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William Blackburn Papers, 1859-1985

Title: William Blackburn Papers, 1859-1985

William Blackburn was a professor of English and creative writing at Duke University. The collection includes correspondence, writings, teaching materials and notes, biographical and family papers, printed materials, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, and photographs from William Blackburn and his family.

ArchivalResource: 20 Linear Feet; 15,000 Items

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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.)

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Blackburn, Roma Stewart Goodwin. Roma Stewart Goodwin Blackburn papers, 1942-1985.

Title: Roma Stewart Goodwin Blackburn papers, 1942-1985.

Primarily correspondence between Roma Blackburn and literary personages, including former students of her husband, William Maxwell Blackburn, professor at Duke University. Also includes poem by Rose Styron, clippings about the poet Elizabeth Bishop, and a program from Bishop's memorial service. One volume, HEART AND HOME: A MEMOIR, was written by Mrs. Blackburn. Correspondence includes: letters and postcards from Elizabeth Bishop discussing travels, intellectual life, and literary interests; letters from William Styron discussing fund-raising in memory of Professor William Blackburn for the Duke University Capital Campaign for the Arts and Sciences; letters from Alice Methfessel, close friend of Elizabeth Bishop; and letters from Professor Blackburn's former students Sean Devereaux, Guy Davenport, and Josephine Humphreys Hutcheson. The addition to the collection (218 items, dated 1942-1985) includes letters to Blackburn from Reynolds Price and Wallace Fowlie and others regarding invitations, travel plans, news, and condolences; material related to the William Blackburn Fund; correspondence from Blackburn's summers in Magog; a story by Max Steele; 23 manuscript pages of Blackburn's autobiography; copies of tributes to William Blackburn from William Styron and Max Steele, and statistics on the number of students he taught. There are also photographs (61 black-and-white prints, 4 color prints, 1 color slide, and 2 black-and-white negatives) of Tennessee Williams, Fred Chappell, William Styron, Sean Devereaux, Wallace Fowlie, and William Blackburn, as well as other Blackburn family members. An unidentified audiocassette tape is included. (01-036)

ArchivalResource: 264 items.

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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.

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Livermore, Kathryn Ann. Correspondence, 1963-1980.

Title: Correspondence, 1963-1980.

Letters and postcards written by William M. Blackburn, professor of English at Duke University, to Kathryn Ann Livermore (nee Vale). Topics include: advice to Kathryn about writing, especially the need to seek foundation support for travel and study; comments on his former students Reynolds Price, William Styron, Fred Chappell, and Mac Hyman; matters at Duke University; his travels in Europe; and his own publishing projects.

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32520290 View

Ross, Jacob. Document, n.d.

Title: Document, n.d.

List of signatures with no context.

ArchivalResource: 1 item1 (1 leaf)

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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

Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Biography clippings : "B" [surname] folder 1881-2008.

Title: Biography clippings : "B" [surname] folder 1881-2008.

ArchivalResource: 6 folders.

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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.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122569745 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