Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection of correspondence and other manuscript writings by James Boswell, Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and members of their families, collected by Frederick W. Hilles. Also includes manuscripts, correspondence, personal papers and classroom materials from Frederick W. Hilles.
Manuscript collection and papers of Frederick W. Hilles. The manuscript collection includes correspondence and writings by James Boswell, Thomas and Jane Carlyle, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and members of their families. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; research files and writings; personal and family papers, including material related to Susan Morse Hilles and Charles Dewey Hilles; teaching materials from Hilles' tenure at Yale University and Temple University; and material documenting Hilles' service on the boards of the Yale Library Associates and the Yale University Press.
Dates
- 1645 - 1979
Creator
Language of Materials
Chiefly in English; some manuscripts in French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles (Yale 1922).
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection, 1645-1969. II. Frederick W. Hilles Papers, 1775-1979.
Extent
71.27 Linear Feet ((148 boxes) + 2 broadsides, 1 roll)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Manuscript collection and papers of Frederick W. Hilles. The manuscript collection includes correspondence and writings by James Boswell, Thomas and Jane Carlyle, Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and members of their families. The papers include personal and professional correspondence; research files and writings; personal and family papers, including material related to Susan Morse Hilles and Charles Dewey Hilles; teaching materials from Hilles' tenure at Yale University and Temple University; and material documenting Hilles' service on the boards of the Yale Library Associates and the Yale University Press.
Appendix: List of Materials transferred to the Boswell Papers
The Pottle catalog numbers have been included.
Boswell, James
ALS to [John] Boswell (L 161)
[early 1768?] Tuesday
1 p., with address
ALS to Charles Burney, Jr (L 337)
[n.d., no place]
1 p., with address
ALS to Bruce Campbell (L 351)
1782 May 1, Edinburgh
2 p., with address
ALS and AL (in the 3rd person) to Sir John Hussey
Delaval, Baron Seaton Delaval
1795 Feb 27, London. 1 p., with address (L 409, L 410)
[1795] Apr 9, London. 1 p., with address
AL (in the 3rd person) to Ozias Humphry (L 645)
[1791 Jan 3]
1 p., with address
ALS to Thomas Percy (L 1065)
1784 Jul 8, Carlisle
1 p., with address
Accompanied by: Engraving of Boswell
ALS to Isaac Reed (L 1094)
[1790] Apr 21
1 p., with address
ALS (in French) to Jean Jacques Rousseau (L 1119.1)
1766 Jan 4, Lyon
4 p., including address
ALS to Tobias Smollett (L 1162)
1768 Mar 14, Edinburgh
3 p., with address
ALS to John Spottiswoode (L 1183)
1786 Mar 25, York
2 p., with address
ALS to [John] Wauchope (L 1274)
[1781 Feb 22]
3 p., with address
[Hector, Edmund]
AL (draft; incomplete) to [James Boswell] (C 1522)
[1785 Feb 1]
1 p.
Parr, Samuel
ALS to James Boswell (C 2184)
1791 Dec 11, Halton
3 p., with address
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
AL (photocopy) to James Boswell
[ca. 1775 April ?] Monday
1 p., with address
5 ALS (photostats) to Edmund Burke:
[1768 between Sep 14 & Oct 18, Paris]
1784 Aug 24, London
[1784 Dec 18, London]
1789 Jul 25, London
1791 Jan 25, London
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
The Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers was comprehensively reprocessed in 2016 to encompass the manuscript collection and personal papers of Frederick W. Hilles. The manuscript collection retained its previously existing description and arrangement, and the papers received folder level description and arrangement.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Former call number: MS Vault Hilles
- Authors, English -- 18th century
- Authors, English -- 19th century
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795
- Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
- College teachers -- United States
- College teachers -- United States -- 20th Century
- English literature -- 18th century
- English literature -- 19th century
- Hilles, Charles Dewey, 1867-1949
- Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900-1975
- Hilles, Susan Morse, 1905-2002
- Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703
- Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
- Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
- Temple University. Department of English
- Yale Library Associates
- Yale University Press
- Yale University. Department of English
- Title
- Guide to the Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers
- Author
- by Alison Clemens
- Date
- 1993, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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