TABLE OF CONTENTS


Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Administrative Information

Biography of Morton Dauwen Zabel

Scope and Content of the Collection

Organization

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Series 1: Correspondence, 1890-1964

Series 2: Works, 1921-1963

Subseries 1: Books, ca. 1930s-1960s

Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1921-1963

Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, 1922-1962

Series 3: Personal, 1918-1962

Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1861-1960

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Inventory of the Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers, 1861-1964, bulk 1930-1960


The Newberry Library
Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections
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Chicago, Illinois 60610-7324
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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2008.

©2008.


Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Creator Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964
Title Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers
Dates 1861-1964
Dates bulk 1930-1960
Extent 21.3 linear feet (51 boxes)
Abstract Correspondence, works, personal materials, and photographs of literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator Morton Dauwen Zabel.
Language Materials are in English.
Repository Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections
Collection Call Number Midwest MS Zabel
Collection Stack Location 3a 44 4-5

Administrative Information

Cite As

Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

Bequest of the estate of Morton D. Zabel, 1965.

Processed by

Lisa Janssen, 2008.

Acknowledgements

This inventory was created with the generous support of the Poetry Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the Poetry Foundation.

Access

The Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers, Correspondence series, are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum (Priority II).

The Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers, Works, Personal, and Photographs series, are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

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Biography of Morton Dauwen Zabel

Literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator.

Morton Dauwen Zabel was born on August 10, 1901 in Minnesota Lake, Minnesota, the son of Herman and Barbara Zabel. Zabel's father died when he was thirteen, and from then on he lived with and cared for his mother and sister Hyacinth Barbara Zabel. He attended the Military College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then went to the University of Minnesota where he received a Master of Arts in 1922. That same year, he moved to Chicago to teach and continue doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. He received his PhD in 1933 with the thesis "The Romantic Idealism of Art in England: 1800-1850."

His writing career took many forms, beginning with poetry, but he became known primarily as a literary critic and scholar. He contributed poetry and reviews to Poetry: A Magazine of Verse and in 1928 became associate editor, working closely with founder Harriet Monroe. He wrote articles and reviews for many other publications including The New Republic, The Nation, The Southern Review, The Arts, The Partisan Review, and the Sewanee Review. Through his associations with these publications, he developed many close relationships with other editors and writers, most notably, Allen Tate, Horace Gregory, Malcolm Cowley, Louise Bogan, and Edmund Wilson. In 1937 he published an anthology compling literary criticism from many of these colleagues, Literary Opinion in America. He also wrote the books Craft and Character in Modern Fiction, and the Art of Ruth Draper, and edited and wrote introductions for respected collections by Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and others.

He taught for many years at Loyola University and became Chairman of the Department of English in 1929, while also filling visiting professorships at the University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and University of California, Berkeley. In 1943, the Rockefeller Foundation chose Zabel for the newly established post of Chair of North American Literature at the National University of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. He spent two years in Brazil, and travelled and lectured throughout South America. He often referred to this time as one of the most "revealing and impressive experiences of my life." Upon his return from Brazil, he was hired as a professor of English at the University of Chicago, where he continuted to teach until the end of his life. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1944, and visited the arts colony Yaddo several times during the 1940s and 1950s. He became a trusted confidant of Elizabeth Ames, and was eventually made a board member, taking part in the selection of Yaddo residents.

Zabel lived in the same Rogers Park apartment for most of his life, first with his mother and sister, and then alone after their deaths. He never married. He died in Billings Hospital, Chicago, in 1964.

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Scope and Content of the Collection

Correspondence with family, literary and professional colleagues; works, including manuscripts of books, articles, book reviews, poetry, course work, and course materials; personal materials including biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, memorabilia and clippings; photographs of family and literary associates.

Zabel was a voracious letter writer, carrying on long-term correspondence with important literary contemporaries including Louise Bogan, Malcom Cowley, Leon Edel, Horace Gregory, Mayra Zaturenska, Harriet Monroe, Marianne Moore, David Schubert, George Sherburn, Allen Tate, and Ruth Draper.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.

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Organization

Papers are organized in the following series:

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Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.

Names

  • Edel, Leon, 1907-1997
  • Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
  • Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970
  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
  • Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989
  • Draper, Ruth, 1884-1956
  • Gregory, Horace, 1898-1982
  • James, Henry, 1843-1916
  • Marshall, Margaret
  • Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936
  • Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
  • Poetry
  • Schubert, David, 1913-1946
  • Sherburn, George Wiley, 1884-
  • University of Chicago
  • Yaddo (Artist's colony)
  • Zaturenska, Marya, 1902-1982

Subjects

  • Literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century
  • Poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • College teachers -- United States
  • Correspondence -- 1851-1900
  • Correspondence -- 1901-1950
  • Criticism -- 20th century
  • Critics -- United States
  • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Photographs -- 1851-1900
  • Photographs -- 1901-1951
  • Poets -- 20th century

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Container List

Series 1: Correspondence, 1890-1964

Incoming and outgoing correspondence between Zabel and his family, colleagues in the literary world, and professional associates. Of particular interest are letters between longtime friends Horace Gregory and wife Marya Zaturenska which convey Zabel's and Gregory's literary tastes and relationships to fellow writers'. Letters between Zabel and poet Louise Bogan portray a vibrant but volatile relationship in which Zabel acts as critic and mentor, and provide insight into Bogan's writing process and life. Letters between Zabel and his mother Barbara and sister Barbara provide detailed chronicles of his many travels in Europe and South America.
Arranged alphabetically.

Box Folder Contents
1 1 Academia Carioca de Letras (Alfonso Costa), 1944
1 2 Adams, Leonie, 1957
1 3 Adrian, Arthur A., 1959-1962
1 4 AGIR (Artes Gráficas Indústrias Reunidas), 1945
1 5 Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 1937-1963
1 6 Allen, Donald C., Nov. 7, 1949
1 7 Allen, Elizabeth A., 1927-1930
1 8 Allgood, Sara (includes photos), 1935
1 9 Alvez de Lima, Elizabeth, Jack, & Carmen, 1944-1960
1 10 American Embassy Cultural Attaché - Brazil, 1943-1945
1 11 American Embassy Cultural Attaché - South America - various, 1945-1953
1 12 American Library Association, 1943
1 13-20 Ames, Elizabeth (see also Yaddo), 1928-1964
1 21 Amis, Kingsley, Nov. 5, 1958
2 22 Argosy Bookstores, 1958
2 23 Arrow Editions, 1936-1937
2 24 Art & Archaeology, 1927-1930
2 25 Arts Club of Chicago, 1932, 1953
2 26 Arvin, Newton, 1937-1963
2 27 Atlantica Editora, 1944-1945
2 28 Atlantic Monthly Press, 1944, 1963
2 29 Auden, W. H., 1949-1950
2 30 A - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
2 31 Baines, Jocelyn, 1956-1960
2 32 Ballard, Garrett, 1961
2 33 Bantam Books, Inc., 1960-1962
2 34 Barnes, Otto W., 1945-1954
2 35 Barnhart, Clarence L., 1950, 1953
2 36 Barrett, William (Partisan Review), 1950
2 37 Bartheleme, Donald, Jan. 7, 1959
2 38 Beach, Sylvia, Oct. 25, 1956
2 39 Bell, Charles, 1954
2 40 Bellitt, Ben (includes several poems), 1936-1955
2 41 Bently, Eric, 1948-1958
2 42 Bennett, Joan, Apr. 10, 1955
2 43 Berenson, B., 1954, n.d.
2 44 Berrien, Dr. William, 1943-1947
2 45 Bishop, Elizabeth, 1957-1962, n.d.
2 46 Blackmur, R. P., 1936-1938
2 47 Blair, Walter (University of Chicago), 1957-1960
2 48 Bliven, Bruce (New Republic), 1935-1943
2 49-53 Bogan, Louise, 1930-1937
3 54-66 Bogan, Louise, 1938-1957
4 67-69 Bogan, Louise, 1958-1964, n.d.
4 70 Bolaffio, Roberto, 1961
4 71 Bon, Proffessor A., 1945-1954
4 72 Bond, Donald & Judith (Harriet Monroe Memorial Library - see also University of Chicago), 1953-1964
4 73 Borges, Jorge Luis, 1956, 1958
4 74 Borroff, Professor Marie, 1963
4 75 Bosanquet, Theodora, 1951-1961
4 76 Boughton, Alice, 1953
4 77 Boulanger, Nadia, 1961
4 78 Bowen, Elizabeth, 1957-1958
4 79 Boyden, Polly, 1942
4 80 Bradley, Mrs. William Aspenwall, 1952-1954
4 81 Braithwaite, William Stanley, Aug. 2, 1927
4 82 Brazil - miscellaneous correspondence and travel info, 1944-1953
4 83 Brien, Donald G., 1951-1964
4 84 Broch, Helen, 1947
4 85 Brooklyn Museum, 1928-1931
4 86 Brooks, Cleanth & Tinkum, 1939-1963
4 87 Brooks, Van Wyck & Gladys, 1937-1963
4 88 Brown, Ashley, 1961
4 89 Brown, E. K., 1950
4 90 Bryher, 1934-1938
4 91 Bryn Mawr College, 1963-1964
4 92 Burke, Kenneth, 1936-1961
4 93 Burnham, James (Symposium), 1937
4 94 Burns, C. Delisle, 1929-1930
4 95 Burroughs, Louise (Mrs. Bryson), 1939-1940
4 96 Bury, John, 1954-1960
4 97 B - miscellaneous, 1928-1964, n.d.
4 98 Caillois, R., ca. 1946
4 99 Campbell, Gladys, 1933-1934
4 100 Cantwell, Robert, 1936
4 101 Cardinell, Horace & Norma, 1945-1946
4 102 Cargill, Oscar (see also Macmillan), 1943-1963
4 103 Carter, Alice (sister of Ruth Draper), 1957-1961
4 104 Carter, Will, 1954-1961
5 105 Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957
5 106 Chase, Richard, 1950-1951
5 107 Chatterji, N., 1957
5 108 Cheever, John, 1958-1959
5 109 Chicago Tribune, 1959
5 110 Clark, Celia Tobin (includes letter from Joseph Conrad to Clark's sister Elise Tobin), 1909-1963
5 111 Clark, Eleanor, 1939, 1949
5 112 Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928-1931
5 113 Coates, Bob, 1960-1964
5 114 College of St. Thomas, 1960
5 115 Collier Books, 1961-1962
5 116 Collins, Seward, 1936
5 117 Combs, Lilian 1945-1961
5 118 Commonweal, 1927-1937
5 119 Conference Board of Associated Research Councils (Fullbright Educational Exchange Program), 1955-1962
5 120 Congresso Internacional de Escritores, 1954
5 121 Conrad, John (includes photo of home), 1954-1962
5 122 Copland, Aaron, Jan. 12, 1954
5 123 Cornell, Julian, 1950
5 124 Cornell University Press, 1959-1964
5 125 Cous, Louis, 1929
5 126 Coutinho, Afranio, 1944-1952
5 127 Cowley, Malcolm, 1930-1963
5 128 Craig, Hardin, 1961-1962
5 129 Crane, R. S., 1950, n.d.
5 130 Crepaux, Yvonne, 1929
5 131 Cross, F. T. P., 1947
5 132 Cruz, Alvaro, 1947-1960
5 133 Curle, Richard, 1951-1958
5 134 Curley, Daniel, 1958, 1963
5 135 Curtis, Anthony, 1959
5 136 C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, 1929-1930
5 137 C - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
5 138 Daiches, David, 1957-1959
5 139 de Brugger, Ilse M., 1956
5 140 Dauven, Lucien, 1950
5 141 De Hauke & Co., Inc., 1928-1929
5 142 Dell Publishing Company, 1961-1963
5 143-147 Department of State - Division of Cultural Relations, 1942-1962
5 148 Der Monat, 1953
5 149 Detroit Institute of the Arts, 1928-1931
5 150 Deutsch, Babette, 1940-1961
5 151 Dillard, Ruth, 1928-1930
5 152 Dillon, George, 1932-1937
6 153 Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945
6 154 Dodson, Charles B., 1961-1963
6 155 Doubleday & Co. (also Doubleday, Doran & Co.), 1943-1947
6 156-161 Doubleday & Co., Inc./Anchor Books, 1953-1964
6 162 Draper, Ruth, 1955-1956, 1962
6 163 DuBos, Charles, 1938-1939
6 164 Dudley, Dorothy, Jan. 5, 1944
6 165 Dupee, Fred, 1944-1962
6 166 D - miscellaneous, 1937-1956
6 167-168 Eaton, Charles (includes several poems), 1944-1960
6 169 Eberhart, Richard, 1937-1958
6 170-171 Edel, Leon, 1949-1964
7 172 Editorial Losada, 1945-1954
7 173 Edman, Irwin, 1945-1949
7 174 Ehrsam, Theodore, 1957
7 175 Eliot, T. S., 1935-1954
7 176 Ellmann, Richard, 1953-1960
7 177 Encounter, 1962
7 178 Encyclopedia Americana, 1956-1960
7 179 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1950-1963
7 180 E. P. Dutton & Co., 1936-1937
7 181 Epstein, Jason & Barbara (see also Doubleday and NY Review of Books), 1936-1937
7 182 Erskine, Albert, 1940, 1946
7 183 Evans, Robert O., 1960
7 184 E - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
7 185 Farrell, James T., 1934, 1937, n.d.
7 186 Fergusson, Francis, 1937-1949
7 187 Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1936, 1961
7 188 Fetcher, Edwin &, Margaret 1930-1943
7 189 Field, Hugh, 1928-1947
7 190 Fister, Fern E. (secretary), 1951, 1964
7 191 Fitzgerald, Robert S., 1931-1962
7 192 Fletcher, John Gould (includes travel photos), 1937-1941
7 193 Flint, W. Russell, 1924-1930
7 194 Forbes, Russell, 1926-1957
7 195 Ford, George H., 1959
7 196 Forster, E. M., 1947-1962
7 197 Fortune, Joanna, 1935-1936
7 198 Fowlie, Wallace, 1946-1962
7 199 Freer, Agnes Lee, 1931-1935
7 200 Frick Art Reference Library, 1928-1930
7 201 Friedman, Arthur, 1960
7 202 F - miscellaneous, 1930-1964, n.d.
7 203 Gatehouse, Jack, 1959
7 204 Gill, Eric, 1930, 1938
7 205 Goldgar, Harry, 1947-1952
7 206 Goodyear, A. C., 1928
7 207 Gordon, Caroline, 1940-1952
7 208 Green, Eleanor (later Piel), 1949-1964
7 209 Green, Graham (also from wife Vivian), 1951, 1954
7 210 Green, J. S. Jr., 1935-1936
8 211-218 Gregory, Horace & Marya Zaturenska, 1933-1964
8 219 Gregory, Marya Zaturenska to Louise Bogan, 1937
8 220 Griest, Guinevere, 1954
8 221 Griffin, William J., 1946-1947
8 222 Guggenheim Foundation (Henry Allen Moe), 1932-1963
8 223 Guerrard, Albert 1947-1961
8 224 G - miscellaneous, 1933-1963
8 225 Hagan, John, 1957-1963, n.d.
8 226 Haggin, Bernard H., 1939-1944
8 227 Hamilton, Lady Marion, 1959
8 228 Hanson, Lolita, 1957, 1963
8 229-231 Hanson, Pauline (Yaddo), 1956-1964
9 232 Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1935-1950
9 233 Harkness, Bruce, 1957-1959
9 234-236 Harper & Brothers, 1937-1950
9 237-238 Hart-Davis, Rupert, 1952-1964
9 239 Harvard University, 1943-1964
9 240 Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, 1928-1929
9 241 Hay, Eloise, 1960-1964
9 242 Hayman, Pamela, 1954, 1956
9 243 Hazen, Allen T., 1946-1947
9 244 Hechenbleikner, Louis & Cristl, 1942-1964, n.d.
9 245 Heilman, Robert B., 1948-1950
9 246-247 Henry Holt & Co., 1933-1945
9 248 Henry Regnery Company, 1963
10 249 Hicks, Granville, 1951-1958
10 250 Hoff, Henry (William Cooper), 1961
10 251 Hoffman, Malvina, 1960-1961
10 252 Hollis, Christopher, 1954
10 253 Hooker, Gertrude S., 1955-1960
10 254 Horton, Philip, 1956
10 255-256 Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935-1964
10 257 Howe, Irving, 1951-1961
10 258 Huebsch, Ben W., 1949, 1958
10 259 Hull, Melinda, 1944-1952
10 260 Humphries, Rolfe, 1949
10 261 Huntington, Joanna, 1944-1945
10 262 Huppler, Dudley, 1948
10 263 H - miscellaneous, 1932-1957, n.d.
10 264 Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1957
10 265 Indiana University / Indiana University Press, 1945-1957
10 266 Instituto Brasil Etados Unidos (Lois Williams), 1944-1962
10 267 I - miscellaneous, 1928-1959
10 268 James, Dorothea (Draper), 1956-1958
10 269 James, William, 1958, 1960
10 270 Jarrell, Randall, 1946-1951, n.d.
10 271-272 Jenart, Alice Marie (includes photos), 1930-1962, n.d.
10 273 John, Wallace, 1960-1961
10 274 Johns Hopkins Press / University, 1958-1963
10 275 Johnson, Edgar, 1962
10 276 Johnson, Fred Bates, 1947-1951
10 277 Jonas, Klaus W., 1950-1951
10 278 Jordáo, Vera P., 1945-1964
10 279 Journal des Poétes, 1932
10 280 J - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
10 281 Karl, Frederick R., 1958, 1960
10 282 Kennedy, Ludovic & Moria (Shearer) (includes photo), 1951-1964
10 283 Kerby-Miller, Charles & Wilma, 1933-1964
11 284 Kimpton, Lawrence A., 1955-1960
11 285 Kirstein, Lincoln (The Hound & Horn), 1931-1937
11 286 Kleinman, Irving, 1931-1961
11 287 Kohler, Dayton, 1957-1958
11 288 Kronenberger, Louis, 1940-1964
11 289 Krusé, Cornelius, 1944
11 290 Kunitz, Stanley, 1930-1936
11 291 K - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
11 292 Laurence, Dan H., 1954-1961
11 293 Lee M. Bogle Co., 1956-1959
11 294 Lehman, Ben (University of California), 1942-1943
11 295 Lettres Mondernes, 1959
11 296 Levin, Harry, 1949-1950
11 297 Library of Congress, 1928-1962
11 298 Lindsay, Vachel & Elizabeth, 1930
11 299 London Mercury, 1930, n.d.
11 300 Los Angeles State College, 1961
11 301 Lovell, James H. "Jim" (and family), 1931-1940
11 302 Lovett, Robert Morss, 1932-1952
11 303 Lowell, Robert, May 5, 1950
11 304 Loyola University, 1927-1954
11 305 Lytle, Andrew (Sewanee Review), 1942, 1963
11 306 L - miscellaneous, 1926-1960
11 307 MacDowell Colony, 1954, 1956
11 308 Maclean, Norman & Jesse, 1930-1959
11 309 MacMillan Company, 1936-1964
11 310 MacShane, Frank, 1958-1963
11 311 Mangan, Sherry, 1932
11 312 Mansbridge, John & Marjorie, 1954-1962
11 313 Manz, Elfriede, 1935-1952
11 314-315 Marshall, Margaret (see also the Nation), 1929-1964
12 316 Massey, Adelaide, 1933-1959
12 317 Matthiessen, Francis Otto, 1938-1950
12 318 Maxwell, William "Bill," 1949-1961
12 319 McCarthy, Mary, 1939, 1942
12 320 McMillan, Wayne, 1935-1964
12 321 McNeil, Laila A., 1927-1958
12 322 Medici Society Ltd., 1927
12 323 Mencken, H. L., 1937-1950, n.d.
12 324 Metcalfe, Jack, 1939-1947
12 325 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1928-1930
12 326 Meynell, Francis, 1949-1961
12 327 Meynell, Viola, 1935-1956
12 328 Meynell, Wilfrid (includes scrapbook & letters from Alice Meynell and others), 1890-1942
12 329 Meynell - miscellaneous family members including Cynthia, Sylvia, Oliva & Benedict, 1955-1964
12 330 Miller, C. Phillip & Florence, 1959-1964
12 331 Miller, Nolan, 1958
12 332-334 Millett, Fred, 1928-1964
12 335 Millspaugh, C. A., 1937-1938
13 336 Mitchell, Dr. James Herbert, 1935-1936
13 337 Mizener, Arthur, 1941-1962
13 338 Monroe, Harriet, 1927-1935
13 339 Monroe, William S., 1937-1938
13 340 Moore, C. A., 1929, 1936
13 341 Moore, Geoffrey, 1954-1964
13 342 Moore, Harry T., 1941, 1958
13 343-345 Moore, Marianne, 1929-1964
13 346 Moore, Mary Warner, 1932-1943
13 347 More, Paul E., 1937
13 348 Motta, Heloisa, 1945-1964
13 349 M - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
13 350 Najder, Zdzislaw, 1959-1962
13 351 The Nation (see also Margaret Marshall), 1929-1939
13 352 National Institute of Arts & Letters, 1955-1957
13 353 New Directions (see also Perspectives USA), 1940-1962
13 354 Neu, Sereth, 1945, 1953
13 355 The New Republic (includes Alfred Kazin & Stark Young), 1929-1953
13 356 New York Herald Tribune, 1958-1963
13 357 New York Review of Books (Barbara Epstein), 1963-1964
13 358 New York Times Book Review, 1963-1964
13 359 New York University, 1949-1962
13 360 Nisbit, Ada B., 1952-1953
13 361 Noel, Joanna, 1953-1964
13 362 Norman, James, 1960
13 363 Notable American Women, 1960-1962
13 364 Nowell-Smith, Simon, 1956
13 365 N - miscellaneous, 1930-1963
13 366 O'Brien, Justin, 1941, 1950
13 367 Ocampo, Victoria (including Sur magazine), 1943-1958
13 368 Oxford University Press, 1949-1963
13 369 O - miscellaneous, 1934-1963
14 370 Pantheon Books, Inc., 1942-1963
14 371 Pantling, Dorothie, 1927-1936
14 372 Pantling, Ronald H., 1937
14 373 Parker, Dorothy, Feb. 15, 1959
14 374 Parkinson, L. J., 1944-1945
14 375 Parks, Edd Winfield, 1949
14 376 Partisan Review (including William Phillips & Philip Rahv), 1937-1950
14 377 Patchen, Kenneth, Apr. 21, 1941
14 378 Peabody Waite, Marjorie (also 1 letter from George Foster Peabody), 1935-1941
14 379 Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1938-1942
14 380 Perrin, Porter & Dorothy, 1927-1964
14 381 Perspectives USA, 1952-1953
14 382 Piazza, Helen & Joe, 1952-1957
14 383 Pitts, Rebecca, 1940-1952
14 384 Poetry Center (NYC), 1958
14 385 Poetry (magazine), 1959-1963
14 386 Porchat, Alayn & Eunyce, 1944, 1960
14 387 Porter, Katherine Anne, 1940-1955
14 388 Pound, Ezra, 1935-1950, n.d.
14 389 Powers, J. F., 1948-1957
14 390 Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961
14 391 Prescott, Joseph, 1954
14 392 Prickett, Rachel, 1954-1960
14 393 Princeton University, 1961-1963
14 394 Princeton University Press, 1937-1964
14 395 Prior, Moody, 1937-1947
14 396 Pritchette, Victor, 1953-1954
14 397 Pryce-Jones, Alan (Times Literary Supplement), 1952-1958
14 398 P - miscellaneous, 1928-1956
14 399 RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana, 1958
14 400 Rahv, Philip & Natalie (see also Partisan Review), 1939-1958
14 401 Rajan, B. (Focus), 1948-1953
14 402 Ransom, John Crowe (includes Kenyon Review), 1937-1953
14 403 Raoul-Duval, Beatrice, 1954
14 404 Ray Gordon, 1948-1963
15 405 RCA Victor Records, 1957-1961
15 406 Rice, Philip Blair, 1936
15 407 Richardson, Dorothy M., 1936
15 408 Robinson, James, 1939
15 409 Rockefeller Foundation, 1943-1955
15 410 Roethke, Theodore, Jan. 14, 1942
15 411 Rogers, Neville, 1959-1960
15 412 Rónai, Paul, 1945-1946
15 413 Roughead, Nick (son of William, includes photos), 1952-1963
15 414 Rouse, A. L., 1951-1956
15 415 Rucellai, Edith, 1951
15 416 Rukeyser, Muriel, 1941
15 417 Rutgers University, 1964
15 418 Rylands, George, 1960-1961
15 419 R - miscellaneous, 1927-1962
15 420 Salinger, J. D., Jan. 14, 1959
15 421 San Fernando Valley State College, 1962
15 422 Santayana, George, 1936-1951
15 423 Sarett, Lew, 1929
15 424 Sarton, May, 1954
15 425 Saturday Review of Literature, 1949, 1958
15 426 Scannell, Maidie, 1961
15 427 Schabert, Kyril (also Pantheon Books and mother Emma Faber du Faurs), 1926-1964
15 428 Schendler, Sylvan, 1949
15 429 Schorer, Mark, 1943-1961
15 430 Schubert, David (also wife Judith), 1937-1961
15 431 Schütz, Martin, 1944
15 432 Schuyler, William M., 1954-1959
15 433 Schwartz, Delmore, 1940-1949
15 434 Schwartz, Richard B., 1963
15 435 Scott, Evelyn, 1933-1954
15 436 Scrutiny (F. R. Levin), 1935, 1939
15 437 Seiffert, Marjorie (includes several poems), 1929-1953
15 438 Selective Service Board, 1942
15 439 Shand, William, 1954, 1961
15 440 Shapiro, Karl, 1951-1953
15 441 Sheahan, Marie, 1932-1963
16 442-443 Sherburn, George, 1932-1962, n.d.
16 444 Sibon, Marcelle, 1955-1962
16 445 Simon, Ruth, 1959-1964
16 446 Simpson, S. R., 1951
16 447 Sinkinson, Eric, 1924
16 448 Slade, John & Caroline, 1957-1950
16 449 Smidt, Kristian, 1962
16 450 Smith, George Smedley, 1935
16 451 Smith College, 1958
16 452 Snow, C. P., 1962-1963
16 453 Sociedade Paulista de Escritores, 1954
16 454 Soniat, Lucille, 1941-1947
16 455 Sparhawk-Jones, Elizabeth, 1963
16 456 Spencer, Theodore, 1936-1947
16 457 Spiller, Robert E., 1944-1946
16 458 Spoken Arts, Inc., 1961
16 459 Stafford, Jean, 1943-1947
16 460 Stallman, Robert Wooster, 1947-1960
16 461 Stanford University Press, 1964
16 462 State University of Iowa, 1946-1951
16 463 Stevens, Wallace, 1932-1951
16 464-466 Stillman, Clara, 1933-1959
17 467 Stone, Melville E., 1959-1960
17 468 Stone, Reynolds, 1954
17 469 Strobel, Marion, 1930-1936
17 470 Sutton, Alta, 1948, 1964
17 471 Swarthmore College, 1958
17 472 Sweeney, Jack, 1958-1963
17 473 S - miscellaneous, 1932-1963
17 474 Tate, Allen, 1936-1963
17 475 Taylor, Mary Prichard, 1928-1964
17 476 Thorp, Willard, 1939, 1944
17 477 Times Literary Supplement, 1956-1962
17 478 Tobin, Richard M., 1942-1951
17 479 Tone, Ailein, 1958-1961
17 480 Trilling, Lionel, 1940-1957
17 481 Troy, William, 1936-1942
17 482 Trueblood, Charles K., 1937
17 483 T - miscellaneous, 1930-1935
17 484 Udell, Geraldine, 1936
17 485 União Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos, 1944
17 486 Universidade do Brasil, 1944-1945
17 487 University Club of Chicago, 1936
17 488 University of Arkansas, 1960-1962
17 489 University of California-Berkeley, 1940-1941
17 490 University of Chicago, 1925-1961
17 491 University of Chicago Press, 1949-1963
17 492 University of Delaware, 1962-1963
17 493 University of Leeds, 1959
17 494 University of Michigan Press, 1963
17 495 University of Minnesota, 1944-1963
17 496 University of Minnesota Press, 1957-1963
17 497 University of Notre Dame, 1963
17 498 University of Pennsylvania, 1961
17 499 Unterecker, John, 1961
17 500 Untermeyer, Louis Apr. 19, 1940
17 501 U - miscellaneous, 1943-1958
17 502 Van Doren, Mark, Apr. 14, 1940
17 503 Van Hoenackére, Emile J., 1928-1930
17 504 Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957
18 504-506 Viking Press, Inc., 1946-1964, n.d.
18 507 V - miscellaneous, 1940-1962
18 508 Villa, José Garcia, 1946
18 509 Wade. Allan & Margot, 1951-1962
18 510 Wagenknecht, Edward, 1932-1943
18 511 Walton, Eda Lou, 1946
18 512 Warren, Austin, 1933-1962
18 513 Warren, Robert Penn "Red," 1936-1963
18 514 Wayne State Universtiy, 1957-1958
18 515 Weber, Brom, 1949, 1963
18 516 Weinberg, R. C. to The Nation, 1943
18 517 Welty, Eudora, 1961
18 518 Wentworth, Judith, May 14, 1933
18 519 Wesleyan University Press, 1958
18 520 Western Reserve University, 1962
18 521 Wheelock, John & Phyllis (also Charles Scribner's Sons), 1934-1964
18 522 Who's Who in America, 1945
18 523 Wilde, Oscar to A.P.T. Elder, n.d.
18 524 Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 1928-1931
18 525 Wilder, Isabel, 1933-1934
18 526 Wilder, Thorton, Dec. 31, 1933
18 527 William Jackson Books Ltd., 1955-1958
18 528 Williams, Wirt, 1956
18 529-530 Wilson, Edmund, 1930-1948
19 531 Wilson, Edmund, 1950-1963
19 532 Wilson, Rosalind, 1963-1964
19 533 Wilson, Rev. Samuel K., S. J. (see also Loyola), 1933-1941
19 534 Wilt, Napier (see also University of Chicago), 1945-1963
19 535 Winters, Yvor, 1930-1950
19 536 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1936-1963
19 537 W - miscellaneous, 1928-1963
19 538-545 Yaddo, 1949-1964
19 546 Yale University Press, 1936-1953
19 547 Yale Review, 1958-1963
19 548 Yeats, Elizabeth & George (also Cuala Industries), 1934-1941, n.d.
19 549 Young, Philip, 1959
19 550 Young, Vernon A., 1943-1944
20 551-555 Zabel, Barbara (mother), Aunt Kate, and Hyacinth (Barbara, sister), 1918-Jul. 1928
21 556 Zabel, Barbara (mother), Aunt Kate, and Hyacinth (Barbara, sister), Aug.-Sep., 1928
21 557-562 Zabel, Barbara (mother) and Barbara (sister), 1929-1940
21 563 Zabel, Barbara (sister), 1941-1942
22 564-570 Zabel, Barbara (sister), 1943-1952
22 572 Zabel, Herman A. (father), 1901-1912
22 573 Zabel & Dauwen families - various, 1922-1961
22 574 Zamoyski, Augusto, 1944-1954
22 575 Zukofsky, Louise, Apr. 12, 1931
22 576 Y-Z - miscellaneous, 1928-1964
22 577 Unidentified & fragments, 1936-1960, n.d.

Series 2: Works, 1921-1963

Subseries 1, Books, contains materials pertaining to Zabel's book-length works, The Art of Ruth Draper, Craft and Character in Modern Fiction, Literary Opinion in America, and a textbook, Literature of the United States (translated into Portuguese and French), developed by Zabel from lectures given while teaching in Brazil. Note that various versions of Literary Opinion in America were numbered as they were filed, and not chronologically as it is unclear which versions make up the 1st and 2nd editions.
Subseries 2, Subject Files, is comprised of manuscript material written by Zabel, including book introductions, articles, book reviews, and notes, arranged by subject. Zabel wrote repeatedly about favorite authors and often repurposed material from articles in speeches and books. Subseries 3, Miscellaneous, consists of various articles, book reviews, poetry, speeches, college coursework and teaching materials.
 

Sub-Series 1: Books, ca. 1930s-1960s


Box Folder Contents
23 578-579 The Art of Ruth Draper - memoir manuscript - copy, ca. 1950s
23 580 The Art of Ruth Draper - memoir manuscript - original, ca. 1950s
23 581 The Art of Ruth Draper - monologues manuscript, ca. 1950s
23 582 The Art of Ruth Draper - complete manuscript with corrections, ca. 1950s
24 583 The Art of Ruth Draper - complete manuscript with corrections, ca. 1950s
24 584 The Art of Ruth Draper - unmarked proof, 1958
24 585 The Art of Ruth Draper - proof with corrections, 1958
24 586 The Art of Ruth Draper - proof with illustrations and corrections, 1958
24 587 The Art of Ruth Draper - galley proof with corrections, 1958
25 588 The Art of Ruth Draper - galley proof with corrections, 1958
25 589 The Art of Ruth Draper - revised galley proof, 1958
25 590 The Art of Ruth Draper - miscellaneous notes, sections, & contracts, 1956-1961, n.d.
25 591 Craft and Character in Modern Fiction - forward, sources, notes, 1956, n.d.
25 592-593 Craft and Character in Modern Fiction - manuscript, ca. 1956
26 594 Craft and Character in Modern Fiction - proof, ca. 1956
26 595 Craft and Character in Modern Fiction - corrected proofs, ca. 1956
26 596 Craft and Character in Modern Fiction - notes, ca. 1950s
26 597-598 Literary Opinion in America - appendices & acknowledgements, ca. 1930s. 1960s
27 599-601 Literary Opinion in America - discarded versions, ca. 1930s, 1960s
27 602 Literary Opinion in America - galley proofs, ca. 1930s
28 603-604 Literary Opinion in America - introduction (1st and 2nd editions), ca. 1930s, 1960s
28 605-607 Literary Opinion in America - manuscript - verision 1, ca. 1930s, 1960s
29 608-610 Literary Opinion in America - manuscript - verision 2, ca. 1930s, 1960s
29 611-612 Literary Opinion in America - manuscript - verision 3, ca. 1930s, 1960s
30 613-616 Literary Opinion in America - manuscript - verision 3, ca. 1930s, 1960s
30 617 Literary Opinion in America - project plans, prospectus, notes, 1930s
31 618-620 A Literatura dos Estados Unidos da América - manuscript, 1945
31 621 A Literatura dos Estados Unidos da América - notes and miscellaneous, ca. 1945
31 622-623 Literature of the United States of America - original lectures and manuscript sections, 1944-1945
32 624 Literature of the United States America - outlines, bibliographies, 1944-1945
32 625-626 Les Maîtres de la Litérature Américaine - manuscript version 1, 1946
32 627-628 Les Maîtres de la Litérature Américaine - manuscript version 2 1946
 

Sub-Series 2: Subject Files, 1921-1963


Box Folder Contents
33 629 Auden, W. H., 1939-1950, n.d.
33 630 Baudelaire, Charles, 1933-1956
33 631 Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1936-1956, n.d.
33 632 Bogan, Louise, 1929, 1956
33 633 Butler, Samuel, ca. 1950
33 634 Cather, Willa, 1947-1958, n.d.
33 635 Conrad, Joseph - Chance & Recognition - essay, 1942-1956
33 636 Conrad, Joseph - Conrad in His Age - essay, 1942-1956
33 637 Conrad, Joseph - Lord Jim - introduction, 1958
33 638 Conrad, Joseph - The Mirror of the Sea and A Personal Record - introduction, 1960
33 639 Conrad, Joseph - Nigger of Narcissus - introduction, 1950
33 640 Conrad, Joseph - The Portable Conrad - introduction, ca. 1947
34 641 Conrad, Joseph - The Portable Conrad - notes, research, ca. 1947
34 642 Conrad, Joseph - The Secret Sharer - article, 1941
34 643 Conrad, Joseph - The Shadow Line - introduction, ca. 1940s
34 644 Conrad, Joseph - Tales of Heroes and History - introduction, ca. 1960
34 645 Conrad, Joseph - Tales of the East - introduction, ca, 1961
34 646 Conrad, Joseph - Tales of the East and West - introduction, ca. 1958
34 647 Conrad, Joseph - Under Western Eyes - introduction, 1963
34 648 Conrad, Joseph - Youth: A Narrative - introduction, 1959
34 649 Conrad, Joseph - speeches and book reviews, 1957, n.d.
34 650 Conrad, Joseph - miscellaneous, 1943-1960, n.d.
35 651 Crane, Hart, 1930, n.d.
35 652 Dickens, Charles - Bleak House - introduction, 1956
35 653 Dickens, Charles - Hanover House book (Best Stories), ca. 1959
35 654 Dickens, Charles - The Reputation Revised - essay, 1956
35 655 Dickens, Charles - A Tale of Two Cities - introduction, 1957
35 656 Dickens, Charles - miscellaneous, 1942, n.d.
35 657 Eliot, T. S., 1934, n.d.
35 658 Ford, Ford Maddox, 1932-1957
35 659 Forster, E. M., 1955, n.d.
35 660 Green, Graham, 1943-1957
35 661 Gregory, Horace, n.d.
36 662 Hardy, Thomas, 1940-1957, n.d.
36 663 Hemingway, Ernest, 1952, n.d.
36 664 Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1930-1956, n.d.
36 665 Houseman, A. E., 1940-1956, n.d.
36 666 James, Henry - The Art of Travel - introduction, ca. 1958
36 667 James, Henry - The Art of Travel - manuscript with alternate essays, ca. 1958
37 668-669 James, Henry - The Art of Travel - manuscript with corrections, ca. 1958
37 670 James, Henry - The Art of Travel - notes, ca. 1958
37 671 James, Henry - Fifteen Short Stories, ca. 1961
37 672 James, Henry - In the Cage - introduction, notes, ca. 1958
37 673 James, Henry - In the Cage - manuscript, ca. 1958
38 674 James, Henry - miscellaneous, 1944-1961, n.d.
38 675 James, Henry - The Portable Henry James - introduction, 1951
38 676 James, Henry - The Portable Henry James - notes, ca. 1951
38 677 James, Henry - shorter pieces, book reviews, 1956-1958, n.d.
38 678 Jeffers, Robinson, 1929-1955
38 679 Joyce, James, 1931, n.d.
39 680 MacLeish, Archibald, 1934-1956, n.d.
39 681 Mann, Thomas, n.d.
39 682 Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1956
39 683 Monroe, Harriet, 1936-1961
39 684 Pound, Ezra, n.d.
39 685 Phelps, Putnam, 1932-1956
39 686 Rimbaud, Arthur, 1940-1956, n.d.
39 687 Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1935-1961
39 688 Sandburg, Carl (includes signed poem "Ossowatomie"), 1921-1936, n.d.
39 689 Shaw, George Bernard, 1951, n.d.
39 690 Stevens, Wallace, 1931-1963, n.d.
39 691 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1960
39 692 Tate, Allen, 1928-1956
39 693 Teasdale, Sara, 1938, 1956
39 694 Trilling, Lionel, 1947
40 695 Warren, Robert Penn, 1936
40 696 Wharton, Edith, 1950
40 697 Wilson, Edmund, 1956, n.d.
40 698 Winters, Yvor, 1931-9155, n.d.
40 699 Wylie, Eleanor, 1932-1956, n.d.
40 700-701 Yeats, William Butler, 1934-1956, n.d.
 

Sub-Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1922-1962


Box Folder Contents
41 702 Article - The Growth of American Literary Critcism - published in the University of Chicago Magazine, Jun. 1952
41 703 Article - Ingres in America - published in The Arts, Feb. 1930
41 704 Article - Introducción al Arte de E. M. Forster - published in Sur, Oct. 1955
41 705 Article - Stevens and the Image of Man - published in the Harvard Advocate, Dec. 1940
41 706 Article - O Espírito e as Fontes da Literatura Norte-Americana - published in Revista do Instituto Brasil - Estados Unidos, May 1944
41 707 Article - Un Poeta en al Capitolio - published in Babel, May-Jun. 1941
41 708 Articles - various published in Brazilain and newspapers, 1944-1945
41 709 Articles - various published in the Times Literary Supplement, 1952-1957
41 710-711 Article manuscripts, 1934-1956, n.d.
41 712 Article reprints, 1936-1959
42 713-714 Art writing - manuscripts, fragments, notes, ca. 1930s
42 715-718 Book reviews - manuscripts, 1930s-1940s
42 719 Book reviews - miscellaneous galleys, 1930s-1940s
42 720 Coursework - Beginnings of English Romanticism, ca. 1920s
42 721 Coursework - Beowulf, ca. 1920s
42 722 Coursework - Chaucer, ca. 1920s
42 723 Coursework - English, ca. 1920s
43 724 Coursework - Hopkins (Gerard Manley), ca. 1920s
43 725 Coursework - Middle English, ca. 1920s
43 726-727 Coursework - notes, ca. 1920s
43 728 Coursework - Old English, ca. 1920s
43 729 Coursework - Old English Poetry, ca. 1920s
43 730 Coursework - papers, ca. 1920s
43 731 Coursework - Poetry - Modern, ca. 1920s
43 732 Coursework - Shakespeare, ca. 1920s
44 733 Coursework - Shakespeare, ca. 1920s
44 734 Coursework - Shakespeare and Elizabethan Psychology, ca. 1920s
44 735 Coursework - Shakespeare - Problem of Reason, 1928
44 736 Coursework - Swift, ca. 1920s
44 737 Encyclopedia entries, 1958-1960
44 738 Lecture (by others) introductions, 1948-1963, n.d.
44 739-740 Lectures & Speeches, 1932-1962, n.d.
44 741 Notes, ca. 1930s-1950s
45 742-744 Notes, ca. 1930s-1950s
45 745-747 Notebooks, ca. 1930s-1950s
46 748-750 Poetry, ca. 1930s-1950s
46 751 Prose / Fiction - fragments, n.d.
46 752 Reports to publishers, 1946-1962, n.d.
46 753-754 Teaching - Brazil - lectures & course materials, 1944-1945, 1953
46 755-756 Teaching - miscellaneous lecture & class notes, ca. 1930s-1950s
47 757 Teaching - miscellaneous syllabi & reading lists, ca. 1930s-1950s
47 758 Teaching - Novel & the Short Story - course materials, 1936
47 759 Thesis - Masters - Smollett and Dickens: A Comparative Study, 1922
47 760-762 Thesis - PhD - The Romantic Idealism of Art in England, 1800-1850, ca. 1933
47 763 Unidentified book section - The Contemporary Period, n.d.

Series 3: Personal, 1918-1962

Biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, memorabilia, newspaper clippings of reviews of Zabel's books, publication history, project plans, and other materials pertaining to Zabel's personal and professional life.
Arranged alphabetically.

Box Folder Contents
48 764-765 Adress books, n.d.
48 766 Article reprints signed to Zabel, 1957-1958, n.d.
48 767 Biographical sketches, curriculum vitae, 1947-1953, n.d.
48 768 Broadside of poems by W. B. Yeats & F. R. Higgins, printed by Cuala Press, signed to Zabel from Horace Gregory, n.d.
48 769 Calling cards, n.d.
48 770 Christmas card and book mailing lists, 1953-1961, n.d.
48 771 Clippings - The Art of Ruth Draper, 1960-1961
48 772 Clippings - biographical, 1943-1960, n.d.
48 773 Clippings - Conrad books, 1940s-1950s
48 774-775 Clippings - foreign language, ca. 1940s-1950s
49 776 Clippings - James & Dickens books, ca. 1940s-1950s
49 777 Clippings - Literary Opinion in America & Craft & Character, ca. 1930s-1950s
49 778-782 Diaries, 1944-1959
50 783 Diploma from University of Chicago, 1933
50 784 Guestbook (event unknown), 1931-1932
50 785 Miscellaneous memorabilia, n.d.
50 786 Poem by Robert Frost - handwritten and signed, n.d.
50 787 Postcards - souvenir set with illustrations by Dudley Huppler given to Zabel by Marianne Moore, 1948
50 788 Print by Louis Hechenbleikner signed to Zabel, 1947
50 789 Programs & invitations, 1918-1962
50 790 Project plans & grant applications, 1956-1962, n.d.
50 791 Promotional materials, 1951, ca. 1937
50 792 Publication histories, 1930s-1950s
50 793 Radio interview transcripts, 1945-1958, n.d.
50 794 Silhouette image by Zabel, 1927
50 795 Travel - notes, sketches, 1954-1956, n.d.

Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1861-1960

Photographs of literary colleagues, , one portrait of Zabel's parents, numerous portraits of Zabel, and snapshots taken during his teaching residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Arranged alphabetically.

Box Folder Contents
51 796 Bogan, Louise, 1932, 1947
51 797-798 Brazil - snapshots, ca. 1944-1945
51 799 Cather, Willa, ca. 1930s
51 800 Eliot, T. S., 1933
51 801 Huntington, Joanna & Mary Beal, n.d.
51 802 James, Henry - portraits and album containing photos of James' homes and gravesite, ca. 1861, n.d.
51 803 Porter, Katherine Anne, 1941-1954, n.d.
51 804 Zabel, Herman & Barbara, ca. 1900
51 805-808 Zabel, Morton Dauwen - portraits, ca. 1920s-1950s
51 809 Zabel, Morton Dauwen - snapshots, 1936, 1954, n.d.
51 810 Zabel, Morton Dauwen - in South American, 1944-1945
51 811 Unidentified and miscellaneous, 1960, n.d.