Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Stanley Edgar Hyman literary critic and professor, were given to the Library of Congress by Hyman's wife, Phoebe Pettingell, in 1979. Selected items relating to Hyman's first wife, Shirley Jackson, were removed and organized as a separate addition to the Jackson Papers which are also located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
Transfers
Audiotapes and folksong lyric sheets have been transferred to the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress where they are identified as part of these papers. Indexes to this material, labeled appendixes A and B, have been prepared by the staff of the Folklife Center and are available as a PDF document.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Stanley Edgar Hyman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.