Collection Overview
Townsend, Kim
Kim Townsend Papers
1985-1998
3 records storage boxes
(3 linear ft.)
English
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
Professor of English at Amherst College, 1970-2008. Collection consist of research materials for his two major publications: Sherwood Anderson, a 1987 biography of the American author, and Manhood at Harvard, a 1998 book discussing the development of gender roles and norms in the post-Civil War US.
Biographical Note
Kim Townsend began teaching at Amherst in 1970, after receiving his PhD from Harvard. He also taught at Miles College in Alabama, but returned to the English department at Amherst, where he taught for 25 years. Townsend retired in 2008.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Kim Townsend Papers contain the research done by Townsend for his two major publications:
Sherwood Anderson, a 1987 biography of the American author, and Manhood at Harvard, a 1998 book discussing the development of gender roles and norms in the post-Civil War US.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is organized into two series:
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[Research for "Sherwood Anderson" (1987)](list-ser1)
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[Research for "Manhood at Harvard" (1998)](list-ser2)
There is no restriction on access to the Kim Townsend Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Kim Townsend Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Kim Townsend Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library
Gift of Kim Townsend, 2009
Processed in August 2009 by Mike Kelly.
Harvard University -- Students.
James, William, 1842-1910.
Masculinity -- United States -- History.
Sex role -- United States -- History.
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Series 1: RESEARCH FOR "SHERWOOD ANDERSON"
(1987)
Series 1 contains the biographical research Townsend did on Anderson and the American authors that influenced his writing. Series 1 also contains newspaper and magazine articles regarding Anderson, and bibliographical information written on index note cards.
1
1
Information on influential people in Anderson's life
n.d.
1
2
Information on Emma & Irwin Anderson (parents)
n.d.
1
3
Information on Carl Anderson, and other siblings
n.d.
1
4
Information on Anderson children
n.d.
1
5
Anderson, the man
n.d.
1
6
Information on author Randolph Silliman Bourne
n.d.
1
7
Information on Van Wyck Brooks, American literary critic
n.d.
1
8
Information on Trigant Burrow, American psychoanalyst
n.d.
1
9
Information on the Copenhaver Family
n.d.
1
10
Information on Hart Crane, American poet
n.d.
1
11
Information on Edward Dahlberg, American novelist
n.d.
1
12
"Anderson, Advertising Man" by George Daugherty
1948
1
13
Information on Floyd Dell, collaborator with Anderson
1963
1
14
Information on "Double Dealer" magazine
n.d.
1
15
Information on Theodore Dreiser, American novelist
n.d.
1
16
Information on John Roderigo Dos Passos
1984
1
17
Information on John Emerson
n.d.
1
18
Information on William Faulkner
n.d.
1
19
"Sherwood Anderson: A Personal Note" by Waldo Frank
1948
1
20
Correspondence from Hahn to Sherwood and other notes
1916-18
1
21
Information on Henry Hansen
n.d.
1
22
Information on Ben Hecht
n.d.
1
23
Information on William Dean Howells
n.d.
1
24
Information on Cornelia Lane, Anderson's first wife
n.d.
1
25
"Cheap and Contented Labor" by Sinclair Lewis
1929
1
26
"The Little Review"
n.d.
1
27
Information on Edgar Lee Masters
n.d.
1
28
Information on H.C. Menchen
n.d.
1
29
Information on Tennessee Mitchell, Anderson's second wife
n.d.
1
30
Information on Marco Marrow
n.d.
1
31
Information on Elizabeth Prall, Anderson's third wife
1987
1
32
Information on T. Roosevelt
n.d.
1
33
Information on Paul Rosenfeld
1979
1
34
Information on Carl Sandburg
n.d.
1
35
Notes from Scherill letters
n.d.
1
36
Notes from Sergel letters
n.d.
1
37
"Sherwood Anderson and the Seven Arts"
1980
1
38
Notes from Steight letters
n.d.
1
39
Information on Thomas Wolfe
n.d.
1
40
Advertising of Anderson's literary work
n.d.
1
41
Theoretical discussion of biography as a type of literature
1971
1
42
Notes on racial elements of Anderson's work
n.d.
1
43
Information on Chicago
n.d.
1
44
Information on Clyde, Ohio
n.d.
1
45
Information on Communism and politics during period
n.d.
1
46
Information on Elyria
n.d.
1
47
Theoretical discussion of tales as a type of literature
n.d.
1
48
Information on Anderson's literary influences
n.d.
1
49
"Languages & the Self"
n.d.
1
50
"Man and Woman:" analysis of gender in Anderson's work
n.d.
1
51
"Money:" analysis of money in Anderson's work
n.d.
1
52
Information on Anderson's connection with New Orleans
n.d.
1
53
Information on Anderson's connection with New York
n.d.
1
54
Information on Anderson's connection with Ohio
n.d.
1
55
Information on Anderson's connection with Paris
n.d.
1
56
Information on Anderson's connection with Springfield
n.d.
1
57
Information on Anderson's connection with Virginia
n.d.
1
58
Information on war and how it influenced Anderson
n.d.
1
59
Analysis of Windy McPherson's Son (1916)
n.d.
1
60
Analysis of Marching Men (1917)
n.d.
1
61
Analysis of Mary Cochran (1913-14?)
n.d.
1
62
Analysis of Talbot Whittingham
n.d.
1
63
Analysis of Mid-American Chants (1918)
n.d.
1
64
Analysis of Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
n.d.
1
65
Analysis of Poor White (1920)
n.d.
1
66
Analysis of The Triumph of the Egg (1921)
n.d.
1
67
Analysis of Houses and Men (1923)
n.d.
1
68
Analysis of Many Marriages (1923)
n.d.
1
69
Analysis of A Story-Teller's Story (1924)
n.d.
1
70
Analysis of Dark Laughter (1925)
n.d.
1
71
Analysis of A Modern Writer (1925)
n.d.
1
72
Analysis of Notebooks (1926)
n.d.
1
73
Analysis of Tar (1926)
n.d.
1
74
Analysis of A New Testament (1927)
n.d.
1
75
Analysis of Hello Towns! (1929)
n.d.
1
76
Analysis of Buck Fever Papers (1927-31)
n.d.
1
77
Analysis of Return to Winesburg (1927-31)
n.d.
1
78
Analysis of Perhaps Women (1932)
n.d.
1
79
Analysis of Beyond Desire (1932)
n.d.
1
80
Analysis of Death in the Woods (1933)
n.d.
1
81
Analysis of No Swank (1934)
n.d.
1
82
Analysis of The Writer's Book (1935)
n.d.
1
83
Analysis of Puzzled America (1935)
n.d.
1
84
Analysis of Kit Brandon (1936)
n.d.
1
85
Analysis of Plays (1937)
n.d.
1
86
Analysis of Home Town (1940)
n.d.
1
87
Analysis of Memoirs (1942)
n.d.
1
88
Analysis of Reader (1947)
n.d.
1
89
Letters - general
n.d.
1
90
Bibliographical Information
n.d.
1
91
Critical positions and other scholar's work on Anderson
n.d.
1
92
Analysis of Anderson's articles on Chicago (1920-25)
n.d.
1
93
Misc. Information on Anderson, 1930-41
n.d.
2
1
Excerpt from The Opening Struggle for Realism
n.d.
2
2
Copy, Story: The Magazine of the Short Story
1941
2
3
"Sherwood Anderson: Trying to Be a Man"
1980
2
4
Virginia Entry
1989
2
5
American National Biography (ANB) Entry
n.d.
2
6
"Sherwood Anderson After Fifty Years" Conference
1991 Apr
2
7
Correspondence about Anderson publication
1987
2
7
Bibliographical note cards (approximately 300)
n.d.
Series 2: RESEARCH FOR MANHOOD AT HARVARD
(1998)
Series 2 contains biographical files on many of Harvard's most prominent alumni in the post-Civil War era. Series 2 also contains Harvard publications and research that Townsend did on the history of the institution.
2
8
Information on Luis Agassiz
n.d.
2
9
Information on Agassiz's wife
n.d.
2
10
Information on Irving Babbitt
n.d.
2
11
Information on Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
n.d.
2
12
Information on Le Baron Russel Briggs
n.d.
2
13
Information on Philip Brooks
n.d.
2
14
Information on V.W. Brooks in the Harvard Advocate
1907
2
15
Information on John Jay Chapman
n.d.
2
16
Information on Charles Copeland
n.d.
2
17
W.E.B. DuBois at Harvard
n.d.
2
18
Information on Charles W. Eliot
n.d.
2
19
Articles on masculinity and sexuality
n.d.
2
20
Information on Robert Grant
n.d.
2
21
Information on G. Stanley Hall
n.d.
2
22
Excerpt from A Victorian in the Modern World
1939
2
23
Information on Albert Bushnell Hart, American historian
n.d.
2
24
Harvard reminiscences and other alumni biographies
n.d.
2
25
Institutional history of Harvard
n.d.
2
26
Transcriptions of the Harvard Advocate
1870-71
2
27
Information on the Harvard Crimson
n.d.
2
28
Excerpts from the Harvard Lampoon
1863-90
2
29
Excerpts from Harvard Graduates' Magazine
1890-1910
2
30
Notes on Harvard monthly magazine
n.d.
2
31
Harvard poets
n.d.
2
32
Information on Robert Herrick
n.d.
2
33
Information on O.W. Holmes
n.d.
2
34
Information and scholarship on Henry James
n.d.
2
35
Copies of Henry James' Letters
1896-1905
2
35A
Information and correspondence regarding James women
n.d.
2
36
Notes on correspondence from William James to wife
n.d.
2
37
Notes on correspondence from Alice James (wife) to William
n.d.
2
38
Information on William James and Pauline Goldmark
n.d.
2
39
Copies of Sarah Whitman's letters to William James
1907
2
40
Copies of William James' diaries
1869-72
2
41
Assessment of scholarship on William James (I)
n.d.
2
42
Assessment of scholarship on William James (II)
n.d.
2
43
Secondary bibliographical information on William James
n.d.
2
44
Misc. notes
n.d.
2
45
Works by literary scholars studying the James family
n.d.
2
46
Articles by Frank Lentricchia about philosophy at Harvard
n.d.
3
1
Information on Harvard President Lowell
1909
3
2
Information on S. Weir Mitchell
n.d.
3
3
Information on Hugo Munsterberg
n.d.
3
4
Information on Frank Norris
n.d.
3
5
Information on Eliot Mater
n.d.
3
6
Information on G.H. Palmer and the "Harvard Golden Age"
n.d.
3
7
Information on Ovington, student at Radcliffe
n.d.
3
8
Information on Charles Sanders Peirce
n.d.
3
9
Information on Melusina Fey Peirce
1981
3
10
Information on Edward Graham Phillips
n.d.
3
11
Information about Radcliffe College
1962-94
3
12
Information on William Reid, Coach at Harvard
n.d.
3
13
Information on Josiah Royce
n.d.
3
14
Information on Theodore Roosevelt and his stance on higher education
n.d.
3
15
Copies of correspondence between Henry and William James
1870-1903
3
16
Pamphlets about Saint Gaudens
n.d.
3
17
Information on Dudley A. Sargent
1978
3
18
Information on George Santayana
n.d.
3
19
Information on Nathaniel S. Shaler
n.d.
3
20
Information on Robert Gould Shaw, his regiment, and his Monument
n.d.
3
21
Information on Gertrude Stein at Harvard
n.d.
3
22
Information on Wallace Stevens
n.d.
3
23
Information on Stayis, student at Harvard
n.d.
3
24
Information on Frank William Taussig
n.d.
3
25
Information on F.W. Taylor and his "principles of scientific management" (1915)
n.d.
3
26
Theories of Thorstein Veblen
n.d.
3
27
Copy of Weber's "Spirit of Capitalism"
1904-05
3
28
"Social Life at Harvard"
1887
3
29
Transcribed letters of Chauncey Wright
1877
3
30
Scholarship on the historical importance of race in the US
n.d.
3
31
Information on sports and athletics in post-Civil War era
1983
3
32
Information on Boston post-Civil War era
n.d.
3
33
Chronologies of American history
n.d.
3
34
Civil War history
n.d.
3
35
Scholarship on American cultural identity
n.d.
3
36
Scholarship on the American perception of Japan
1991
3
37
Scholarship on corporations in America
n.d.
3
38
Scholarship on men and romance
n.d.
3
39
Scholarship on American imperialism in Cuba and the Philippines
n.d.
3
40
Scholarship on the assimilation of American Indians
n.d.
3
41
Scholarship on human sexuality
n.d.
3
42
Scholarship on other minorities in the US
n.d.
3
43
Research on other educational institutions
n.d.
3
44
General Period Studies (1880-1910)
n.d.
3
45
"The Place of Religion in Modern American Life"
1913
3
46
Scholarship on IQ testing and race
n.d.
3
47
Visual arts of period
n.d.
3
48
Social history of "Women's Movement"
n.d.
3
49
"Contemporary Black Women Writers"
n.d.
3
50
Correspondence regarding publication of book
1996-98