Inventory of the William Peirce Randel Papers, 1852-1986

Abstract

Historian and professor of English, University of Maine.

Correspondence, addresses, proofs, drafts and reprints of articles, reviews, and photographs, all concerning William Peirce Randel's work on Edward Eggleston, a Methodist circuit rider who turned agnostic. Includes a bibliography of Randel's writings, and 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home, and various locations where he was active.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Creator: Randel, William Peirce, 1909-
Title: William Peirce Randel Papers, 1852-1986
Language of Material: English
Extent: 1.2 Linear Feet, Approximately 735 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Series Quick Links

Correspondence Series, 1852-1900, 1938-1982
Writings Series, 1945-1967
Writings by Others Series, 1870-1878, 1937-1984
Photographs Series, undated

Collection Overview

Correspondence, addresses, proofs, drafts and reprints of articles, reviews, and photographs, all concerning William Peirce Randel's work on Edward Eggleston, a Methodist circuit rider who turned agnostic and then became president of the American Historical Association. The papers in this collection relate to Randel's research and writings on Eggleston and include correspondence with Eggleston family members, research libraries, Twayne Publishers, King's Cross Publishers, his adviser Ralph L. Rusk, and with others who were doing or had done research on Eggleston. Included are Randel's 1945 dissertation, drafts of his 1963 Edward Eggleston: Hoosier Realist, two volumes of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for 1878, which contain the serialized story Roxy by Eggleston; an inventory of the Eggleston collection at Cornell University; and 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home, and locations where he was active.

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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Correspondence Series, 1852-1900, 1938-1982

(1 box)

Contains correspondence with Eggleston family members, research libraries, Twayne Publishers, King's Cross Publishers, Randel's adviser Ralph L. Rusk, and with others who were doing or had done research on Eggleston. Also included are copies of Eggleston's correspondence from the 1800s, an inventory of the Eggleston collection at Cornell University, and correspondence concerning the Bibliography of American Literature.

General Correspondence, 1938-1939

Box 1

General Correspondence, 1940

Box 1

Geberal Correspondence, 1941-1942

Box 1

General Correspondence, 1943-1947

Box 1

General Correspondence, 1960-1982

Box 1

General Correspondence, selected, 1936-1944

Box 1

Bibliography of American Literature, 1957-1959

Box 3

Copies of Eggleston correspondence, 1852-1900

Box 1

Cornell University, 1943

Box 1

Correspondence about photographs, 1969-1972

Box 1

King's Cross Press, 1945-1948

Box 3

Twayne Publishers, 1961-1963, 1981

Box 1

Writings Series, 1945-1967

(2 boxes)

Among Randel's writings in this collection are drafts and proofs or articles and books on Eggleston, a copy of his dissertation on Eggleston completed at Columbia University in 1945, bibliographic and other notes, and an index to the most important Eggleston correspondents.

Article Drafts, 1959, 1967

Box 1

Dissertation: Edward Eggleston, 1945

Box 2

Drafts: Edward Eggleston: Hoosier Realist, 1963 (2 folders)

Box 1

Drafts: The Circuit Rider, introduction by William Peirce Randel, 1966

Box 2

Other Writings, undated

Box 2

Projected Writings for the Minnesota Historical Society and the University of Minnesota Press (2 folders)

Box 2

Proofs: Edward Eggleston, #45 in Twayne's United States Authors Series, 1963

Box 2

Reprints, 1945, 1953

Box 2

Writings by Others Series, 1870-1878, 1937-1984

(1 box)

This series contains proofs of The Circuit Rider, edited by Randel; reviews of Randel's book Edward Eggleston; a copy of Ronald Cansler's Ph.D. thesis entitled Edward Eggleston's 'An Agnostic': a Novel of the Soul; reprints by others; and two volumes of Scribner's Monthly Magazine for 1878, which contain the serialized story Roxy by Eggleston, which Randel edited for republication.

Edward Eggleston, Roxy,Schribner's Monthly (November 1877-February 1878)

Box 2

Edward Eggleston's An Agnostic; A Novel of the Soul, Dissertation by Ronald L. Cansler, 1986 (2 folders)

Box 3

Proofs: The Circuit Rider, by Edward Eggleston, edited and with introduction by William Peirce Randel, 1966

Box 3

Reprints by Others, 1937, 1945, 1967

Box 3

Reviews, 1946-1947

Box 3

Writings about Eggleston by others (with some correspondence about them), 1964-1984

Box 3

Writings by unidentified others, 1870-1871

Box 3

Photographs Series, undated

(1 box)

Contains 23 photographs of Eggleston, his home and other sites in Indiana, Minnesota, and Virginia, his coat of arms, his estate in Lake George, New York, and his grave.

Photographs

Box 3