http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7h4nb2k0 No online items Guide to the Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers M0001 Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2004, 1999 ; revised 2020 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Bernard Augustine M00011689 1 De Voto Papers M0001 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Bernard Augustine De Voto papers Creator: De Voto, Bernard Augustine Identifier/Call Number: M0001 Identifier/Call Number: 1689 Physical Description: 63 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1918-1955 (inclusive), 1944-1951 (bulk) Date (bulk): 1944-1951 Abstract: Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was a novelist, historian, critic, and editor. His collection includes correspondence, typescripts and galley proofs of 19 major works, 166 articles, 25 short fiction and non-fiction papers, broadcasts, speeches, lectures, and other papers. The correspondence (1948-55) with Harper's magazine relates to DeVoto's column "The Easy Chair", and includes letters from the magazine to senders of letters of condolence, and letters concerning DeVoto. Includes research material used in DeVoto's literary writings and in his work relating to politics, conservation and reclamation, free speech, national parks, and Western Americana. Correspondents include many of the leading persons in contemporary literature, politics, education, and the arts. Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research with the exception of the boxes originally numbered 175, 176, and 177, which are closed to researchers. Please page materials at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. The family notes located in 1/22/466 are not to be copied although they may be read. Immediate Source of Acquisition Purchased from the estate of Bernard DeVoto, 1956; supplemented by gifts from various sources. 1897 Born, January 11, Ogden, Utah. 1902 Began schooling at Sacred Heart Academy, Ogden. 1910 Entered Ogden High School. 1914 Graduated Ogden H.S.; entered University of Utah. 1915 Entered Harvard College as a sophomore. 1917 Enlisted U.S. Army, to 1919. 1920 Harvard graduation; return to Ogden. 1922 Appointed as Instructor, Northwestern University. 1923 Married Helen Avis MacVicar. 1924 The Crooked Mile. 1925 "Ogden: The Underwriting of Salvation." 1926 The Chariot of Fire. 1927 Writer's Handbook, A Manual of English Composition. Moved to Lincoln, Mass. 1928 The House of Sun-Goes-Down. 1929 Began part-time teaching at Harvard; instructor and tutor, 1929-1934; lecturer, 1934-36. 1930 Americana Deserta Editor of Harvard Graduate's Magazine, 1930-32. Birth of a son, Gordon King. 1932 Mark Twain's America. 1934 We Accept With Pleasure. 1935 Harper's Magazine. 1936 The Saturday Review of Literature; moved to New York City. Forays and Rebuttals. 1937 Awarded honorary Litt. D. by Middlebury College. 1938 The Saturday Review of Literature; 1939 Troubled Star. 1940 Mark Twain in Eruption Birth of a son, Mark Rain Before Seven. Minority Report. 1942 New England Quarterly Guide to the Bernard Augustine M00011689 2 De Voto Papers M0001 Year of Decision: 1846. Advance Agent. Awarded honorary Litt. D. by Kenyon College. Mark Twain at Work. 1944 The Woman in the Picture. The Literary Fallacy. Strange Fruit 1946 Trip West in summer led to conservation work. The Portable Mark Twain 1947 Editor in chief of the History Book Club. Mountain Time. Across the Wide Missouri. 1948 Across the Wide Missouri. 1950 The World of Fiction. 1951 The Hour. 1952 Attacked by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The Course of Empire. 1953 Journals of Lewis and Clark Won National Book Award for best non-fiction of 1952. 1955 The Easy Chair. 1956 Women and Children First. Paging Page from Catalog Record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082981 Other Biographical Sources For additional material see the following: Material in Box labeled "Biographical", including various genealogies, journals, a play concerning his life from 1920 to 1922, and the "Kent Potter" story. Dissertation by Robert Edson Lee. (Includes a checklist of DeVoto's works). Letters to DeVoto from Avis DeVoto and Marian M. Condliss. Letters from DeVoto to Melville Smith, 1920-25; Letters from DeVoto to Robert Forsythe, 1927; Letters from DeVoto to Adrienne Burke, 3/27/44; Letters from DeVoto to Natl. Inst. of Arts and Letters, 12/22/47; Letters from DeVoto to Kate Sterne (safe) dated 10/6/27. Pseudonyms: Cady Hewes; C.H.; John August; J.A.; Frank Gilbert; Richard Dye; Fairley Blake. Preferred Citation [Identification of item] Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, M0001, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Scope and Contents The DeVoto Papers contain Bernard DeVoto's correspondence date from 1918 until his death in November 1955. The bulk of the correspondence was written between 1944 and 1951. The collection also includes manuscript, typescript and galley proof copies of nineteen major works, 166 articles, 25 short fiction and non-fiction items, and about 44 broadcasts, speeches and lectures. Of primary interest is DeVoto's research material used in his literary output and in his life-long work in many fields, including politics, conservation and reclamation, free speech, the national park systems and Western Americana. Correspondents include many of the leading figures in contemporary literature, politics, education and the arts. A partial list of the correspondents is included in the Optional Section of this register. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Guide to the Bernard Augustine M00011689 3 De Voto Papers M0001 Subjects and Indexing Terms Galley proofs. United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961. Historians. United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. Lectures. United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933 United States -- History -- 1865-1921. Speeches. United States -- History -- 1849-1877. North Africa. Natural resources. National parks and reserves -- United States. Mormons -- Utah -- History. Liberty. Lewis and Clark Expedition. Photoprints. Italy -- Civilization -- 476-1268. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. Conservation of natural resources. Indians of North America. Articles. Manuscripts (literary). Maps West (U.S.) -- History. Educators. Authors. Brinton, Clarence Crane Bruner, Jerome Seymour. Brooks, Van Wyck Bowen, Catherine Drinker Briggs, L. B. R. Brandt, Carl. Carlyle, Thomas Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne Chamberlain, T. G. Catton, Bruce Buley, R. Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstr Canby, Henry Seidel Bundy, McGeorge. Crane, Hart Mirrielees, Edith Ronald, 1878-1962 Davis, Elmer. De Voto, Bernard Augustine Chandler, Raymond Church, Frank Collins, Carvel Emerson Guide to the Bernard Augustine M00011689 4 De Voto Papers M0001 Cozzens, James Gould Fadiman, Clifton Farrell, James T. (James Thoma Faulkner, William Fischer, John Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank. 1888-1964.) Douglas, Paul Howard Edmonds, Walter Dumaux Edsall, John Tileston Hurlbut, B. Howard, Joseph Kinsey Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) Holbrook, Stewart Hall Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeCla Hillyer, Robert Silliman Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Hicks, Granville Fisher, Dorothy Canfield Knopf, Alfred A. King, G. Kern, Jerome Jones, Howard Mumford Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Bai Huxley, Aldous Hutchinson, W. Mansfield, Mike Lindsay, Vachel Little, Brown and Company. Lattimore, Owen Kubie, Lawrence Schlesinger Lark, C. T. Merk, Frederick Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), McCord, David Thompson Watson, Mein, F. Bliven, Bruce Marx, Groucho Mattingly, Garrett Brooks, Paul, Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Lewis, Sinclair Wylie, Philip Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis) Wolfe, Thomas Melville, Herman Wecter, Dixon Van Doren, Mark Untermeyer, Louis Guide to the Bernard Augustine M00011689 5 De Voto Papers M0001 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Stout, Rex Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stein, Gertrude Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 Stearns, Harold T. (Harold Tho Stassen, Harold Edward Spillane, Mickey Saltonstall, Leverett Lodge, Henry Cabbot Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 Rhodes, Eugene Manlove Robeson, Paul Pratt, Fletcher Pulitzer, Joseph Porter, C. Pound, Ezra Paine, Albert Bigelow Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts) Murdock, Kenneth Ballard O'Neill, Eugene Barrett, Frank. Morrison, Theodore, 1901-1988 Beebe, Lucius. Moss, Frank E. Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 Morgan, Dale Lowell Balch, E. Morison, Samuel Eliot Series 1: Correspondence Series 1577525 1918 - 1955 Letters by Bernard De Voto (outgoing) Subseries 1.1578265 May 1918-Nov 1955 Arrangement note arranged chronologically. box 1, folder 1 Outgoing correspondence, 578487 1915-18 box 1, folder 2 Outgoing correspondence to M. Smith; to C. Hagler. See also: "Kent Potter Story"., 578485 1920-25 box 1, folder 3 Outgoing correspondence, 578483 1922-27 box 1, folder 4 Outgoing correspondence, 578481 1928 box 1, folder 5 Outgoing correspondence, 578479 1929 box 1, folder 6 Outgoing correspondence, 578477 1930 box 1, folder 7 Outgoing correspondence, 578475 1931 Jan-Apr box 1, folder 8 Outgoing correspondence, 578473 1931 May-Dec