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David R. Cheney Papers, 1970s-1990s
MSS-157
Size: 12.25 linear feet
Provenance: Gift of Gift of David R. Cheney, April 2001
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Completed by: Kim Brownlee, May 2002
Biographical Sketch
Dr. David R. Cheney, retired professor of English, taught at the University
of Toledo for 27 years (1965-1992). Born on January 23, 1922 at Castle Dale, Utah, he was the son of Silas and Klara Cheney. He
served in the South Pacific during World War II as a company clerk and member of the Armed Service Forces Band. He graduated from the
University of Utah in 1948, and married Patricia Anne Snow the same year. He then earned M.A. degrees from both Utah (1949) and
Harvard (1951), a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1955), and did postdoctoral work at the University of Alberta, Canada, in 1958.
Dr. Cheney became interested in Leigh Hunt while studying at the University of Iowa, where the largest Hunt collection in the world is held.
Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) was a noted English journalist, essayist, poet and critic. In 1806 he and his brother, John Hunt, founded
“The Examiner,” a London newspaper containing literary works, news and opinion. From 1819-1821, he edited and wrote for “The
Indicator,” a literary publication. Though Hunt is remembered as a poet and journalist, he is most famous for his friendships
with noted writers of the time, especially Shelley and Keats. He was also acquainted with Dickens, Lamb and the Brownings.
At
Iowa, Cheney was asked by Dr. Warner Barnes to help edit the Hunt letters in that collection. Soon after he started, Barnes was
transferred to another university and abandoned the project. Cheney decided to stay on and subsequently increased the scope of the
project to include all of the Hunt letters still in existence. He spent the next 15 years traveling and collecting the letters from
libraries and individuals in many countries around the world, including the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland,
the Netherlands, and Norway.
Dr. Cheney has published numerous articles and several books, including Monsters in Medieval and
Renaissance Travel Literature: a Study in Credulity and Skepticism (1949), Animals in a Midsummer Night’s Dream (1955),
Musical Evenings: or, Selections, Vocal and Instrumental (1967), Leigh Hunt’s Efforts to Encourage an Appreciation of
Classical Music (1968), and The Correspondence of Leigh Hunt and Charles Ollier in the Winter of 1853-54 (1976).
Scope and Content Note
The David R. Cheney Papers consist of his research materials, card files,
and copies of correspondence. The collection is divided into 2 series. Series I represents Dr. Cheney's research on Leigh Hunt,
and Series II consists of Dr. Cheney's Dictionary of Renaissance Allegorical Animals.
The first series, the Leigh Hunt Research Materials, contains the following subseries:
Subseries A: Indexes and working papers. These consist of various computerized indexes, annotations, and a chronology of Hunt.
It also contains an introduction to his proposed book, a list of abbreviations, and a statement of the editorial principles he used.
Subseries B: Card file index of transcribed letters to and from Hunt.
Subseries C: Card file index of Hunt's letters.
Subseries D:
Card file index of people, places, and events mentioned in the Hunt correspondence.
Subseries E: This subseries contains Dr. Cheney's computerized working copies of Hunt's letters.
Subseries F: Photocopies of original and transcribed letters to and from Hunt.
Subseries G: Miscellaneous card files, which include indexes to the locations of original Hunt letters, libraries contacted for Hunt
letters that had none, years when specific correspondents wrote to Hunt, and a bibliography, biography, and criticism file. There are
also two indexes to Hunt's residences, one arranged alphabetically, and the other arranged chronologically.
Series List
S1 | Leigh Hunt Research Materials |
year span, 9.75 linear ft. | |
arrangement (chronologically, alphabetically etc.) | |
series description | |
S2 | Dictionary of Renaissance Allegorical Animals |
year span, 2.5 linear ft. | |
arrangement (chronologically, alphabetically etc.) | |
series description |
Folder List
Box | Folder | Arrangement |
SERIES I. LEIGH HUNT RESEARCH MATERIALS | ||
Subseries A: Indexes and Working Papers | ||
1 | 1 | Indexes and working papers, Hunt letters |
2 | Indexes and working papers, Hunt letters | |
3 | Leigh Hunt chronology | |
4 | Introduction, editorial principles, and abbreviations, Hunt letters | |
Subseries B: Card file, index of transcribed letters to and from Leigh Hunt, arranged alphabetically by correspondent | ||
2 | A-G | |
3 | H-M | |
4 | N-XYZ? | |
Subseries C: Card file, index to Leigh Hunt letters arranged chronologically | ||
5 | 1790-1841 | |
6 | 1842-1859? | |
Subseries D: Card file, index of people, places, and events mentioned in the Leigh Hunt correspondence, arranged alphabetically | ||
7 | A-B | |
8 | C-D | |
9 | E-G | |
10 | H (part 1) | |
11 | H (part 2) | |
12 | I-M | |
13 | N-R | |
14 | S-V | |
15 | W-Z | |
Subseries E: Transcribed letters of Leigh Hunt (working copies), arranged chronologically | ||
1 | 5 | Feb. 23, 1790-1800 |
6 | 1801-02 | |
7 | 1803 | |
8 | 1804 | |
9 | 1805 | |
10 | 1806 | |
11 | 1807 | |
12 | 1808 | |
13 | 1809 | |
14 | 1810 | |
15 | 1811 | |
16 | 1812 | |
16 | 1 | 1813 |
2 | 1814 | |
3 | 1815 | |
4 | 1816 | |
5 | 1817 | |
6 | 1818 | |
7 | 1819 | |
8 | 1820 | |
9 | 1821 | |
10 | 1822 | |
11 | 1823 | |
12 | 1824 | |
13 | 1825 | |
14 | 1826 | |
15 | 1827 | |
17 | 1 | 1828 |
2 | 1829 | |
3 | 1830 | |
4 | 1831 | |
5 | 1832 | |
6 | 1833 | |
7 | 1834 | |
8 | 1835 | |
9 | 1836 | |
10 | 1837 | |
11 | 1838 | |
12 | 1839 | |
13 | 1840 (part 1) | |
14 | 1840 (part 2) | |
15 | 1841 | |
16 | 1842 | |
Subseries F: Photocopies of original and transcribed letters to and from Leigh Hunt, arranged alphabetically | ||
18 | 1 | unknown correspondent |
2 | A | |
3 | Ba-Ben | |
4 | Bi-Bri | |
5 | Bro-Brou | |
6 | Brow-Bry | |
7 | Bv-By | |
8 | Cal-Carle | |
9 | Carlyle | |
10 | Carp-Char | |
11 | Che-Clar | |
12 | Clar-Cli | |
13 | Co | |
14 | Cr-Cu | |
15 | Da-Dal | |
16 | Dah-Der | |
17 | Dew | |
18 | Dic | |
19 | Dig-Dy | |
20 | E | |
21 | Fa-Fon | |
22 | Forster, 1831-1844 | |
23 | Forster, 1845-1849 | |
24 | Forster, 1850-1859 | |
25 | Fox-Fr | |
19 | 1 | G |
2 | H-Hay | |
3 | Haz-Her | |
4 | Hil-Hoo | |
5 | Horne | |
6 | How-Hud | |
7 | Hunt, A.-Hunt, J. | |
8 | Hunt, John | |
9 | Hunt, Julia-Hunt, Marianne 1807 | |
10 | Hunt, Marianne 1808-1812 | |
11 | Hunt, Marianne 1813-1819 | |
12 | Hunt, Marianne 1828-1835 | |
13 | Hunt, Marianne 1838-1852 | |
14 | Hunt, Marriotte-Hunt, R. | |
15 | Hunt, T.-Hunt, W. | |
16 | Hunter-Hurst | |
17 | I | |
18 | J-Kent, C. | |
19 | Kent, Elizabeth | |
20 | Kent, Tom-Lee | |
21 | Leech-Lo | |
22 | Mac-Mar | |
23 | Mas-Met | |
24 | Mil-Mit | |
25 | Mon-Moor | |
26 | Mor-Mu | |
27 | N-Northbrook | |
28 | Novello 1813-1825 | |
29 | Novello 1826-1855 | |
20 | 1 | Old man |
2 | Ollier, Charles 1816-1852 | |
3 | Ollier, Charles 1853-1855 | |
4 | Ollier, Charles 1856-1859 | |
5 | Oll-Ov | |
6 | Pa | |
7 | Pe | |
8 | Ph-Po | |
9 | Pr | |
10 | R | |
11 | Sam-Shelley, J. | |
12 | Shelley, M. 1815-1821 | |
13 | Shelley, M. 1822-1847 | |
14 | Shelley, Percy 1811-1818 | |
15 | Shelley, Percy 1819 | |
16 | Shelley, Percy 1820-1822 | |
17 | Shelley, Percy 1844-1859 | |
18 | Sher-Smith | |
19 | So-Sw | |
20 | T-Tal | |
21 | Tay-Tw | |
22 | V | |
23 | Wa | |
24 | Webbe | |
25 | Webs-Y | |
21 | Subseries G: Miscellaneous card files | |
Bibliography, biography, and criticism | ||
Locations of original Leigh Hunt letters | ||
Libraries contacted for Leigh Hunt letters that had none | ||
Years when correspondents wrote to Hunt, arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent | ||
15 | Index of Leigh Hunt residences mentioned in his letters, arranged alphabetically | |
Leigh Hunt residences arranged alphabetically and chronologically | ||
SERIES II: DICTIONARY OF RENAISSANCE ALLEGORICAL ANIMALS | ||
22 | Achlis-Bison | |
23 | Bitch-Cockle | |
24 | Colt-Dove | |
25 | Dragon-Frog | |
26 | Gnat-Hyena | |
27 | Ibex-Ousel | |
28 | Owl-Serpent | |
29 | Shark-Tyre | |
30 | Unicorn-Yale | |
31 | Bibliography |