Dates

• Majority of material found within 1958 - 1975

Extent

2 boxes Linear Feet (Dr. Raymona Hull (July 16, 1907-February 3, 1997) was a Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1958 until her retirement in 1975. Raymona Elsie Hull was born in Petroskey, Michigan, and her parents were Raymond Hull and Elsie Marie Caudrey Hull. Orphaned at the age of 6, Raymona Hull lived with family in Cleveland, Ohio, with her aunt and uncle. She earned her BA from Flora Stone Mather College at Western Reserve University in 1929. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She taught high school English in Richfield, Ohio, for two years before entering Cornell University. She earned her MA in English in 1933. In 1951, Dr. Hull received her Doctorate of Education from Columbia University. Before coming to Indiana State College (later IUP), Dr. Hull was appointed Professor of English at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Canton. During her tenure at Indiana (1958-1975), Dr. Raymona Hull taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses and she served as the coordinator of Freshman English for eight years. Dr. Hull’s research interests included 19th century authors, and she taught courses on Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe, and Henry David Thoreau. Dr. Hull was a founding member of the Hawthorne Society, and she wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne: The English Experience, 1853-1864 (1980), Call Number: PS 1884 .H8 1980 (IUP Libraries). The Dr. Raymona E. Hull Collection is housed in two archival boxes. The collection contains biographical and education materials, as well as research, unpublished manuscripts, and a copy of her book entitled Nathaniel Hawthorne: The English Experience. Other items include a college scrapbook and a 1908-1911 photograph album during a survey of the Lepanto-Bontoc Philippines, research note cards, newspaper articles, pamphlets and articles, and photographs. This collection was initially donated by Raymona Hull. Dr. Hull’s research notes and unpublished manuscript were donated by retired English Professor Susan I. Gatti in 2014.)

Language of Materials

English