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Additional authors

1. Auchincloss, Louis.
2. Baker, Russell, 1901-1979.
3. Bell, Daniel, 1919-2011.
4. Bell, Pearl Kazin.
5. Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020.
6. Berman, Paul.
7. Birstein, Ann.
8. Broyard, Anatole.
9. Calisher, Hortense.
10. Chomsky, Noam.
11. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.
12. Cook, Richard.
13. Davis, Hope.
14. Dickstein, Morris.
15. Draper, Theodore, 1912-2006.
16. Dunford, Judith.
17. Edel, Leon, 1907-1997.
18. Elman, Richard.
19. Erdrich, Louise.
20. Fussell, Paul, 1924-2012.
21. Ford, Richard, 1944-
22. Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
23. Gay, Peter, 1923-2015.
24. Giroux, Robert.
25. Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023.
26. Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016.
27. Heilbroner, Robert L.
28. Heller, Erich, 1911-1990.
29. Hoagland, Edward.
30. Kazin, Cathrael.
31. Kazin, Michael, 1948-
32. Kushner, Tony.
33. Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013.
34. Lish, Gordon.
35. Lurie, Alison.
36. Mailer, Norman.
37. Maxwell, William, 1908-2000.
38. Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
39. Mitgang, Herbert.
40. O'Brien, Edna.
41. Ozick, Cynthia.
42. Roth, Philip.
43. Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.
44. Schulberg, Budd.
45. Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994.
46. Steinberg, Saul.
47. Styron, William, 1925-2006.
48. Updike, John.
49. Wieseltier, Leon.
50. Yehoshua, Abraham B., 1936-2022.

Description

1. 191 (95

Summary

1. The archive contains typescripts of Kazin's essays, books, unpublished biographical sketches, and lectures; more than 75 personal and literary journals; 13 literary notebooks; personal, literary and financial correspondence; two commonplace notebooks; extensive subject and biography research files (including especially extensive files on Herman Melville, the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery, and African-American literature); examinations and reading lists for undergraduate courses taught by Kazin; research files on a large number of American literary figures; page proofs; photographs; correspondence from over 60 persons (excluding fan mail), including writers, critics, cultural notables, intimate friends, and family members; and correspondence from Kazin to over 250 recipients, including over 60 letters to Judith Dunford (Kazin's third wife), dating from 1977 to 1982.

Subject

1. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 > Military leadership
2. God in literature
3. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
4. Slavery > United States > History
5. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 > Criticism and interpretation
6. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Religion
7. Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
8. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 > Criticism and interpretation
9. James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation > 20th century
10. Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998
11. James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Religion
12. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 > Criticism and interpretation
13. Notebooks
14. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation
15. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Religion
16. Photographs
17. Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 > Criticism and interpretation
18. Jews > New York (State) > Brooklyn (New York) > Biography
19. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Appreciation
20. Jews > New York (State) > Brownsville (New York) > Biography
21. Religion and politics > United States > History > 19th century
22. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Religion
23. Games
24. Journals
25. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 > Criticism and interpretation > 20th century
26. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation > 20th century
27. Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 > Criticism and interpretation
28. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 > Criticism and interpretation
29. Mailer, Norman > Criticism and interpretation
30. Jews > United States > Biography
31. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 > Religion
32. Contracts
33. Israel > Description and travel > 20th century > Anecdotes
34. Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 > Criticism and interpretation
35. Transcendentalism (New England)
36. Diaries
37. Jews > Russia > 20th century
38. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Criticism and interpretation
39. Correspondence
40. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Criticism and interpretation
41. Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 > Criticism and interpretation
42. Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? > Criticism and interpretation
43. Clippings
44. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation > 20th century
45. Religion and politics > United States > History > 20th century
46. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Criticism and interpretation
47. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 > Religion
48. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Religion
49. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 > Religion
50. Modernism (Literature) > United States > History > 20th century
51. Civil rights movements > United States > 20th century
52. Russia > Description and travel > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Contracts.
3. Correspondence.
4. Diaries.
5. Journals.
6. Games.
7. Notebooks.
8. Photographs.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Kazin archive

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. The estate of Alfred Kazin, July 28, 2001.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Printed finding aid available in repository.

Author

1. Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.

Title

1. Alfred Kazin papers, 1938-1999.

Access

1. Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Biography

1. Alfred Kazin (1915-1998) was an American literary and cultural critic, essayist and historian. He was one of the most influential of New York intellectuals in the second half of the twentieth century, and belonged to the circle of writers and thinkers associated with the Partisan Review. Kazin's best-known work of criticism was On Native Grounds (1942), his seminal study of American prose and fiction of the period 1890-1940, and is also wel-known for his three memoirs, A Walker in the City (1951), Starting Out in the Thirties (1965), and New York Jew (1978). In 1996 he was awarded the first Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism. As of 2014, the only other award winner was George Steiner.

Indexes

1. Printed finding aid available in repository.

Local note

1. The Berg Collection also holds a synthetic collection of 1,207 archival items by and about Alfred Kazin that were acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. See on-line NYPL catalog under TITLE: Alfred Kazin Collection of Papers, 1933-1990 bulk (1933-1978), for collection-level record and link to finding aid.
2. The processing of the Alfred Kazin Archive was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Source

1. Source Purchased from: The estate of Alfred Kazin, July 28, 2001.

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1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection
3. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Auchincloss, Louis. Correspondent
2. Baker, Russell, 1901-1979. Correspondent
3. Bell, Daniel, 1919-2011. Correspondent
4. Bell, Pearl Kazin. Correspondent
5. Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020. Correspondent
6. Berman, Paul. Correspondent
7. Birstein, Ann. Correspondent
8. Broyard, Anatole. Correspondent
9. Calisher, Hortense. Correspondent
10. Chomsky, Noam. Correspondent
11. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998. Correspondent
12. Cook, Richard. Correspondent
13. Davis, Hope. Correspondent
14. Dickstein, Morris. Correspondent
15. Draper, Theodore, 1912-2006. Correspondent
16. Dunford, Judith. Correspondent
17. Edel, Leon, 1907-1997. Correspondent
18. Elman, Richard. Correspondent
19. Erdrich, Louise. Correspondent
20. Fussell, Paul, 1924-2012. Correspondent
21. Ford, Richard, 1944- Correspondent
22. Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006. Correspondent
23. Gay, Peter, 1923-2015. Correspondent
24. Giroux, Robert. Correspondent
25. Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023. Correspondent
26. Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016. Correspondent
27. Heilbroner, Robert L. Correspondent
28. Heller, Erich, 1911-1990. Correspondent
29. Hoagland, Edward. Correspondent
30. Kazin, Cathrael. Correspondent
31. Kazin, Michael, 1948- Correspondent
32. Kushner, Tony. Correspondent
33. Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013. Correspondent
34. Lish, Gordon. Correspondent
35. Lurie, Alison. Correspondent
36. Mailer, Norman. Correspondent
37. Maxwell, William, 1908-2000. Correspondent
38. Merrill, James, 1926-1995. Correspondent
39. Mitgang, Herbert. Correspondent
40. O'Brien, Edna. Correspondent
41. Ozick, Cynthia. Correspondent
42. Roth, Philip. Correspondent
43. Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007. Correspondent
44. Schulberg, Budd. Correspondent
45. Steegmuller, Francis, 1906-1994. Correspondent
46. Steinberg, Saul. Correspondent
47. Styron, William, 1925-2006. Correspondent
48. Updike, John. Correspondent
49. Wieseltier, Leon. Correspondent
50. Yehoshua, Abraham B., 1936-2022. Correspondent

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Kazin archive