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Preferred Citation

Papers of Louis Joseph Halle, Accession #10603-p, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These papers were given to the University of Virginia Library by Mr. Louis J. Halle, Jr. , Geneva, Switzerland , on January 20, 1995 .

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This addition to the papers of Louis J. Halle, Jr. (b. 1910), political scientist and naturalist, consists of the correspondence, 1979 and 1984-1994, ca. 250 items (1 Hollinger box) between Halle and Herbert S. Bailey, Jr. , former Director of the Princeton University Press , accompanied by copies of each others poetry, observations, essays, and newsclippings, chiefly concerning scholarly and philosophical questions of mutual interest. Several of Halle's manuscripts such as Food for Thought (renamed The Butterfly Effect ), The Road to Avalon , and his books Men and Nations , The Cold War as History and The Appreciation of Birds are discussed throughout the correspondence. Bailey and Halle also offered advice and constructive criticism of each other's literary work as it was being produced.

Other topics mentioned include: retirement (1985 Aug 27); reprinting and reworking Frank M. Chapman 's Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America (1985 Nov 4-1986 Jan 14, May 9 & 28); Louis Halle 's reaction to physicists with a mystical bent (1988 Feb 2); paper preservation (1988 Feb 16); the publication of The Appreciation of Birds (1988 Feb 27, Mar 5; 1989 Jun 16); the republication of My Spring in Washington by the Audubon Naturalist Society and the celebration (1988 Feb 27, Mar 9, 17, 18; Apr 10, May 8); Herbert Bailey 's appreciation of Men and Nations (1989 Apr 7); Louis Halle 's reminiscence of Sir Harold Mitchell , vice-chairman of the Conservative Party under Winston Churchill and expert on the Caribbean (1989 Jun 3); discussion about publishing "The Butterfly Effect" by Louis Halle (1989 Sep 18); the academic world and academic publishing (1989 Oct 21; Nov 6); concern for American education, particularly in North Carolina (1989 Dec 18); and examples of Louis Halle 's experiences as an "outsider" in the academic world (1990 Apr 1).

Other topics include: Louis Halle 's 80th birthday and valedictory lecture (1990 Dec 14); the Gulf War (1991 Jan 31, Feb 6, Apr 11 & 17); religion (1991 May 14, Jun 19 & 21); Herbert Bailey 's manuscript, "Where Am I Now, O Lord?" with pencilled comments by Halle re the thinking which led up to Bailey's baptism into the Christian Church (1992 Jan) and more correspondence about the topics raised in the manuscript (1992 Feb 14; Mar 10 & 14; Apr 3, 17 & 18; May 3, 6, & 31; Jun 17, 26 & 30; Aug 18, 19, & 29; Sep 22; Oct 23; 1993 Apr 17; 1994 Jun 20); a description of Bailey's retreat in Maine and his children (1992 Jul 10); the United States presidential election (1992 Oct 21 & 28); sex (1993 Feb 7, Mar 11); political correctness re Vietnam and other issues (1993 Mar 2, 25 & 27; Apr 10; 1994 Mar 28; Apr 6); space colonization and overpopulation (1993 May 22; Jun 3; Jul 7 & 31; Sep 22; Oct 3; Dec 9 & 17; 1994 Jan 5 & 16; Sep 3 & 11); Bill Clinton and foreign policy (1993 Oct 28; Dec 9; 1994 Jul 30); the attack against Halle by highwaymen at Avignon, France (1994 Mar 26); and Bailey's poor opinion of "Captain" Maxwell, publisher (1994 Jul 30).