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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Editorial Records of The Complete Works of Washington Irving #12014, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Richard D. Rust, Chapel Hill, N.C., general editor of The Complete Works of Washington Irving, in 1984; from William T. Leneham of Madison, Wisc., in June 1990; from Richard Rust of Chapel Hill, N.C., in June 1990; from H. Springer of Lawrence, Kan., in December 1996.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• American fiction--19th century.
• Authors, American--Correspondence.
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
• Kleinfield, Herbert L.
• Literature publishing--United States.
• Pochmann, Henry A. (Henry August), 1901-1973.
• Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century.
• Rust, Richard Dilworth.
• Twayne Publishers.
• University of Wisconsin Press.

The Irving Edition was initiated in 1959 when C. Waller Barrett met with Lewis Leary, Henry Pochmann, Norman Holmes Pearson, Daniel Huffman, and David Erdmann in New York. The formal beginning took place in Chicago in December of that year with the "Conference on the Projected Edition of the Journals and Letters of Washington Irving," sponsored by the Modern Language Association. Henry Pochmann, the Edition's First general editor and "prime mover," began recruiting editors for individual volumes. Pochmann headed the organization until his death on 12 January 1973. At that time the Editorial Board named Managing Editor Herbert L. Kleinfield Pochmann's successor. Kleinfield served as general editor until his death on 10 December 1976. After Kleinfield's death, Richard D. Rust of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was named general editor.

The initial scope of the project was limited to Irving's journals and notebooks. The decision to expand the scope to include the complete works of Washington Irving was made at the MLA meeting in December, 1964.

On 1 December 1965 the Irving Editorial Board contracted with the University of Wisconsin Press, agreeing that the Press would publish The Complete Works of Washington Irving. The first volume appeared in June, 1969. By 1974, however, when funding problems had enabled Wisconsin to publish only three Iring volumes, the Editorial Board had begun negotiations with Twayne Publishers concerning the possibility of their taking on the project. The Board finally declared its contract with Wisconsin void, and on 22 May 1975 signed a contract with Twayne, providing for Twayne's prompt publication of Irving's works.

The editors of the Irving Edition worked with the Modern Language Association's Center for Editions of American Authors (CEAA) from the outset. The CEAA served as an agency for the disbursement of National Endowment for the Humanities Fund, and as a source of editorial guidelines. The editors followed CEAA editorial procedure, and had their work reviewed by CEAA inspectors, often called "vettors" ("veteran editors"), in order to earn the CEAA seal of approval. ("Vettors" are also referred to in the correspondence as "sealers.") On 31 August 1976, however, when the NEH grant that funded the CEAA was terminated, the MLA replaced that agency with the Center for Scholarly Editions (CSE). This organization differed from its precursor in that its domain was not limited to editions of American authors, and that it did not allocate funds to editions. The Irving Edition's use of MLA editorial procedures and the "vetting" process, however, continued essentially unchanged.

At present (January 1985), all but five of the volumes in The Complete Works have been published. The remaining volumes, which are included in the volume list that follows, will also be published by Twayne Publishers. The projected completion date of the project is 1986.

Two lists follow: (1) the volumes in The Complete Works, and (2) project personnel.

(1) The Complete Works of Washington Irving

(Titles are prefaced by the series volume numbers)

1. Journals and Notebooks, Volume I: 1803-1806, ed. Nathalia Wright (Madison: Univeristy of Wisconsin Press, 1969).

2. Journals and Notebooks, Volume II: 1807-1822, ed. Walter A. Reichart and Lillian Schlissel (Twayne Publishers, 1981).

3. Journals and Notebooks, Volume III: 1819-1827, ed. Walter A. Reichart (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970).

4. Journals and Notebooks, Volume IV: 1827-1829, ed. Wayne R. Kime and Andrew B. Myers (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1984)

5. Journals and Notebooks, Volume V: 1832-1842, ed. Sue Fields Ross (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985).

6. Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. and Salmaqundi; or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others (originally published 1802 08), ed. Bruce Granger and Martha Hartzog (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977).

7. A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. Containing among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong, The Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam; Being the Only Authentic History of the Time That Ever Hath Been, or Ever Will Be Published. By Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809), ed. Michael L. Black and Nancy B. Black (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1984).

8. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819-1820), ed. Haskell Springer (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978).

9. Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humorists. A Medley by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1822), ed. Herbert F. Smith (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977).

10. Tales of a Traveller. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1824), ed. Judith Brazinsky, with the cooperation of Brom Weber and David Wilson (Boston: Twayne Publishers, expected 1985).

11. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828), ed. John McElroy (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981).

12. Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus (1831), ed. James Tuttleton (Forthcoming: 1986).

13. A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. By Fray Antonio Agapida (1829), ed. Earl Harbert and Miriam Shillingsburg (Forthcoming: 1985).

14. The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards (1832), ed. William Lenehan and Andrew B. Myers (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983).

15. Astoria: or Anecdotes of an Enterprize Beyond the Rocky Mountains (1836), ed. Richard Dilworth Rust (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976).

16. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville (1837), ed. Robert A. Rees and Alan Sandy (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977).

17. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography (1840), and Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson (1841), ed. Elsie Lee West (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978).

18. Mahomet and His Successors (1850), ed. Henry A. Pochmann and E. N. Feltskog (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970).

19-21. Life of George Washington (1855-59), 3 vols., ed. Allen Guttmann and James A. Sappenfield (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982).

22. The Crayon Miscellany (1835), ed. Dahlia Kirby Terrell (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1982).

23-26. Letters, Volume I: 1802-1823, Volume II: 1823-1838, Volume III: 1839-1848, Volume IV: 1849-1859 , ed. Ralph M. Aderman, Herbert L. Kleinfield, and Jenifer S. Banks (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1982).

27. Wolfert's Roost (1855), ed. Roberta Rosenberg (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1979).

28-29. Miscellaneous Writings, 1803-1859, 2 vols., ed. Wayne R. Kime (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981).

30. Irving Bibliography, ed. Edwin T. Bowden (Forthcoming: 1986).

(2) Complete Works and CEAA/CSE Personnel

Aderman, Ralph M.--Coeditor of Letters I, II, III, IV (with Kleinfield, Banks)

Anderson, Frederick--Vettor of Bonneville

Atkinson, Jennifer--Assistant to Bruccoli, CEAA dir.

Banks, Jenifer--Coeditor of Letters I, II, III, IV (with Kleinfield, Aderman)

Beard, James--CEAA, Vettor of Journals vol. II, III

Beeler, Thomas--Twayne, Executive Editor

Birdsall, Carolina--Twayne, Senior Editor

Black, Michael L.--Coeditor of Knickerbocker's NY (with Nancy B. Black)

Black, Nancy B.--Coeditor of Knickerbocker's NY (with Michael L. Black)

Brazinsky, Judith--Coeditor of Tales of a T. (with Weber and Wilson)

Bowden, Edwin T.--Textual Editor, Editor of Irving Bibliography

Bowers, Fredson--Editor of CEAA Hawthorn edition and well-known editorial theorist

Bruccoli, Matthew--CEAA director, Successor to Gibson

Butterworth, Keen--Vettor of Knickerbocker's NY, Life of Columbus, Companions of C.

Clark, Harry--Original Editor of Bracebridge. Herb Smith succeeded.

Cook, Donald--Chairman CSE Editor of W. D. Howells Edition input on editorial practices.

Davis, Richard Beale--Member Ed. Board, WI. Worked closely on WR for a time.

Eccles, Elisabeth--University of Washington Press, responsible for WIE.

Elliott, James P.--Vettor of Goldsmith

Falk, Robert--Initial Editor of Mahomet, Replaced by Pochmann

Feltskog, E. N.--Coeditor of Mahomet (with Pochmann)

Fisher, John--Official at MLA. CEAA Exec. Comm.

Gerber, John C.--Editor of Twain edition, input on editorial philosophy

Gibson, William--Early CEAA, Director. Vettor of Letters IV

Gottesman, Ronald--Vettor of Sketch-Book, Alhambra, Life of Washington

Granger, Bruce I.--Coeditor (with Martha Hartzog Stocker) of Oldstyle Salmagundi

Guttmann, Allen--Coeditor of Washington (with Shillingsburg)

Harbert, Earl--Coeditor of Granada (with Shillingsburg)

Hayford, Harrison--CEAA Executive Comm. Member

Hedges, William--The original editor of Sketch-Book, withdrew 1970, Springer succeeded

Holthaus, Elizabeth--Twayne Publishers, Production Editor

Holman, C. Hugh--Member: WI Editorial Board, Contributing Editor of Journals V

Husting, Betty--Assistant to H. L. Kleinfield

Jones, John Bush--Vettor of Letters II, II

Kime, Wayne R.--Coeditor (with Myers, Andrew B.) of Journals IV, Editor of Misc. Writings

Kleinfield, Herbert L.--Coeditor of Letters I, II, III, IV (with Aderman, Banks), Managing Editor 1965 to 1973; General Editor 1973-1976

Leary, Lewis--Chairman of the WI Editorial Board

Lenenan, William--Coeditor of Alhambra (with Myers)

Lohmnan, Christoph K.--Vettor of Crayon Miscellany

Mall, June--Official at the University of Texas (Austin) library involved in Oldstyle

McClary, Ben Harris--Initial editor of Wolferts' Roost replaced by Rosenburg

McElroy, John--Editor of Life of Columbus

Moldenhauer, Joseph--Vettor of Granada

Myers, Andrew B.--WI Editorial Board Member. Coeditor (with Wayne R. Kime) of Journals IV, Coeditor of Alhambra (with Lenehan)

Myerson, Joel--Vettor of Journals V

Nordloh, David--Vettor of Bracebridge

Parker, Herschel--Vettor of Misc. Writings

Phalen, Alice--Twayne Publishers, Managing Editor

Plumstead, A. W.--Vettor of Astoria

Pochmann, Henry A.--Gen. Ed. 1965-1973, Coeditor of Mahomet (with Feltskog)

Rees, Robert A.--Coeditor of Bonneville (with Sandy)

Reichart, Walter A.--WI Editorial Board Member, Coeditor (with Lillian Schlissel) of Journals II, III

Rosenburg, Roberta--Editor of Wolfert's Roost

Ross, Sue Fields--Editor of Journals V

Rust, Richard D.--Editor of Astoria; General Editor 1976-

Sandy, Alan--Coeditor of Bonneville (with Rees)

Sappenfield, James--Coeditor of Washington (with Guttmann)

Schlissel, Lillian--Coeditor (with Reichart, Walter A.) of Journals II, III

Shaw, Thomas--Wisc. Grad. School Administrator

Shillingsburg, Miriam--Coeditor of Granada (with Harbert)

Smith, Herbert F.--Editor of Bracebridge Hall

Springer, Haskell--Editor of Sketchbook

Stein, Bernard--Initial Vettor of Tales of a T.

Stocker, Martha Hartzog--Coeditor of Oldstyle (with Granger)

Tanselle, G. Thomas--CEAA Exec. Comm., Vettor of Mahomet

Terrell, Dahlia--Editor of Crayon Miscellany

Todd, William--Vettor of Oldstyle

Tuttleton, James A.--Editor of Companions of Columbus

Webb, Thompson--University of Washington Press, Director

Weber, Brown--Coeditor of Tales of a T. (with Brazinsky and Wilson)

West, Elsie--Editor of Goldsmith/Davidson

Wilson, David--Coeditor of Tales of a T. (with Brazinsky and Weber)

Wright, Nathalia--Editor of Journals I

Approximately one-half of the bulk of the collection consists of photocopies of Irving manuscripts and early editions of Irving's writings. The remainder of the collection consists chiefly of correspondence to and from those involved in the editing and publishing of the edition. Also included are statements of editorial procedure, other items relating to editing and publishing, and miscellaneous Irving material.

The material making up this collection was originally in the files of the general editors or of the editors of individual volumes in The Complete Works. It was accumulated by Richard D. Rust, the last general editor. Note that bracketed names following folder titles in Series 1 through Series 7 indicate the editor or editors in whose files the material was originally held.

For more detailed descriptions, including folder lists, see the series descriptions

Correspondence, notes, and other materials relating to the editing of The Alhambra. Included is a reel of microfilm containing a copy of the second volume of The Alhambra.

Correspondence, notes, and research materials related to the Irving edition. Correspondence is chiefly with contributors, and book and journal publishers and editors. Research materials are photocopies and typed transcriptions of Irving letters, legal materials, and other documents from various repositories.

Primarily editorial research files, including collation sheets for Irving editions examined. Some drafts of historical notes included.

• Microfilm (M-12014). (as noted in Series Descriptions)
• Oversize Papers (OP-12014/1-5). (Separation sheets filed with the collection indicate contents.)
• M-12014/39 The Alhambra, Volume II