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Williams, Kenny J. Kenny J. Williams papers, 1962-2003.

Title: Kenny J. Williams papers, 1962-2003.

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographic slides, and other miscellaneous papers of Kenny J. Williams. The correspondence is chiefly professional, with publishers, students, members of the English Department at Duke University, and others, regarding publishing, teaching, and faculty matters, and her NEH appointment. Also included are some personal letters from friends and other correspondence regarding membership in a women's club. Writings include drafts of various articles on African American writers, Sherwood Anderson, and midwestern writers of the nineteenth century, and Williams's conservative positions, considered controversial in the academy, on multiculturalism, affirmative action in higher education, and the ideological implications of studying African American literature. The photographic slides document travel to Liberia, Romania, Hungary, and China during the 1960s.

ArchivalResource: About 1,500 items (2.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62677408 View

Guggenheim, Charles. Clear Pictures Film Footage, 1991-1996.

Title: Clear Pictures Film Footage, 1991-1996.

Collection contains 34 boxes of film footage (sync reels, workprint reels, stock footage, research tapes, etc.) created in the making of the documentary film "Clear Pictures" (Lilly A-V Video #4811), a documentary on Reynolds Price by Charles Guggenheim. Friends and colleagues were interviewed on film, as well as Price himself; the recordings document his range of activity and long literary career. A few paper files and electronic data are also included.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46344981 View

Budd, Louis J. Louis J. Budd Papers, 1928-2006.

Title: Louis J. Budd Papers, 1928-2006.

Collection contains correspondence, printed material, and materials relating to the journal publishing process. There are also a few journals, notes, and writing drafts. The correspondence pertains chiefly to the Jay B. Hubbell Center for Literary Historiography at Duke University, with many letters written by Budd for the purpose of fundraising, acquiring scholars' papers for the Center, and thanking individuals for their contributions and support. Other correspondence relates to the Modern Language Association, its American Literature Section, the Norman Foerster Award, the formation and activities of MLA's divisions, and the place of American literature in India. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University.

ArchivalResource: 900 items (1.5 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36492136 View

Gora, Susannah. Where home is : poems / by Susannah Gora.

Title: Where home is : poems / by Susannah Gora. 1999.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42832829 View

White, Newman Ivey, 1892-1948. Newman I. White papers, 1915-1948.

Title: Newman I. White papers, 1915-1948.

Papers include correspondence, lectures, research materials, including notecards, copies of letters, manuscripts, and photographs, along with printed matter, miscellaneous writings, and other papers, with bulk dates of 1936-1948. Most of the material reflects his work on Percy Bysshe Shelley and the English Romantic poets; a small amount of reprints and lectures concerns folklore. Much of the correspondence is between White and scholars of the English poets; correspondents include T.J. Wise, Frederick L. Jones, and George L. Kittredge. Several folders of correspondence with members of the publishing firm of Alfred A. Knopf regard the publication of SHELLEY in 1940. A letter from Duke faculty member Calvin B. Hoover describes Nazi Germany in 1932, and several of White's European correspondents comment on conditions in Europe during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 5500 items (7.9 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53906095 View

Schessler, Steven. Only in movement / Steven Schessler.

Title: Only in movement / Steven Schessler. 2002.

ArchivalResource: 28 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53932229 View

Newman, Bess. The Webers / Bess Newman.

Title: The Webers / Bess Newman. 2002.

ArchivalResource: 100 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53932221 View

Petersen, Christina G. Those who've seen us / by Christina G. Petersen.

Title: Those who've seen us / by Christina G. Petersen. 2002.

ArchivalResource: 121 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53932222 View

Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011. Reynolds Price papers, 1927-2010 and n.d. (bulk 1956-2006).

Title: Reynolds Price papers, 1927-2010 and n.d. (bulk 1956-2006).

The papers of Reynolds Price span the years 1927-2010 with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1956 and 2006. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Price and other authors; printed material (including serials containing articles by and about Price and his work, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; and other material relating to Price's personal life and career as a writer and a teacher, especially at Duke University. Although the correspondence does provide insight into his career as an English professor, the collection does not contain other material, such as lecture notes, relating to the courses he taught. Extensive personal and professional correspondence between Price and his family, friends, and fellow authors provide insight into his education at Duke University (particularly his studies with Professor William Blackburn of the Department of English); his period abroad as a Rhodes scholar at Merton College, Oxford; and his literary work. Numerous American authors (many of them southern) and several British literary figures are represented in the collection. Among the major correspondents are Eudora Welty, Stephen Spender, and Alan Gurganus. Letters to and from Jeff Humphries, Josephine Humphreys, and Lee Smith are also included. Many forms of Price's writings (drafts, proofs with notes, outlines) document the development of his fiction, poetry, plays, and other literary works. Some manuscripts sent to Price by students and by other authors have notations and criticism by Price. There are 141 electronic documents that have been migrated to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections server. A disk directories log is filed with the finding aid in the repository. Addition (2007-0009) (4850 items; 10.5 lin. ft.) (dated 2003-2006) primarily consists of typescripts, drafts, and proofs for THE GOOD PRIEST'S SON, LETTER TO A GODCHILD, A SERIOUS WAY OF WONDERING, and the screenplay for A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE. Also included is correspondence, personal documents, photographs, bookcovers, and printed materials by other authors. Addition (2009-0105) (12 items; 0.6 lin. ft.) consists largely of books from Price's writing, teaching, and research, including some text books as well as novels with his notes in the margins. Also included is one folder of miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1972-1994. Addition (2011-0013) (9000 items; 12.0 lin. ft.): The majority of this addition consists of drafts, revisions, additions, and other materials from writing and publication of ARDENT SPIRITS. Other writings and drafts in this addition include A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE, LETTER TO A GODCHILD, and CLEAR PICTURES. The remainder of the addition is sorted into teaching materials, events, correspondence, and miscellaneous material, including photographs, newspaper clippings, and a disassembled scrapbook. Addition (2011-0080) (20,000 items; 31.5 lin. ft.) includes writings, correspondence teaching materials, family scrapbooks and albums, personal snapshots, portraits, and other ephemera from Price's home. Includes drafts of ARDENT SPIRITS as well as some short stories and poems. Also includes books from Price's library, several with inscriptions or notes.

ArchivalResource: 96,900 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34045700 View

Kleinneiur, Joann. The frescoes are laughing / Joann Kleinneiur.

Title: The frescoes are laughing / Joann Kleinneiur. 1999.

ArchivalResource: 36 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42832835 View

Davemport, Guy. Duke Authors Collection, n.d.

Title: Duke Authors Collection, n.d.

Copies of journals and periodicals containing short stories, poetry, reviews, and other literary pieces by various Duke authors. Includes work by Guy Davenport, James Reinbold, David DeJong, John Hersey, Frank Slaughter, Michael Brondoli, Guy Owen, Mac Hyman, and James Applewhite.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41571314 View

Duke University. Dept. of English. It's Raining Men: Sex and Identity in African-American Culture Student Zines, 2002.

Title: It's Raining Men: Sex and Identity in African-American Culture Student Zines, 2002.

Collection (02-138) documents a course taught Spring 2002 by David Woodard, a graduate student in the English department. Includes sixteen zines produced by undergraduate students as a final project for the course. Subjects include sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular; racism; body image; feminism, especially "diva" culture; the search for identity; and health, especially eating disorders. Also includes three digital media files on two CD-RW disks. The contents of the disks has been migrated to the Special Collections server. A disk directories log exists. Contact Research Services staff for assistance. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

ArchivalResource: 16 items (.6 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51908164 View

Williams, George Walton, 1922-. George W. Williams papers, 1950-1994.

Title: George W. Williams papers, 1950-1994.

Contains personal correspondence, Graduate School and English Department memoranda, campus committee minutes and correspondence, conference programs and organizational materials, and correspondence regarding the Nixon Library.

ArchivalResource: 5,000 items (4.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/168160150 View

Roberts, Dorothy Elaine. Dorothy E. Roberts Papers, 1903-1993.

Title: Dorothy E. Roberts Papers, 1903-1993.

The collection largely consists of material compiled by Roberts, who functioned as historian of the Dept. of English. Of note are the various lists of faculty, Ph.D. candidates and staff of the department over a number of years. Also included are files she maintained on faculty members, which include correspondence and clippings as well as a file Roberts kept on herself regarding her career at Duke. She also provides her impressions of key departmental staff, namely the chairmen she worked for. In 1982, Roberts donated 14 letters between her and Guy Davenport, a Duke alumnus, regarding Paris and other European cities as well of Davenport's appreciation of James Joyce and Roberts' own love of traveling abroad. Roberts' friendship with Reynolds Price is represented in the collection. There are several folders on him which include correspondence, Christmas cards, photographs, clippings, and an envelope which holds locks of Price's hair. Of particular note is a sketch Price drew of Emily Dickinson that he gave to Roberts. There is also a caricature of Ph.D. candidates, including Price, from 1962.

ArchivalResource: approx. 2000 items (2.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32720117 View

Brinkley, Roberta Florence, 1893-1967. Roberta Florence Brinkley papers, 1933-1962.

Title: Roberta Florence Brinkley papers, 1933-1962.

Collection contains manuscript materials, correspondence, class notes, memoranda, and other papers. The bulk consists of notes, drafts and a typescript of the unpublished "Milton's Poems Adapted for Music," and related materials on the relationship of music and other arts, including the various versions and adaptations of "Paradise Lost." The remaining papers consist of notes for Dr. Brinkley's classes on English poetry, a typescript, memos, and correspondence concerning her activities with Duke University Church, and materials concerning art development at Duke. A copy of her eulogy, written by Dean Ellen Gobbel and Miriam Warren was added to the collection. The manuscript of "Milton's Poems Adapted for Music" is on loan and is available for consultation but cannot be released without the permission of S.G. Brinkley.

ArchivalResource: 1,750 items (1.7 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170580278 View

Thompson, Katherine (Katherine Meta). Craving names : a collection of poems / by Katherine Thompson.

Title: Craving names : a collection of poems / by Katherine Thompson. 2003.

ArchivalResource: 35 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55071415 View

Chappell, Fred, 1936-. Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated.

Title: Fred Chappell papers, 1944-2010 and undated.

The fully processed portion of the Fred Chappell Papers spans the dates 1960-1997, with the bulk being dated after 1970. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Chappell and other authors; printed material (primarily serials containing stories, poems, and articles by Chappell but also clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; and other material. Documents relate to Chappell's personal life and career, both as a student and writer at Duke University, where he studied under well-known creative writing teacher William Blackburn, and as a writer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The collection documents the entire length and breadth of Chappell's multifaceted career. Beginning with the years just after he completed his undergraduate studies at Duke and began his first novel at the urging of Hiram Haydn, an editor to whom Blackburn had introduced him, the letters, manuscripts, and notebooks provide insight into Chappell's developing literary career, his academic activities at UNC-G, and his growing involvement with a large network of writers, including a number of his former students. Many prominent American authors, especially Southern ones, are represented in the collection. Among the most frequent correspondents are Kelly Cherry, Grace DiSanto, George Garrett, Marianne Gingher, Dana Gioia, Donald Hall, Heather Ross Miller, Robert Morgan, Eve Shelnutt, and Dabney Stuart. Notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and printed material document the development of Chappell's career across all the genres in which he writes. Addition (93-102) (1000 items; 3.0 linear feet; 1992-1993) has been incorporated into the fully processed portion of the collection. The remaining two boxes consist primarily of incoming correspondence. A small portion of this includes enclosures and attachments, some of which are writings by other authors. Addition (98-299) (1694 items; 14 linear feet; 1989-1998, bulk 1997-1998) comprises correspondence received by Chappell. It also includes several folders of outgoing correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, nineteen books, awards, miscellaneous printed materials, and one audio cassette and video cassette. Addition (99-272) (7200 items; 12 linear feet; ca. 1978-1999) comprises correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, photographs, clippings, awards, one videocassette, and other items. Addition (00-272) (5425 items; 13.7 linear feet; 1989-2000) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; thirty-three books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes two compact disks and four videocassettes. Addition (01-145) (4344 items, 7.70 linear feet; dated 2000-2001 and n.d.) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; 33 books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes 2 compact disks and 4 videocassettes. Addition (02-171) (4895 items, 8.9 lin. ft.; dated 1944-2002 and n.d., bulk 1995-2002) consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1995-2002). Also includes Chappell's outgoing correspondence (1999-2002); drafts of his writing; newspaper and journal articles and reviews by and about Chappell; his Duke University diplomas (1961; 1964); the North Carolina Award in Literature (1980); 13 black-and-white and 3 color photographs; 7 audio cassettes; 1 audio CD; and 1 Betamax and 3 VHS videocassettes. The audio and videocassettes include recordings of Chappell with George Garrett, as well as of Chappell reading. Addition (03-089) (2150 items, 5.9 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2003 and n.d.) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence, 2002-2003. Also includes handwritten journals (including poetry journals), article drafts, and lectures; clippings and printed material; manuscripts; and framed awards. Addition (04-127) (3165 items, 6.0 lin. ft; dated 2003-2004 and n.d.) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence (2003-2004). Also includes notebooks and loose papers containing drafts of poems and other writings by Chappell; clippings and other printed materials; and writings by other authors. Addition (06-024) (4942 items, 9.6 lin. ft.; dated 1978-2004 and undated) comprised chiefly of personal correspondence; drafts of unidentified writings by Chappell; notebooks; a plaque, Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award, 2004; a signed print, "Birthday Poems," by David R. Slavitt; and clippings. This accession is closed to researchers. Addition (06-071) (970 items, 9.8 lin. ft.; dated 1987-2006 and undated) comprises primarily correspondence (2005-2006), as well as notes, clippings, manuscripts for review, Chappell's draft poems, books, serial issues, one VHS videocassette, awards, posters, and ads. This accession is closed to researchers. Addition (07-121) (4875 items, 8.8 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2007) contains correspondence, drafts, books, and serials. The majority of the correspondence consists of review copies of books and drafts by other authors and requests for blurbs or reviews by Chappell. This accession has not been processed. Addition (08-096) (3375 items; 4.5 lin. ft.; bulk dated 2007-2008) includes notebooks, drafts, and manuscripts of essays, stories, poetry, and speeches; correspondence; and some printed materials. Also includes some electronic media (floppy disks of Chappell drafts), which have been removed and copied to Duke's electronic server. This accession has not been processed. Addition (08-321) (1 item; .2 lin. ft.; dated about 1990) consists of Chappell's annotated proof copy of the SELECTED POEMS OF WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS. Addition (09-144) (3600 items; 4.8 lin. ft.; dated 2005-2009) includes correspondence, writings, manuscripts by other authors, and some printed materials. Also includes some electronic media (floppy disks of Chappell drafts). Addition (10-106) (4000 items; 5.4 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2010 and no date) includes correspondence, writings by other authors, and essays, prose, poetry, and other drafts by Chappell. Also includes some electronic media (some CDs sent to Chappell by fellow authors). Addition (10-223) (2625 items; 3.5 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2010) includes incoming and outgoing correspondence; writings by other authors; clippings; published works; and prose and poetry drafts by Chappell. Also includes correspondence regarding the Caldwell medal, awarded to Chappell by the North Carolina Humanities Council in 2010.

ArchivalResource: 102,625 items (141.4 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19465036 View

Chase, Lewis Nathaniel, 1873-1937. Lewis Nathaniel Chase papers, 1807-1941.

Title: Lewis Nathaniel Chase papers, 1807-1941.

The collection includes correspondence pertaining to Chase's publications and research on Edgar Allan Poe's works, Chase's research notes, typescripts of Poe-related correspondence found in libraries, clippings, postcards and other memorabilia relating to Edgar Allan Poe. It also includes photographs, mostly commercial prints, of people and places related to Poe's life, including London scenes, the Poe cottage and Seagate Castle. Among the correspondents are Edmund Gosse, John Erskine and J. E. Spingarn. There is also an unidentified handwritten travel diary dated September 1858, which was found in the Woman's College Library and believed to have been left by Chase. It details travels in New England and China. The collection ranges in date from 1807-1941.

ArchivalResource: 2000 items (2.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162562849 View

Wilson, Leah. What comes down : a novella / by Leah Wilson.

Title: What comes down : a novella / by Leah Wilson. 2003.

ArchivalResource: 51 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55071420 View

Kaufman, Wallace. Wallace Kaufman papers, 1959-1994.

Title: Wallace Kaufman papers, 1959-1994.

The collection contains correspondence, writings and addresses, journals, reports, clippings and assorted print matter. Materials present primarily reflect Kaufman's environmental activism while residing in rural Chatham County, North Carolina and his consulting work with the World Bank and the International City/County Management Association in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. Correspondence mostly documents Kaufman's role with the Conservation Council of North Carolina and the organization's collaboration with other local, regional, and national environmental organizations. The journals and reports document Kaufman's work in former Soviet nations. They describe Kaufman's day to day activities in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Kazakhstan, and Poland that include descriptions of local customs and geographic regions, the difficulties and challenges inherent in transition from collectivism to privatization, and surveys of local businesses and manufactories. Also present in the collection is material documenting Kaufman's relationship with author Reynolds Price. This material includes mostly correspondence as well as several manuscripts and typescripts. The correspondence touches upon personal matters as well as professional including the activities of mutual friends and acquaintances, travels, and current works in progress.

ArchivalResource: 700 items (1.5 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31421818 View

Davis, Curtis Carroll. Curtis Carroll Davis scrapbook, 1939-1942.

Title: Curtis Carroll Davis scrapbook, 1939-1942.

Contains correspondence, clippings of current local and world news (including World War II), Duke athletics programs, clippings related to inspirational celebrities, holiday cards, telegrams, invitations to dances at Duke, programs from events in Durham, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Haven, CT.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162539991 View

Styron, William, 1925-2006. William Styron papers, 1855-2007 and undated.

Title: William Styron papers, 1855-2007 and undated.

The William Styron Papers span the years 1855-2007, with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1943 and 1996. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Styron and other authors; printed materials (including serials containing articles by and about Styron and his work as well as newspaper and magazine clippings); audiotapes, videotapes, and photographs; legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; scrapbooks; and other material relating to Styron's personal life and his career as a writer. Extensive personal and professional correspondence between his family, friends, and fellow authors provides insight into his education at Duke University (particularly his studies with Professor William Blackburn of the Department of English) as well as his literary career and personal life. Numerous American authors are represented in the collection. Among the major correspondents are Robert Penn Warren, Carlos Fuentes, Norman Mailer, and Reynolds Price. Letters from Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, Art Buchwald, Richard Wilbur, Kurt Vonnegut, William Kennedy, and James Dickey are contained in the correspondence series. Writings by other authors include several works of literary scholarship about Styron and his work. Unprocessed addition (07-145) (6 items, .1 lin. ft.; dated 2007) contains copies of material from Styron's memorial service, including the program, book of reminiscences, and transcript. This material is boxed in box 1 of 08-142. Unprocessed addition (08-012) (0.8 lin. ft.; 600 items; dated 1943-2006) includes published and unpublished essays, drafts, speeches, and writings by Styron, as well as copies of letters to his father (1943-1952) and correspondence from his wife, Rose, from around the time of his death in 2006. Also includes a leather portfolio with drafts of his work, photographs, clippings, and a photograph album from his daughter's film, Shadrach. Unprocessed addition (08-072) (180 items, .6 lin. ft.; dated 1990-2003 and undated) comprises mainly letters to Styron regarding his works, especially DARKNESS VISIBLE. Also includes letters regarding appearances requested or planned. Unprocessed addition (08-142) (388 items, .8 lin. ft; dated 1966-2007 and undated) mainly comprises incoming correspondence, which occasionally contains clippings, photographs, and other incidental materials. In addition, includes original manuscripts for several short works by the author, many annotated, as well as some handwritten manuscript pages for SOPHIE'S CHOICE. There are also two dvds of Styron's memorial service. Box 1 of this material includes Acc. 07-145. Unprocessed addition (08-294) (0.4 lin. ft.; 300 items) was acquired and donated by James West III, and includes manuscripts, essays, edited drafts, and speeches by Styron. Each manuscript includes a cover page by West describing the condition of the materials. This material is boxed with Acc. 08/012. Addition (11-142) (0.6 lin. ft.; 500 items) was donated by Styron's editor, Robert Loomis. It includes drafts and clippings, as well as photographs used in Styron publications.

ArchivalResource: 24510 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40509458 View

Blackburn, William, 1899-1972. William Blackburn papers, 1859-1985 and undated.

Title: William Blackburn papers, 1859-1985 and undated.

The William Blackburn papers are arranged in the following series: Correspondence; Writings; Teaching Material; Duke University Literary and Artistic Projects; Biographical Data and Family Papers; Printed Material; Scrapbooks; Audiovisual Material; and Photographs. Correspondence includes Blackburn family letters, letters relating to Blackburn's teaching and career at Duke University, and typescripts of letters by and about Joseph Conrad. Writings include Blackburn's own writings and speeches as well as those of students and his son Alexander Lambert Blackburn. Clippings mostly concern Blackburn's academic work, literary events at Duke in which Blackburn was pivotal, and reviews of the work of his students (including Anne Tyler, William Styron, and Reynolds Price). The collection also includes numerous photographs of family members and some of literary figures. Addition (2007-0129) (200 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1937-1972) contains correspondence between Blackburn and his daughter, Mary April Blackburn Hill. Addition (2008-0071) (30 items; 0.1 lin. ft.; 1925-1973) includes correspondence between William Blackburn and his brother, Clark, as well as additional papers from Elizabeth Blackburn. Elizabeth's papers include correspondence and two literary compositions. This addition is housed with Acc. 2007-0129, Box 1. Addition (2010-0013) (200 items; 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1928-1985) includes correspondence between Blackburn and his wife, Elizabeth, especially during the breakup of their marriage; notes about William Blackburn from his son, Alexander Blackburn; articles, speeches, and clippings; and materials from his students and colleagues.

ArchivalResource: 15,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/557485521 View

Turner, Arlin. Arlin Turner papers, 1953-1979.

Title: Arlin Turner papers, 1953-1979.

The collection includes department memoranda, correspondence, minutes and documentation relating to English Department policies. Also included are minutes, memoranda and correspondence related to various committees Turner served on, including the Graduate Affairs Committee, the Graduate Ad Hoc Committee, Curriculum Committee and the Humanities Committee. The collection ranges in date from 1953-1979.

ArchivalResource: 600 items (1.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162087915 View

Williams, Kenny J. Kenny J. Williams papers, 1962-1998.

Title: Kenny J. Williams papers, 1962-1998.

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographic slides, and other miscellaneous papers of Kenny J. Williams. The correspondence is chiefly professional, with publishers, students, members of the English Department at Duke University, and others, regarding publishing, teaching, and faculty matters, and her NEH appointment. Also included are some personal letters from friends and other correspondence regarding membership in a women's club. Writings include drafts of various articles on African American writers, Sherwood Anderson, and midwestern writers of the nineteenth century, and Williams's positions, considered controversial in the academy, on multiculturalism, affirmative action in higher education, and the ideological implications of studying African American literature. The photographic slides document travel to Liberia, Romania, Hungary, and China during the 1960s.

ArchivalResource: About 1000 items (2.0 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62676358 View

Gohdes, Clarence, 1901-1997. Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, 1905-1990s and undated.

Title: Clarence Louis Frank Gohdes Papers, 1905-1990s and undated.

Collection consists of research materials, correspondence, writings, clippings and other printed materials, and a few photographs, mainly from the latter half of Gohdes's career. The earliest date (1811) refers to reproductions of original materials used in his research. Correspondence with other American Literature teachers and authors, combined with other materials relating to Gohdes's institutional and organizational affiliations, in particular with Duke University, the Modern Language Association (MLA), and AMERICAN LITERATURE, comprise the most substantive aspects of this collection. They provide insight into the bureaucratic and institutional exigencies of American literary scholarship in the mid-twentieth century. Major authors and scholars of the time wrote to Gohdes, and include Alexander Blackburn, Oscar Cargill, Lewis Chase, Robert Elias, Norman Foerster, Arthur Rubin, Arthur Quinn, and Upton Sinclair. Original manuscripts by Gohdes, inscribed reprints of writings by his colleagues, and materials relating to many major British and American literary figures, make up the rest of the collection. There is substantial material on Edgar Allen Poe. The collection also includes papers documenting his research and writing for his last book project, a cultural and horticultural history of the muscadine grape entitled SCUPPERNONG, NORTH CAROLINA'S GRAPE AND ITS WINES.

ArchivalResource: 4650 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19562413 View

Wetherby, Joseph C., 1910-1976. Joseph C. Wetherby papers, 1930-1976.

Title: Joseph C. Wetherby papers, 1930-1976.

The Wetherby papers consist of correspondence, printed matter, speeches, clippings, minutes, memoranda, teaching aids and other teaching materials, student papers, photographs, research notes, and writings. Major subjects include the teaching of English to international students at Duke, broadcasting and the development of the WDBS radio station at Duke University, and the Duke University Debate Team, which Wetherby coached for over 20 years.

ArchivalResource: 5500 items (4.6 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53906102 View

Stevenson, Lionel, 1902-1973. Lionel Stevenson Papers, 1808-1989 (bulk 1911-1974).

Title: Lionel Stevenson Papers, 1808-1989 (bulk 1911-1974).

The papers of Lionel Stevenson span the years 1808 to 1989, although the bulk of the material dates from the 1920s to 1973. They consist of Canadiana; clippings; correspondence; course material; general files; manuscripts and notes; notes, papers, and research; non-textual material; organizations; oversized materials; and writings. The collection documents Lionel Stevenson's work as both an author and a professor, as well as an avid collector of news clippings and expert on the Cary family. Subject areas include genealogy of the Cary family, Canadian authors and poets, and photographs, and nineteenth century English literary criticism.

ArchivalResource: approx. 30,300 items (25.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/492402637 View

Hagopian, Katherine. Articulating desire : poems / by Katherine Hagopian.

Title: Articulating desire : poems / by Katherine Hagopian. [1999]

ArchivalResource: 41 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42832821 View

Van Wert, Katie. Cloud and mountain / by Katie Van Wert.

Title: Cloud and mountain / by Katie Van Wert. 2003.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55071417 View

Gohdes, Clarence, 1901-1997. Papers, 1935-1992.

Title: Papers, 1935-1992.

Contains correspondence between Gohdes and authors and other American literature professors. Correspondants include: Lynne Few (son of William Preston Few), Julian Mason, Charles R. Anderson, Burton Pollin, Bliss Perry, Arthur Hobson Quinn, and others. Also includes his clippings and lecture notes on William Faulkner and Henry James; a stock prospectus from the Duplin Wine Cellars, Rose Hill, N.C. (1982); booklets of poetry; obituary notices for Mrs. Lucinda Smith Hubbell; and a commemorative invitation to the Inauguration of president Ronald Reagan and Vice-President George Bush, 1985, January 20.

ArchivalResource: 288 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40422217 View

Williams, Kenny Jackson, 1927-2003. Kenny J. Williams papers, 1971-1995.

Title: Kenny J. Williams papers, 1971-1995.

Contains greeting cards, brochures, correspondence, departmental memoranda, course materials, committee minutes, and manuscripts of Williams' article "The Masking of the Novelist" and her book In the City of Men: Another Story of Chicago. Also includes documents relating to the President's Council on Black Affairs, the Nixon Library controversy, and the Phi Beta Kappa selection committees.

ArchivalResource: 2,000 items (3.0 linear ft.)

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Chappell, Fred, 1936-. Fred Chappell Papers, 1944-2003 and n.d.

Title: Fred Chappell Papers, 1944-2003 and n.d.

The fully processed portion of the Fred Chappell Papers spans the dates 1960-1997, with the bulk being dated after 1970. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Chappell and other authors; printed material (primarily serials containing stories, poems, and articles by Chappell but also clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; and other material. Documents relate to Chappells personal life and career, both as a student and writer at Duke University, where he studied under well-known creative writing teacher William Blackburn, and as a writer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The collection documents the entire length and breadth of Chappell's multifaceted career. Beginning with the years just after he completed his undergraduate studies at Duke and began his first novel at the urging of Hiram Haydn, an editor to whom Blackburn had introduced him, the letters, manuscripts, and notebooks provide insight into Chappell's developing literary career, his academic activities at UNC-G, and his growing involvement with a large network of writers, including a number of his former students. Many prominent American authors, especially Southern ones, are represented in the collection. Among the most frequent correspondents are Kelly Cherry, Grace DiSanto, George Garrett, Marianne Gingher, Dana Gioia, Donald Hall, Heather Ross Miller, Robert Morgan, Eve Shelnutt, and Dabney Stuart. Notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and printed material document the development of Chappell's career across all the genres in which he writes. The bulk of the 1993 addition (93-102)(1000 items; 3.0 linear feet; 1992-1993) has been incorporated into the fully processed portion of the collection. The remaining two boxes consist primarily of incoming correspondence. A small portion of this includes enclosures and attachments, some of which are writings by other authors. The bulk of the 1998 addition (1998-0299)(1694 items; 14 linear feet; 1989-1998, bulk 1997-1998) comprises correspondence received by Chappell. It also includes several folders of outgoing correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, nineteen books, awards, miscellaneous printed materials, and one audio cassette and video cassette. The 1999 addition (1999-0272)(7200 items; 12 linear feet; ca. 1978-1999) comprises correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, photographs, clippings, awards, one video tape, and other items. The 2000 addition (00-272)(5425 items; 13.7 linear feet; 1989-2000) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; thirty-three books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes two compact disks and four videocassettes. Addition (01-145)(4344 items, 7.70 linear feet; dated 2000-2001 and n.d.) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; 33 books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes 2 compact disks and 4 videocassettes. The addition (02-171) (4895 items, 8.9 lin. ft.; dated 1944-2002 and n.d., bulk 1995-2002) consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1995-2002). Also includes Chappell's outgoing correspondence (1999-2002); drafts of his writing; newspaper and journal articles and reviews by and about Chappell; his Duke University diplomas (1961; 1964); the North Carolina Award in Literature (1980); 13 black-and-white and 3 color photographs; 7 audio cassettes; 1 audio CD; and 1 Betamax and 3 VHS videocassettes. The audio and videocassettes include recordings of Chappell with George Garrett, as well as of Chappell reading. Addition (03-089)(2150 items, 5.9 lin. ft.; dated 2001-2003 and n.d.) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence, 2002-2003. Also includes handwritten journals (including poetry journals), article drafts, and lectures; clippings and printed material; manuscripts; and framed awards.

ArchivalResource: 32150 items (89.9 lin. ft.)

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Bevington, Helen Smith, 1906-2001. Helen Smith Bevington papers, 1918-2001.

Title: Helen Smith Bevington papers, 1918-2001.

Family and personal papers, primarily Bevington's personal and professional correspondence (1931-2001), which includes letters from Ray Bradbury (1976-1993); typescripts of diary entries (1959-1989); 22 heavily annotated books of modern poetry, and research notes. There are also correspondence and professional records for Bevington's husband, Merle. Other items include one color and 9 black-and-white photographs, a scrapbook, passports, geneology information/records, awards, newspaper clippings, class records, and unpublished manuscripts. (01-131, 01-143).

ArchivalResource: 3422 items 9.75 linear feet.

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Sample, Ryan. Becoming Byron / by Ryan Sample.

Title: Becoming Byron / by Ryan Sample. 2002.

ArchivalResource: 149 leaves ; 29 cm.

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Sanders, Charles Richard, 1904-. Papers, 1922-1985.

Title: Papers, 1922-1985.

Correspondence, clippings, microfilm, photostats, research notes, maps, photographs, genealogical charts, notebooks, class records, typed copies of manuscripts and speeches, and printed materials, chiefly relating to Sanders' professorial career. Includes information on Sanders' research on Thomas Carlysle, Lytton Strachey and the Strachey family, and the Bennehan-Cameron plantations in Durham County. Also includes some copies of Duke doctoral dissertations for which Sanders served as chair.

ArchivalResource: ca. 17,500 items.

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Applewhite, James. James Applewhite papers, 1963-2010.

Title: James Applewhite papers, 1963-2010.

Accession (1993-0285) (5100 items; dated 1964-1992) is comprised of manuscripts, drafts, and proofs of poems, as well as notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed materials (including serials and anthologies). The collection documents Applewhite's work as a poet and professor of English at Duke University, including his research about Wordsworth. Manuscripts in the collection include LESSONS IN SOARING: POEMS, A HISTORY OF THE RIVER: POEMS, and RIVER WRITING: AN ENO JOURNAL. Accession (2010-0155) (4725 items; 6.9 lin. ft.; dated 1963-2010) includes correspondence files, writings (both published materials and drafts), photographs, biographical/bibliographical lists and files, and other miscellaneous materials. The correspondence is largely between Applewhite, his publishers, and other literary figures. Frequent correspondents include David Smith, Donald Hall, Dabney Stuart, Fred Chappell, Robert Bly, James Dickey, Michael McFee, Gibbons Ruark, and others. Another significant component is Applewhite's writings, which largely consist of loose poetry and other manuscripts. Includes manuscript drafts for FOLLOWING GRAVITY, IRON AGE FLYING, A JOURNAL OF SUNLIGHT, STEPS TO THE STREAM, DRIVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY AMERICA THAT IS VANISHING, LANDMIND, as well as some drafts of essays and articles. Other materials include Applewhite's notebooks and notepads, many with poetry or drafts, as well as some with notes, schedules, to-do lists, and other miscellaneous writings.

ArchivalResource: 9825 items (13.0 lin. ft.)

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Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011. Papers, 1928-1996 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1928-1996 and n.d.

Collection holds a variety of items that reflect Price's career as a writer. This includes drafts of works such as "Honest Accounts of a Memorable Life," The Promise of Rest, " and "A Whole New Life"; drafts of works by others; financial records; works inscribed to Price; story proofs; a copy of his Founders' Day speech, 1993; printouts of both incoming and outgoing e-mail; diskettes of e-mail and writings; other correspondence including items regarding the work, Short Stories (1993), outgoing mail, and letters and cards from students, writers, readers of his work, friends, and others; serials and other printed materials, much by or about Price; clippings; volumes including copies of books by friends or former students; manuscript notes; miscellaneous; some photographs; and a videotape of Price's reading of ghost stories in 1996 at Lilly Library, Duke University.

ArchivalResource: 14237 items.

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Duffey, Bernard I., 1917-1994. Bernard I. Duffey papers, 1957-1983.

Title: Bernard I. Duffey papers, 1957-1983.

Papers include correspondence, notebooks, memoranda, minutes, committee notes, course materials, manuscripts, and research notes. Major subjects include the Duke University English Department curriculum, Duke University Press, Program II, and study and teaching of American literature and poetry.

ArchivalResource: 1000 items (1.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57226167 View

Gohdes, Clarence, 1901-1997. Papers, 1845-1992.

Title: Papers, 1845-1992.

Contains correspondence (288 items, dated 1935-1992) between Gohdes and authors and other American literature professors. Correspondents include: Lynne Few (son of William Preston Few), Julian Mason, Charles R. Anderson, Burton Pollin, Bliss Perry, Arthur Hobson Quinn, and others. Also includes his clippings and lecture notes on William Faulkner and Henry James; a stock prospectus from the Duplin Wine Cellars, Rose Hill, N.C. (1982); booklets of poetry; obituary notices for Mrs. Lucinda Smith Hubbell; and a commemorative invitation to the Inauguration of president Ronald Reagan and Vice-President George Bush, 1985, January 20. Addition (3225 items, 4.8 linear feet; dated 1845-1981) contains research files in alphabetical order (Poe-Wycherly) for Gohdes' lectures and writings, correspondence (1934-1981), and editorial files for various projects. There are handwritten notes, photocopies of writings, newspaper clippings, and other materials. Among the more substantive research files are those for Poe, Scott, Shakespeare, and Wordsworth. The Shakespeare files also includes black-and-white photographs of Stratford-upon-Avon, and there are additional files for modern poets and poetry. Among Gohdes' correspondents are Lewis Chase, Alfred Kreymborg, Upton Sinclair, William Styron, and John Updike. Also included are files and manuscripts related to Godhes editing work, including manuscripts for AMERICAN LITERATURE.

ArchivalResource: 3513 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78823296 View