Boston University

 Ernest's papers are archived at Boston University.

 The Department of Special Collections contains more than 140,000 volumes of rare books, as well as historical documents extending from the sixteenth century to the present. The holdings include illuminated manuscripts; documents of U.S. Presidents and the signers of the Declaration of Independence; papers relating to military history; Eighteenth Century Americana; and large archival holdings of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franz Liszt.

 The Archives were created in 1963 at a time when few libraries or other collecting agencies in this country concerned themselves with the papers of contemporary figures. Although the papers of political, diplomatic, and literary personalities of previous centuries have long been considered eminently collectible, little was being done to insure that the present century would be as well documented as the past. An initial group  of public figures in the fields of literature, criticism,  journalism, drama, music, film, civil rights, diplomacy, and national affairs was selected using criteria to determine whether the lives and careers of these individuals would be of lasting interest to present and future scholars. After forty years of collecting, there are now some 2000 prominent international figures documented in The Archives.

 Thus, a major research source has been created to include those items of interest to biographers and researchers: manuscripts and typescripts in all states and drafts, galleys, notes, notebooks, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, reviews, photographs, personal and professional correspondence, as well as various editions of published works.

 Collections vary in size, range, and content depending upon what the subject of the collection has retained. Most of the collections have been arranged and catalogued, with an inventory listing the contents of each folder and box.

Thank you to Boston University.