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Finding Aid for the John C. Hodges Collection, 1935-1967


MS-0401

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 12, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: John C. Hodges Collection

Date/Date Range :   1935-1967

Extent: 6.0 linear feet

Abstract:
The John C. Hodges Collection contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, correspondence, photocopies, and other materials documenting several of Hodges' books.

Call number: MS-0401

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], John C. Hodges Collection, MS-0401. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of six boxes divided into five series: Manuscripts, proofs, correspondence, other papers concerning Harbrace College Handbook, Harbrace Writing Course, and Harbrace College Workbook ; Materials Dr. Hodges used in teaching and papers concerning Harbrace College Workbook and Harbrace Writing Course ; Manuscripts and notes for biographies and manuscripts regarding William Congreve Term papers on Congreve and material relating to his library; and Card files.


Biography / History

John Cunyus Hodges was born on March 15, 1892 to Floyd Crawford and Addie Reynolds Hodges in Cotton Valley, Louisiana. He was educated first at Meridian College, where he graduated with his A.B. in 1911. He went on to earn an M.A. from Tulane University (1912), a Ph.D from Harvard (1918) and an honorary Litt.D from Tennessee Wesleyan College (1962). Hodges launched his teaching career at Northwestern University, where he taught from 1913 to 1916. He began teaching English at the University of Tennessee in 1918, and remained in this position until he was promoted to department chairman in 1937, where he served until 1962. Beginning in 1959, he was also involved in the Library Development Program. Hodges married twice: once to Lillian Nelson (January 24, 1914) and once to Cornelia Smartt Hendley (August 15, 1952). He died in 1967.

Hodges also wrote a number of books, including William Congreve, the Man (1941), Harbrace Handbook of Reading (1943), English Manual for Teachers (1946), Harbrace College Handbook (1946), Harbrace College Workbook (1952), College English the First Year (1952), The Library of William Congreve (1955), William Congreve: Letters and Documents (1964), and Harbrace Writing Course (1967).


Collection Scope and Content Note

The John C. Hodges Collection contains manuscripts, notes, proofs, correspondence, photocopies, and other materials documenting several of Hodges' books. Among these works are the Harbrace College Handbook , the Harbrace College Workbook , the Harbrace Writing Course , William Congreve: A Biography from New Sources , A Life of William Congreve , and William Congreve: The Man.

Subject Terms

  • Hodges, John Cunyus, 1892-1967.
  • University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus).
  • Authors, American -- Tennessee.
  • Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Contents List
   

Series I: Manuscripts, proofs, correspondence, other papers concerning Harbrace College Handbook,Harbrace Writing Course, and Harbrace College Workbook,1965-1967
Box   1     Folder   1    
Galley proof of Harbrace College Handbook , 6th edition
Box   1     Folder   2    
Corrected copy of Harbrace College Handbook

Box   1     Folder   3    
Final MS of the 6th edition of Harbrace College Handbook

Box   1     Folder   4    
Revised stats of Harbrace College Handbook , 6th edition
Box   1     Folder   5    
Photostats of parts of, correspondence and notes concerning Harbrace College Handbook ; students' papers (used as examples?)
Box   1     Folder   6    
Harbrace College Handbook ; Revisions, 1966
Box   1     Folder   7    
Galley proof of Key to Harbrace College Handbook

Box   1     Folder   8    
Criticisms of the 6th edition of Harbrace College Handbook

Box   1     Folder   9    
Correspondence concerning Harbrace College Handbook , 1965-1966
Box   1     Folder   10    
Correspondence concerning Harbrace College Handbook and Harbrace Writing Course , 1965-1967
Box   1     Folder   11    
Typescripts and MSS of Harbrace College Workbook and Harbrace Col1ege Handbook

Box   1     Folder   12    
Galley proofs of indexes of Harbrace College Handbook , Harbrace Writing Course , confirmation proof of table of contents of HCH , carbon copy of HWC

   

Series II: Materials Dr. Hodges used in teaching and papers concerning Harbrace College Workbook and Harbrace Writing Course,1967
Box   2      
Notecards A: Bibliography of material Dr. Hodges used for classes
Box   2      
Notecards B: Books Dr. Hodges considered asking the library to acquire
Box   2     Folder   1    
Copy of Harbrace College Workbook

Box   2     Folder   2    
Corrected copy of Harbrace College Workbook , 1967
Box   2     Folder   3    
Miscellaneous early drafts of Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   4    
Miscellaneous notes for Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   5    
MS of notes for chapter on the Library Paper in Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   6    
Typescript of Preface and contents of Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   7    
Correspondence and notes concerning Harbrace Writing Course , 1967
Box   2     Folder   8    
Galley proof of Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   9    
Notes for Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   10    
Early drafts for Chapters 5-20 of Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   11    
Four copies of Harbrace Writing Course and pamphlet concerning it
Box   2     Folder   12    
Carbon copies of Chapters 6-20 of Harbrace Writing Course

Box   2     Folder   13    
Class syllabi, grammar notes, etc.
Box   2     Folder   14    
Reprints of articles presented to Dr. Hodges
Box   2     Folder   15    
Book Catalogues
   

Series III: Manuscripts and notes for biographies and manuscripts regarding William Congreve, 1935-1940
Box   3     Folder   1    
MS of William Congreve, the Man

Box   3     Folder   2    
MS of A Life of William Congreve , 1938 February
Box   3     Folder   3    
Notes for A Life of William Congreve , 1935-1938
Box   3     Folder   4    
MS of A Life of William Congreve

Box   3     Folder   5    
MS of William Congreve: A Biography from New Sources with several sets of type, on which title varies from the above to A Life of William Congreve , 1937 December-1938 December
Box   3     Folder   6    
MS of William Congreve, the Man

Box   3     Folder   7    
Crude MS of an untitled work on William Congreve
Box   3     Folder   8    
Typed draft #l of a biography of William Congreve
Box   3     Folder   9    
MS of William Congreve: A Biography from New Sources, written for the Modern Language Association, 1937
Box   3     Folder   10    
MS (typist's copy) of William Congreve: A Biography from New Sources , 1938
Box   4     Folder   1    
Page proof of William Congreve: Letters and Documents and photographs
Box   4     Folder   2    
MS of William Congreve, the Man , 1940
Box   4     Folder   3    
Notes for a biography of William Congreve
Box   4     Folder   4    
Notes for a biography of William Congreve
Box   4     Folder   5    
Notes for a biography of William Congreve
   

Series IV: Term papers on Congreve and material relating to his library, 1935-1959
Box   5     Folder   1    
Carbon copy of the Index of Congreve's library
Box   5     Folder   2    
Clippings, theatre programs, etc., concerning Congreve
Box   5     Folder   3    
Term paper: "Congreve's Learning and Literary Interest as reflected in Incognita and Love for Love"

Box   5     Folder   4    
Assorted material on the Congreve Library
Box   5     Folder   5    
Term paper: "Congreve's Interest in Prose Fiction" , 1952
Box   5     Folder   6    
Term paper: "The Classical Learning of William Congreve" , 1951
Box   5     Folder   7    
Three term papers on Congreve's library, 1952

Scope Note:

"William Congreve's Interests in History"

"The Travel Literature in the Library of William Congreve"

"Author's Complete Works in English Found in Congreve Booklist"

Box   5     Folder   8    
Typed list of Congreve's library, 1952
Box   5     Folder   9    
Booklists (revised) of Congreve's library
Box   5     Folder   10    
Congreve's book list, typewritten, first draft
Box   5     Folder   11    
Book list of Congreve's library, old Huntington copy
Box   5     Folder   12    
Index of persons, anonymous titles, places in Congreve's library
Box   5     Folder   13    
Several typed copies of "The Private Library of William Congreve" and notes
Box   5     Folder   14    
Galley proof of "The Library of William Congreve"

Box   5     Folder   15    
Typed list of Congreve's library, 1953
Box   5     Folder   16    
Negative photostats of booklist of Congreve's library (1725-1728) etc.
Box   5     Folder   17    
Carbon copy of article on the Congreve library, 1954
Box   5     Folder   18    
Miscellaneous information concerning Congreve's library
Box   5     Folder   19    
Several copies of "The Library of William Congreve" and notes
Box   5     Folder   20    
Miscellaneous material relating to Congreve's library, 1935-1959

Scope Note:

A. Notecards on "A Study of Congreve's Book List"

B. Microfilm of a letter to Congreve and poem "How long, ye bards"

C. Microfilm of material from English libraries

D. Postcards returned to Professors Hodges and White in 1935 telling what materials on Congreve and Shelley certain libraries had

E. Plates and prints of people of interest to Congreve

F. Passenger list for the S.S. Ryndam (New York to Rotterdam) to Southhampton, 1959

G. Microfilm: Mevlinvs Anglievs

H. Microfilm: Mad & Aesthetic achievements of William Congreve

E. C. F.

I. Microfilm: part of memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz

J. Microfilm: The Fools Opera

   

Series V: Card files
Box   6      
Three card files containing notes for a biography of Congreve