bercovit Inventory of the Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, 1940-2011 Processed by: Paula Jeannet and T. Walker Robinson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lisa Stark; accessions added by: Meghan Lyon

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word Date of source: August 26, 1997 Processed by Paula Jeannet and T. Walker Robinson August 26, 1997; Finding Aid encoded by Lisa Stark, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, January 14, 2000 Description is in English. 07-14-2005 PUBLIC "-//Duke University::David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Sacvan Bercovitch Papers)//EN" "bercovit.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. 06-15-2009 Finding aid expanded to include entries for all unprocessed additions, and edited so that the original collection's folder lists are no longer at series level. Changes made by Meghan Lyon. 03-19-2010 Finding aid updated with acc. 2010-0036 by Meghan Lyon. 07-01-2011 Finding aid updated with acc. 2011-0082 by Carrie Mills and Meghan Lyon. 05-16-2012 Finding aid updated with acc. 2011-1008 by Meghan Lyon. Inventory of the Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, 1940-2011 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185

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 Descriptive Summary Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, 1940-2011 Bercovitch, Sacvan 35.0 Linear Feet 25,576 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The collection was given as a gift by Sacvan Bercovitch during the date span 1993-2011.

 Processing Information

Processed by Paula Jeannet and T. Walker Robinson

Completed August 26, 1997

Encoded by Lisa Stark

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Finding aid updated by Meghan Lyon, 2009-2012, to include subsequent additions.

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2001-0091, 2001-0211, 2002-0097, 2002-0255, 2003-0276, 2004-0093, 2005-0074, 2006-0057, 2008-0103, 2009-0145, 2010-0036, 2011-0082, 2011-1008

 Biographical Note

Sacvan Bercovitch is a literary scholar and professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University.

 Collection Overview

Collection contains research notes, manuscripts on paper and floppy diskettes, and some correspondence relating to the serial Cambridge History of American Literature, of which Bercovitch is general editor. Research notes chiefly relate to Bercovitch's work on colonial American literature and religion, particularly on the Puritans in New England. Also includes drafts with corrections of A Cultural Model of Literary Studies, and Literary Context, both by Bercovitch. Another set of files consists of writings by others, curriculum vitae, and more correspondence pertaining to the Cambridge serial. Some correspondence and articles date from the 1940s and 1950s and were written by Bryna Bercovitch in Yiddish; English translations included. Part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for Literary Historiography.

 Subject Headings

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Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Puritans--New England American literature--History and criticism Religion and literature--United States New England--Intellectual life Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence Bercovitch, Sacvan--Cultural model of literary studies Bercovitch, Sacvan--Literary context Contents of Collection Sacvan Bercovitch Papers, 1940s-1999 (8 boxes)

Research notes, manuscripts on paper and floppy diskettes, and some correspondence relating to the serial Cambridge History of American Literature, of which Bercovitch is general editor. Research notes chiefly relate to Bercovitch's work on colonial American literature and religion, particularly on the Puritans in New England. Also includes drafts with corrections of A Cultural Model of Literary Studies, and Literary Context, both by Bercovitch. Another set of files consists of writings by others, curriculum vitae, and more correspondence pertaining to the Cambridge serial. Some correspondence and articles date from the 1940s and 1950s and were written by Bryna Bercovitch in Yiddish; English translations included. Some later correspondence is comprised of email printed out. There is also material documenting his work as an English professor at Harvard, such as student correspondence and papers.

 1 Correspondence (professional), 1969, Dec.-1986, Dec. Correspondence (professional), 1987, Feb.-1991, Nov. Correspondence (professional), 1992, Mar.-1994, June Correspondence (professional), 1994, Aug. Correspondence, 1997 Writings with some Correspondence (professional): Deadpan Trickster Writings with some Correspondence (professional) 2Correspondence (professional), 1995, Nov.-1998, Nov. Correspondence (professional), 1999, Jan.-1999, Mar. Correspondence (professional), 1999, Apr.-1999, May Correspondence (professional), 1999, June-1999, July Correspondence (personal and professional), 1984, Nov.-1999, Mar. Correspondence (personal and professional), 1999, Apr.-1999, May Miscellaneous 3Bryna Bercovitch: Writings, 1940s Bryna Bercovitch: Writings, 1940s-1950s, including photocopies of original drafts (4 folders) Drafts (SB): Fragments, various titles, 1995 and undated A Literary Approach to Cultural Studies End-Game Gambit: A Model of Literary and Cultural Studies A Cultural Model of Literary Studies Drafts: Fragments, undated [End-Game Gambit?] 4Drafts (5 folders) : A Cultural Model of Literary Studies, 1994 and undated Nathan Weinstein: Biographical information</unittitle></did></c02> <c02><did><unittitle><title render="italic">Culture in a Faulknerian Context The Claims of Rhetoric: Miscellaneous publisher information and outline 5Drafts: Fragments A Limitless Field: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature (keynote address for literary symposium, Texas Christian Univ., 1994; version of "A Cultural Model of Literary Studies") Drafts (7 folders) : Fragments, undated A Cultural Model of Literary Studies Handwritten Notes Bryna Bercovitch: Drafts, 1946-1950 (photocopies of translations, 2 folders) 6 Bryna Bercovitch: Rokhel (essay, 1946) Library of America Volume on Nathanael West (3 folders) 7Drafts (Printed from diskettes 1-9, 10 folders), 1993-1994 and undated The Winthrop Variation, 1994 Games of Chess: A Model of Cultural Studies, 1993 and other versions of same works, with various titles 8Drafts (Printed from diskettes 10-17, 7 folders), 1993-1994 and undated Variants of The Winthrop Variation Student papers for literature classes Spanish language exam sample Gifts of Faith in the Atonement of Christ - graduate student essay [SB?] Diskettes 1-17 (3.5 floppies) Bundle of notecards, chiefly citations from literary works by Melville, Douglass, Dewey Addition (2001-0091), 1995-2001 (3 boxes)

Addition (01-091) (1700 items, dated 1995-2001) contains primarily e-mail correspondence with colleagues and students. Also includes teaching materials, a 1996 lecture on John Winthrop, and translations of writings (1943-1950) in Yiddish by Bryna Bercovitch.

 Addition (2001-0211), 1991-2001 (2 boxes)

Addition (01-211) (1500 items, 1.2 linear feet; dated 1991-2001 and n.d.) consists primarily of email correspondence with colleagues and students (1995-2001). Also includes drafts of writings sent to Bercovitch (1991-1999 and n.d.) and materials relating to a public television series concerning American literature.

 Addition (2002-0097), 2001-2002 (1 box)

Addition (02-097) (375 items, .6 linear feet; dated 2001-2002) consists of professional and personal correspondence, primarily printed email.

 Addition (2002-0255), 2001-2002 (2 boxes)

Addition (02-255) (1200 items, 1.2 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2002) contains primarily email correspondence with colleagues, friends, and former students. Also includes publication drafts (n.d.) by Bercovitch, particularly proofs of Deadpan Huck, which was published in the Kenyon Review, and information about Bercovitch's retirement at the end of 2001.

 Addition (2003-0276), 2001-2003 (6 boxes)

Addition (03-276) (2175 items, 3.4 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2003) consists primarily of printouts of email correspondence with colleagues, friends, and former students.

 Addition (2004-0093), 2003-2004 (5 boxes)

Addition (04-093) (1500 items, 2.4 lin. ft.; dated 2003-2004) contains primarily printouts of email correspondence with colleagues and friends regarding American literature, Yiddish literature, and other topics.

 Addition (2005-0074), 1983-2005 (12 boxes)

Addition (05-074) (4276 items, 7.2 lin. ft.; dated 1983-2005) comprises primarily personal and professional email correspondence (2001-2005); research notes; other correspondence; and teaching materials from courses taught in the 1980s.

 Addition (2006-0057), 2000-2006 (6 boxes)

Addition (06-057) (1,875 items, 3.0 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2006) consists primarily of printouts of email correspondence with colleagues, friends, and former students.

 Additions (2008-0103 and 2009-0145), 1973-2009 (16 boxes)

Additions (08-103 and 09-145) (7200 items; 9.6 lin. ft.; dated 1973-2009) includes printouts of email correspondence (both professional, personal, and class-related); research/lecture notecards on various books and authors; course packets with articles and readings on Puritans, Jewish-American literature, and general American literature; reviews of some of Bercovitch's books; materials from the publication of The Art of Sylvia Ary; and miscellaneous teaching materials and articles.

Although this addition has not been processed, materials have been arranged into loose series: Correspondence, Book reviews, Materials from The Art of Sylvia Ary, Teaching materials, and Research/Lecture notes. Correspondence consists almost entirely of email printouts, and various folders have been marked as professional or personal when assigned as such by Bercovitch. The addition originally contained 7 CDs and 1 floppy disk from The Art of Sylvia Ary; these materials have been copied to Duke's electronic records server, and the disks have been transferred to the custody of the Electronic Records Archivist.

 1Email correspondence, 2006 (9 folders) 2Email correspondence, 2006-2007 (8 folders) 3Email correspondence, 2007 (8 folders) 4Email correspondence, 2007 (7 folders) 5Email correspondence, 2007-2008 (8 folders) 6Email correspondence, 2006-2008 (10 folders) 7Email correspondence, February 2008-August 2008 (9 folders) 8Email correspondence, September 2008-February 2009 (10 folders) 9Email correspondence, February 2009-May 2009 (7 folders) Correspondence and drafts of correspondence, 1994-2001 Miscellaneous correspondence, 2000-2008 Professional email correspondence, 2004 Curriculum Vitae Financial 10Seminar email correspondence, Spring 2009 (3 folders) Class email correspondence, September 2008-January 2009 (7 folders) 11Reviews Puritan Origins of the American Self (1975), 1975-1976 Reconstructing American Literary History (1986), 1986-1988 Ideology and Classic American Literature (1986), 1986-1987 Typology and Early American Literature (1972), 1973-1986 American Puritan Imagination (1974), 1974-1976 Cambridge History of American Literature (1994), 1995-1998 The American Jeremiad (1978), 1978-1989 The Rites of Assent (1992), 1993-1995 The Office of the Scarlett Letter (1991), 1992-1998 Datebook, 2006 The Art of Sylvia Ary 7 compact discs, 1 floppy disk

These disks have been separated from the collection and are available through Duke's Electronic Records server. See Research Services for assistance.

 Drafts and correspondence (3 folders) 12Email correspondence, 2008 (5 folders) Correspondence and notes Final copy English text (2 folders) Illustrations French text Cover Proofs and drafts 13Street scenes Still lifes: not used The Actors, 1980: not used Kubla Khan silkscreen: not used Portraits: not used Various photographs and transparencies Artwork and figures Extra transparencies and photographs Publishers Book final English draft (3 folders) French text Book proofs with edits (3 folders) Teaching matierals Supplement to American Literary History Emerson binder (2 folders) Sourcebook binder (1 of 2 folders) 14Sourcebook binder (2 of 2 folders) The Myth of America, 1993 New England Puritanism, 1993 Hawthorne and Literary History sourcebooks American Identities, 1997 Three Modern Jewish Writers coursepack General teaching materials (2 folders) 15Puritanism in America, 1999 Articles (2 folders) Research/lecture notes American Revolution Bellamy Douglass Emerson Emerson and miscellaneous Emerson and Self-Reliance Huck Finn Kerovac King (2 folders) Mailer (2 folders) Scarlett Letter (2 folders) Steinbeck (2 folders) Twain 16Professional papers (2 folders) American Literature to 1860 coursebooks, 2000 (2 versions) Sourcebooks (2 versions) English 17, 1999 Syllabus materials Isaac Babel biography Accession (2010-0036) (3 boxes)

Correspondence, lectures, and lecture notes about various English literature authors.

 1Personal correspondence, 2008 (4 folders) Lecture/author notes and notecards Faulkner Absalom Fitzgerald Morrison J.D. Salinger The Scarlet Letter Edgar Allen Poe 2The Great Gatsby Hemingway Robinson Housekeeping West: Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust Puritanism notes Lectures, 1995-2001 Edwards notes Seminar 2009 emails (3 folders) 3Seminar 2009 emails (6 folders) Accession (2011-0082) 1956-2010 and undated (2 boxes)

Series consists of three subseries. The Books Subseries includes fourteen published works with Bercovitch's notations in the margins. Correspondence Subseries consists of one folder with letters ranging from 2002 to 2010. The bulk of the letter are from past students. The Printed Material Subseries holds two articles; one from 1967 entitled Teenager's resentment dissolves in foster home and an article published in the New York Times on March 28, 2010 titled Mad As Hell. And...

 Books Subseries, 1956-1979 and undated

Subseries consists of 14 books with Bercovitch's annotations.

 1 Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward: 2000-1887. New York: Hendricks House, Inc. Blau, Joseph L., ed. Social Theories of Jacksonian Democracy. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, 1962. Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, 1963. Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself. New York: Signet, 1968. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited by Stephen E. Whicher. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Greene, Jack P., ed. The Reinterpretation of the American Revolution: 1763-1789. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, John Jay. The Federalist Papers. New York: Mentor, 1961. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York: Penguin Books, 1970. 2 Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Scribner Books. Melville, Herman. Great Short Works of Herman Melville. Edited by Warner Berthoff. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Melville, Herman. White Jacket or The World in a Man of War. New York: Signet Classic, 1979. Poe, Edgar Allan. Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Edited by Edward H. Davidson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books, 1976. Correspondence Subseries, 2002-2010 and undated 2Correspondence, 2002-2010 and undated Printed Material Subseries, 1967-2010 2Newspaper clippings, 1967 and 2010 Accession (2011-1008) (1 box)

Series includes class and lecture notes on a wide range of American authors and novels, as well as a small amount of material related to Bercovitch's writings, including Game of Chess and American Jeremiad. The lecture notes have been arranged alphabetically using Bercovitch's original naming scheme.

 1Lecture notes 1Bellamy 1Cather 1Confidence-Man 1Declaration of Independence 1Easy Rider 1Emerson 1Enlightenment/Myth 1Farewell to Arms 1Hawthorne 1Hawthorne/Melville 1House of Seven Gables 1Huck Finn 1Henry James 1Mailer 1Marble Farm 1Melville/Emerson 1Melville, general 1Melville, Typee 1Myth(3 folders) 1Pierre, American Myth 1Pierre, extra 1Prairie - James Fenimore Cooper 1Redburn 1Robinson 1Salinger 1Short stories 1Steinbeck 1Stowe 1The Spy 1Thoreau 1Thoreau - Puritans 1White Jacket 1Unidentified notes 1Writings 1Game of Chess correspondence, 1995-1999 1Game of Chess notes and research(2 folders) 1The American Jeremiad preface and notes, 2011(2 folders) Electronic files

[Electronic records have been migrated to a library server. To request access, please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

 Correspondence for new edition of Puritan Origins of the American Self, 2010-2011(2 folders, 268 files, 16.9 MB) Preface to new edition of The American Jeremiad, 2012(22 folders, 294 files, 86.5 MB) American Jeremiad articles(2 folders, 80 files, 21.5 MB) Courses taught, 1998-2006: American Dissent, College, Extensions(5 folders, 25 files, 21.2 MB)