Scope and Contents
The collection consists of writings, drawings, posters, correspondence, other papers, and audiovisual materials related to the life and work of Russell Hoban. The writings and drawings document Hoban's career as a novelist, librettist, and children's book author including the Frances books he collaborated on with his former wife, Lillian Hoban.
Dates
- circa 1952-2011
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Boxes 68, 74, 77, 86-87 (digital media): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Boxes 69, 73, 78, 85 (audiovisual materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Russell Hoban 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
Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Jockey Hollow Fund and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2016.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I. Writings, 1956-2011. II. Correspondence, 1963-2011. III.Writings on Russell and Lillian Hoban, 1964-2002. IV. Diaries, 1956-2005. V. Artwork, circa 1952-1980.
Extent
30.17 Linear Feet ((89 boxes) + 1 art)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Russell Hoban Papers, which span from 1952 to 2011, contain writings from throughout Russell Hoban's lifetime including novels, children's books, poetry, and opera librettos. The papers also contain clippings, ephemera, photographs, audiovisual materials, and electronic media related to Hoban's life and work.
Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
Russell Hoban (1925-2011) was an American author who wrote novels, poetry, operatic librettos, and children's books. Notably, he collaborated with illustrator and author Lillian Hoban, to whom he was married from 1944-1972, on the "Frances the Badger" children's books.
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 as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American literature -- 20th century
- Audiocassettes
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Authors, American -- United States -- 20th Century
- Authors, American -- United States -- 21st century
- Born digital
- Children's literature, American -- 20th century
- Hoban, Lillian
- Hoban, Russell, 1925-2011
- Photographs
- Videocassettes
- Title
- Guide to the Russell Hoban Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- April 2017
- 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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