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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939
- Title:
- Richard Halliburton Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pg15bd901
- Dates:
- 1900-1973 (mostly 1903-1940)
- Size:
- 61 boxes and 29.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations. Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-34; 40-52; B-000880; P-000018; L-000008; P-000047; P-000050; P-000048; L-000009; P-000049; P-000017 ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 35-39
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Richard Halliburton traveled extensively in the first part of twentieth century after graduating from Princeton University in 1921. The collection contains autograph and typescript drafts of seven of Halliburton's books, short stories, essays, school notes, and other travel memorabilia, as well as Halliburton's correspondence with his parents and others, research materials about Rupert Brooke, and a significant group of photographs documenting his travels throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The papers span Halliburton's short but adventurous life, from his Lawrenceville School essay, "Disillusioned," through his Princeton University years (Princeton Class of 1921), his years of worldwide travel, lecturing, and writing, to his posthumously-published "autobiography" of letters to his parents (1940). Autograph and/or typescript drafts of seven of his books, The Royal Road to Romance (1925), The Glorious Adventure (1927), New Worlds to Conquer (1929), The Flying Carpet (1932), Seven League Boots (1935), A Book of Marvels (1937), and Second Book of Marvels (1938), are present, as are some short stories, essays, and notes from his school days. There are also passports, publishing contracts, memorabilia, maps, and newspapers clippings. Halliburton's numerous letters to his parents (1919-1939) provide a vivid account of his travels, and they are supplemented by a large quanitity of photographic prints and negatives documenting the locations he visited, many of which were never published in his books. Correspondence of others includes letters from Devil's Island prisoners, with some manuscripts. Also present are Halliburton's research materials for a biography of Rupert Brooke that he never wrote, including his correspondence with Brooke's friends and acquaintances and summaries of interviews he had with them, as well as copies of Brooke's works and correspondence, some clippings, and photographs.
- Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following five series: Works; Correspondence; Biographical Materials; Photographs; and Papers of Others.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939
Richard Halliburton was an American traveler, adventurer, and author, whose books about his exploits captured the romantic spirit of his generation. He followed Ulysses' route through the Mediterranean and emulated Lord Byron by swimming the Hellespont. He swam the Panama Canal, ran from Marathon to Athens, visited the penal colony at Devil's Island, and climbed the Matterhorn, Mount Olympus, and Mount Fuji. These and other experiences became the basis for Halliburton's romantic narratives; and his literary career developed out of his meticulous logging of events that occurred on his adventures. However, in March 1939, Halliburton left Hong Kong aboard a motor-powered Chinese junk called the "Sea Dragon", which he had built, en route to San Francisco. Both he and his boat disappeared after encountering a severe typhoon, some 1,200 miles west of Midway Island.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Papers of Halliburton are a gift of Wesley Halliburton. Collection of letters and telegrams from Halliburton to his editor is a gift of Thomas Orchard. Photographs are a gift of William C. Wilson. Misc. manuscripts, documents, correspondence are a gift of the First National Bank of Memphis. 3 Letters from Halliburton to P.L. Williams were purchased in 2005. An inscribed copy of The Royal Road to Romance was a gift of Patricia A. Oakes in 2017.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Finding aid updated and all photographic materials rehoused by Kelly Bolding in 2016, with assistance from Fiona Bell '18.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form.
Copyright and literary rights for materials created by Richard Halliburton in this collection are held by the Trustees of Princeton University. When copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers will not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with non-commercial use of materials from Firestone Library. The 78 letters and 5 telegrams by Halliburton to Lawrance Chambers, his editor at Bobbs-Merrill, require permission from Louis de Rochemont if they are to be used for movie or TV productions.
- Credit this material:
Richard Halliburton Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pg15bd901
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations. Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-34; 40-52; B-000880; P-000018; L-000008; P-000047; P-000050; P-000048; L-000009; P-000049; P-000017 ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 35-39
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- Existence and Location of Copies
Publications: All of Halliburton's books were published by Bobbs-Merrill of Indianapolis: The Royal Road to Romance (1925), The Glorious Adventure (1927), New Worlds to Conquer (1929), The Flying Carpet (1932), Seven League Boots (1935), A Book of Marvels (1937), Second Book of Marvels (1938), Richard Halliburton: His Story of His Life's Adventures (1940).
- Subject Terms:
- Adventure and adventurers -- 20th century.
Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- 20th century.
Prisoners' writings, French -- French Guiana -- Devil's Island -- 20th century.
Schools, Russian -- Photographs.
Seri Indians -- Photographs.
Students -- Soviet Union -- Photographs.
Travelers -- Maps.
Travelers, American -- 20th century.
Voyages and travels -- 20th century.
Voyages around the world -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Contracts.
Correspondence.
Drafts (preliminary versions)
Maps.
photographs -- 20th century - Names:
- France. Armée de terre. Légion étrangère
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 - Places:
- Angkor (city) -- Photographs.
Athens (Greece) -- Photographs.
Athos (Greece) -- Photographs.
Baalbek (Lebanon) -- Photographs.
Bagdad (Iraq) -- Photographs.
Bali (Indonesia) -- Photographs.
Borneo (Malaya) -- Photographs.
Boulder Dam (Colo.) -- Photographs.
Corfu Island (Greece) -- photographs
Dardanelles -- Photographs.
Devil's Island (French Guiana) -- Photographs.
Egypt -- Photographs.
Ethiopia -- Photographs.
Fort Jefferson (Fla.) -- Photographs.
Gibraltor -- Photographs.
Greece -- photographs
Iguazu Falls (Brazil) -- Photographs.
Iran -- Photographs.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Photographs.
Ithakē (Greece) -- Photographs.
Java (Indonesia) -- Photographs.
Jerusalem (Israel) -- Photographs.
Kasmir (India) -- Photographs.
Ladakh (India) -- Photographs.
Leh (India) -- Photographs.
Macchu Picchu (Peru) -- Photographs.
Manila (Philippines) -- Photographs.
Morocco -- Photographs.
Moscow (R.S.F.S.R.) -- Photographs.
Olympus, Mount (Greece) -- Photographs.
Petra (Jordan) -- Photographs.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Photographs.
San Salvador -- Photographs.
Taj Mahal (Agra, India) -- Photographs.
Taorima (Sicily) -- Photographs.
Tempe (Greece) -- Photographs.
Thailand -- Photographs.
Tiberias Lake (Israel) -- Photographs.
Timbuctoo (Mali) -- Photographs.
Vladivostok (Russia) -- Photographs.
