Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers
MC 00082
Special Collections Research Center
1.0 Linear feet
1930 - 1983
The Lodwick Charles Hartley papers contain materials from Hartley's career as a professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Materials include a number of Hartley's publications, including books, articles, poems, short stories, and book reviews, such as
William Cowper: A List of Critical and Biographical Studies Published from 1895 to 1949 and the second printing of
William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation. The poetry partially consists of
Correspondence by Sonnet: Quotations and Photograph, printed in Margaret Lowry Butler's
Poems in Retrospect (1983). Also included is biographical information, including a booklet entitled
Lodwick Hartley: A Profile of the Man; newsclippings about the English Department; and a 1967 speech Hartley delivered as part of the Adventures in Scholarship Library Lecture Series. The papers also contain materials from the 1962 court case
Thomas v. State Board of Elections, during which Hartley testified as an expert on the English language.
South Carolina native Lodwick Charles Hartley (1906 - 1979) received a B.A. from Furman University in 1927, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1937. He joined the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) faculty as an assistant professor in 1929. He became an associate professor in 1939, and head of the English Department in 1940. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1971. During his career, he focused on the authors William Cowper and Laurence Sterne. His books reflect this focus, with titles including
William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation (1960), and
Laurence Sterne: A Biographical Essay (1968). He also authored numerous articles, book reviews, poems, and short stories.
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2 boxes
Hartley, Lodwick Charles, 1906-
Restrictions to Access
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Acquisitions Information
Received from Lodwick Charles Hartley, 1975 May 26. Additional materials received from C. B. King, 1982 May 14, and Mrs. Charles M. Butler, 1983 October 9.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers, MC 82, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note
South Carolina native Lodwick Charles Hartley (1906 - 1979) received a B.A. from Furman University in 1927, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1937. He joined the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) faculty as an assistant professor in 1929. He became an associate professor in 1939, and head of the English Department in 1940. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1971. During his career, he focused on the authors William Cowper and Laurence Sterne. His books reflect this focus, with titles including
William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation (1960), and
Laurence Sterne: A Biographical Essay (1968). He also authored numerous articles, book reviews, poems, and short stories.
Scope and Content Note
The
Lodwick Charles Hartley papers contain materials from Hartley's career as a professor in
North Carolina State University's English Department. Materials include a number of Hartley's publications, including
books,
articles,
poems,
short stories, and
book reviews, such as
William Cowper: A List of Critical and Biographical Studies Published from 1895 to 1949 and the second printing of
William Cowper: The Continuing Revaluation. The poetry partially consists of
Correspondence by Sonnet: Quotations and Photograph, printed in
Margaret Lowry Butler's
Poems in Retrospect (1983). Also included is biographical information, including a booklet entitled
Lodwick Hartley: A Profile of the Man;
newsclippings about the English Department; and a 1967
speech Hartley delivered as part of the
Adventures in Scholarship Library Lecture Series. The papers also contain materials from the 1962 court case
Thomas v. State Board of Elections, during which Hartley testified as an expert on the English language.
Related Material
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Lodwick Charles Hartley Biographical File (UA 050.003)
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Lodwick Charles Hartley Papers (#4195), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cowper, William, 1731-1800
Hartley, Lodwick Charles, 1906-
North Carolina State University--Faculty--History.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768
Clippings
College teachers--North Carolina--History
English literature--Book reviews
English literature--Study and teaching
Lodwick Charles Hartley papers
Series
1.0 Linear feet
1930 - 1983
2 boxes
Books
1
1
1950, 1966
Book jackets
1
2
undated
Short stories
1
3
1948 - 1949
Short stories
1
4
1964
Short stories
1
5
1974 - 1976
Poetry
1
6
1930 - 1934
Poetry
1
7
1935 - 1941, 1975
Poems in Retrospect
1
8
1983
Articles
1
9
1935 - 1939
Articles
1
10
1941 - 1949
Articles
2
1
1950 - 1958
Articles
2
2
1963 - 1965
Articles
2
3
1968 - 1969
Articles
2
4
1970 - 1972
Articles in
North Carolina Education
2
5
1955, 1959, 1964
Newspaper article written by Hartley
2
6
1960
Music:
Festival Prelude,
2
7
undated
Book reviews written by Hartley
2
8
1945 - 1975, undated
Book reviews written about Hartley's works
2
9
1943, 1970, 1972
Publications not by Hartley
2
10
1951 - 1978
Biographical information
2
11
Newsclippings about the English Department
2
12
1952 - 1967
Library lecture materials and newspaper article
2
13
1962, 1965
Materials from
Thomas v. State Board of Elections
2
14
1962
Photograph of the Kearney House, Franklinton, North Carolina
2
15