Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Barnard mss., 1940-1966, consists of the research materials gathered by scholar of English literature Ellsworth Barnard, 1907-2003, for his biography Wendell Willkie: Fighter for Freedom (1966).
- Extent:
- 2 Boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Barnard mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Ellsworth Barnard, 1907-2003, was born in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, on April 11, 1907. After completing his BS at Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1928, he completed an MA (1929) and PhD (1935) in English at the University of Minnesota. Barnard taught English at Massachusetts State College, the University of Tampa, Williams College, Alfred University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago, Bowdoin College, Northern Michigan University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Throughout his career, Barnard was very active politically. He retired in 1973. Barnard published several books, including Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Critical Study (1952), Wendell Willkie: Fighter for Freedom (1966), In a Wild Place: A Natural History of High Ledges (1998), Verses in a Vanished Mode (2002), and Don't Give Up the Fight, Ever: Lectures & Essays: 1930-2003 (2004). Barnard died on December 29, 2003.
Wendell Wilkie, 1892-1944, was born in Elwood, Indiana, on February 18, 1892, to Henrietta Trisch and Herman Francis Willkie. He received his BA (1913) and his LLB (1916) from Indiana University. He joined his parents' law firm in 1916 and volunteered for the United States Army in 1917. After being discharged in 1919, Willkie worked as a lawyer and eventually entered politics. He lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election and went on to advise the president. He passed away in New York City on October 8, 1944.
- Scope and Content:
The Barnard mss., 1940-1966, consists of the research materials gathered by professor Ellsworth Barnard, 1907-2003, for his biography Wendell Willkie: Fighter for Freedom (Marquette, Northern Michigan University Press, 1966).
The collection includes correspondence and transcripts of interviews with many of Willkie's friends, associates and family; preliminary drafts of the biography; correspondence, memoranda, and publicity relating to the publication of the book; copies of reviews; and a few pieces written by Barnard about Willkie, including the original complete typescript of the biography.
Correspondents in the collection include Frank Altschul, Frederick Lewis Allen, Donald Wells Anderson, Raymond Earl Baldwin, Joseph Hurst Ball, Ellsworth Barnard, Harold D. Barnard, Joseph Barnes, Charles C. Barry, Elliott Vallance Bell, Albert C. Blinn, Granville Harman Bourne, Pierce Butler, Ralph Harlan Cake, James Francis Cantwell, Marquis William Childs, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Thomas Emmet Coleman, Alfred Barnes Connable, Gardner Cowles, John Cowles, James Middleton Cox, Leo T. Crowley, Bartley Cavanaugh Crum, Russell Wheeler Davenport, Roscoe Drummond, William Theodore Evjue, Doris Fleeson, Harvey Samuel Firestone, Edward Geier Freehafer, Frank Burt Freidel, Harold John Gallagher, John Arthur Garraty, Eddy Lanier King Gilmore, John Wesley Hanes, Clinton M. Harbison, Paul Montgomery Harmon, Charles Edwin Harrell, Alden Hatch, August Belmont Hollingshead, Royena M. Hornbeck, Lem Jones, Herman Kahn, John Shively Knight, Thomas Stilwell Lamont, David Eli Lilienthal, Frank Donald McKay, Archibald MacLeish, David Chambers Mearns, Gwyneth Harry Meyer, Shackelford Miller, David A. Morse, Russell Noyes, Edson A. Oberlin, Carl August Osterman, William Francis O'Neil, Drew Pearson, Alice Fox Pitts, Milton R. Pollard, John S. Powers, Edgar Monsanto Queeny, Oren Root, Samuel Irving Rosenman, Benjamin Milton Scifres, Irving Stone, Richard Harkness Templeton, Joseph Thomas, Norman Carl Thomas, Irita Van Doren, Mirl Vawter, Basil Leon Walters, Earl Warren, Edward Augustus Weeks, William Lindsay White, William Bolling Whiteside, Edith Wilk Willkie, Edward Everett Willkie, Philip Herman Willkie, Robert Trisch Willkie, and Wendell Lewis Willkie.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1976
- Arrangement:
With the exception of separating the correspondence from the notes, the collection is arranged as Ellsworth Barnard maintained it. A copy of his collection inventory is located in the first folder of the collection, located in Box 1.
Contents of Series I: Correspondence are arranged chronologically.
Contents of Series II: Notes are arranged by subject, as detailed on each file.
Contents of Series III: Willkie Biography are arranged by chapter order.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Indexed Terms
- Names:
- Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981
Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954
Anderson, Donald Wells, 1900-
Baldwin, Raymond E. (Raymond Earl), 1893-1986
Ball, Joseph H. (Joseph Hurst), 1905-1993
Barnard, Ellsworth, 1907-2003
Barnard, Harold D.
Barry, Charles C.
Bell, Elliott Vallance
Blinn, Albert C.
Bourne, Granville Harman
Cake, Ralph H. (Ralph Harlan), 1891-1973
Cantwell, James Francis
Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Coleman, Thomas Emmet
Connable, Alfred B., Jr., 1904-1999
Cox, James M. (James Middleton), 1870-1957
Crowley, Leo
Crum, Bartley Cavanaugh, 1900-1959
Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954
Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970
Fleeson, Doris, 1901-1970
Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938
Freehafer, Edward Geier, 1909-1985
Freidel, Frank, 1916-1993
Gallagher, Harold John, 1894-1981
Garraty, John A. (John Arthur), 1920-2007
Gilmore, Eddy, 1907-1967
Harbison, Clinton M.
Harmon, Paul Montgomery
Harrell, Charles Edwin
Hatch, Alden, 1898-1975
Hollingshead, August de Belmont
Hornbeck, Royena M.
Jones, J. L. (John Lemuel), 1907-
Kahn, Herman, 1907-1975
Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981
Lamont, Thomas Stilwell
Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981
McKay, Frank Donald
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Mearns, David C. (David Chambers), 1899-1981
Meyer, Gwyneth Harry
Miller, Shackelford
Morse, David A. (David Abner), 1907-1990
Oberlin, Edson A.
Osterman, Carl August
O'Neil, William Francis
Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
Pitts, Alice Fox
Pollard, Milton R.
Queeny, Edgar M. (Edgar Monsanto), 1897-1968
Root, Oren, 1911-
Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973
Scifres, Benjamin Milton
Stone, Irving, 1903-1989
Templeton, Richard Harkness
Thomas, Norman C.
Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966
Vawter, Mirl
Walters, Basil Leon, 1896-1975
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Weeks, Edward, 1898-1989
White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973
Whiteside, William Bolling
Willkie, Edith Wilk, 1890-1978
Willkie, Edward Everett
Willkie, Philip (Philip Herman), 1919-1974
Willkie, Robert Trisch
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Barnard 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