Writings, dates not examined
Consists of autograph and typescript drafts of Nathaniel Burt's varied writings, both published and unpublished. These include novels (e.g. Scotland's Burning), nonfiction works ( The Perennial Philadelphians), short stories ("War Cry of the West"), poetry (the bulk of the unpublished works), and musical compositions. Also included with the various drafts is any relevant outline and research material contained within the collection, most notably information on art museums for Burt's tome Palaces for the People. The publication dates of the writings range from 1953-1977.
This series is arranged into five subseries: Novels, Nonfiction, Short Stories, Poetry, and and Musical Compositions.
Novels, dates not examined
outline notebook, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 1-99, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 100-199, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 200-299, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 300-374, dates not examined
AMs, pp. 1-200, dates not examined
AMs, pp. 201-430, dates not examined
TMs, dates not examined
Nonfiction, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 1-200, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 201-400, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 401-600, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 601-642, dates not examined
misc. notes, dates not examined
initial outlines, dates not examined
outlines, notes, dates not examined
notes, drafts, dates not examined
TMs, Book II, dates not examined
Poetry, dates not examined
TMs, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 1-75, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 76-150, dates not examined
AMs, dates not examined
TMs, pp. 1-48, dates not examined
Part I, dates not examined
Part II, dates not examined
Part III, dates not examined
Volume I, dates not examined
Volume II, dates not examined
Volume III, dates not examined
Correspondence, 1923-1986
Consists of correspondence from 1923-1986, including general letters, family correpondence, and letters relating to the publication of Burt's writings. Most of the letters are written to Nathaniel Burt, although some drafts and originals of letters written by him are also present.
This series is arranged five subseries: General, Family, Publishing, Invitations, and Unidentified Correspondence.
General, 1930-1986
list of correspondents, circa 1930
A - An, dates not examined
Archer, John H., dates not examined
Ard - Az, dates not examined
Bel - Bri, dates not examined
Bro - Bz, dates not examined
C - Ch, dates not examined
Ci - Cz, dates not examined
D - Ding, dates not examined
Dinwiddie - Dz, dates not examined
E, dates not examined
F - Fra, dates not examined
Fre - Fz, dates not examined
G - Gal, dates not examined
Gam - Gil, dates not examined
Girard - Gz, dates not examined
H - Hob, dates not examined
Hodesh, Robert, 1939-1952
Hodesh, Robert, 1952-1969
Hodesh, Robert, 1970-1984
Hodg - Hz, dates not examined
I, dates not examined
J - Jacobson, Jerald, 1970
Jacobson, Jerald, 1970-1986
Jam - Jz, dates not examined
K - Kel, dates not examined
Ken - Kz, dates not examined
L - Loe, dates not examined
Log - Lz, dates not examined
M - Mal, dates not examined
Man - Mec, dates not examined
Mer - Morris, dates not examined
Morrow - Mz, dates not examined
N - Newb, dates not examined
Ni - Nz, dates not examined
O, dates not examined
P - Plater, dates not examined
Platts, Una, dates not examined
Plau - Pre, dates not examined
Q, dates not examined
R - Ri, dates not examined
Ro - Rz, dates not examined
S - Schi, dates not examined
Schn - Shep, dates not examined
Sherrerd, S. Donald, 1954-1960
Sherrerd, S. Donald, 1961-1981
Sho - Star, dates not examined
Stav - Sz, dates not examined
T - To, dates not examined
Tr - Tz, dates not examined
U - Utah, dates not examined
Untermyer - Uz, dates not examined
V, dates not examined
W - Willing, dates not examined
Willis - Wy, dates not examined
Wyoming - Wz, dates not examined
Y, dates not examined
Z, dates not examined
Family, 1923-1986
1939-1943, 1939-1943
1943, 1943
1943, 1943
1943-1944, 1943-1944
1944-1945, 1944-1945
1945), undated
1945-1973, 1945-1973
1923-1929, 1923-1929
1930-1939, 1930-1939
1940-1942, 1940-1942
1943, 1943
1944-1953, 1944-1953
1923-1927, 1923-1927
1928, 1928
1929, 1929
1930-1932, 1930-1932
1932-1935, 1932-1935
1935-1937, 1935-1937
1938-1939, 1938-1939
1940-1942, 1940-1942
1943, 1943
1944, 1944
1945, 1945
1946-1949, 1946-1949
1950-1957, 1950-1957
1958, 1958
1959, 1959
1960, 1960
1961-1964, 1961-1964
1965, 1965
1966, 1966
1967, 1967
1967-1968, 1967-1968
1968-1969, 1968-1969
1969, 1969
1970-dateless, dates not examined
Atteberry, Julia Burt, 1923-1977
1923-1928, 1923-1928
1929, 1929
1930, 1930
1930-1931, 1930-1931
1932-1935, 1932-1935
1936-1937, 1936-1937
1938-1939, 1938-1939
1940-1942, 1940-1942
1943, 1943
1943, 1943
1944, 1944
1945, 1945
1945, 1945
1946-1955, 1946-1955
1956-1959, 1956-1959
1960-1963, 1960-1963
1964-1966, 1964-1966
1967-1969, 1967-1969
1970-1977, 1970-1977
1978-dateless, dates not examined
Atteberry, Kathi, dates not examined
Atteberry, Mimi, dates not examined
Burt, Edith, dates not examined
Burt, Mary, dates not examined
Burt, Mimie, dates not examined
Leahy, Margery, dates not examined
Lane, Mary Kit, dates not examined
Newlin, J. Eliot, dates not examined
Newlin, Mary, dates not examined
Page, George, dates not examined
"Nephew Andrew", dates not examined
"Aunt Bargie", dates not examined
"Aunt Eleanor", dates not examined
"Grandpa", dates not examined
"Aunt Genie", dates not examined
"Counsin Mike", dates not examined
"Aunt Sue", dates not examined
Publishing, 1952-1984
Invitations, undated
Unidentified Correspondence, undated
Consists of historical and financial material concerning the Burt's family retreat: the Three Rivers Ranch of Moran, Wyoming. The ranch was started by Struthers Burt, an early proponent of establishing a National Park in Jackson Hole, in 1929. The ranch was situated on land leased from the federal government, and operated for 51 years (until 1980). Today the Three Rivers Ranch is part of Grand Teton National Park. The file includes correspondence, clippings, and reports documenting the history and (possible) preservation of the ranch and its ultimate reversion to the National Park Service.
This series is arranged into two subseries: History/Future Plans, and Financial.
Documents, dates not examined
Consists of miscellaneous financial documents saved by Nathaniel Burt including bills, invoices, and receipts. Also includes memorabilia, including World War II souvenirs, juvenilia, and other ephemera. A limited number of photographs of Nathaniel Burt and of the Burt family are also located in this series.
This series is arranged into three subseries: Financial, Memorabilia, and Photographs.
brochures, dates not examined
children, dates not examined
clippings, dates not examined
lists, dates not examined
military, dates not examined
misc, dates not examined
misc, dates not examined
misc, dates not examined
notes, dates not examined
notes, dates not examined
organizations, dates not examined
programs, dates not examined
religious, dates not examined
Burt, Nathaniel, dates not examined
Burt, Struthers, dates not examined
Misc. people, dates not examined
Other People's Papers, 1936-1953
Consists of correspondence of other persons, mostly family, to third parties. Also contains some unidentified correspondence.
This series is arranged into two subseries: Family Correspondence, and General Correspondence.
Family Correspondence, 1936-1953
A - P, dates not examined
Q - R, dates not examined
S - Z, dates not examined
unidentified, dates not examined
unidentified, dates not examined
2013 Accession, 1925-1999
Consists of materials acquired in the 2013 Accession, including diaries, notebooks, writing project notes, poems, yearbooks, and family papers.
Arranged by genre of material.
Diaries, 1926-1956
Diaries, 1957-1972
Diaries, 1972-1987
Diaries, 1987-1995
Poems Vol.s 1-3, undated
Poems, 1962-1983
Yearbooks, 1926-1936
- Scope and Contents
Contains holograph manuscripts, typescripts, typesetting copies, and galley proofs of some books of Burt (Princeton Class of 1936), such as Leopards in the Garden (Boston: Little Brown, 1968), Palaces for the People (Boston: Little Brown, 1977), which is about art museums in the United States, The Perennial Philadelphians (Boston: Little Brown, 1963), and Scotland's Burning (Boston: Little Brown, 1953), as well as short stories, poems, and musical compositions. The collection includes correspondence between Burt and family members Struthers Burt, Katharine Newlin Burt, and Julia Burt Attebury, and with friends, publishers, and organizations. Also present are papers concerning the history and finances of the Burt family property at Three Rivers Ranch, Wyoming, which is now part of the Grand Teton National Park. Approximately 100 19th and 20th century photographs are present, including albumen and tintype prints of people, family members, and places such as family estates and Three Rivers Ranch.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Burt, Nathaniel, 1913-2003
Nathaniel Burt (1913-2003), writer, novelist, poet, composer, and educator, was born in Moose, Wyoming on November 21, 1913, to [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (Class of 1904) and Katharine Newlin Burt, both writers. Rearing their children, Nathaniel and his sister Julia Burt [Atteberry] in lonely Wyoming, Burt's parents took to writing and became noteworthy authors of tales set in the vast western wilderness.
Burt attended St. James's preparatory school in Maryland (upon which his novel Scotland's Burning is based), and then Princeton in 1932-1933 for his freshmen year of college (Class of 1936). Burt eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree in musical education from New York University in 1939 and—after serving in the Navy during World War II—a Master of Fine Arts degree from Princeton in 1949. He taught in the Department of Music at Princeton from 1939-1941 and 1950-1952.
After leaving the University in 1952, Burt dedicated himself to writing full-time. He has composed pieces in a wide variety of genres, including ballet, musical score, orchestral overture, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and short stories. Burt is best known for his two books on the American 'aristocracy' ( The Perennial Philadelphians and First Families) and lesser known for his various works about Wyoming ( Jackson Hole Journal, Wyoming).
Living in Princeton for over 50 years, Burt supported and was an active member in a variety of local civic organizations, including the Historical Society of Princeton, the Princeton Chamber Orchestra, the Philadelphia Athenaeum, the Friends of Music at Princeton, and the Friends of the Princeton University Library.
Burt married Margaret "Winkie" Clinton Burt on August 5, 1941. He passed away July 1, 2003, in Princeton.
1913 born November 21, Bar BC Ranch, Moose, Wyoming 1920s-1931 attended St. James's Preparatory School 1932 entered Princeton University as a member of Class of 1936 1933 left Princeton University 1939 received B.S. in musical education from NYU 1939-1941 taught in the Princeton Music department 1941 married Margaret Clinton on August 5 1942-1945 served as communications officer, U.S. Pacific Naval Fleet 1947 published Rooms in a House 1949 received Master of Fine Arts degree from Princeton 1950 published Question on a Kite 1950-1951 taught at the Westminster Choir College 1950-1952 taught in the Princeton Music department 1953 published Scotland's Burning 1957 published Make My Bed 1963 published The Perennial Philadelphians 1968 published Leopards in the Garden 1970 published First Families 1977 published Palaces for the People 1980 Three Rivers Ranch reverted to National Park Service 1983 published Jackson Hole Journal 1991 published Wyoming 2003 died July 1, 2003, in Princeton, New Jersey
- Acquisition:
Gift of the author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Colin Campbell in 1998. Finding aid written by Colin Campbell in 1998.
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Collection is open for research use.
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Nathaniel Burt Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3r074t95m
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-54
- Subject Terms:
- American fiction -- 20th century.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Art museums -- United States -- 20th century.
Authors and publishers -- United States -- 20th century.
Dude ranches -- Wyoming -- 20th century.
Editors -- United States -- 20th century.
Music.
Musical scores -- United States -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Proofs (Printing) - Genre Terms:
- Photographs, Original.
- Names:
- Burt, Nathaniel, 1913-2003
- Places:
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)
Three Rivers Ranch (Wyo.)