Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hills, L. Rust.
- Abstract:
- The Hills mss., 1954-1996, consist of the papers of author and Esquire fiction editor L. Rust Hills, 1924-2008.
- Extent:
- 7 Boxes (7 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Hills mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Hills was fiction editor for Esquire magazine from 1956-1963. While there he arranged a series of symposiums on "The Role of the Writer in America." He continued as a fiction editor with Saturday Evening Post (1963-1965) and then Audience magazine (1969-1972). He returned to Esquire as the book review columnist in 1973 and in 1977 became fiction editor there once again. He has also taught writing or literature at Carlton College, Columbia University, New School for Social Research, New York University, and University of Maryland Overseas Program. He has written several books and edited anthologies of writings from Esquire and Saturday Evening Post.
- Scope and Content:
The correspondence, mostly concerning articles and short stories submitted to Hills for inclusion in the various magazines, is arranged in chronological order. Correspondents include: John Barth, Saul Bellow, Thomas Louis Berger, Vance Nye Bourjaily, Kay Boyle, R.V. Cassill, John Cheever, Stanley Lawrence Elkin, George Paul Elliott, Paul Hamilton Engle, Frederick Exley, Leslie Aaron Fiedler, Herbert Gold, Mark Harris, William Humphrey, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller, Jay Neugeboren, Philip Roth, James Salter, Irwin Shaw, William Styron, Harvey Swados, John Hoyer Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Williams, and Richard Yates. Authors' files include submitted short stories and articles. Some are accompanied by comments from Hills and other readers as to their suitability for publication. Materials covering his time at Esquire, Saturday Evening Post, and Audience include inter-office memos, production materials, and some of Hills own articles and columns. Files concerning symposiums or writing programs include brochures, press releases, correspondence with local arrangements persons, programs, bills and related clippings. 44 audio tapes, mostly recordings of the symposiums, complete the collection.
Note on Indexing Term - "Publishers and publishing": The collection includes correspondence between Hills and various authors trying to have their work published in Esquire and the other magazine with which Hills was involved.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase. Key West Island Books. Key West, FL 33040. 1995
- Processing information:
Processed by staff.
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Authors; III. Books; IV. Magazines; V. Symposia, etc.; VI. Miscellaneous; VII. Audio Tapes.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Hills mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu