TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Other Finding Aid

Detailed Description of the Collection

Correspondences,

Notes,

Writings,

Printed Materials,

Miscellaneous,

Adaline Glasheen Papers Finding Aid

Biographical Note

The following biographical information was provided to the Archives by Francis Glasheen, husband of AG, in a letter dated 25 July 1995.

Adaline was born in Evansville, Indiana, attended the public schools there. Adaline and her mother borrowed armloads of books weekly from the public library. They were both able to recall every detail of their reading. Good books, trash they read ‘em all. This proved to be a great help in her Joyce work. After a year of two at the University of Indiana, she transferred to the University of Mississippi. Adaline was hired to coach football players in English lest they flunk out and thus do harm to the football team. She continued the reading habits of her childhood. Later she felt that Joyce, too, was a great reader of trash; hence her ability to spot references and allusions in Joyce. She received her B.A. at Ole Miss. She took her M.A. at George Washington University. (See Appendix II for clarification on this point.) While I was in the army she taught at Wheaton College in Massachusetts.

Upon the birth of our daughter in 1946, Adaline was eager for a task which she could do in the few minutes between the incessant trivia of rearing a child. The 'Joyce game' enabled her to survive.

In 1946 the fruit of her Joyce work was published by the Northwestern University Press. In 1947 was moved to Farmington, Conn. where Thornton Wilder often came discuss Joyce with her. It was a privilege and a joy to hear their intellectual excitement.

She taught several summers at the University of Buffalo and continued an extensive correspondence with Joyce scholars both here and abroad. She also conducted several seminars on Joyce at the Sorbonne. She was often on the panel at international conferences on Joyce.

In 1986 her physical condition necessitated her going into a nursing home. There she remained until her death in 1993.

Sincerely yours, Francis Glasheen 22 Carrington Lane Farmington, Conn. 06032 25 July 1995

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Scope and Contents

The Adaline Glasheen (AG) Papers contain correspondence, printed materials, as well as Glasheen's notes and workbooks pertaining to her James Joyce (JJ) scholarship from approximately 1950 to 1980. Two cassettes tapes and several photographs are included in the collection. A large portion of the collection is comprised of AG's correspondence with Joyce Scholars in America and Europe, some of whom are Thornton Wilder, Fritz Senn, Clive Hart, Richard Ellmann and Luigi Schenoni. Letters from Iona Opie and Shirley Jackson, Warren Hunting Smith and others may also be found.

AG's vast research is represented by notes and workbooks for her published works; reports and papers presented to Joyce meetings both in the United States and Europe. Included are books belonging to AG both by and about James Joyce many of which contain copious annotations and research notes by AG.

Appendix I contains materials found after the completion of the main part of the finding aid and continues the series titles.

Appendix II contains materials including correspondence and draft regarding the publication of Edward Burns' edited letters of Thornton Wilder and Adaline Glasheen; a gift of letters from between Mitchell Morse and Glasheen; and other items related to Joyce and Wilder.

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Arrangement

The papers are arranged in five series: Correspondence, Notes, Writings, Printed Materials, and Miscellaneous.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of Warren Hunting Smith Library.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Document Types:

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Other Finding Aid

PDF finding aid with complete contents list available at http://academic.hws.edu/library/archives/pdfs/Glasheen.pdf

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Detailed Description of the Collection