Although the records were acquired in a largely disorganized state and overall 4 Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 Manuscript Collection MS-1700 Although the records were acquired in a largely disorganized state and overall arrangement has been imposed, where possible the original order within each subseries has been left intact. Because most folders were untitled, folder titles have been created. Where an original title existed, it has been written in quotation marks. Where it was possible to identify research materials pertaining to a specific work, these remain with related records in the Works series. However, most research materials, especially those relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwest Pacific, have been included in the Research Materials series. Most research materials used in the writing of magazine or newspaper articles may also be found under Research, although some are included with the typescript of the article in the Works series.