Austin Warren papers (Ms.95.1)

The Austin Warren papers have been organized into nine series which include correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, journals, personal papers and photographs belonging to Austin Warren and Antonia J. Warren. Most of the correspondence is to and from Austin Warren and his professional colleagues. The manuscripts in these papers were written by both Austin and Antonia Warren. The papers are dated between 1915 and 2003.

Series 1.Correspondence contains letters to and from Austin Warren to professional colleagues, friends, and institutions. The letters are dated between circa 1915 and 1986. This series is divided into four subseries which are arranged alphabetically:

Subseries A. Outgoing correspondence contains letters written by Ausin Warren. It is dated between 1929 and 1986.

Subseries B. Incoming correspondence contains letters written to Austin Warren. It is dated between 1919 and 1986.

Subseries C. Miscellaneous correspondence to individuals is not dated.

Subseries D. Miscellaneous correspondence to institutions is dated between 1920 and 1930.

Other correspondence to Austin Warren may be found in Series 3. Short writings and professional correspondence, Series 4. Copybooks and letterbooks, Series 7. April 2005 accession and Series 8. December 2008 accession. Correspondence to and from Antonia J. Warren may be found in Series 7. April 2005 accession and Series 8. December 2008 accession.

Series 2. Manuscripts contains several manuscripts by Austin Warren. They are entitled Becoming an Author: History of My Books.' On Pilgrimage, Literature and Religion, and On Becoming What One Is. This material is dated between 1967 and 1975. Other manuscripts by Warren may be found in Series 7. April 2005 accession and Series 8. December 2008 accession. Manuscripts by Antonia J. Warren are found in Series 8. December 2008 accession.

Series 3. Short writings and professional correspondence contains correspondence regarding published works by Austin Warren, short writings such as essays and book reviews, and copies of essays written by other scholars known to Warren. This series also includes Warren's recommendations for fellowships and jobs for his students as well as material that was originally labeled "First Black Binder" and "Second Black Binder". The material in this series is dated between 1924 and 1991.

Series 4. Copybooks and letterbooks contains a variety of material, including short writings, quotations, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and ephemera such as programs. This material was compiled between 1940 and 1967, but it contains material dated as early as 1919. The copybooks are numbered from E1 to E9 and the letterbooks are numbered from 2 to 7. There is no letterbook number 1.

Series 5. Journals contains both journals and diaries owned by Ausin Warren. The journals contain more extensive writing by Warren, while the diaries are largely records of daily activities and appointments. This series is dated between 1925 and 1980. Additional diaries dated between 1982 and 1988 may be found in Series 8.December 2008 accession.

Series 6. Lecture notes contains notebooks that Austin Warren had originally labeled "Treasures of the Mind", "Workshop 1" and Workshop II", and "Princeton lecture notes". They include quotations and citations for sources used in his classes. This material is dated between 1923 and 1931.

Series 7. April 2005 accession has been organized into the following subseries:

Subseries A. Correspondence contains correspondence to Austin Warren, Antonia J. Warren, and correspondence addressed to them both. The letters are arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent and are dated between 1930 and 2003. Some of the letters are written in German or French.

Subseries B. Manuscripts contains the manuscript for Austin Warren's autobiography On Becoming What One Is. It is not dated.

Subseries C. Personal papers contains several issues of a journal called The Historiographer dated 1970 and a small notebook that is mostly empty.

Subseries D. Oversize prints contains artwork collected by or given to Austin Warren. It contains 33 items. Included is a set of plates William Blake created to illustrate Paradise Lost given to Austin Warren by Howard Blake. Also included are prints for 2 poems - 1 printed by Rosmarie Waldrop and the other written by her.

Subseries E. Photographs contains four undated photographs of Austin Warren.

Subseries F. VHS tape contains one tape labeled "Louise Dauner on Robert Frost". It is not dated.

Series 8. December 2008 accession has been organized into the following subseries:

Subseries A. Manuscripts contains the manuscripts for On Becoming What One Is and On Pilgrimage: An Experiment in Spiritual Autobiography. The latter is dated 1970.

Subseries B. Short writings includes poems and a short autobiography by Austin Warren as well as writing by Konstantinos Lardos and an unsigned short letter dated 1969. This series also includes some personal papers such as the list of books Warren donated to the University of Michigan and a church cookbbook dated circa 1915.

Subseries C. Lecture notes consists of several notebooks containing material used in Austin Warren's classes. This material is dated between 1919 and 1966.

Subseries D. Photographs contains photographs of Austin Warren's friends dated between circa 1928 and circa 1976.

Subseries E. Antonia Warren manuscripts contains writings by her. They are not dated with the exception of one manuscript which is labeled "1998 corrected version". These appear to be manuscripts of short stories.

Subseries F. Summary, inventory and index contains the summary of Austin Warren's journals written by Antonia Warren, her inventory of his papers, her index and cross-reference to two hundred of his letters, and a list of books owned by Austin Warren.

Subseries G. Diaries contains Austin Warren's diaries for the years 1982 to 1986.

Subseries H. Honorary degrees contains the honorary Doctor of Letters degreee awarded to Austin Warren by Brown University in 1974 and the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree awarded to him by the University of Hartford in 1980.

Series 9: October 2012 accession is a small group of letters to Doris and Charles H. Foster; Warren's paper delivered at Modern Language Association titled "Hawthorne and the Craft of Fiction;" and Warren's pamphlet "The Incarnation in Seventeenth Century English Poetry" inscribed by author to Charles H. Foster.