Collection ID: LMC 2982
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Summary

Creator:
Hoggard, James
Abstract:
The Hoggard mss., 1961-2021, consist of the papers of poet, author, and translator James Hoggard (1941-2021).
Extent:
17 Boxes
Language:
English , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Hoggard mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

James Hoggard, 1941-2021, was born in Wichita Falls, Texas to Reverend Earl and Helen Hoggard. After completing his MA in English at the University of Kansas, he worked briefly as a writer for Wichita Falls Record News before beginning his tenure a professor at Midwestern State University in 1966. Over the course of his 48 year teaching career, he earned the honorifics of Hardin Professor in 1977, McMurtry Distinguished Professor of Excellence in 1997, and in 2001 was named the Perkins-Prothro Distinguished Professor of English. Hoggard also headed the Midwestern State University Press for 29 years. He served as project manager and editor in the publication of twenty-two books related to American literature, performing arts, regional history, and natural science.

Outside of his teaching career, Hoggard was an accomplished writer with an expansive body of work encompassing poetry, translations, fiction, nonfiction, drama, feature writing, columns, and reviews. Over the course of his lifetime, he wrote twenty-three books, including six collections of translations, three of them of collections of poems by Óscar Hahn (b. 1938, Chile). He also published more than 300 poems, more than thirty short stories, and approximately sixty essays and nonfiction works. His work has appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, Ohio Review, Southwest Review, Translation Quarterly, the Texas Observer, the Times Herald, Texas Monthly, and numerous other journals and anthologies. Many of his works were reviewed and edited with assistance from his wife, award-winning poet, author, translator, and fellow professor emerita from Midwestern State University, Dr. Lynn Hoggard.

In addition to being named the Texas Poet Laureate in 2000, Hoggard was the winner of numberous awards, including the NEA Creative Writing Fellowship; the Hart Crane and Alice Crane Williams Memorial Fund Award for Poetry; publication in Best American Short Stories; the PEN Texas Poetry Award; Souerette Diehl Fraser Translation Award from the Texas Institute of Arts and Letters; and the Lon Tinkle Award for Excellence Sustained Throughout a Career from the Texas Institute of Letters. He was elected to become a member of the Texas Institute of Letters in 1979, and later served as its president, secretary and treasurer in various years.

In Wichita Falls, Hoggard served on the boards of the Wichita Falls Symphony and the Wesley Foundation, and was a dedicated member of the Wichita Falls First United Methodist Church for many years. In that time, he wrote the lyrics to eleven anthems set to music by Kiyo Watanabe and performed by the First United Methodist Church choir. Later in life, Hoggard was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and passed away in February 2021.

Scope and Content:

The Hoggard mss., 1961-2021, consists of the papers of author, translator, poet, and playwright James Hoggard, 1941-2021. Included are correspondence files; drafts of poems, essays, translations (including his work with Chilean poet Óscar Hahn), novels, and plays; teaching materials from his time at MSU; and documents relating to the many organizations and periodicals he was involved in.

Acquisition information:
Gift: 2021
Processing information:

Processed by Sarah Petras, under the supervision of Kyra Triebold. Completed in 2023.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series: I. CORRESPONDENCE, II. PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS, III. ORGANIZATIONS, IV. ESSAYS, V. POETRY, VI. LONGER WORKS, VII. TRANSLATIONS, VIII. PLAYS, IX. SCREENPLAYS, X. TEACHING, XI. MISCELLANEOUS, and XII. NOTEBOOKS. Given the size and informal original order of the collection, much of the contents were reordered for ease of reference and retrieval.

The CORRESPONDENCE series is divided into Personal and Professional subseries, and includes letters and printed emails between Hoggard and his family, friends, and peers as well as editors and publishers providing input on his works. PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS includes legal documents regarding the publication and copywright of Hoggard's works as well as documentation for awards and grants he received and speeches he wrote for various events he attended throughout his lifetime.

ORGANIZATIONS includes documents relating to the community organizations Hoggard was involved in, including the Texas Institute of Letters and the Witchita Falls First United Methodist Church. ESSAYS contains both uncollected essay drafts as well as drafts of essay collections, of which only the essays in Riding the Wind are separated out due to the size of the collection and the number of essays within. Similarly, the POETRY series contains drafts of poetry collections and uncollected poems, which are further divided into finalized poems, poems with edits, and handwritten poem drafts.

LONGER WORKS focuses on novel-length works including The Mayor's Daughter. The TRANSLATIONS series contains drafts, notes, and correspondence relating to Hoggard's work with the poets whose works he translated, including Chilean poet Óscar Hahn, and is separated by the names of the original creators of the works. PLAYS includes drafts and some bound copies of plays written by Hoggard. SCREENPLAYS, on the other hand, contains works formatted by Hoggard for film production, most of which are adaptations of his novel Elevator Man.

The TEACHING series mostly consists of lectures given by Hoggard at MSU and other academic conferences. MISCELLANEOUS is a series of works that did not fit into other series, and is broken down into Book Reviews, Interviews, Periodicals and Work by Others, including Hoggard's wife Dr. Lynn Hoggard. Finally, the NOTEBOOKS series is a series of 34 notebooks including notes on poems, translations, and essays that have been compiled into one box due to their unweildy size and shape.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility).

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library. However, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the curator.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Hoggard mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu