William Cowper: A List of Critical and Biographical Studies Published from 1895 to 1949

%xmlchars; ]> mc00082 Guide to the Lodwick Charles Hartley papers, 1930 - 1983 Processed by: Dawne E. Howard;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers, 1930 - 1983 MC 82 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed byDawne E. Howard, 2006 February Encoded byDawne E. Howard, 2006 February Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Hartley, Lodwick Charles, 1906- Lodwick Charles Hartley papers, 1930 - 1983 MC 82 12 The Lodwick Charles Hartley papers contain materials from Hartley's career as a professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Materials include a number of Hartley's publications, including books, articles, poems, short stories, and book reviews, such as William Cowper: A List of Critical and Biographical Studies Published from 1895 to 1949 and the second printing of William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation. The poetry partially consists of Correspondence by Sonnet: Quotations and Photograph, printed in Margaret Lowry Butler's Poems in Retrospect (1983). Also included is biographical information, including a booklet entitled Lodwick Hartley: A Profile of the Man; newsclippings about the English Department; and a 1967 speech Hartley delivered as part of the Adventures in Scholarship Library Lecture Series. The papers also contain materials from the 1962 court case Thomas v. State Board of Elections, during which Hartley testified as an expert on the English language. South Carolina native Lodwick Charles Hartley (1906 - 1979) received a B.A. from Furman University in 1927, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1937. He joined the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) faculty as an assistant professor in 1929. He became an associate professor in 1939, and head of the English Department in 1940. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1971. During his career, he focused on the authors William Cowper and Laurence Sterne. His books reflect this focus, with titles including William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation (1960), and Laurence Sterne: A Biographical Essay (1968). He also authored numerous articles, book reviews, poems, and short stories. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Lodwick Charles Hartley, 1975 May 26. Additional materials received from C. B. King, 1982 May 14, and Mrs. Charles M. Butler, 1983 October 9.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers, MC 82, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

South Carolina native Lodwick Charles Hartley (1906 - 1979) received a B.A. from Furman University in 1927, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1937. He joined the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) faculty as an assistant professor in 1929. He became an associate professor in 1939, and head of the English Department in 1940. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1971. During his career, he focused on the authors William Cowper and Laurence Sterne. His books reflect this focus, with titles including William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation (1960), and Laurence Sterne: A Biographical Essay (1968). He also authored numerous articles, book reviews, poems, and short stories.

Scope and Content Note

The Lodwick Charles Hartley papers contain materials from Hartley's career as a professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Materials include a number of Hartley's publications, including books, articles, poems, short stories, and book reviews, such as William Cowper: A List of Critical and Biographical Studies Published from 1895 to 1949 and the second printing of William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation. The poetry partially consists of Correspondence by Sonnet: Quotations and Photograph, printed in Margaret Lowry Butler's Poems in Retrospect (1983). Also included is biographical information, including a booklet entitled Lodwick Hartley: A Profile of the Man; newsclippings about the English Department; and a 1967 speech Hartley delivered as part of the Adventures in Scholarship Library Lecture Series. The papers also contain materials from the 1962 court case Thomas v. State Board of Elections, during which Hartley testified as an expert on the English language.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals Hartley, Lodwick Charles, 1906- Cowper, William, 1731-1800 Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 Corporate Entities North Carolina State University--Faculty--History Topics College teachers--North Carolina--History English literature--Study and teaching English literature--Book reviews Related Material Lodwick Charles Hartley Biographical File, UA 50.3 Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers (#4195), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Detailed Description of the Collection SeriesLodwick Charles Hartley papers, 1930 - 1983 12 boxes 11Books, 1950, 1966 12Book jackets, undated 13Short stories, 1948 - 1949 14Short stories, 1964 15Short stories, 1974 - 1976 16Poetry, 1930 - 1934 17Poetry, 1935 - 1941, 1975 18Poems in Retrospect, 1983 19Articles, 1935 - 1939 110Articles, 1941 - 1949 21Articles, 1950 - 1958 22Articles, 1963 - 1965 23Articles, 1968 - 1969 24Articles, 1970 - 1972 25Articles in North Carolina Education, 1955, 1959, 1964 26Newspaper article written by Hartley, 1960 27Music: Festival Prelude, undated 28Book reviews written by Hartley, 1945 - 1975, undated 29Book reviews written about Hartley's works, 1943, 1970, 1972 210Publications not by Hartley, 1951 - 1978 211Biographical information 212Newsclippings about the English Department, 1952 - 1967 213Library lecture materials and newspaper article, 1962, 1965 214Materials from Thomas v. State Board of Elections, 1962 215Photograph of the Kearney House, Franklinton, North Carolina