Collection Guide
This document describes a Manuscript Collection held by the
Special Collections DepartmentUniversity of Iowa Libraries
e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Guide Contents
Biographical and Historical Information
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Administrative Information
Access and
Restrictions:
Biographical Note
John Hubert Scott (1878 -- 1953) received his B.A. in 1902, from Boston University and his M.A. from Northwestern in 1907. Scott was the head of the Department of English at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for seven years beginning in 1908. He joined the faculty of the English department at the University of Iowa in 1915. He was appointed associate professor in 1926 and in 1949 was awarded emeritus status.
Scott's years at the University of Iowa were spent teaching and researching voice rhythms and phrasing patterns, which he claimed could be used to prove literary authorship. This research utilized principles from both English and engineering and Scott occupied a unique place between the two departments at the University of Iowa. Scott published two papers, Rhythmic Prose (1925) and Rhythmic Verse (1925), and two books on the topic, Engineering English (1928) and Phrasal Patterns in English Prose (1932). Several of his extensive manuscripts survive which never saw publication. Scott was interested in using these theories to study, among other things, William Henry Ireland and the Shakespeare forgeries. In 1934 Scott traveled to England where he lived for one year researching the works of various authors and applying his theories of phrasal patterns. Scott was a serious collector of Irelandiana and belonged to several university and community organizations, including the Humanist Society and the Triangle Club, both of which he was president of for a time.
A. Neville, November 2005
Scope and
Contents
Photograhs Box 1, Box 2, Related Materials
Related Materials
Scott, John Hubert. Phrasal Patterns in English Prose. New York : The Ronald Press Company, 1932.
Main Library, PE 1442.S34
Scott, John Hubert. "Rhythmic Prose." University of Iowa Studies Humanistic Studies 3.1 (1925): 1-192.
Main Library, P25 .I8 v.3 no.1
Scott, John Hubert. "Rhythmic Verse." University of Iowa Studies Humanistic Studies 3.2 (1925): 1-216.
Main Library, P25 .I8 v.3 no.2
Scrapbook of facsimile documents and letters of notable historical and literary figures, xMsS427
Photostats of various William Henry Ireland documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, xMsS427p
Photograph album of John Hubert Scott's trip to England in 1934 -- 1935, xMsS427ph
Shakespearean Fabrications compiled by W. H. Ireland, engravings and forgery examples, xMsI66s
Shakespeare Papers compiled by W. H. Ireland, engravings and forgery examples, xMsI66p
Ireland's Shakespeare Forgeries compiled by W. H. Ireland, engravings and forgery examples, xMsI66f
Acquisition and Processing Information
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Series 1: Biographical
Box 1
Newspaper clippings, 1934, 1935
Boston University -- Ephemera and correspondence, 1899 -- 1903
Dance card
Invitations
Correspondence regarding classes and exams
Miscellaneous notes and receipts
Correspondence to J. H. Scott
University of Edinburgh -- Ephemera and correspondence, 1902 -- 1903
Bank book, The Edinburgh Savings Bank
Exam instructions for Theory, History, or Art of Education
Dinner menu, names and addresses written on back
Small notes and calling cards
University of Edinburgh enrollment cards, Winter Session 1902 -- 1903
Steam ship tickets, baggage claim, blank stationery
Receipts, rent receipts, hotel bill
Correspondence to J. H. Scott
Northwestern University -- Ephemera and correspondence, 1905
Invitations
Banquet, reception programs
Faculty death announcements
Miscellaneous ephemera
Series 2: Correspondence
Correspondence with Edith E. King-Fisher
To Edith King-Fisher from John Hubert Scott
November 18, 1941
December 13, 1941
December 20, 1941
January 20, 1942
February 27, 1942
May 1, 1942
May 9, 1942
May 16, 1942
May 26, 1942
May 30, 1942
June 12, 1942
June 22, 1942
June 27, 1942
July 4, 1942
July 18, 1942
July 25, 1942
August 1, 1942
August 14, 1942
August 18, 1942
September 1, 1942
August 25, 1942
September 12, 1942
September 30, 1942
October 6, 1942
November 4, 1942
December 1, 1942
December 17, 1942
December 22, 1942
January 16, 1943
February 27, 1943
March 13, 1943
March 15, 1943
March 20, 1943
March 24, 1943 (incomplete?)
To John Hubert Scott from Edith King-Fisher
July 27, 1940, with attached Lesson XX
October 12, 1940
October 29, 1940
with attached letter from E. King-Fisher's proctor, October 30, 1940
with attached letter from Helen Williams, Director of Correspondence Study at SUI, November 6, 1940
November 5, 1940, with attached curve
November 9, 1940
November 29, 1940, Lesson I
December 10, 1940, Lesson II
December 24, 1940, Lesson III
February 24, 1941, Lesson VII
March 10, 1941, Lesson VIII
April 9, 1941, Lesson IX
May 2, 1941, Lesson X
May 20, 1941, Lesson XI
June 28, 1941
October 23, 1941, Lesson XIX
November 13, 1941, with Lesson XX
December 9, 1941
January 12, 1942, two letters with attached Lesson I
February 13, 1942, with attached Lesson II
March 7, 1942
March 31, 1942, with attached Lesson II
May 28, 1942, with photograph of E. King-Fisher
June 29, 1942
August 15, 1942
September 7, 1942, with attached notes from J. Scott and two passages from E. King-Fisher
November 6, 1942
November 26, 1942
January 7, 1943
March 1, 1943
May 16, 1943, with attached poem "Villanelle" by E. King-Fisher
July 17, 1943, note for the Correspondence Department
July 20, 1943
August 2, 1943
December 19, 1943
April 2, 1944
June 1, 1944, with curve attached
July 14, 1944
October 24, 1944
December 10, 1944
January 2, 1945 (misdated as 1944)
February 14, 1945
April 15, 1945
To John Hubert Scott from King Fisher (E. King-Fisher's father)
November 28, 1939
May 24, 1940, with attached letter concerning book order
October 8, 1941
November 24, [1941?], with business card attached
December 16, [1941?]
August 15, 1942
To John Hubert Scott from Helen Williams (Director of Correspondence Study at SUI)
April 18, 1941
September 16, 1943
Miscellaneous lessons
Lesson XVI, undated
Lesson XVIII, undated
Lesson XXII, undated
Lesson XXIII, undated
Paper by E. King-Fisher, The Law of Christ in The Gospel of Matthew, March 6, 1942
Notes and diagrams (7 items)
To Amy (Mrs. J.H. Scott) (4 letters)
December 16, 1907 from Bernice
undated from Bernice
undated from John [?]
January 14, 1907 from Bernice
From Aunt Carrie (3 letters)
January 27, [no year]
October 21, [no year]
[undated]
From Aunt Mae to J. H. Scott ("Hubert") (46 letters)
November 2, 1902
November 20, 1902
December 21, 1902
December 29, 1902
January 5, 1903
January 11, 1903
February 8, 1903
March 13, 1903, contains newspaper clipping "Study of Greek No Longer Necessary, Boston University Drops it From Requirements"
September 14, 1904
September 17, 1904
September 27, 1904
October 14, 1904, contains envelope
November 2, 1904
November 18, 1904
November 20, 1904
December 20, 1904
December 21, 1904
December 28, 1904, contains small piece of paper and newspaper clipping
January 5, 1905 (postcard)
January 18, 1905
February 7, 1905
March 2, 1905
March 10, 1905
May 23, 1905
May 30, 1905
June 11, 1905
June 14, 1905
August 5, 1905
October 11, 1905
October 16, 1905
November 6, 1905
November 14, 1905, contains envelope
December 4, 1905, contains small piece of paper and envelope
December 11, 1905
December 18, 1905 (postcard)
September 20, 1906
August 9, 1907
August 21, 1907
September 6, 1907
March 17, 1907
June 21, 1908
September 21, 1910
October 20, 1910
January 25, 1911
December 27, 1917
November 2, 1919
To Aunt Mae from J. H. Scott (6 letters)
April 7, 1903
September 24, 1904
December 17, 1904
January 30, 1905
March 13, 1905, with envelope
April 17, 1905
From Maud S. Archer to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
December 3, 1900
May 7, 1903
From Leonard Ayres to J. H. Scott (4 letters)
September 22, 1900
June 25, 1901
January 9, 1906
Wedding invitation for L. Ayres' daughter
From B.C. to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
[no month] [no day], 1901
October 26, 1902
From Grace M. Carpenter to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
June 26, 1902
[undated]
From Harold H. Cleaveland to J. H. Scott (17 letters)
December 18, 1902
July 13, 1903
July 16, 1903
February 18, 1904
March 20, 1904
April 16, 1904
May 9, 1904, with envelope
June 9, 1904
October 12, 1904
November 27, 1904
January 9, 1905
March 7, 1905, with small magazine clipping
October 31, 1905
December 14, 1905
April 5, 1906
May 4, 1906
March 4, 1909
From Margaret Clifford to J. H. Scott
June 30, 1902
August 8, 1902
October 9, 1902
December 18, 1902
February 4, 1903
April 16, 1904
July 26, 1904
From Coe College to J. H. Scott (1 letter)
July 16, 1908
To Coe College (President Marquis regarding high school visits, 1910) from J. H. Scott
January 17, 1910 -- Moulton, Iowa
February 15, 1910 -- Centerville, Iowa
February 15, 1910 -- Hedrick, Iowa
February 16, 1910 -- Albia, Iowa
From G. F. Grogan to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
December 31, [no year]
[undated]
Box 2
Series 2: Correspondence, cont.
From James Davis to J. H. Scott (5 letters)
December 12, 1900
November 2, 1901
October 19, 1902, with envelope
November 13, 1902
March 7, 1903, with envelope
From Claire Pearl Foster to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
December 15, 1902
October [no day], [no year]
From Lena May Haynes to J. H. Scott (8 letters)
June 2, 1902
August 17, 1902
November 16, 1902
March 8, 1903
November 22, 1903
February 3, 1904
January 4, 1905
March 3, 1905, with envelope
To "Brother Higgins" from Mrs. Amy Scott
[undated] and incomplete
From Harriet C. Jenkins to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
March 3, 1905
March 6, 1905
From "Lotty" to J. H. Scott (4 letters)
August 29, 1900
January 4, 1901
[undated]
[undated]
From Alice French Mayo to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
June 10, 1903
July 24, 1903, with envelope
From Frances Main to J. H. Scott (2 letters)
[undated]
[undated], titled "A Penitent's Earnest Prayer"
From Mr. J. Scott ("Papa John") and Mrs. Scott ("Mother") to J. H. Scott
August 1, 1898, with envelope, from Mrs. Scott
December 21, 1904, from Mr. Scott
June 25, 1907, from Mr. Scott
July 15, 1907, from Mr. Scott
August 1, 1907, from Mr. Scott
August 8, 1907, from Mr. Scott
August 19, 1907, from Mr. Scott
September 20, 1907, from Mr. Scott
December 16, 1907, from Mr. Scott
October 22, 1908, from Mrs. Scott
September 12, [no year], from Mrs. Scott
[undated], from Mrs. Scott
[undated], from Mr. Scott
To Mr. and Mrs. Scott from J. H. Scott (14 letters)
February 28, 1902, to Mr. Scott
October 3, 1902, to Mr. Scott
October 5, 1902, to Mr. Scott
October 9, 1902, to Mr. Scott
November 2, 1902, to Mr. Scott
August 18, 1903, to Mr. Scott
September 29, 1904
October 10, 1904, to Mr. Scott
October 29, 1904 (envelope)
December 27, 1904
February 26, 1905
May 20, 1905, to Mr. Scott
May 31, [no year]
[undated]
From Julia Smock to J. H. Scott ("Cousin John") (1 letter), To Julia Smock from J. H. Scott (1 letter)
June 10, 1880
July 20, 1905, with envelope
October 1, 1905
From Stanley (J. H. Scott's brother) to J. H. Scott
1902 -- 1909 (53 letters)
October 6, 1902
October 7, 1902
November 2, 1902
November 10, 1902
November 28, 1902
December 15, 1902, with envelope
December 28, 1902
December 29, 1902
January 5, 1903
January 11, 1903
January 19, 1903 (additional note(s) from Aunt Mae and Mrs. Scott (?))
November 22, 1904
December 5, 1904
January 10, 1905
January 30, 1905
April 27, 1905
October 6, 1905
November 11, 1905
November 29, 1905
December 7, 1905, postcard
December 14, 1905
February 4, 1906
April 26, 1906, with p. s. dated April 27, 1906
May 3, 1906
May 6, 1906
May 18, 1906
June 29, 1906
August 28, 1906
September 4, 1906
September 5, 1906
September 17, 1906
January 4, 1907
March 4, 1907
September 20, 1907
October 5, 1907
December 8, 1907
December 15, 1907, with envelope
January 6, 1908
March 7, 1908
March 26, 1908
March 28, 1908
April 16, 1908
June 4, 1908
October 29, 1908
January 24, 1909
[undated]
July 14, 1909
August 18, 1909
November 19, 1909
Note with cat drawing and poem [undated]
Letter, Westbrook Foundry stationery [undated]
Letter, March 3, [no year]
Letter, November [no day], [no year]
1910 -- 1919 (37 letters)
February 9, 1910
March 27, 1910
April 22, 1910, with envelope
May 2, 1910
May 2, 1910
May 8, 1910, telegram (regarding the death of Mr. J. H. Scott's father)
May 10, 1910, telegram
June 6, 1910
August 12, [1910?]
August 16, 1910
October 25, 1910
November 24, 1910
December 13, 1910
January 6, 1910
January 26, 1911
February 20, 1911
May 1, 1911
May 10, 1911
May 19, 1911
July 2, 1911
January 12, 1913
May 11, 1913
July 5, 1913
March 17, 1916
May 22, 1916
July 28, 1916
January 25, 1918
April 10, 1918
June 13, 1918
October 14, 1918, with typed memorandum
February 6, 1919
May 2, 1919
November 6, 1919
January 11, 1920
Letter, Sunday afternoon, [undated]
Letter, Sunday night, [undated]
Letter, Sunday, [undated]
To Stanley (J. H. Scott's brother) from J. H. Scott ( 14 letters)
September 29, 1902
October 26, 1902
November 7, 1902
November 10, 1902
November 18, 1902
November 30, [1902?]
January 14, 1903
January 18, 1903
January 31, 1903
February 21, 1903
April 10, 1903
November 24, 1904
February 6, 1905
September 17, 1905, with envelope
From Alice M. Wellcome to J. H. Scott (19 letters) (1 photograph)
October 27, 1902
October 27, 1902
December 28, 1902
November 18, 1904, with note from Carrie included
January 18, 1904
September 29, 1904, signed "Fido"
December 28, 1904
January 28, 1905
February 24, 1905
March 19, 1905
May 11, 1905, with photograph of Alice, birthday invitation and small note
August 6, 1905
November 26, 1905
December 30, 1906
September 29, 1907
December 15, 1907
March 29, 1908
January 10, 1909
[undated]
From C.P. Wilson ("Aunty Wilson") to J. H. Scott (5 letters)
March 23, 1902
November 10, 1902
January 26, 1903
January 2, [no year]
[undated]
Miscellaneous correspondence (24 letters)
November 26, 1893, from Sarah A. Warren
August 1, 1898, from "Piggy"
November 7, 1900, from Pearl Madeline Pettingell
November 23, 1902, from A. F. Reiner
January 25, 1903, from Nelson C. Smith
April 16, 1903, with envelope, from "Methuselah"
June 13, 1903, from E. Charlton Black
June 30, 1903, with envelope, from Helen P. Smith
August 20, 1903, to C. F. Brusie from J. H. Scott with small note of reply from Brusie
August 21, 1903, from May Drummond
February 7, 1904, with envelope, from Helen L. Watson
September 23, 1904, with envelope, from M. E. Perkins
December 23, 1904, from Branson
June 11, 1905, from Elsa Lucia Baebemoth [?]
August 26, 1905, from "Hammie"
November 27, 1905, from Ralph W. Denny [?]
April 30, 1906, from M. Topping [?]
January 24, 1908, from Evelina Perkins
April 5, 1908, from Louis
November 13, 1910, from George H. Scott
December 12, 1912, from H. Stils [?]
October 21, 1915, from [?]
February 4, 1918, from Lawrence K. Gundrum
[undated], from Nellie Alfretta Ballard [?], with small note
Box 3
Series 2: Correspondence, cont.
Correspondence with antiquarian book dealers
McLeish & Sons, 1931 -- 1939
Maggs Bros., 1931 -- 1937
Marks & Co., 1931 -- 1939
Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1931 -- 1933
G. Michelmore & Co., 1931 -- 1932
James Miles, 1931 -- 1934
Murrays Limited, 1931
Myers & Co., 1931 -- 1938
J.A. Neuhaus, 1931
F. Norman, 1938
Parker & Son, Limited, 1931 -- 1933
Pickering & Chatto, Ltd., 1931 -- 1938
Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1931 -- 1934
C. Richardson, 1931
John Richardson, 1934
William H. Robinson, 1933
Rosenbach Company, 1932 -- 1940
Sanders and Company, 1931 -- 1936
John E. Scopes & Co., 1931
G. Sexton, 1938
William Smith & Son, 1931 -- 1932
Henry Sotheran Ltd., 1931 -- 1939
G.E. Stechert & Co., 1933
C.A. Stonehill, Jr., 1932 -- 1942
James Thin, 1931 -- 1935
Thomas Thorp, 1931 -- 1939
Albert V. Turner, The Surrey Bookshop, 1931 -- 1938
Union Square Book Shop, 1931
D. Webster, 1933
Henry Young & Sons Ltd., 1931 -- 1933
Correspondence with libraries relating to William Henry Ireland and Shakespeare forgeries, 1931 -- 1932
Jaggard, William, "Shakespeare Bibliography"
Series 3: Research
Class notes and exercises
Curves and their meaning, notes and diagrams
Box 4
Series 3: Research, cont.
Equilibrant Parallelism by Zilpha E. Chandler, sent to J. H. Scott, undated
Inflectional tests, grading charts and notes
Inflection notes and diagrams
Miscellaneous notes and diagrams
Nomenclature
Typescripts for exercises
Series 4: Writings
Papers, Essays, and Lectures
Amplors: Pitch-Amplitude Curves, typescript with diagrams
"The English Language as a Medium of Beautiful Expression," speech manuscript with notes and diagrams
Box 5
Series 4: Writings, cont.
Papers, Essays, and Lectures, cont.
English Prose and Prose Writers, radio lecture manuscripts and typescripts
I. The Substance and Style of Literature
II. The Spirit and Temper of Literature; given October 13, 1926
III. The Criticism of Literature; October 20, 1926
IV. Idiom
V. Imagery
VIII. The Matter of Content
X. The Study of Letters, Literary Craftsmanship, Literary Criticism
Idiomatic Phrasing, typescript
The Lord's Prayer manuscript and Latin prayer typescripts with notes
Some Inflection Differences of the Weatherlevians, notes
The Sound Movement in English Speech, notes, manuscript and typescript
Vocabulary, notes, manuscript, typescript
Manuscripts
Collaboration in English Literature, Volume I by John Hubert Scott and Zilpha E. Chandler
Title page, Table of Contents
I. Collaboration in English Literature Before the Opening of the Sixteenth Century
II. Skelton to Sackville
III. Sidney and Spenser
IV. Elizabethan Romancers and Dramatists Exclusive of Shakespeare
V. Shakespeare: The Poems
Box 6
Series 4: Writings, cont.
Manuscripts, cont.
VI. Shakespeare: The Plays; Jonson, Bacon
VII. John Milton
VIII. John Milton (Continued)
Collaboration in English Literature, Volume II by John Hubert Scott, and Zilpha E. Chandler
Title page, Table of Contents
I. John Dryden
II. Alexander Pope
III. Addison and Steele
IV. Daniel Defoe
V. Samuel Johnson
VI. Goldsmith
VII. Edmund Burke
Collaboration in English Literature, Volume III (This volume is incomplete -- missing six chapters)
Complete Table of Contents; original file folder with notes
III. Lamb and Hazlitt
V. Thomas Babington Macaulay
VII. Thomas Carlyle (designated chapter IX on typescript)
VIII. George Eliot
X. Matthew Arnold
XI. Alfred Tennyson
XII. Robert Browning, E.B. Browning
XIII. John Ruskin
XIV. D.G. Rossetti, William Morris
XV. Washington Irving
Box 7
Series 4: Writings, cont.
Manuscripts, cont.
Sentence Movement in English Prose, chapters 1 -- 6
Title page, Table of Contents, notes
I. Sound Movement and Thought Movement
II. An Analysis of Passages
III. Analysis of a Passage from Present-day English Writing
IV. An Analysis of Passages of Contemporary American Composition
V. An Analysis of Sentences Representing the Modern Advertisement
VI. Exercises for (in) Analysis
Series 5: Sketches
Sketches and drawings done by Scott, ca. 1898 -- 1931 (Map case #1, drawer # 15)
