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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Separated Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Inventory

University of Texas, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

A Guide to the Tony Hilfer Papers



Descriptive Summary

Creator: Hilfer, Anthony Channell
Title: Tony Hilfer Papers
Dates: [ca. 1950s-2008]
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, administrative papers, course materials, newspaper articles, subject files, books, and photographs comprise the Tony Hilfer Papers, [ca. 1950s-2008], documenting Hilfer’s forty-five academic career at the University of Texas at Austin.
Accession No.: 2008-194; 2011-044
Extent: 17 ft.>
Language: Materials are written in English.
Repository: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Dr. Anthony Channell Hilfer (1936-2008) was a Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving his B.A. from Middlebury College (1958), M.A. from Columbia University (1960), and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina (1963), he taught at UT from 1963 to 2008, specializing in crime fiction and film noir. He was the author of numerous influential books, including The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction (1981), The Crime Novel: A Deviant Genre (1990), American Fiction Since 1940 (1992), and The New Hegemony in Literary Studies (2003).

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence, manuscripts, administrative papers, course materials, newspaper articles, subject files, books, and photographs comprise the Tony Hilfer Papers, [ca. 1950s-2008], documenting Hilfer’s forty-five academic career at the University of Texas at Austin. The collection includes correspondence, particularly email from students and faculty; course materials such as essays, class readings, syllabi, and notebooks; and a manuscript for his last book, The Nothing That Is. Administrative papers relate to teaching and his position at UT. Subject files are composed of numerous academic essays, articles and newspapers, many with marginalia and notes by Hilfer. Photographs relate to his book, The Crime Novel. A decree of divorce and death certificate has been restricted.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

A decree of divorce and a death certificate are restricted. Contact repository for further information.

Use Restrictions

A portion of these papers are stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.

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Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Hilfer, Anthony Channell -- Archives
Subjects (Organizations)
University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of English
University of Texas at Austin -- Faculty
Subjects
Crime in literature
Detectives and mystery stories -- History and criticism
American literature -- History and criticism.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Criticism -- History -- 20th century.

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Separated Material

Some material has been separated to the Library Unit.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Tony Hilfer Papers, [ca. 1950s-2008], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Evan Usler, April 2011

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Detailed Description of the Papers

 

Inventory

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4Jc38 Reviews for The Ethics of Intensity 1982-1984
Essays
Reviews for The Crime Novel 1991
Papers concerning New Hegemony 2003-2007
Dennis Potter paper 1998
Manuscript files for The Nothing That Is:
Chapter One 2007
Eco-criticism essays 2003
Coyote
Grizzly Man
Grizzly Man

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