Ludington, Townsend, 1936-....

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C. Townsend Ludington received a B.A. from Yale University in 1957 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University in 1964 and 1967 respectively. He began teaching English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. Among other work, Ludington wrote biographies of John Dos Passos and Marsden Hartley.

From the description of Townsend Ludington papers, 1968-1969 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 44552125

C. Townsend Ludington received a B.A. from Yale University in 1957 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University in 1964 and 1967 respectively. He was hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966, eventually becoming Boshamer Professor of English and American Studies.

Among other work, Ludington wrote biographies of John Dos Passos and Marsden Hartley. John Dos Passos: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey won the Mayflower cup in 1981 for best non-fiction work in North Carolina. Ludington also edited The Fourteenth Chronicle: Diaries and Letters of John Dos Passos .

From the guide to the Townsend Ludington Papers (#4951), 1968-1969, (Southern Historical Collection)

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associatedWith Black Student Movement corporateBody
associatedWith BSM corporateBody
associatedWith College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Committee on Afro-American and African Studies corporateBody
associatedWith Corn, Charles P. person
associatedWith Dos Passos, Elizabeth Hamlin Holdridge. person
associatedWith Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. person
associatedWith Gordon Cleveland person
associatedWith J. Carlyle Sitterson person
associatedWith Patterson, James T. person
associatedWith Raymond H. Dawson person
associatedWith Townsend Ludington person
associatedWith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill corporateBody
associatedWith Vidal, Gore, 1925- person
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