Richard Hazelton Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-MS-ms131

Staff Only

The Richard Hazelton Papers consists materials relating to William Gaddis including correspondence, lecture notes, clippings, print material, and an interview with Hazelton.

Dates

Creation: 1960-2003

Creator

Hazelton, Richard M., 1918-2009 (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

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Extent

1.00 boxes

Additional Description

Biographical or Historical Information

Richard M. Hazelton was a medievalist and Chaucerian scholar. Born in Camden, New Jersey, he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force from 1943-1949. During World War II, Hazelton was a bombardier and a prisoner of war in Germany.

After returning home, Hazelton went to college under the G.I. Bill. He earned a bachelor of arts in English at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1951 and a master of arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1952. He earned a doctorate in English from Rutgers University in 1956.

He joined Washington University’s Department of English in 1958 as an assistant professor after teaching at Ohio State University. He was promoted to associate professor in 1961 and to professor in 1964 and was named emeritus in 1984.

He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964 to conduct research in Oxford, England, and in Florence, Italy. Hazelton also taught for a year at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he developed a passion for Asian art and culture. Hazelton also was active in civil rights, antiwar and other political movements in the 1960s and 1970s.

After retiring, Hazelton traveled extensively in Mexico and Spain. He died at age 91 on November 13, 2009.