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Finding Aid to the Henry Nash Smith Papers, 1927-1986
BANC MSS 87/136 c  
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Description
Collection primarily consists of correspondence & research materials pertaining to Smith's published works, lectures and other professional activities and interests. The correspondence files are particularly extensive.
Background
Henry Nash Smith was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1906. He took his bachelor's degree in English at age 19 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he taught from 1927 to 1941, taking time out for his M.A. in English (1929) and his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization (1940), both at Harvard. He subsequently taught in the English departments of the University of Texas (until 1947) and the University of Minnesota (until 1953), when he was invited by Robert Gordon Sproul to join the English Department at Berkeley—coinciding with his apppointment as the literary editor for the Mark Twain Estate, succeeding Dixon Wecter.

Articles in:

  • American Heritage
  • American Quarterly
  • Harvard Library Bulletin
  • Huntington Library Quarterly
  • Massachussetts Review
  • Mississippi Valley Historical Review
  • New England Quarterly
  • PMLA
  • Southwest Review
  • University of Texas Studies in English
  • Western American Literature
  • Yale Review
  • Extent
    Number of containers: 8 boxes, 4 cartons Linear feet: 8.3
    Restrictions
    Publication Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Materials in these collections are protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and may not be used without permission of The Bancroft Library. Use may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, licensing terms, and trademarks. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
    Availability
    Access Collection is open for research with the following exceptions: Box 4, folder 15 is closed until the year 2025.