Overview: Howard Mumford Jones (1892-1980), a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian of American culture, was the Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. Jones taught English, American, and comparative literature. In addition, his work focused on the study of American cultural history. The collection consists of articles, reprints, poems, book reviews, public lectures, and essays documenting Howard Mumford Jones' professional and academic contributions to the...

Overview: Howard Mumford Jones (1892-1980), a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian of American culture, was the Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. Jones taught English, American, and comparative literature. The Papers of Howard Mumford Jones document the academic and professional career of Jones from 1916 to 1980. A valuable resource for research in the humanities, much of the collection consists of Jones' correspondence, book reviews, manuscripts,...