2017-10-26 Guide to the Hugh Nissenson Papers, circa 1940s-2012 SPEC.RARE.0138 Finding aid prepared by John Dewees; Courtney Bishop; Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2014 December; 2017 October; 2019 April This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2026-05-07T13:35-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Hugh Nissenson Papers SPEC.RARE.0138 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 31.09 Cubic feet circa 1940s-2012 Hugh Nissenson was an American author whose fiction dealt extensively with American life, depression, and Judaism. The Hugh Nissenson Papers date from circa 1940s to 2012, and contain drafts and manuscripts of published and unpublished materials, an extensive autobiographical journal detailing his writing process, and other papers relating to Nissenson's personal and professional life. (58) 5" letter document boxes; (18) oversize folders; (7) oversize flat boxes; (3) 5" legal boxes; (2) oversize document boxes; (2) 2.5" letter document box; (1) carton English Nissenson, Hugh Arrangement of Materials

This collection is arranged in 4 series:

Series 1: Published Works Series 2: Unpublished Works Series 3: Personal Papers Series 4: Professional Papers

 Acquisitions Information

Donated by: Marilyn Nissenson, 2014 August; Accession No. RARE.2019.0049: Marilyn Nissenson, 2015 January.

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Hugh Nissenson Papers, SPEC.RARE.0138, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Processed by: John Dewees, 2014 December; Courtney Bishop, 2019 April; finding aid written by: John Dewees, 2014 December; Courtney Bishop, 2017 October; Courtney Bishop; 2019 April.

 Biographical Note

Hugh Nissenson (1933-2013) was an American author who was born in New York City and lived there his whole life. He was educated at the Fieldstone School in the Bronx and received an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College in 1955. Nissenson's published works include non-fiction and autobiographical work, but he was most well-known for his fiction, including his short-stories and novels. Nissenson published one memoir, three collections of short stories and five novels, in addition to numerous short stories published in serials and periodicals. Nissenson's work dealt with issues of life in America and also touched extensively on Judaism, a topic explored in his first novel "My Own Ground." While critically well received, his works were never commercially successful, an issue which contributed to his ongoing depression.

 Scope and Contents

The Hugh Nissenson Papers contain materials dated circa 1940s-2012. Included in the collection are drafts and manuscripts of published and unpublished materials, journals, and other papers relating to Nissenson's personal and professional life. These materials primarily take the form of loose-leaf, letter size paper, or bound volumes such as datebooks or journals.

 Nissenson, Hugh Authors, American--New York (State)--New York--20th century Autobiographies (literary works) Depression in men--Fiction Diaries Judaism Published Works Series 1 circa 1960s-2007 Scope and Contents

The Published Works series contains materials that Hugh Nissenson wrote and were published. Present in looseleaf, letter sized paper, generally not bound in any way. Papers present either represent non-fiction, such as his reporting on the war crimes trials of Eichmann and Barbie, and also his autobiographical work, or American fiction, as in the case of all his short stories and novels. Materials were produced from circa 1960s to 2007. Materials are grouped in chronological order by publication date, within each grouping materials are chronological with undated material at the end.

 A Pile of Stones "The Groom on Zlota Street" clipping 1 1 circa 1960s A Pile of Stones "The Groom on Zlota Street" manuscript 1 2 circa 1960s A Pile of Stones "The Law" manuscript 1 3-4 circa 1960 A Pile of Stones "The Law" clipping 1 5 1960 November A Pile of Stones "The Well" clipping 1 6 1961January A Pile of Stones "The American" draft 1 7-8 circa 1964 A Pile of Stones "The American" manuscript 1 9 circa 1964 A Pile of Stones "The American" clipping 1 10 1964 A Pile of Stones "A Pile of Stones" manuscript 1 11 circa 1965 A Pile of Stones pressing plate 1 12 circa 1965 A Pile of Stones "The Prisoner" copies 1 13 circa 1965 A Pile of Stones "The Prisoner" drafts 1 14 circa 1965 Notes From the Frontier book proposal 1 16 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier draft 1 17-18 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "Economy" draft 1 19 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "Emigrants, Kiryat Shmone" draft 1 20 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "People - Characters" draft 1 21 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "Religion" draft 1 22 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "The Children" draft 1 23 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier "The Place" draft 1 24 circa 1967 Notes From the Frontier book proposal 1 25 circa 1968 Notes From the Frontier manuscript 1 26-27 2 1-3 circa 1968 Notes From the Frontier review blurbs 2 4 1968 In the Reign of Peace "The Throne of Good" manuscript 2 5 circa 1964 In the Reign of Peace "The Throne of Good" notes 2 6-7 57 1 1964 In the Reign of Peace "The Crazy Old Man" draft 2 8 circa 1968 In the Reign of Peace "In the Reign of Peace" manuscripts 2 10 circa 1970s In the Reign of Peace "Charity" manuscript 3 1-2 1970 In the Reign of Peace "Going Up" drafts 3 3 1970 In the Reign of Peace "Grace" drafts 3 4 1970 In the Reign of Peace "Grace" research 3 5 1970 In the Reign of Peace Lamentations, manuscript draft 57 2 1970 In the Reign of Peace first proof 57 3-4 1971 September 30 In the Reign of Peace first proof 3 6-7 1971 November 11 My Own Ground early draft 3 8 circa 1960s My Own Ground notes 3 9 circa 1960s My Own Ground "chapter 2" draft 3 10 circa 1970s My Own Ground draft 5 1-6 4 1-9 circa 1970s My Own Ground manuscript pages 5 7 circa 1970s My Own Ground revisions 5 8-9 circa 1970s My Own Ground grant application 6 1 1973 My Own Ground notebook 6 2 1973 March-May My Own Ground notebook 6 3 1973 August My Own Ground manuscript 6 4 1974 My Own Ground "chapter 10" draft 6 5 1975 My Own Ground book jacket 6 6 circa 1976 My Own Ground photocopy 57 4 circa 1976 "Singer: His Demons are Real" article in vogue 63 1 1979 April The Tree of Life research 6 7 1966 The Tree of Life early draft 6 8 circa 1970s The Tree of Life grant application 6 9 1978 The Tree of Life letters from grade schoolers 6 10 1978 June 6 The Tree of Life notes 6 11 1979 The Tree of Life draft 57 8 6 12-13 circa 1980s The Tree of Life notes 7 1 1980-1981 The Tree of Life notes 7 2 1982 The Tree of Life draft 7 3 1984 The Tree of Life author questionnaire 7 4 circa 1985 The Tree of Life book information sheet 7 5 circa 1985 The Tree of Life draft 7 6-7 circa 1985 The Tree of Life manuscript 57 7 circa 1985 The Tree of Life master copy 7 8-9 circa 1985 The Tree of Life printers copy 7 10-12 circa 1985 The Tree of Life printers copy 8 1 circa 1985 The Tree of Life proofs 8 2 circa 1985 The Tree of Life research 8 3 1985 The Tree of Life reviews 57 6 1985 The Tree of Life concluding letter 8 4 1999 April The Tree of Life manuscript 8 5-10 9 1 circa 2000 The Tree of Life maps 17 circa 2000 The Tree of Life notebook 9 2 circa 2000 The Tree of Life notes 9 3-4 circa 2000 The Tree of Life research 9 5-6 circa 2000 The Tree of Life slides 9 7 circa 2000 The Tree of Life bookmark 9 8 2000 Spring The Elephant and My Jewish Problem draft 9 9 circa 1988 The Elephant and My Jewish Problem manuscript 9 10 circa 1988 The Elephant and My Jewish Problem catalog copy 9 11 1988 The Song of the Earth poetry 9 12 1989 The Song of the Earth calendars 9 13 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth draft 9 14-16 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth draft, correspondence, and notes 63 2 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth manuscript 9 17 10 1-2 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth page 10 3 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth partial draft and notes 63 3 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth research and notes 10 4 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth timeline 60 1 circa 1990s The Song of the Earth notes and draft 10 5 1992 The Song of the Earth draft 10 6 1996 The Song of the Earth manuscript 10 7-8 1998 The Song of the Earth images 10 9 1999 March The Song of the Earth "First Final Copy, 10/1/99" 10 10-11 1999 October 1 The Song of the Earth illustrated pages 10 12 2000 December 12 The Song of the Earth manuscript 10 13 2000 December 13 The Song of the Earth reviews 10 14 2000-2001 The Song of the Earth book jacket 10 15 circa 2001 The Song of the Earth reviews 11 1-2 2001 The Song of the Earth setting manuscript 11 3-4 2001 The Song of the Earth seminar papers 11 5 2001 November The Days of Awe notes 11 6 circa 2000s The Days of Awe images 11 7 2001 The Days of Awe research 11 8 2001 The Days of Awe research 11 9-12 2002 The Days of Awe calendar 11 13 2002 October 28 The Days of Awe Odin images 11 14 2003 The Days of Awe research 12 1-2 11 15-18 2003 The Days of Awe penultimate draft 12 3-4 2004 The Days of Awe draft 12 5-6 circa 2005 The Days of Awe cover 12 7 2005 The Days of Awe cover proof 12 8 2005 The Days of Awe reviews 12 9-10 2005 The Days of Awe marketing 12 11 2005 September The Pilgrim "After Return to Farm" draft notes 12 13 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Appletree" draft 12 14 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Beginning of Charles Regeneration" notes 12 15 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Charles - Melancholy" draft 12 16 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Church" draft notes 12 17 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Conversations" notes 12 18 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Grammar School" notes 12 19 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Father - (last words)" draft 12 20 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Father Z - Redemption" draft 12 21 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Faustus Quote" draft notes 12 22 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Last Letter" draft 13 1 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Last Sentence" draft 13 2 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Letter From Roger to Charles" draft 13 3 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "London" notes 13 4 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Looking Glass" draft 13 5 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Mad Woman Maypole" draft and research 13 6 circa 2000s The Pilgrim notes 13 7-8 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Patch's Suicide to Sheep Shearing" notes 13 9 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Phrases" notes 13 10 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Plot from Charle's 1st Stay on Farm" notes 13 11 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Poem" draft notes 13 12 circa 2000s The Pilgrim reading of excerpts 13 13 circa 2000s The Pilgrim research Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth 1602-1625 66 2 circa 2000s The Pilgrim research The England and Holland of the Pilgrims 66 1 circa 2000s The Pilgrim research Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth 1620-1691 13 14 circa 2000s The Pilgrim research Poverty and Policy in Tudor and Stewart England 13 15 circa 2000s The Pilgrim research William Whiteway of Dorchester 57 9 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Retired Physician of Melancholy" notes 13 16 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Robin Barstow" draft and research 13 17 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Sheep" draft 13 18 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Suicide" draft notes 13 19 circa 2000s The Pilgrim themes 13 20 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Uncle's Letter" draft notes 13 21 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "When Sarah Dies" draft 13 22 circa 2000s The Pilgrim "Carpentry" research and notes 13 23 2006 The Pilgrim "Aboard Ship" research 13 24 2006 The Pilgrim calender 1618 13 25 2006 The Pilgrim "Dorchester, Wellcome, Cambridge" research 13 26 2006 The Pilgrim "Dorset" research 13 27 2006 The Pilgrim "Emmanuel Maps" research 13 28 2006 The Pilgrim "The Pilgrim - General" research 14 1 2006 The Pilgrim "Ship" research notes 14 2 2006 The Pilgrim proposal for book 14 3 2006 February 27 The Pilgrim "Mad Mary, Mark" research 14 4 2006 October The Pilgrim "Superstition" draft 14 5 circa 2007 The Pilgrim "The Book of Scots" research 14 6 2007 The Pilgrim "Cost of Staffing Houses" research 14 7 2007 The Pilgrim "Emmanuel (Cambridge)" research 14 8 2007 The Pilgrim "Felon" research 14 9 2007 The Pilgrim "Map and Info Charring Cross" research 14 10 2007 The Pilgrim notebook 14 11 2007 The Pilgrim "Sarah's Death" research 14 12 2007 The Pilgrim "Sheep" research 14 13 2007 The Pilgrim "Ship, Betrothal..." research 14 14 2007 The Pilgrim "Chapter 3" research 14 15 2007 March The Pilgrim "Map of London" research 14 16 2007 May The Pilgrim "Terry's Letters" research 14 17 2007 June The Pilgrim "London Fair" research 14 18 2007 July Unpublished Works Series 2 1951-2007 Scope and Contents

The Unpublished Works series contains all creative materials produced by Nissenson that were not able to be verified as published. This includes mostly written works, primarily short stories, many of which are undated and untitled. Materials are dated 1951-2007 and are arranged alphabetically by title of the work, those with the same title are arranged chronologically within the title.

 "73 BC" draft 14 19 undated Anniversary Dinner speech 14 20 undated Autobiography 14 21 circa 1970s Autobiography 14 22 2003 Barbie Trial clippings and press materials 14 23 1987 "The Beast Witin" draft 14 24 undated "The Birds" draft 14 25 undated "The Blind" manuscript 14 26 undated "Boxing and Death of Mrs. Wheeler" draft 14 27 undated "By the Light of Darkness" draft 14 28 undated "The Cage" draft 14 29 undated "The Crisis" draft 14 30 undated "Dream Play" draft 14 31 undated Eichmann Trial application approval 14 32 1960 Eichmann Trial notes 14 33 1960 Eight Stories draft 14 34 1976 Eight Stories introduction and notes 15 1 1976 Eight Stories photocopy 15 2-3 1976 The Eternal Light "Masada" script 15 4 1966 December 4 An Event of the Night drafts 15 5 circa 1969 The Founder's Scandalous Faith draft 15 6 1951 "The Four" draft 15 7 undated Gottlieb (Paul) eulogy 15 8 2002 Hope draft 15 9 circa 1976 Hope draft 15 10 1976 "How Do You Feel?" draft 15 11-12 undated "The Impossible Dream" draft 15 13 undated In the Valley manuscript 15 14 undated "In the Wilderness" draft 15 15 1971 "In the Wilderness" draft 15 16 undated "Japanese Party" draft 15 17 undated "John Garfield" manuscript 15 18 undated "Ka" draft 15 19 undated "The Letter From London" draft 15 20 undated "The Living Doll" manuscript 15 21-22 undated Making Good clipping 15 23 undated Making Good draft 15 24 undated Making Good manuscript 15 25 undated "Miss Rhode Island" 15 26 circa 1980s Notes 16 1-2 undated On Jaffa Rd notes and drafts 16 3 1972 "The Pay Off" drafts 16 4-5 undated "The Pay Off" manuscript 16 6 undated "The Pond" draft 16 7 undated "The Rebel" draft 16 8 undated The Remnant Part II final script 16 9 1969 December 21 The Remnant bridge materials 16 10 1970 November 22 The Remnant bridge scenes 16 11 1970 June 19 The Remnant working script 16 12 1969 December 14 "The Return" draft and notes 16 13 undated Reviews 16 14 1969 "The Rise and Fall of Adolph Hitler" screenplay 16 15 undated "The Sentence of Death" draft 16 16-19 undated "Some Children of Israel" draft 17 1-2 undated "The Succubus" draft and manuscript 17 3-4 undated "To Salvation by Way of New Haven" draft 17 5 undated A Sense of the Past drafts 17 6 2000 June 12 "The Telephone" draft 17 7 undated "The Twilight of the Gods" draft 17 8-9 undated "The Twilight of the Gods" manuscript 17 10 undated Under Siege draft 17 11 circa 1974 Under Siege incomplete manuscript 17 12 1974 August 23 Untitled draft 17 13 1987 Untitled draft 17 14 1992 Untitled draft 17 15-36 undated Untitled "The Father" drafts 18 1 undated Untitled progress report 18 2 undated Via Yavnch draft 18 3 undated Via Yavnch manuscript 18 4 undated Via Yavnch medical report 58 1 1970 Via Yavnch notes 18 5 undated Visual art 60 2-3 1979 Visual art 18 6 1979-1986 Visual art 58 2 1979-1996 Visual art 60 4 1980 Visual art 60 5 1981 Visual art 60 6 1981-1982 Visual art 18 7 1981-1993 Visual art 60 7 circa 1982 Visual art 18 8 1982-1984 Visual art 60 8 1983-2001 Visual art 60 9-10 1984 Visual art 18 9 1984-1989 Visual art 60 11 1986 Visual art 60 12 1988-2007 Visual art 1-13, 18 circa 1990s Visual art 14-15 1994 Visual art 60 13 1994-1996 Visual art 60 14 16 1995 Visual art 18 10 1999-2001 Visual art 60 15-16 undated "The War of the World" notes and draft 18 11 undated "What the Lieutenant Never Told His Grandchildren" draft 18 12 undated "Within a Budding Grove" manuscript draft 18 13 undated "The Yom Kippur Fish" drafts 18 14 undated Personal Papers Series 3 circa 1940s-2012 Scope and Contents

The Personal Papers series contains materials not directly related to Nissenon's professional writing, including his personal journal entries, papers related to his family, and correspondence. Of particular note is the "journals" sub-series which provides a narrative of Nissenson's life from his own perspective. This series spans Nissenon's entire life from the 1940s to the 2010s.

 Audiovisual and photographs Subseries 3.1 1955-2003, undated Scope and Contents

The audiovisual and photographs subseries contains photographs and a Jimmy Nissenson recording. Materials are dated 1955-2003 and are arranged chronologically with undated material at the end.

 Photographs 19 1 1955-2001 Photographs 19 2 1962-2003 "Jimmy Nissenson" recording 19 3 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; approximate run time: unknown

 Clippings and maps Subseries 3.2 circa 1960s-2010s Scope and Contents

The Clippings and Maps subseries contains clippings and maps. Materials are grouped by clippings then maps and are arranged chronologically within each grouping. Materials date circa 1960s-2010s.

 Clippings 19 4 circa 1960s Clippings 19 5-6 circa 1970s Clippings 19 7 58 3 56 1 circa 1980s Clippings 20 1 circa 1990s Clippings 63 4 1999 May Clippings 20 2 circa 2000s Clippings 20 3 circa 2010s Maps 20 4 1967 Maps 20 5-6 1970 Maps 20 7 2001 Correspondence Subseries 3.3 circa 1950s-2010s Scope and Contents

The Correspondence subseries contains Nissenson's written correspondence from circa 1960s to 2010s. In the 2000s and 2010s this includes emails, which were printed out. All correspondence with Cynthia Ozick was set aside in Box 21, folder 4. Material is arranged chronologically.

 21 1-5 circa 1950s 22 1-10 21 6-9 circa 1960s 58 4 circa 1960s-1970s With Cynthia Ozick 22 11 circa 1960s-2000s 24 1-2 23 1-12 circa 1970s 24 3-11 circa 1980s 25 1-8 circa 1990s 25 9-10 26 1-8 circa 2000s 26 9 circa 2010s Datebooks Subseries 3.4 1976, 1985-2012 Scope and Contents

The Datebooks series contains contains Nissenson's datebooks from 1985 to 2012, all were produced by the Paris Ritz-Carlton, and a 1976 calendar. It appears that Nissenson tended to use them sporadically throughout his life, but almost never missed having one for a year. Materials are arranged chronologically.

 56 2 1976 26 10 1985 27 1 1986 27 2 1987 27 3 1988 27 4 1989 27 5 1990 28 1 1991 28 2 1992 28 3 1993 28 4 1994 28 5 1995 29 1 1996 29 2 1997 29 3 1998 29 4 1999 29 5 2000 69 1 2002 69 2 2003 69 3 2004 69 4 2005 69 5 2006 70 1 2007 70 2 2008 70 3 2009 70 4 2010 70 5 2011 71 1 2012 Ephemera Subseries 3.5 circa 1940s, 1954-2001, undated Scope and Contents

The Ephemera subseries contains report cards, pamphlets, programs, Nissenson's identification cards, blank post cards, a cocktail invitation, an obituary, and business cards. Materials are arranged chronologically and date circa 1940s, 1954-2001, with only the business cards undated.

 Report Cards 30 1 circa 1940s Pamphlets and programs 30 2-3 1954-2001 Identification cards 30 4 1961-1987 Receipts 30 5 1962-1981 Blank postcards 30 6 circa 1977 Blank postcards 63 5 circa 1980s-1990s Cocktail invitation 30 7 circa 1980s-1990s Nissenson (Charles A.) obituary clipping; Theodore Riegel Jr. resume; note signed by Hugh Nissenson; STIM committee meeting member list; class of 1951 and contact information; tour schedule 30 8 circa 1990s Business cards 30 9 undated Family Subseries 3.6 circa 1970s, 2008 Scope and Contents

The Family subseries contains two primary sets of materials: drawings done by his daughters in the 1970s and items from his daughter Kate's wedding in 2008. Materials are arranged in chronological order.

 Daughter's Drawings 30 10-11 58 5 circa 1970s Kate's Wedding 30 12 2008 Journals Subseries 3.7 1967-2012 Scope and Contents

The Journals subseries contains bound journals that Nissenson used to jot down thoughts, sketch, write down appointments and phone numbers, and generally get his thoughts onto paper. Nissenson used these through his life from 1967 to 2012. Materials are arranged chronologically with undated material at the end.

 30 13 1967 30 14 1968 31 1 1969 31 2 1973 31 3 1974 31 4-7 1974-1975 31 8 32 1-7 1975-1979 33 1 1979 56 3 58 6-9 33 2-3 1979-1980 59 1 56 4 1979-1981 56 5 33 4 1980 33 5 1981-1982 33 6 1982 33 7 1982-1983 33 8 34 1 56 6 1983 34 2 1983-1984 66 3 56 7 1984 34 3-5 71 4 1985 34 6 1985-1991 35 1-4 34 7 1986 35 5 1986-1987 35 6 36 1-4 37 1 1987 37 2-6 1988 38 1-5 39 1 64 2 1989 41 1-2 40 1-4 39 2-5 1990 41 3-5 42 1 1991 61 1 1991-1992 43 1 64 3 42 2-5 1992 43 2-6 1993 65 4 1993-1997 45 1 65 3 44 1-5 1994 45 2 1994-1995 45 3-5 64 4 1995 45 6 1995-1996 46 1-4 1996 65 1 46 5 1996-1997 47 1-5 1997 64 5 48 1 1997-1998 48 2-3 56 8 1998 48 4 1998-2000 48 5 1999 49 1-4 2001 49 5 2001-2002 50 1-2 71 2-3 49 6 2002 50 3 2002-2003 51 1-2 50 4-5 2003 51 3 2003-2004 51 4-5 2004 51 6 2004-2005 52 1 2005-2006 52 2 61 2-3 2006 52 3 2006-2007 52 4-5 2007 52 6 2007-2008 52 7 2008-2012 53 1 2009 66 4 64 1 65 2 2012 53 2-4 56 9 undated Scrapbooks Subseries 3.8 1965-1991, 2001 Scope and Contents

The Scrapbooks subseries contains Nissenson's scrapbooks from 1965-1991, and 2001. Materials are arranged chronologically.

 53 5 1965-1967 53 6 1968-1977 59 2 1968-1989 59 3 1968-1990 54 1 1976 62 1 1985 62 1 1985-1986 62 2 1986-1991 54 2 1988 54 3 2001 Professional Papers Series 4 1942-circa 2000s Scope and Contents

The Professional Papers series contains papers directly related to Nissenon's career as a professional writer without being one of his creative works. This includes awards, interviews, speeches he gave, reviews of other writer's work, and commentary about his own work by other writers. This series spans the 1960s to the 2000s.

 Awards Subseries 4.1 1942, 1966, 2002 Scope and Contents

The Awards subseries contains awards bestowed upon Nissenson for his works "A Pile of Stones" (awarded in 1966) and "The Song of the Earth" (awarded in 2002), also included is the 100th Anniversary of Congregation Rodeph Sholom Certificate. Materials are arranged chronologically.

 100th Anniversary of Congregation Rodeph Sholom Certificate 54 4 1942 December 13 Edward Lewis Wallant Memorial Book Award 56 10 1966 Gaylacic Spectrum Award 54 5 2002 Articles about Nissenson Subseries 4.2 1979, circa 2000s Scope and Contents

The Articles About Nissenson subseries contains copies of articles written about Nissenson's work by other individuals not in the form of a review, generally by academics. These range in date from 1979 to the 2000s, with one document undated. Materials are arranged in chronological order.

 History and Myth in the Novel 59 4 1979 VOICES - Hugh Nissenson 54 6 circa 2000s Commentary Birns 54 7 circa 2003 "Spare, Original, and Strange" 54 8 undated Interviews Subseries 4.3 2003, undated Scope and Contents

The Interviews subseries contains two interviews with Nissenson, the Vialione interview was for an Italian publication and is undated. The Klin interview took place in 2003. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the interviewer.

 Klin (Richard) 54 9 2003 Vialione (Fabiana) 54 10 undated Speeches Subseries 4.4 1975-2007, undated Scope and Contents

The Speeches subseries contains contains speeches that Nissenson gave in his capacity as a professional writer. These spanned his life from the 1975 to 2007 and in many cases were undated, and even untitled, providing little context to the circumstances when they were given. Materials are arranged alphabetically with untitled material arranged chronologically at the end.

 Amos Speech 54 11 undated The Beast Within 54 12 2007 Claudia Ortese Memorial Lecture 54 13-14 undated Cleveland Speech 54 15 Undated Fieldstone Speech 54 16 Undated Fitzgerald and the Future 54 17 Undated Lecture at Westchester 54 18 1975 Lectures at Manhatlanville 54 19 1975 Literary Creativity and the Publishing Industry 54 20 undated Present Tense 10th Celebration 54 21 1983 Song of Earth Lecture 54 22 undated Speech for YMHA 54 23 undated Yale Lecture Notes 55 1 undated Untitled 55 2 1994 Untitled 55 3-8 undated