Harwell, Richard Barksdale

Richard Barksdale Harwell, librarian, bibliographer, and author, was born June 6, 1915, in Washington, Georgia, and died March 9, 1988, in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University (English, 1937; Library Science, 1938) and received an honorary doctorate from New England College (1966). Harwell worked in libraries at Duke University (1938-1940), Emory University (assistant director, 1940-1943; Special Collections Department head, 1946-1948; assistant librarian, 1948-1955), Virginia State Library (1956-1957), Bowdoin College (1961-1968), Smith College (1968-1970), Georgia Southern College (1970-1975), and University of Georgia (1975-1980). Harwell was also active in several professional associations, including the Association of College Research Libraries, Southeastern Library Association, and the American Library Association. Harwell wrote and edited several books about the Civil War, Confederate imprints, and Gone With The Wind, and was the compiler of many bibliographies and the author of numerous pamphlets, articles, and reviews.

From the description of Richard Barksdale Harwell papers, 1940-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78066923

Historian, librarian, editor.

Born in Washington, Georgia.

From the description of Papers, 1954-1959. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 31189878

Richard Barksdale Harwell, librarian, bibliographer, and author, was born 6 June 1915, in Washington, Georgia, and died March 9, 1988, in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University (English, 1937; Library Science, 1938) and received an honorary doctorate from New England College (1966). Harwell worked in libraries at Duke University (1938-1940), Emory University (assistant director, 1940-1943; Special Collections Department head, 1946-1948; assistant librarian, 1948-1955), Virginia State Library (1956-1957), Bowdoin College (1961-1968), Smith College (1968-1970), Georgia Southern College (1970-1975), and University of Georgia (1975-1980). Harwell was also active in several professional associations, including the Association of College Research Libraries, Southeastern Library Association, and the American Library Association. Harwell wrote and edited several books about the Civil War, Confederate imprints, and Gone With The Wind, and was the compiler of many bibliographies and the author of numerous pamphlets, articles, and reviews. Emory University MARBL website. http://marbl.library.emory.edu/findingaids/pdf.php?id=harwell310_100402 (Retrieved 8/18/2009)

Erskine Caldwell wrote twelve books of nonfiction, twenty-five novels, and nearly 150 short stories. Profoundly influenced by his father, a minister and social reformer, he was intent on depicting life among the lowly in Georgia and the rest of the South. His concern for the less fortunate-poor whites and blacks-shines in his great novels and short stories of the 1930s. This concern also permeates the strongest writing of his later years, his nonfiction works of the 1960s." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved 8/18/2009)

From the description of Richard Harwell collection, 197u-1980. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 432086380