Harold Boner papers, 1925-1970 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Professor Harold Boner's papers consist of manuscripts, notes, correspondence, literary magazines, and biography card files, which he used as resource material in teaching 19th century English literature. The bulk of the material relates to Boner's biography, Giant's Ladder: David H. Moffat and his Railroad (1962), consisting of page proofs, typescripts, and notes and correspondence from Colorado railroad enthusiasts, pertaining to Colorado history. Also included is the typescript of Hungry Generations, a work on Malthusian theory (1955), as well as a copy of Gerard Manley Hopkins MA thesis (1931). Additionally, there are seven letters from Harriet Monroe, editor of Poetry magazine and correspondence with other editors and publishers such as Haniel Long and Idella Purnell (Palms magazine), Yvor Winters, Stanley J. Kunitz, Ridgely Torrence and Malcolm Cowley (The New Republic magazine), H.S. Lantham (The Macmillan Company), and Frank Stanton (president of CBS television network), dated 1925-1966 [bulk, 1925-1940])