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1 University of Sheffield. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 453 Title: Richard Hoggart Papers II Scope: Papers and correspondence of Richard Hoggart, academic, broadcaster and writer on cultural matters Dates: 1919 - 2007 Level: Sub-fonds Extent: 29 boxes Name of creator: Richard Hoggart Administrative/biographical history: This collection is a companion collection to MS247 Richard Hoggart Papers. A significant portion of the material relates to Richard Hoggart’s life after his professional retirement, including personal correspondence, his final five published books and his public appearances. However his earlier career is represented by sections including his time in academia and his role as Assistant Director-General of UNESCO. There is a substantial selection of articles either written by or about Hoggart as well as some of his own unpublished or unfinished writing. As well as documents the collection also includes photographs, garments from academic ceremonies, index cards and floppy disks. Born in 1918 into a working-class family in Hunslet, Leeds, and orphaned at an early age, Herbert Richard Hoggart gained a scholarship to Cockburn High School and went on to study English at the University of Leeds where he gained a first-class degree and an M.A. Subsequently drafted into the army during the Second World War he served as an officer in North Africa and Italy, being discharged in 1946. The extensive biographical entry in Who's Who shows that during the active and varied career which followed, devoted to academic and public affairs, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Adult Education at the University of Hull, a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester, and Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, (which he founded) at the University of Birmingham, an Assistant Director-General of UNESCO and finally Warden of Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. But in addition to these mainstream roles he undertook a great many other prominent activities, largely in the public sphere and particularly in the fields of the arts, cultural matters, broadcasting and education. Amongst other positions he served as: a member of the Albemarle Committee on Youth Services, a member of the Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting, Reith Lecturer, Chairman of the Broadcasting Research Unit, Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council, Chairman of the Statesman and Nation Publishing Co., Chairman of the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education and member of the British Board of Film Classification Appeals Committee. He published many books, the most famous being The Uses of Literacy (1957); widely regarded as a classic and as one of the most important books ever 2 written on Working Class life. He appeared in and contributed to numerous broadcasts and lectured extensively around the world. Richard Hoggart died at the age of 95 in 2014. Related collections: MS247 Richard Hoggart Papers, Hoggart Collection Source: By donation, 2008 System of arrangement: By section Subjects: Adult education – Great Britain; Education, Higher – Great Britain; Culture – Study and teaching; English literature – Study and teaching (Higher) – Great Britain; Mass media – Great Britain Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: Certain documents subject to restriction Copyright: According to document Finding aids: Listed 3 Contents Section 1: Main Career 5 1/1 Main Career – Academia and Social Studies 1/2 The Gould Report 1/3 UNESCO Section 2: Books 14 2/1 Sole Author 2/2 Contributor Section 3: Articles 33 3/1 Articles by 3/3 Articles and chapters about or mentioning Section 4: Other Writing 43 4/1 Other and unknown writing 4/2 Writing guides Section 5: Personal Correspondence 44 Section 6: Broadcasts 116 Section 7: Speeches 117 Section 8: Bibliography 118 Section 9: Sheffield 118 9/1 Sheffield conference and module 9/2 The Richard Hoggart Papers (University of Sheffield Library MS 247) Section 10: Catherine Carver 119 Section 11: Photos and Illustrations 121 Section 12: WH Auden 122 Section 13: Notebooks and diaries 123 Section 14: Royalties 123 Section 15: Miscellaneous 124 15/1 Personal documents 4 15/2 Honorary academic certificates 15/3 Index and reference cards 15/4 Floppy disks 15/5 Hats and robes 5 Section 1: Main Career – Academia and Social Studies Documents related to Richard Hoggart’s career in academia, social studies and UNESCO. 1/1 Career 1/1/1 'The Sweetcake Country (a fable)' Leaflet written for a weekend school 1950s 1/1/2 'The New Earswick Analysis of English Leisure' document. [Leaflet written [1950s] for a weekend school] 1/1/3 Journal article, 'The Movement's Mid-Century' by Roy Shaw, The Highway - Feb 1953 The Journal of the Worker's Educational Association Vol 44 1/1/4 [Labour Party Committee on Advertising] transcript. Pages missing [1962] 1/1/5 Prognosis' paper from the Foundation for the Study of International Relations Jul 1962 in Switzerland. 'My Neighbours in 1970' 1/1/6 Poster advertising lecture, University of Birmingham Feb 1963 1/1/7 'Books on loan to the Centre [for Contemporary Cultural Studies ] from [1964-73] Professor Hoggart' 1/1/8 Interview transcript [1964-73] 1/1/9 Journal article, 'The Report of the Committee on the Future of Broadcasting' Summer by Stuart Hall, NUQ 1977 1/1/10 Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education publications list Jan 1983 1/1/11 'Who's Who' extract 1984 1/1/12 Biographical notes for Goldsmith's annual report 1983-84. With 1985 accompanying letter from S J Boswell 1/1/13 Biographical notes nd 1/1/14 Letter from Mike Shaw re Charles Carter Lecture 23 May 1989 1/1/15 Biographical notes [1992] 1/1/16 Minutes from a meeting of the board of the Journal of British Studies, 18 - 19 Glasgow Aug 1993 1/1/18 'Report of Independent Advice Panel on Education for Adults.' Report on Mar 1996 BBC programmes by RH, Dianan Laurillard, John Diamond 1/1/19 Itinerary from the University of Warsaw for visits to training colleges nd 1/1/20 Small cartoon from a newspaper featuring the line "[…]he's been making too nd much of a Hoggart of himself." 6 1/2 The Gould Report 1/2/1 Letter from Maurice Craft (Goldsmiths') 31 Oct 1977 1/2/2 Letter from Tom Read (BBC) 1 Nov Thanks for appearing on 1977 'analysis' programme 1/2/3 Newspaper reports on the report. Sent by Roy 1977 Shaw 1/2/4 Letters between RH and Martin Shaw published in Nov - The New Statesman Dec 1977 1/2/5 Letter from K.H.L Burgin [1977] 1/2/6 Essay 'Warden Hoggart and the Gould Report'. TS nd 1/2/7 'The Attack on Higher Education' pamphlet from [1978] the Council for Academic Freedom and Democracy 1/3 UNESCO UNESCO Documents 1/3/1 Proposed Constitution for a National Commission for UNESCO - Final Draft nd 1/3/2 United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO [1984] 1/3/3 Address by Frederico Mayor on the occasion of his installation as Director- 16 Nov General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 1987 Organization 1/3/4 UNESCO Centre information sheet [1987/88] 1/3/5 Appeal by the Director-General for the fortieth anniversary of the Universal 2 Nov Declaration of Human Rights 1988 1/3/6 Friends of UNESCO newsletter 21 Nov 1988 1/3/7 UNESCO News. Newsletter no 244 28 Nov 1988 1/3/8 UNESCO's "Third Medium Term Plan" 1990-95 with correspondence 1988-89 between Rashid Kaareh/Gerard Mansell/Henry Cleere 1/3/9 Address by Frederico Mayor at the opening of the International Meeting on 5 Dec Human Rights 1988 1/3/10 Address by Frederico Mayor on the occasion of the commemoration of the 10 Dec 7 fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1988 1/3/11 Proposed Constitution for a UK National Commission for UNESCO - Second 15 Dec Draft with circular letter from Rashid Kareh 1988 1/3/12 UNA Working Committee on UNESCO - Membership List as at 20 Jan 1989 20 Jan 1989 1/3/13 Friends of UNESCO Newsletter Jan/Feb 1989 1/3/14 World Heritage [booklet] Draft Budget 1989 1989 1/3/15 Draft UK UNESCO National Commission Mar 1989 1/3/16 UNESCO'S Third Medium-Term Plan (1990-1995) and Draft Programme 1989 and Budget for 1990-1990 1/3/17 Promotional page on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, pc. With [22 Jun accompanying note from A[nne] S[ieve]. Ms 1989] 1/3/18 Friends of UNESCO Newsletter Jul 1989 1/3/19 Friends of UNESCO Newsletter Oct 1989 1/3/20 UNESCO Centre Objectives of International Literacy Year in the United [26 Jan Kingdom 1990. With handwritten note from Celia Berry 1990] 1/3/21 List of 50 potential patrons nd 1/3/22 Discussion Paper from UNA Committee and Friends of UNESCO - Britain's 7 Oct 1991 Return to UNESCO: A Coordinated Campaign? 1/3/23 Culture + newsletter Dec 1991 1/3/24 Potential Commission Members - Comprehensive List. With MS annotations [1992] 1/3/25 Estimate for cost of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Booklet, from 29 Apr Connexions, Bath 1992 1/3/26 "Document submitted by John Gordon" Apr 1992 1/3/27 Proposed Constitution for a UK National Commission for UNESCO - Final Apr 1992 Draft (Revised: Apr 1992) 1/3/28 "Facing the Twenty-First Century: The Role of UNESCO" nd 1/3/29 Document on a proposed Friends of UNESCO seminar. With accompanying 15 Jun correspondence between John Gordon/Richard Hoggart. TS/MS 1992 1/3/30 Document on a proposed Friends of UNESCO seminar by Maurice 29 Jun Goldsmith 1992 1/3/31 Programme for theoretical event in the event of the UK returning to Jun 1992 UNESCO.