Gilbert Highet papers, 1929-1978

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Series I: Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1940-1976


Catalogued Correspondence, 1940-1976



Box 1 Anderson, Maxwell, 1950 February 9


Box 1 Auslander, Joseph, 1963 February 3


Box 1 Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr., 1962 February 1


Box 1 Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr. to Hellen Margaret Ellwanger Hanford (Mrs. James Holly Hanford), 1962 October 10


Box 1 Barzun, Jacques, 1950 April 5-1972 April 18


Box 1 Blackwell, Basil, 1941 July 10-1974 July 24


Box 1 Carter, Elliott., 1966 March 1-circa 10


Box 1 Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1956 October 18


Box 1 Clifford, James L, 1951 February 17-1960 August 22


Box 1 Durant, Will, 1976 June 22


Box 1 Durrell, Lawrence, circa 1960 March 15


Box 1 Fadiman, Clifton, 1955 February 4-1970 September 18


Box 1 Fast, Howard, 1958 January 4


Box 1 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1954 November 15


Box 1 Flexner, Abraham, 1950 August 5


Box 1 Gauss, Christian, circa 1950 August 6


Box 1 Gill, Brendan, 1974 September 3


Box 1 Hadas, Moses, 1951 June 18-1955 July


Box 1 Herriot, Edouard, 1951 October 10


Box 1 Humphries, Rolfe, 1957 March 5-18


Box 1 Jaeger, Werner Wilhelm, circa 1947 December-1957 March 23


Box 1 Jarrell, Randall, circa 1960


Box 1 Javits, Jacob K., 1974 August 21


Box 1 Knopf, Alfred A., 1950 March 6-1974 November 20


Box 1 Laughlin, James Lawrence, 1948 December 29


Box 1 Lindsay, John V, 1972 July 5


Box 1 Loomis, Roger Sherman, circa 1947 November 16


Box 1 Loveman, Amy, 1954 October 10


Box 1 Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1951 October 1


Box 1 McCord, David, 1955 February 16


Box 1 Manchester, William, 1966 August 21-circa 1967 October


Box 1 Masefield, John, circa 1960 April 6-August 28


Box 1 Michener, James A., 1965 November 1


Box 1 Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1971 March 2


Box 1 Morley, Christopher, 1955 February 19


Box 1 Murray, Gilbert, 1956 May 29-1957 March 26


Box 1 Nash, Ogden, 1954 February 17


Box 1 O'Brien, Justin, 1947 June 13-1959 June 19


Box 1 Rowse, Alfred Leslie, circa 1966 May-1971 November 14


Box 1 Scherman, Harry, 1954 March 31-1957 February 18


Box 1 Sinclair, Upton, 1955 March 9


Box 1 Sullivan, Frank, 1953 April 16


Box 1 Thurber, James, 1953 March 19-1954 March 1


Box 1 Van Doren, Mark, 1940 August 15


Box 1 White, Elwyn Brooks, 1954 February 19-26


Box 1 Wilson, Edmund, 1949 November 7


Box 1 Wright, Ernest Hunter, 1947 September 21


Manuscripts, 1951-1963


Box 1 Auslander, Joseph, The ghostly moment (poem), circa 1963


Box 1 Auslander, Joseph, On last looking into his Poets in a landscape (poem), 1962 October 29


Box 1 Highet, Gilbert, [Diaries of Italian trip], 1956

(brief notes kept while researching for his book, Poets in a landscape)


Box 1 Highet, Gilbert, Diary, 1951

(brief entries in a pocket calendar)


Box 1 Humphries, Rolfe, Among the Paeligni (variation on a theme by Gilbert Highet), 1957 March 13


Arranged Files, 1954-1978


Box 1 Personal Correspondence, 1956-1978


Box 1 Lecture Engagements Correspondence, 1954-1977


Box 1 Bibliographies of Highet's writings


Box 1 Biographical Data



Oversize Folder 1 Memorabilia

(Degrees, diplomas, honors in one board portfolio)



Box 1 Notes


Box 1 Photographs


Box 1 Clippings


Box 1 Publications by Highet

(includes correspondence & related materials)


Columbia University, 1953-1977



Box 2 Colleagues, 1967-1976


Box 2 Library, 1972-1977


Box 2 Retirement and Sabbaticals, 1953-1977


Box 2 University Seminars, 1968-1971


Students


Box 2 General, 1964-1977


Box 2 Individual Files, 1964-1977, 2 folders

(includes Frank Sypher's notes of G. H. course: Aeneid 1964-1965 and reprints by students)


Book of the Month Club



Box 3 Correspondence, 1954-1977


Box 3 Selection Files, 1954-1977, 2 folders


Encyclopedia Britannica Sound Seminars, Inc., 1962-1972



Box 4 Correspondence, 1962-1972, 2 folders


Box 4 Articles, Scripts, Notes


Box 4 Myths - Correspondence, Scripts, Notes, 1966-1970, 2 folders


Box 4 Printed Materials


Box 4 Royalty Statements


Box 4 "Talks on Aeneid" recordings, 2 Reels


Box 4 "Talks on Caesar" recordings, 2 Reels


Horizon Magazine, 1955-1977



Box 5 Correspondence, 1955-1977, 3 folders


Articles by Highet

(correspondence, manuscripts and related materials)


Box 5 Breugel's Rustic Wedding


Box 5 Hieronymus Bosch


Box 5 Ludovico de Luigi


Box 5 The Pupils of Jesus


Box 5 Serenity & Repose


Box 5 Miscellaneous


WQXR Radio Talks, 1952-1976


Correspondence



Box 6 BBC


Box 6 Christmas Keepsake: "The Old Gentleman"


Box 6 Jeffrey Norton: Reissue of Talks on Tape, 1974-1975


Box 6 Other Publishers


Box 6 Other Stations


Box 6 Oxford University Press


Box 6 Photographs


Box 6 U.S. Navy - To Use Tapes, 1970


Box 6 WQXR


Box 6 Typescripts and Manuscript Notes for Talks

(incomplete)


Box 6 Printed Talks: nos. 1-188, 3 folders

(with alphabetical list of titles)