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BOX 36-50 Personal File, 1880-2023
The Personal File series consists of educational files, family documents, childhood ephemera, photographs, and other memorabilia, in addition to material documenting his relationship with partner William Bodenschatz. The Bodenschatz material includes extensive notes written between Mallon and Bodenschatz in the first few years of their relationship, along with limited material on Bodenschatz’s career as an artist and doll maker. Educational files include material related to Mallon's honors thesis on Mary McCarthy at Brown University and his doctoral dissertation about Edmund Blunden at Harvard University, along with class notes and miscellaneous assignments. The bulk of the photographs in the series span 1940-2023 and documents Mallon’s family history, childhood, college years, and personal and professional activities and accomplishments throughout his life. Many photographs, particularly those from the 1980s and later, relate to activities documented in the Professional File and Writings File. The series also includes memorabilia Mallon collected from the George W. Bush presidential administration while he was involved with the National Council for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities.
Material types include notes, photographs, calendars, greeting cards, drawings, correspondence, artifacts, and ephemera.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
BOX 36 Bodenshatz, William
BOX 36 Doll making, 1991-1994
(2 folders)
BOX 36 Greeting cards, 1989-2021
BOX 36 Miscellany, 1989-1995
BOX 36 Notes from Thomas Mallon, 1989-1993
(2 folders)
BOX 36 Notes to Thomas Mallon, 1989-1996
(2 folders)
BOX 36 Brown University
BOX 36 Class directories, 1969-1973
BOX 36 Class notes
BOX 36 1970
BOX 37 1971-1972
(2 folders)
BOX 37 Diploma, 1973
BOX 37 Essays and papers, 1969-1972
BOX 37 Honors thesis, Excited Scruples: Ideas of Human Responsibility in the Writings of Mary McCarthy, 1972
(2 folders)
BOX 37 Miscellany, 1969-1984, 2008
BOX 37 Reunion, 2003
BOX 37 Calendars
BOX 37 1980-1989
BOX 38 1991-2022
(3 folders)
BOX 39 Childhood memorabilia, 1951-1978, 1985, 1999
(3 folders)
BOX 39 Eulogies and memorial programs, 1993, 2001-2004, 2017-2023
BOX 39 Eulogy for Arthur Mallon, 1980
BOX 39 Family records, 1918-1921, 1946-1959, 1980, 1999
BOX 39 Harvard University
BOX 39 Class notes, 1973-1974
(4 folders)
BOX 40 Doctoral dissertation
BOX 40 The Art of Edmund Blunden, 1978
BOX 40 Early research, miscellany, 1974-1976
BOX 40 Harvard correspondence, 1976-1978
BOX 40 Research correspondence, 1976-1978
BOX 40 Essays and papers, 1973-1975
(2 folders)
BOX 40 Miscellany, 1973-1978, 1999, 2007
BOX 40 Mallon, Arthur, cancelled checks used in Harper's essay, 1949-1980
BOX 41 Mallon, Carol, miscellany, 1947-1993
BOX 41 Memorabilia, White House and related
BOX 41 Bush, George W., and Laura Bush, Christmas cards, 2001-2002, 2013-2020
BOX 41 Bush, George W., and Laura Bush, general, 2001-2013, undated
(6 folders)
BOX OV 1 Bush, George W., and Laura Bush, M&M box, circa 2001-circa 2008 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX 41 Cheney, Richard B., and Lynne Cheney, 2001-2008
BOX OV 1 Cheney, Richard B., and Lynne Cheney, pocketknife and bookmark, circa 2001-circa 2008 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX 41 Kennedy Center Presidential box, 2003-2008
BOX 41 Reagan, Ronald, funeral, 2004
BOX 41 White House Correspondents' Association, dinner, 1999
BOX 41 White House mess, menus, lunches with John P. McConnell, 2001-2007
BOX R 42 Passports and identification cards (restricted), 1969-2019
BOX 43 Photographs
BOX 43 1880s, 1918-1939, undated
BOX 43 1940s-1960s
(7 folders)
BOX 43 1970-1972
BOX 44 1973-1979
(5 folders)
BOX 44 1970s
BOX 44 1980-1982
(3 folders)
BOX 45 1983-1989
(8 folders)
BOX 46 1990-1996 See also Container OV 2, Photographs
(8 folders)
BOX 47 1997-1999 See also Container OV 2, Photographs
(3 folders)
BOX 47 1990s
BOX 47 2000-2004
(6 folders)
BOX 48 2005-2012
(10 folders)
BOX 49 2013-2022
(11 folders)
BOX 50 2023
BOX 50 Sewanhaka High School, Floral Park, N.Y., diploma, 1969
BOX 50 Stewart Manor Elementary School, Garden City, N.Y., memory book, 1963
BOX 50-64 Professional File, 1974-2023
The Professional File documents Mallon’s professional activities primarily related to his writing, editing, and teaching careers. This includes awards, fellowships, professional memberships, literary award judging, clippings and interviews, speeches and engagements, and course materials. The series covers Mallon’s 2002 nomination to the National Council on the Humanities and his subsequent tenure at the National Endowment for the Humanities as both the director of the Division of Preservation and Access and the deputy chair. Included is material regarding a 2005 trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, in collaboration with the National Geographic Society to negotiate a traveling exhibition of artifacts. There is extensive documentation of Mallon’s participation as a faculty member at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College (1996-2017). In addition, files related to his tenure, as a professor then lecturer, at Vassar College, along with other teaching positions, are present in the series. The speeches and engagements file within the series provides a comprehensive account of his speeches, lectures, readings, panel discussions, and residencies from 1979 to 2023. Digital audio and video recordings of some of Mallon’s speeches, lectures, and interviews are also present in the series.
Material types include agendas, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, pamphlets, photographs, syllabi, interviews, speeches, and lectures.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type. Speeches and engagements arranged chronologically therein. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 50 American Academy of Arts and Letters, award, 2011
BOX 50 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, membership, 2012
(2 folders)
BOX 50 American Scholar editorial board, 2004-2005
BOX 50 Author's Guild, committee on midlist publishing, 1997-1999
BOX 51 Blurbs and endorsements, 1987-2023
BOX 51 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
BOX 51 Bakeless Literary Publication Prize, judging, 2000-2001
BOX 51 General
BOX 51 1996-1999
(6 folders)
BOX 52 2001-2008
(9 folders)
BOX 53 2009-2016
(4 folders)
DF Reading, excerpt from Fellow Travelers, with Carl Phillips, 2004
Digital ID: mss86434_318_007
DF Reading, excerpt from Fellow Travelers, with Merrill Feitell, 2005
Digital ID: mss86434_318_008
BOX 53 Reunion, 2017
BOX 53 Clippings and interviews
BOX 53 1978-2001
(3 folders)
BOX 54 2002-2023
(4 folders)
BOX 54 Dictionary of Literary Biography, entry, 2004-2009
BOX 54 Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, award, 2002-2004
BOX 54 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, fellowship, 1999-2001
BOX 54 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, fellowship, reader in general nonfiction, 2002-2004
(2 folders)
BOX 54 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, judging, 1995-1996
BOX 54 Hopwood Awards, judging, 2000
BOX 54 Ingram Merrill Foundation, award, 1993-1994
DF Interviews, lectures, panels, and teaching, audio and video recordings, 1977, 1982-1985, 1990-2019
Digital ID: mss86434_318_018
DF Interviews, radio, audio recordings, 2001, 2009
Digital ID: mss86434_318_004
Digital ID: mss86434_318_005
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