MenuInventory of the Theodore Hornberger Papers, 1930-1976
Abstract
Theodore Hornberger (1906-1975) was a professor of English and scholar of Puritanism and Colonial American literature.
Papers contain lectures, drafts, printed material, reprints, manuscripts, and correspondence relating to Hornberger's work on Puritanism and colonial American literature. Included are bibliographies compiled by Hornberger on the subjects of Puritanism, science, literature, and education, lecture notes on a variety of topics and individuals in American literature and history, and a draft manuscript of his book Puritanism and Science.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Hornberger, Theodore, 1906-1975
- Title
- Theodore Hornberger Papers, 1930-1976
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 1.4 Linear Feet, 463 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
The Theodore Hornberger Papers contain lectures, drafts, printed material, reprints, manuscripts, and correspondence relating to Hornberger's work on Puritanism and colonial American literature. Included are bibliographies compiled by Hornberger on the subjects of Puritanism, science, literature, and education, and lecture notes on a variety of topics and individuals in American literature and history.
Professor Theodore Hornberger, educator and professor emeritus at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania at the time of his death, had worked over many years on the manuscript of a book on Puritanism and science. Two earlier versions were submitted to publishers but owing to the shortage of paper and the economy of the world during World War II, they were never published. The bulk of Hornberger's papers consist of the third version of his Puritanism and Science in manuscript. He died before completing it.
Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University.
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Contents of the Collection
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Expand AllContains material relating to Hornberger's professional career as professor of English at the University of Minnesota, the University of Texas, and the University of Pennsylvania. Also contains several clippings from the New York Review of Books.
Largely consists of lectures and lecture notes on a variety of topics and individuals in American literature and history, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Cotton Mather, and John Winthrop. Also includes bibliographies Hornberger compiled on the subjects of Puritanism, science, literature, and education, fragments of Hornberger's writings, a manuscript of his book Puritanism and Science, reprints of articles by Hornberger and others, a copy of The Literature of the United States edited by Hornberger and two others, and handwritten notes.
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Historical Note
>Theodore Hornberger (1906-1975) was a professor of English and scholar of Puritanism and Colonial American literature.
Subject Headings
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Theodore Hornberger Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Theodore Hornberger Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1977 and 1982.
Processing Information
Processed by Willeke Sandler, February 2012
Encoded by Willeke Sandler, February 2012
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
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