About

The HDA is currently in a pilot phase. Access to the streamed audio files is limited to the Washington University in St. Louis community and requires an account with a password. For access please use the link "Request Access" above.

Searching, browsing, and viewing item-level metadata records for holdings are accessible to all internet users.

In later phases, the HDA will expand to include additional layers of detail about each recording, such as a table of contents for each recording and more robust biographical information about speakers. Dedicated research opportunities may also become available. If you would like to become involved with the archive, get help using it in your classroom or research, or generally know more about the HDA project, contact the HDA work group.

Archive scope

In its initial phase, the HDA will include item-level records of basic metadata for each recording in the Hurst Archive and streaming audio files of that recording in most cases. Most recordings originally held on cassette tapes (which were used from roughly 1980-2000) or recorded in digital format (used for more recent talks and readings) are already accessible through the archive. Recordings held on open-reel tapes from the early years of the Hurst Endowment require a special preservation and digitization process. Streaming audio files of these older recordings are not yet available in every case and will be added to the HDA as they are preserved and duplicated to digital format.

Use

The HDA is intended for use by scholars, teachers, students, and readers of all kinds. See Terms of Use for more information about rights and restrictions pertaining to use of the Hurst archive recordings.

Access

Searching, browsing, and viewing item-level metadata records for holdings are accessible to all internet users. Access to the recordings in streaming audio format requires registration with the HDA. Registering is quick and easy. Click here to register.

In later phases, the HDA will expand to include additional layers of detail about each recording, such as a table of contents for each recording and more robust biographical information about speakers. Dedicated research opportunities may also become available. If you would like to become involved with the archive, get help using it in your classroom or research, or generally know more about the HDA project, contact the HDA work group.

Hurst professors

The Hurst Professorship is made possible by a bequest of the novelist Fannie Hurst, an alumna of Washington University. Hurst Professors began visiting the University in 1970 and are in residence either for a three-week period, during which they visit classes, give public lectures and readings, and are accessible to students, or for the whole semester, in which case they also offer an upper-division course. Among those who have held Hurst appointments are

For more on Hurst Professorships, visit the English Department’s webpage.