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Finding Aid for the John C. Hodges Congreve Collection, circa 1957-circa 1958


MS-0641

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 21, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: John C. Hodges Congreve Collection

Date/Date Range :   circa 1957-circa 1958

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses a wealth of John Hodges' research into the life and works of British author William Congreve.

Call number: MS-0641

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 Congreve Collection MS-0641. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one box.


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

This collection houses a wealth of John Hodges' research into the life and works of British author William Congreve.

Subject Terms

  • Hodges, John Cunyus, 1892-1967.
  • University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus).
  • Authors, American -- Tennessee.
  • Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Table of letters--index
Box   1     Folder   2    
Preface
Box   1     Folder   3    
Hodges' book on Congreve
Box   1     Folder   4    
Congreve's boyhood
Box   1     Folder   5    
Congreve at home in the strand with the Porters
Box   1     Folder   6    
Three women in Congreve's life
Box   1     Folder   7    
Interlocking wills and gossip
Box   1     Folder   8    
Congreve's publisher: Jacob Tonson
Box   1     Folder   9    
Congreve's business (and his cousins)
Box   1     Folder   10    
Government service
Box   1     Folder   11    
The law
Box   1     Folder   12    
Congreve and Dryden
Box   1     Folder   13    
Congreve as a critic
Box   1     Folder   14    
Congreve and Pope
Box   1     Folder   15    
Congreve (miscellaneous notes)
Box   1     Folder   16    
Congreve as patron (and other tokens of success)
Box   1     Folder   17    
Congreve letters, 1958
Box   1     Folder   18    
Congreve's reading, quotations, references, and classifications
Box   1     Folder   19    
Congreve's sense of comedy, plans and outlines
Box   1     Folder   20    
Duplicate photostats (not letters) and birth certificate
Box   1     Folder   21    
Photos, post cards, misc. notes, etc.
Box   1     Folder   22    
William Congreve, The Man, clippings, letters, errata
Box   1     Folder   23    
Book list (original photos)
Box   1     Folder   24    
Book list (2nd photos)
Box   1     Folder   25    
Congreve' s London
Box   1     Folder   26    
Keally (and Mein)
Box   1     Folder   27    
Original Congreve photostats--documents
Box   1     Folder   28    
Correspondence of Congreve, misc. manuscript sources
Box   1     Folder   29    
Collier Encyclopedia articles, circa 1957
Box   1     Folder   30    
Letters and documents--omitted number
Box   1     Folder   31    
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box   1     Folder   32    
Carbon copy -- notes
Box   1     Folder   33    
Dating of Congreve's letters
Box   1     Folder   34    
Duplicate photostats of letters
Box   1     Folder   35    
Ernest -- chronologically arranged